09/28/2026
📣 Tickets for our October signature event release next Monday!
Next up in our Fall 2026 signature events season 👉 We’re in Little Italy and Pilsen on Sunday, October 25 for a Running/Biking Tour of Brown in the Windy City with Dr. Lilia Fernández.
Join us and ICIRR at Pilsen Community Books on for a 4-mile running tour or biking tour (s/o BFF Bikes!) exploring Mexican and Puerto Rican migration, history, and contributions in these neighborhoods.
After the route, hang with us Pilsen Community Books for snacks and book sales.
A portion of all ticket sales will be donated back to ICIRR.
🚫📚 No pre-reading required before this tour—you’ll learn as you move and have the opportunity to purchase the book from Pilsen Community Books after the tour.
🚲 Not running? Bike with BFF Bikes. Choose “biking tour” option at checkout.
⏰ Tickets release in the newsletter next Monday, October 5 and any remaining tickets will be available to the general public on Wednesday October 7.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND GUIDE:
Lilia Fernández is a historian of Latinos in the mid-to-late 20th century United States with a focus on Chicago. Her first book, Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago, documented the migration and settlement of these two populations in the city’s central neighborhoods and the communities they formed. She has published various essays, articles, and book chapters that span urban history, labor and working-class dynamics, and educational activism. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript that continues examining Latino Chicagohistory, especially its class dynamics, industrial workers, and cross-ethnic activism and expressions of solidarity.
This Fall 2026 signature events season—signature events are hosted using original Read & Run Tours™️ format—we’re exploring the theme “Chicago Between the Lines,” the histories and communities that made an impact, but aren’t always acknowledged in our city’s mainstream narrative.
