{"id":55462,"date":"2017-03-14T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=55462"},"modified":"2017-03-14T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:13:12","slug":"chicago-students-learn-the-art-of-mariachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-students-learn-the-art-of-mariachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Students Learn the Art of Mariachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Katie Watkins<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\"> At some Chicago public schools, students are learning the art of mariachi music. Officially founded in 2013, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagomariachiproject.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Mariachi Project<\/a> offers in-school and after school mariachi classes at several elementary, middle and high schools in the city. 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