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

• newHedda Gabler: A Play With Live Music, Charlie and the Hashbrown Factory Chili Cook-Off, and more to do this weekend

  

  Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/28 to Sun 3/1. It's Leap Day weekend, spend your extra day wisely.…
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• newMarch forward, spring ahead

  

  Ten performance picks to blow you away this month Theater (Kerry Reid)What the Constitution Means to MeHeidi Schreck's Tony-nominated play, in which the playwright originally starred, draws a trajectory between h…
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• Music is for every body

  

  Chicago’s concert venues have made welcome advances in accessibility, but a regulatory gray area lets them fall short of what they should be. Almost ten years ago, I was offered a free ticket to see New Orleans…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 3:30pm -
• Plano provides a loopy look at three sisters

  

  Authentic dialogue grounds First Floor Theater's dark comedy. As one of three sisters, I feel uniquely qualified to review the chaotic choreography of dialogue that constitutes Plano, First Floor Theater's presenta…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 3:15pm -
• Smart Museum’s take on ‘Allure of Matter’ spends time on the details

  

  An exhibition in two parts—Part II: The Smart Museum of Art There are certain very specific types of art I cling to, like Eva Hesse’s fiberglass and latex work and Lynda Benglis’s wax sculptures. Their choice…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 3:00pm -
• Chicago’s seven “most endangered” buildings

  

  Preservation Chicago releases its 2020 list. Preservation Chicago announced the 2020 edition of its annual list of the city’s “7 Most Endangered Buildings” today, with the James R. Thompson Center and Jackson…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 1:00pm -
• Green Space Sessions

  

  Conversations on all things cannabis Green Space Sessions ScheduleReservations / Tickets Required. Many sessions are free.…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 12:59pm -
• Pangea still reigns

  

  As the mayor spotlights the city’s eviction problems, 2019 court data shows little is changing. More than 17,000 Chicago renters wound up in eviction court last year according to 2019 court data obtained by the…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 11:00am -
• A cosmic crossword on the gig poster of the week

  

  This week's featured gig poster was created by Minnesota-based illustrator Shawn Reed. ARTIST: Shawn ReedSHOW: American Dreams Records showcase featuring Forest Management, Jordan Reyes, Civic Center, and Itsï a…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 7:00am -
• Don’t try to tell Black folks that the outrage surrounding Michael Vick isn’t about race

  

  He’s repaid his debt to society, but we all know why people just can’t let his past stay in the past. Evan F. Moore is a culture/entertainment writer with the Chicago Sun-Times.…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Feb 20, 7:00am -

CINewsNow

Huffington Post: Illinois

• Rod Blagojevich Praises Himself, Offers No Apology After Release From Prison
  President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of the disgraced former governor of Illinois who tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat.
  - 9 days ago, 19 Feb 20, 2:51pm -
• Trump Grants Clemency To 11, Including Michael Milken And Rod Blagojevich
  Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat, worked with Trump on "The Celebrity Apprentice" in 2010.
  - 10 days ago, 18 Feb 20, 1:46pm -
• Police Put Gun To Black Student's Head, Lawsuit Says. They Had The Wrong Guy.
  Moments after Jaylan Butler stepped off his team's bus to stretch his legs, Illinois police allegedly forced him to the ground and threatened to blow his "head off."
  - 11 days ago, 17 Feb 20, 3:54pm -
• R. Kelly To Face Trial For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Hairdresser
  It's the first of four state cases in Illinois the disgraced R&B singer and accused serial sexual abuser faces, in addition to two pending federal trials.
  - 37 days ago, 22 Jan 20, 2:48pm -
• Pete Buttigieg Fails To Secure Delegates In Illinois’ Most Diverse Districts
  The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s struggles with Black and Latino voters continue.
  - 52 days ago, 7 Jan 20, 11:42am -
• Illinois Pot Vendors Score $3.2 Million On First Day Of Legal Weed Sales
  State officials called Jan. 1 "a historic new day" as people spent millions on newly legalized recreational cannabis.
  - 57 days ago, 2 Jan 20, 7:46pm -
• Illinois Governor Pardons More Than 11,000 Low-Level Marijuana Convictions
  Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the expungements on Tuesday, one day before recreational cannabis became legal in Illinois.
  - 58 days ago, 1 Jan 20, 2:54am -
• Michigan, Illinois Set To Usher In Recreational Pot Sales
  Both Michigan and Illinois, which allows sales starting on Jan. 1, are officially joining nine other states that broadly allow marijuana sales.
  - 92 days ago, 28 Nov 19, 6:44pm -
• Buffalo Wild Wings Fires Employees After Alleged Racism Toward Diners
  An Illinois customer said her party was told to switch tables because of their race.
  - 4 Nov 19, 3:52pm -
• Trump Acts Out Police Shooting
  During a speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, President Trump mimed the gunfire from officers who stopped a mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio.
  - 28 Oct 19, 1:13pm -

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

• Rod Blagojevich's 'political prisoner' claim is 'bullshit', says Anderson Cooper
  Ex-Illinois governor had sentence commuted by TrumpCNN host describes ‘alternate universe of facts’ Rod Blagojevich’s claim to have been a political prisoner persecuted by “uncontrolled prosecutors” is “just bullshit”, the CNN host Ande…
  - 6 days ago, 22 Feb 20, 8:11am -
• Facebook pays $550m settlement for breaking Illinois data protection law
  Tag Suggest feature broke rules by storing facial recognition imagery without permission from usersFacebook has settled a lawsuit over facial recognition technology, agreeing to pay $550m (£419m) over accusations it had broken an Illinois state law…
  - 29 days ago, 30 Jan 20, 11:44am -
• One city's reparations program that could offer a blueprint for the nation
  Evanston, Illinois, is levying a tax on newly legalised marijuana to fund projects benefiting African Americans in recognition of the enduring effects of slavery and the war on drugsFor years, Robin Rue Simmons watched Evanston, Illinois, “working…
  - 40 days ago, 19 Jan 20, 3:45am -
• Illinois governor pardons 11,000 for low-level marijuana convictions
  Democrat JB Pritzker says pardons represent first wave of thousands expected under state’s new marijuana legalization lawIllinois governor JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the s…
  - 59 days ago, 31 Dec 19, 4:25pm -
• Illinois man who built memorials for mass shooting victims retires
  Greg Zanis created almost 27,000 handcrafted white crosses, Stars of David and Islamic crescent moons for victimsFrom Parkland to Las Vegas, and Columbine to Sandy Hook, Greg Zanis’ work has been a comfort to those suffering in the aftermath of whi…
  - 63 days ago, 27 Dec 19, 12:30pm -
• How local 'fake news' websites spread 'conservative propaganda' in the US
  Locality Labs, a company operating scores of sites that purports to be a local news organization, is facing criticism it is part of a rightwing lobbying effortIn March this year, the small Illinois town of Hinsdale, in the western Chicago suburbs, wa…
  - 19 Nov 19, 2:00am -
• Chicago teachers' strike ends as union reaches labor deal with city
  Delegates approve tentative deal including pay raises over five years, after 11 days of canceled classesChicago teachers and the country’s third-largest school district reached a labor contract deal on Thursday, ending a strike that canceled 11 day…
  - 31 Oct 19, 5:15pm -
• My rich town was poisoned by a corporation. Even the 1% isn't safe from pollution | Chantal Panozzo
  Environmental and political leaders in the US have decided the environment is worth compromising for private profitMy son took his first breath in a place I never imagined would be potentially harmful for his health: Hinsdale, Illinois.Hinsdale is li…
  - 23 Oct 19, 6:00am -
• 'A couple of drinks with dinner': Chicago police chief found asleep in his car
  Eddie Johnson says incident related to medicationMayor’s comments differ from first official explanationThe top police officer in Chicago told the mayor he had “a couple of drinks with dinner” before he fell asleep at a stop sign while driving…
  - 19 Oct 19, 11:49am -
• Zombie debts are hounding struggling Americans. Will you be next?
  Tens of thousands of people have received demands to repay alleged overpayments of government benefits – often decades old – plunging them into a Kafkaesque struggle against a faceless bureaucracy To read our entire Automating Poverty series, cli…
  - 15 Oct 19, 5:00am -

Chicago Sun Times

• Joliet man loses appeal in 2009 attempted murder of ex-girlfriend

  

  Bradley Schlott, 51, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he attacked his ex-girlfriend with a knife in March 2009. The Illinois Appellate Court confirmed the 2016 conviction of Bradley Schlott Monday in the attempted murder of his former girlfr…
  - 4 Jun 19, 7:46am -
• Ald. Edward Burke is due in court — again

  

  Great spectacle but few surprises are expected as Chicago’s longest-serving alderman answers to a fresh indictment. For the second time this year, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman is due at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. But this time, he’l…
  - 4 Jun 19, 7:27am -
• ‘Promise fulfilled’ for tattoo titan Ryan Henry

  

  The Pilsen shop 9MAG, setting for VH1’s “Black Ink Crew Chicago,” was created to carry out a pledge the owner made to his slain sister, Nova. Freehand tattoo artist Ryan Henry’s love of art, a work ethic instilled in him by his father and a p…
  - 4 Jun 19, 7:00am -
• Robberies reported in West Garfield Park: police

  

  Police are warning residents to be aware of their surroundings following a pair of robberies in West Garfield Park on the West Side. Police are warning residents to be aware of their surroundings following a pair of robberies in West Garfield Park…
  - 4 Jun 19, 6:06am -
• Dear Abby: Even after husband hurt me, I don’t know how to leave

  

  His anger issues are worsening to the point where he bashed wife’s head into a car window. DEAR ABBY: My husband has always had anger issues. Recently, they have progressed from targeting inanimate objects to targeting me. A few weeks ago, when he…
  - 4 Jun 19, 6:00am -

Daily Herald

• newHigh-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
  A high-tech museum exhibit puts visitors face-to-face with Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivers one of the most famous speeches in American history
  - 1 hour ago, 28 Feb 20, 12:24pm -
• new5 Chicago cops injured in traffic crash
  Five Chicago police officers have been taken to a hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries after two vehicles they were riding in crashed into each other
  - 3 hours ago, 28 Feb 20, 10:09am -
• newChicago schools drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day
  Chicago's public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day
  - 14 hours ago, 27 Feb 20, 11:23pm -
• newNBC renews 'Law & Order: SVU,' 'Chicago' dramas for 3 years
  NBC is giving three-year renewals to its drama series from veteran producer Dick Wolf, including the perennial 'œLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.'�
  - 18 hours ago, 27 Feb 20, 7:24pm -
• CPS board, watchdog spar over test 'irregularities'
  Days after Chicago Public Schools officials agreed to overhaul their standardized testing procedures, Board of Education members grilled the inspector general whose report led to the changes in a heated, nearly two-hour argument over his findings.
  - 1 day ago, 27 Feb 20, 11:05am -