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March 13, 2019

Psychedelic furs at the Mascot Hall of Fame

 

WHITING, IN.—-Life is like a mascot.

You have to look beneath the surface.

The new Mascot Hall of Fame, 1851 Front St, in Whiting is ripe with punchlines. Right off the bat, it’s a mascot museum for North American professional and collegiate sports, with more than a hundred items.

And it is on the industrial shores of Lake Michigan in Whiting (pop. 4, 900), two miles from the south side of Chicago. Whiting hosts an annual Pierogi  Fest at the end of July. Local ladies parade around in babushkas and housecoats and there are mascots Mr. Pierogi and Miss Paczki.

The museum’s executive director is Orestes Hernandez. His parents fled [...]

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