Chicago Magazine

• John C. Reilly Will Play an Old-Timey, Honkin' Good Show in Chicago
  A Q&A with the Chicago native, who booked a gig at the Old Town School of Folk Music with his band on June 22.
  - 21 Jun 13, 1:00pm -
• Chance the Rapper Is the Next Big Thing from Chicago, the New American Capital of Hip-Hop
  How the 20-year-old from Chatham became the city's next breakout star.
  - 21 Jun 13, 11:51am -
• Tonight, Jeff Tweedy Is Your Opening Act
  When you’ve survived rock stardom, secession from a major label, and rehab, how can you possibly up the ante?
  - 20 Jun 13, 11:45am -
• Three Great Artists Making Music in Chicago This Summer
  We caught up with two rock stars and a Pulitzer-winning composer to talk about what they're listening to, where they're traveling, and what they like about playing in Chicago.
  - 19 Jun 13, 1:00pm -
• This Is a Very Good Time for Tacos in Chicago
  Between Chicago’s old-school taquerias and its fancy new joints, there are plenty of places to get a fine taco in town.
  - 19 Jun 13, 12:15pm -
• Pitchfork Versus Lollapalooza: A Summer Music Megafest Smackdown
  Here's how two of summer's biggest fests match up in a head to head comparison, dished out by two guys who should know: Organizers Mike Reed and Perry Farrell.
  - 18 Jun 13, 4:25pm -
• United Way of Metropolitan Chicago’s Annual Community Celebration
  June 7, 2013--United Way of Metropolitan Chicago hosted its annual Community Celebration event on Friday, June 7 to honor the contributions of top corporate partners, volunteers, board members and donors who support the organization’s LIVE UNITED 2…
  - 17 Jun 13, 2:30pm -
• Chicago's Oldest Singles Are Getting All the Action
  Online dating over age 55 isn't that different than going out in your twenties, a recent Q&A with five seniors revealed.
  - 17 Jun 13, 1:45pm -
• Seven Gold and Bronze Cuffs You'll Love to Wear This Summer
  Nothing says sexy like a little wrist bling.
  - 17 Jun 13, 10:54am -
• Duran European Sandwich Café: Open Faces and Low Prices
  Have lunch on a budget at this casual, sophisticated spot on Milwaukee Ave in River West.
  - 13 Jun 13, 2:37pm -

Chicago Reader

• newThe Onion City Film Festival conveys the disorientation of living in an era of great change

  

  This year’s selections look at revolutionary politics, the relationships between people and their environments, and the experiences of women and other underrepresented groups. This year's edition of the Onion Cit…
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• newChicago riff machines Bible of the Devil celebrate 20 years with album seven

  

  Chicago riff machines Bible of the Devil celebrate 20 years with album number seven, local rapper Boys vs. Girls hosts “The Pride Takeover” at Gallery Cabaret, and more. Ever since Chicago riff machines Bible…
  - 15 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 2:45pm -
• newGrowing archive

  

  Hyperlocal seed libraries preserve diversity in the food chain. Remember those giant but strangely juicy and fruitful tomatoes from your grandparents' backyard garden?…
  - 23 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 7:00am -
• newField and Florist creates floral arrangements for freshness and sustainability

  

  Farm-to-table isn't just for restaurants anymore. Field & florist, which opened in 2017 in a charming basement in Wicker Park on Division just east of Damen, grows its flowers on a 30-acre farm in southwest Michiga…
  - 23 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 7:00am -
• newMovie Tuesday: For the love of experimental film

  

  With a nod to this week’s Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, capsules from the archives about avant-garde cinema This Thursday marks the first night of the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Fe…
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• 'We’re still here'

  

  The First Nations Garden in Albany Park aims to heal the community and the environment. In a formerly vacant lot in Albany Park at the intersection of Pulaski Road and Wilson Avenue stand two tipis—one perhaps 2…
  - 2 days ago, 18 Mar 19, 5:00am -
• Rodrick Markus wants to be your green tea pusher

  

  Frequent visitors to Rodrick Markus's lair expect to encounter powerful aromas such as truffle, strawberry, or barrel-aged tea. No one expects it to smell like weed.…
  - 5 days ago, 15 Mar 19, 2:54pm -
• How did the 'industry plant' take root?

  

  The 'industry plant' is hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory, used to discredit breakout successes—and it’s spreading to other genres, where it’s no more plausible. To be alive and awake in 2019 is to face…
  - 5 days ago, 15 Mar 19, 7:00am -
• Ben Pirani returns to Chicago to share his new real-deal soul album

  

  Former Chicago man-about-town Ben Pirani has played a lot of musical roles over the past couple of decades, among them jamming with a bunch of psych bands, including Civilized Age; drumming in maniacal grindcore group My Lai; and playing guita…
  - 5 days ago, 15 Mar 19, 5:00am -
• With X 100PRE, Bad Bunny shows he’s a singular force

  

  As the face of Latin trap, Bad Bunny needs no introduction. More important, he needs no definitions.…
  - 5 days ago, 15 Mar 19, 5:00am -

CINewsNow

Huffington Post: Illinois

• Avenatti Reveals R. Kelly ‘Sexual Assault’ Tape
  Lawyer Michael Avenatti has given prosecutors another video recording that he says shows disgraced singer R. Kelly sexually assaulting a minor.
  - 23 days ago, 25 Feb 19, 3:42pm -
• Aurora Warehouse Where 5 Killed Won't Reopen Until Next Week
  A Henry Pratt Co. spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the facility will be open for employees to receive emotional support after Friday's deadly shooting.
  - 30 days ago, 18 Feb 19, 4:16pm -
• 5 Victims Identified In Illinois Factory Mass Shooting
  One of the victims, 21-year-old Trevor Wehner, was starting his first day as an intern at the company.
  - 32 days ago, 16 Feb 19, 12:19pm -
• 5 Employees Killed, 6 Officers Injured In Illinois Factory Shooting
  Suspected gunman Gary Montez Martin, who was fatally shot by officers, was terminated from the Aurora factory that day, according to police.
  - 33 days ago, 15 Feb 19, 3:28pm -
• Illinois Lawmakers Pass $15 Minimum Wage
  The Fight for $15 has picked up a lot of steam in blue states.
  - 33 days ago, 15 Feb 19, 10:44am -
• GOP Congressman Rodney Davis Confronted On First-Class Flight
  Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL) was confronted about taking a first-class flight during the partial government shutdown.
  - 56 days ago, 22 Jan 19, 4:59pm -
• Illinois Prosecutor Asks Possible Victims Of R. Kelly's Abuse To Come Forward
  Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx said she's spoken with the families of two possible victims, but needs more information to investigate.
  - 70 days ago, 8 Jan 19, 11:02pm -
• Lauren Underwood Makes History As Youngest Black Woman To Serve In Congress
  The congresswoman has already taken her first constituent call.
  - 75 days ago, 3 Jan 19, 5:22pm -
• All The Laws You Should Know About That Go Into Effect In 2019
  From minimum wage hikes to stricter gun control measures and Me Too-inspired legislation, 2019 will usher in thousands of new laws in various states.
  - 77 days ago, 2 Jan 19, 12:41pm -
• Transgender Inmate Gets Rare Transfer To Women's Prison After Legal Battle
  Deon “Strawberry” Hampton is serving a 10-year sentence for burglary in Illinois.
  - 82 days ago, 28 Dec 18, 8:56am -

The Economist: Illinois

• The yacht primary: Governors’ races have become contests between bajillionaires
  Print section Print Rubric:  The 0.1% are pushing aside other gubernatorial hopefuls Print Headline:  The yacht primary…
  - 19 Oct 17, 10:57am -
• Fizzled: Chicago’s soda tax is repealed
  Main image:  IT MUST have been one of the shortest-lived taxes in the history of Illinois. On October 11th lawmakers of Cook County, which includes Chicago, overwhelmingly voted to r…
  - 13 Oct 17, 1:20pm -
• The big squeeze: American public pensions suffer from a gaping hole
  Print section Print Rubric:  Pension costs in American states are crowding out other spending Print Headline:  The big squeeze…
  - 5 Oct 17, 10:54am -
• Labour brawl: A new threat to public-sector unions is headed to the Supreme Court
  Main image:  SOMEWHERE among the thousands of petitions the justices will wade through when they return to work in September is a case that could transform the labour movement in Ame…
  - 17 Aug 17, 1:37pm -
• Spot the governor: State governments are shutting down more frequently
  Print section Print Rubric:  State governments are imitating Washington’s bad behaviour Print Headline:  Spot the governor…
  - 6 Jul 17, 10:50am -
• The Midwest’s basket case: Who should run Illinois?
  Print section Print Rubric:  Who should run the Land of Lincoln? Print Headline:  The Midwest’s basket case…
  - 18 May 17, 10:46am -
• Biography of a gun shop: How Chuck’s became a symbol of what’s wrong with America’s gun laws
  Print section Print Rubric:  Shopping at the nation’s most contentious gun-dealer Print Headline:  Anything you want…
  - 16 Mar 17, 11:55am -
• Illinois’s governor race: Can Chris Kennedy fix Illinois?
  Main image:  ILLINOIS was a mess when Bruce Rauner took over as the first Republican governor in many years in January 2015. This large Midwestern state, with a population of 13m, ha…
  - 13 Feb 17, 10:30am -
• Schools: Teaching economics
  Print section Print Rubric:  Creative fixes for the teacher shortage Print Headline:  Teaching economics P…
  - 26 Jan 17, 10:44am -
• Another Super Tuesday: A big night for Trump, Clinton and Kasich is Rubio’s last
  VOTER turnout in Illinois appeared to have beaten the record set in the primary elections of 2008, when Barack Obama, who had adopted Chicago as his hometown, and Hillary Clinton, who was born in Chicago, were opponents on the Democratic Party’s ba…
  - 16 Mar 16, 3:10am -

The Guardian: Illinois News

• Nebraska floods leave towns submerged and at least one dead
  Family say man killed while attempting to rescue stranded motorists amid deluge of rainwater and snowmeltAuthorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the US midwest where rainwater and snowm…
  - 3 days ago, 16 Mar 19, 10:26pm -
• Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to charges he lied about alleged attack
  Actor is charged with 16 counts of disorderly conduct and prosecutors allege he hired two friends to help him stage the attackEmpire actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the vict…
  - 6 days ago, 14 Mar 19, 11:53am -
• R Kelly released from jail after $161,000 child support bill is paid
  Sheriff’s spokeswoman does not know who paid debtSinger charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuseR Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail on Saturday after someone who officials say did not want to be publicly identified paid $161,633 the R&B s…
  - 11 days ago, 9 Mar 19, 4:41pm -
• Bernie Sanders’ Chicago 2020 speech focuses on fight against racism
  The Vermont senator concluded a two-part launch in the Windy City, harking back to his student days in the civil rights era In the city that inspired his political activism, Bernie Sanders concluded a two-part presidential campaign launch with a rare…
  - 16 days ago, 3 Mar 19, 10:56pm -
• Chicago to elect its first black female mayor as candidates head to runoff
  Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle garnered the most votes, but neither received the more than 50% needed to avoid 2 April runoff A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff for the mayorship of Chicago thi…
  - 21 days ago, 27 Feb 19, 11:49am -
• Jussie Smollett: Empire star Terrence Howard supports embattled actor
  Smollett alleged to have staged racist, homophobic attackScreen father post supportive comment to InstagramThe actor Terrence Howard, who plays the father of Jussie Smollett’s character on Empire, has expressed support for his fellow cast member am…
  - 24 days ago, 24 Feb 19, 4:30pm -
• R Kelly: judge sets $1m bail for singer on sexual abuse charges
  Lawyer: singer facing 10 charges hasn’t sexually abused anyone ‘He is a rock star, he doesn’t have to have non-consensual sex’R Kelly has not sexually abused anyone, the singer’s lawyer told reporters outside a Chicago courthouse on Saturda…
  - 25 days ago, 23 Feb 19, 3:00pm -
• Aurora man who makes crosses for shooting victims puts five in hometown
  Five people died and six were injured in Illinois shootingGreg Zanis has crossed America placing shooting memorialsA man who has delivered more than 26,000 white crosses to sites around the US, largely to remember victims of gun violence, has now fou…
  - 30 days ago, 18 Feb 19, 3:55pm -
• Jussie Smollett: Chicago police still seeking follow-up interview
  Actor’s lawyers angrily reject reports he may have staged attackPolice spokesman says trajectory of investigation ‘shifted’Chicago police have said they want to conduct a follow-up interview with the Empire actor Jussie Smollett, because new in…
  - 30 days ago, 18 Feb 19, 3:22pm -
• Aurora shooting: background check failures let gunman keep firearm
  Second check found conviction involving stabbing of ex-girlfriend which led to loss of permit but gun was not handed to policeThe man who shot and killed five people and wounded six at an Illinois business on Friday passed an initial background check…
  - 30 days ago, 17 Feb 19, 5:05pm -

Chicago Sun Times

Daily Herald

• newChicago man charged with stealing car, fleeing Arlington Heights police stop
  Charges were filed Tuesday against a man accused of fleeing an traffic stop in Arlington Heights in a stolen car early Monday before crashing it in the city.
  - 8 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 9:24pm -
• newSome Lollapalooza acts revealed
  Lollapalooza snuck a partial lineup announcement into a video promoting its partnership with the PAWS Chicago animal shelter, Billboard.com reported. Clues in the video indicate Janelle Monáe, Tame Impala, Rosalía, Lil Wayne and J Balvin will take…
  - 12 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 6:15pm -
• newHey! Ho! Let's go! Ramones-inspired show to play Chicago
  "Four Chords and a Gun," a play-concert hybrid about the recording of The Ramones LP "End of the Century," will open at the Broadway Playhouse in May.
  - 14 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 3:56pm -
• newGraduate teaching assistants strike at U of Illinois-Chicago
  Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago have gone on strike
  - 16 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 1:54pm -
• newChicago police union wants federal probe in Smollett case
  The Chicago police union's president alleges that the county's top prosecutor interfered with the probe of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett before recusing herself and wants the Justice Department to investigate
  - 17 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 12:27pm -