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Marking Mexico's independence

Marking Mexico's independence

Javier Carrillo prepares pork and steak tacos Saturday at East Chicago's Mexican Independence festivities.

Marking Mexico's independence

Marking Mexico's independence

Dolores Orozco prepares hard chicken tacos Saturday at East Chicago's Mexican Independence festivities.

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Jose Guiterrez and his wife Veronica Medina own Gordo Paletas in East Chicago. It mixes Mexican and American favorites for a unique dessert destination that also offers a selection of sandwiches for lunch.

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Jose Guiterrez and his wife Veronica Medina own Gordo Paletas in East Chicago. It mixes Mexican and American favorites for a unique dessert destination that also offers a selection of sandwiches for lunch.

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Jose Guiterrez and his wife Veronica Medina own Gordo Paletas in East Chicago. It mixes Mexican and American favorites for a unique dessert destination that also offers a selection of sandwiches for lunch.

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Jose Guiterrez and his wife Veronica Medina own Gordo Paletas in East Chicago. It mixes Mexican and American favorites for a unique dessert destination that also offers a selection of sandwiches for lunch.

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Gordo Paletas mixes Mexican and American favorites

Jose Guiterrez and his wife Veronica Medina own Gordo Paletas in East Chicago. It mixes Mexican and American favorites for a unique dessert destination that also offers a selection of sandwiches for lunch.

Hispanic woman with a motrcycle helmet

Hispanic woman with a motrcycle helmet

Hispanic woman wearing a black motrcycle helmet

Mexico's consul general promotes benefits of increased U.S. cooperation during visit to region

Mexico's consul general promotes benefits of increased U.S. cooperation during visit to region

Mexican Consul General Eduardo Arnal meets Wednesday with The Times Editorial Board in Valparaiso.

Mexican Consul General Eduardo Arnal

Mexican Consul General Eduardo Arnal

Mexican Consul General Eduardo Arnal, left, meets with The Times editorial board including Editorial Page Editor Doug Ross, right, in Valparaiso on Wednesday.

POTW June 19-June 25 - Ballet Folklorio

POTW June 19-June 25 - Ballet Folklorio

Young dancers wait to perform Monday with the dance troupe Ballet Folklorio at the Porter County Public Library in Valparaiso.

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Marissela Lynch, far right, instructs children in Mexican dance Monday afternoon at the Porter County Public Library in Valparaiso. Lynch formed the Mexican folk dance group, Ballet Folklorio. The dance troupe got a $10,000 Pepsi grant to buy costumes, and Lynch is trying to grow the group i…

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Enrico Ortega-Chick, 4, of Chesterton, prepares to perform a Mexican hat dance Monday afternoon with Ballet Folklorio dance troupe at the Porter County Public Library in Valparaiso.

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Ballet Folklorio performs at Valparaiso library

Young dancers wait to perform Monday with the dance troupe Ballet Folklorio at the Porter County Public Library in Valparaiso.

Brimming with enthusiasm

Brimming with enthusiasm

Cinco de Mayo prompted a celebration of Mexican culture Friday at Andrean High School as students in Spanish IV honors marked the holiday with a dance in Merrillville.

Brimming with enthusiasm

Brimming with enthusiasm

Andrean High School students in Spanish IV honors dance the Mexican hat dance in conjunction with their studies of Mexican history Friday. The class annually marks the Cinco de Mayo holiday with a celebration.

Region racial divide blurring -- slowly

Region racial divide blurring -- slowly

Alicia Rios, center foreground, and her husband, Oscar Rios, to her left, both Mexican-American, have lived in Crown Point for 12 years. Before that they lived in Merrillville for 20 years, moving there from East Chicago in 1979. They pose for a portrait with their family and neighbors in Cr…

An Exotic Approach

An Exotic Approach

AN EXOTIC APPROACH - - The main dining room at Las Palmas in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago features a unique suspended air duct designed in homage to the Aztec deity "the feathered serpent."

Bust of Mexican Independence hero to be unveiled at E.C. library

In commemoration of Mexico's Bicentennial Celebration of Independence, the east Chicago Library and the Sociedad Cultural Civica la Reforma are co-hosting the unveiling and dedication of a bronze bust of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.