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

• A visit to the Sweets and Snacks Expo

  

  Two intrepid reporters try to avoid drowning in a sea of salt and sugar. Every May, independent chocolatiers, mom-and-pop confectioners, aspiring millennial sweetmakers, grizzled jerky manufacturers, plucky fudge e…
  - 1 day ago, 24 May 19, 7:00pm -
• Non-Fiction and The Souvenir question how well their characters really know one another—and themselves

  

  In two new films, Olivier Assayas and Joanna Hogg withhold information to poke and provoke viewers. At first glance, Non-Fiction (which opens this weekend at the Music Box) might appear to be a minor effort from Fr…
  - 2 days ago, 24 May 19, 7:00am -
• Small town government, Chicago-style politics

  

  Lyons’s mayor, son of the former town boss who went to prison, is building clout in the western suburbs amid claims of cozy deals, including the purchase of his own house. The Reader is publishing this story in…
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 3:00pm -
• Civic engagement doesn’t die in prison

  

  A state bill outlines an education program for those about to be released. In 1992, Nasir Blackwell was desperate.…
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 1:00pm -
• Print issue of May 23, 2019

  

  Volume 48, Number 33
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 12:30pm -
• Why we can’t abandon Kim Foxx

  

  Reformers across the nation are learning to be afraid. We are facing a test and we are failing.…
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 11:00am -
• Miss Teen Wordpower

  

  The story of forgotten Chicago vaudevillian and superfast typist Birdie Reeve From 1935 until her death in 1996, Birdie Reeve Kay ran a secretarial service in the Hyde Park Bank Building.…
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 11:00am -
• El Sabor Poblano smells like home

  

  . . . and tastes of a single village in Puebla. When it was party time in San Juan Pilcaya, Maria Moso was the village's go-to for pipián verde. Whenever there was cause for celebration in her hometown of 1,000 or…
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 11:00am -
• Dawn Ray’d make a black-metal soundtrack for punching fascists

  

  Black metal has long been contaminated with bands that embrace fascist politics, but the genre has a left-wing tradition as well, which includes the antiwar themes of 2001’s The Haunted House by South Korea’s Pyha, the pro-union slant of P…
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 5:00am -
• Juice Wrld is high and sad, and that's part of his brilliance

  

  My girlfriend has a Spotify playlist called “Emotional Bangers,” and it’s made up entirely of too-earnest, heart-on-the-sleeve hip-hop jams. Though it leans pretty heavily on Drake and the Weeknd, Chicago native Juice Wrld is a major pre…
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 5:00am -

CINewsNow

Huffington Post: Illinois

• Several People Killed As Powerful Storms, Tornadoes Slam Central U.S.
  At least three people died in a tornado in Golden City, Missouri, on Wednesday. Extreme weather has also threatened parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.
  - 3 days ago, 23 May 19, 4:13am -
• Illinois Proposes New Equity-Focused Marijuana Legalization Bill
  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a proposal Saturday to legalize recreational marijuana statewide for people 21 and over by Jan. 1, 2020.
  - 20 days ago, 5 May 19, 9:25pm -
• Progressive Primary Challenger Raises Big Money Off Of DCCC Exclusion
  Marie Newman, an Illinois Democrat, picked up almost $45,000 online since Friday.
  - 25 days ago, 30 Apr 19, 1:21pm -
• Man Who Claimed To Be Missing Boy Timmothy Pitzen Charged For False Statements
  The 23-year-old ex-convict Brian Rini told officials in Illinois he was Timmothy Pitzen, who would be 14.
  - 50 days ago, 5 Apr 19, 7:30pm -
• 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.
  - 89 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.
  - 96 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.
  - 98 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.
  - 99 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.
  - 100 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.
  - 22 Jan 19, 4:59pm -

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…
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The Guardian: Illinois News

• Baby cut from mother's womb in fetal abduction opens eyes in hospital
  The infant, taken alive from 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, was reunited with his father in hospital but remains in grave conditionA baby that was cut from his mother’s womb by attackers who killed the pregnant woman is clinging to life and has op…
  - 4 days ago, 22 May 19, 11:23am -
• Lord Moore of Lower Marsh obituary
  Conservative politician whose ascent to high office under Margaret Thatcher foundered on NHS and social security reformsThe former Tory cabinet minister John Moore, Lord Moore of Lower Marsh, who has died aged 81, had a brief, meteoric cabinet career…
  - 5 days ago, 21 May 19, 11:15am -
• Louis Farrakhan denies antisemitism – then refers to 'Satanic Jews'
  Nation of Islam leader speaks in Chicago after Facebook banChristian and Jewish leaders in city condemn invitationIn a speech denying allegations of antisemitism, misogyny and homophobia after Facebook banned him from the social media platform, Natio…
  - 15 days ago, 11 May 19, 8:52am -
• Don Hinrichsen obituary
  My friend Don Hinrichsen, who has died aged 72 after suffering from kidney cancer, was an environmental journalist and author. In the 1980s he was editor-in-chief both of Ambio, a journal of the human environment published by the Royal Swedish Academ…
  - 20 days ago, 5 May 19, 1:11pm -
• Illinois: two dead, two missing after silicone plant explosion
  Nine employees were inside the plant in Waukegan when it occurred at about 9.30pm Friday while the cause is unknownTwo people have died and two others are missing feared dead after an overnight explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone plant.Waukega…
  - 21 days ago, 4 May 19, 10:36pm -
• Hamilton: The Exhibition breaks new ground for Broadway blockbuster
  A 35,000ft event space on the Chicago lakeside allows fans to explore Lin-Miranda’s show and the true story of one of America’s Founding FathersIf the soundtrack, the book and the app weren’t enough, fans of the smash hit Broadway musical Hamil…
  - 29 days ago, 27 Apr 19, 1:00am -
• Top 10 books set in the American midwest
  From Willa Cather to Jim Harrison, author Nickolas Butler casts his eye over literature that captures the spirit of ‘flyover country’I live in “flyover country”, far from America’s metropolitan coasts. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Fo…
  - 46 days ago, 10 Apr 19, 7:00am -
• US man who claimed he was missing boy booked into jail
  Brian Rini, of Medina, Ohio, claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in Illinois aged six in 2011 and has not been foundA man whom authorities say claimed to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago has twice made similar claims in w…
  - 51 days ago, 5 Apr 19, 11:28am -
• Authorities say 'teen' who claimed to be missing US boy is 23
  DNA testing rules out the youth as being Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared from Illinois aged six, FBI saysAuthorities have rejected a young man’s claim that he is a missing Illinois boy who disappeared in 2011 at age six. Instead, they say, he is a…
  - 51 days ago, 4 Apr 19, 7:11pm -
• Teen says he is missing boy who escaped from kidnappers
  Fourteen-year-old identifies himself as Timmothy Pitzen, who was six when he disappeared in IllinoisIn 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen’s mother picked him up at school in Illinois, took him to the zoo and a water park, and then killed herself at…
  - 51 days ago, 4 Apr 19, 12:14pm -

Chicago Sun Times

• newThe Bucks stop here: Raptors advance to first NBA Finals

  

  Kawhi Leonard had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors into the NBA Finals for the first time with a 100-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Satur…
  - 2 mins ago, 25 May 19, 11:48pm -
• newOpen season on Sky as Lynx — led by pair of rookies — romp 89-71

  

  Napheesa Collier scored 27 points in her WNBA debut, while fellow UConn alum Katie Lou Samuelson was quiet. MINNEAPOLIS — Sky rookie Katie Lou Samuelson hustled back on defense, planted her heels just outside the charge circle and took 199 pounds o…
  - 25 mins ago, 25 May 19, 11:25pm -
• newMan killed in Roseland shooting: police

  

  A 29-year-old man was shot in the chest Saturday in the 100 block of West 109th Place. A man was killed Saturday when he was shot in Roseland on the Far South Side. The man, 29, was standing on a porch about 6:30 p.m. in the 100 block of West 109th…
  - 2 hours ago, 25 May 19, 9:29pm -
• newWomen fight off attacker in Lincoln Park sexual assault: police

  

  The assault happened early Saturday in the 2200 block of North Orchard Street. Two women were attacked early Saturday in Lincoln Park by a man who sexually assaulted one of them, police said. The women were standing in an alley about 4:30 a.m. in t…
  - 2 hours ago, 25 May 19, 9:26pm -
• newFlight 191 victims remembered by loved ones at ceremony on 40th anniversary of crash

  

  Four decades ago Saturday, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed into a grassy field just seconds after takeoff from O’Hare, becoming the deadliest U.S. air disaster until 9/11. First came the blown left engine.Then an eerie silence as the spiralin…
  - 3 hours ago, 25 May 19, 9:12pm -

Daily Herald

• newMourners gather for Chicago woman whose baby cut from womb
  Hundreds of mourners, some carrying flowers and balloons, have gathered for the funeral of a Chicago woman who authorities say was strangled and her baby cut from her womb
  - 8 hours ago, 25 May 19, 4:08pm -
• AP WAS THERE: 1979 Chicago American Airlines crash kills 273
  AP WAS THERE: 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 crash at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport kills 273
  - 2 days ago, 24 May 19, 11:14am -
• 2 struck, killed by commuter train in suburban Chicago
  Two people have been killed after being struck by a suburban Chicago commuter train
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 5:54pm -
• Chicago bank CEO accused of bribing Manafort for administration job
  Stephen Calk, a former economic adviser to President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was indicted Thursday for allegedly approving $16 million in loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for his help seeking a top…
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 1:12pm -
• Court: Chicago food truck regulations constitutional
  The Chicago Tribune reports the court said Thursday that the rules are constitutional and the city can protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition from food trucks.
  - 2 days ago, 23 May 19, 1:12pm -