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 southeast side rides for justice

  

  Members of Bridges // Puentes wind through South Chicago and the east side. The crew of around 30 rode in on beach cruisers, steel tourers loaded with panniers, neon-orange BMX bikes, and flashy, well-oiled road m…
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• newThis is my brain on local TV news

  

  Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace. Shortly after 5 AM on Monday as many Chicagoans were just waking up and turning on their televisions, CBS2 was broadca…
  - 10 hours ago, 13 Aug 20, 3:00pm -
• newCabinet of Curiosity offers a walk on the hopeful side

  

  A partnership with Little Red Schoolhouse brings art and nature together; plus a new home for Joel Hall Dancers and Collaboraction's virtual season Frank Maugeri knows something about picking himself up after a shu…
  - 13 hours ago, 13 Aug 20, 12:55pm -
• newChicago Mass Choir invigorates traditional gospel on My Soul Says Yes

  

  On My Soul Says Yes, the first release by the Chicago Mass Choir in more than four years and its 17th album overall, the ensemble traverses the usual traditional gospel territory. While selections such as “Excellent Is Your Name” and “Ha…
  - 16 hours ago, 13 Aug 20, 9:00am -
• newThe Kind were two bands—and the first has been almost completely forgotten

  

  The Kind’s slick, glammy 80s records caught on locally, but their high-energy late-70s power pop barely made it to vinyl. Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Mu…
  - 18 hours ago, 13 Aug 20, 7:00am -
• ‘This is not a war zone’

  

  What happened in Englewood in the three crucial hours after the police shooting of Latrell Allen On Sunday afternoon, after Chicago police shot 20-year-old Latrell Allen but before the city would mourn broken wind…
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 4:00pm -
• Stitching ourselves back together

  

  Protesters today are only just beginning their transformative journey. In an undated clip that recently surfaced on Twitter, poet Gil Scott-Heron explains his intentions behind the song "The Revolution Will Not Be…
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 3:00pm -
• Making something out of nothing

  

  An Edgewater couple houses family, business, and community under one roof. Sponsored advertisement …
  - 2 days ago, 12 Aug 20, 12:54pm -
• Torchy Brown lights way for Litany

  

  Jenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film. Small-town girl finds adventure, fame, and love in the big city: the evergreen plot gained new color in 1937, when…
  - 2 days ago, 12 Aug 20, 12:30pm -
• Wye Oak team up with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus for the EP No Horizon

  

  Experimental indie duo Wye Oak make their commitment to reinventing their music feel like an integral part of their art: whether they’re incorporating shades of folk rock or R&B or even scraps of their earliest songs (as they did on 2016’s…
  - 2 days ago, 12 Aug 20, 9:00am -

CINewsNow

Huffington Post: Illinois

• Attacking A Retail Worker Enforcing Face Masks Is Now Aggravated Battery In Illinois
  Offenders risk imprisonment for two to five years and fines of up to $25,000.
  - 3 days ago, 10 Aug 20, 8:33pm -
• Progressive Senators Ready To Help Confirm 2 Anti-Choice Trump Judges
  Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are backing nominees who questioned Roe v. Wade and worked with groups trying to end abortion rights. Why?
  - 16 days ago, 28 Jul 20, 9:24pm -
• Man Arrested After Grabbing TV Reporter, Yelling Vile Phrase
  WGN's Gaynor Hall wrote to the 20-year-old: "You grabbed me. You scared me. Was it worth it?”
  - 79 days ago, 26 May 20, 3:55pm -
• Photos Show What One High School Graduation Looks Like During The Coronavirus Pandemic
  A high school in Bradley, Illinois, held a socially distanced ceremony.
  - 99 days ago, 6 May 20, 4:58pm -
• Auschwitz Museum Condemns Use Of Nazi Slogan At Illinois COVID-19 Protest
  The "work sets you free" sign singled out Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is Jewish.
  - 2 May 20, 9:08pm -
• Illinois Launches Mental Health Hotline To Help With Coronavirus' Emotional Toll
  "It’s OK to feel, but please know you don’t have to feel it all alone," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in announcing the Call4Calm text line.
  - 12 Apr 20, 4:51pm -
• Illinois Mayor Sends Police To Break Up Parties. They Found His Wife At One Of Them.
  The Alton, Ill., mayor said his wife showed a stunning lack of judgment in violating stay-at-home orders intended to stop the spread of coronavirus.
  - 7 Apr 20, 4:37am -
• Walmart Limits Store Customers After 2 Employees In Illinois Die From COVID-19
  Both of the employees worked at a Chicago-area store and reportedly had underlying health issues.
  - 6 Apr 20, 12:38pm -
• Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Says Trump Doesn't Understand The Word 'Federal' Or His Role In Pandemic
  Trump blasted Pritzker, saying he is "always complaining."
  - 6 Apr 20, 2:41am -
• Gov. Says Illinois Has Received About 10% Of Requested Medical Supplies From White House
  "We’re going to run out of ventilators," J.B. Pritzker said, "and the federal government really isn’t helping at all.”
  - 1 Apr 20, 5:51am -

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

• Destructive 'wall of wind' tears through Iowa and Chicago – video
  A powerful thunderstorm known as a 'derecho' has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 100mph to the US states of Iowa and Illinois. Gusty winds and heavy rain brought down trees, damaged roofs, cut power and destroyed structures. More than 20,000 pe…
  - 3 days ago, 11 Aug 20, 3:27am -
• US coronavirus deaths near 150,000 as 21 states declared 'red zones'
  Covid-19 deaths have risen three weeks in a row while new cases week-over-week recently fell for the first time since JuneUS deaths from the coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by about 10,000…
  - 16 days ago, 29 Jul 20, 12:37pm -
• Tucker Carlson calls Purple Heart recipient Tammy Duckworth a 'coward'
  Fox News host attacked Democratic senator and Iraq war veteran on his show, claiming she ‘hates the country’The Democratic senator and Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth, who was awarded the Purple Heart medal after losing her legs during combat op…
  - 37 days ago, 8 Jul 20, 10:42am -
• US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests
  Devices associated with protesters travelled up to hundreds of miles after rallies where few precautions were taken Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesCellphone location data suggests that demonstrators at anti-lockdown protests – so…
  - 88 days ago, 18 May 20, 7:18am -
• Auschwitz memorial condemns presence of Nazi slogan at US anti-lockdown rally
  ‘Arbeit macht frei’ on sign at Illinois demonstration against state’s coronavirus measures Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe organisation that runs the Auschwitz memorial has condemned the appearance at a US anti…
  - 2 May 20, 10:27am -
• John Prine obituary
  Influential singer-songwriter who brought a blend of poignancy, anger and humour to songs about the problems of everyday lifeJohn Prine, who has died aged 73 due to complications of Covid-19, was a highly influential American singer-songwriter. Music…
  - 8 Apr 20, 6:48am -
• Two Walmart workers from same Illinois store die from coronavirus
  Two Evergreen Park employees in Chicago suburbs had not been in store for ‘more than a week’, officials sayCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA pair of workers at a Walmart in the Chicago suburbs hav…
  - 6 Apr 20, 1:08pm -
• Coronavirus: Illinois governor announces rare death of baby
  Investigation under way to determine cause of death in pandemic where children make up only small fraction of positive cases globallyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Illinois health department has announced the first…
  - 28 Mar 20, 9:08pm -
• One in four Americans under strict stay-home orders to slow coronavirus spread
  New Jersey joins New York, Connecticut, Illinois and California in telling residents to stay indoors and to practice social distancingNew Jersey on Saturday ordered its citizens to stay at home meaning that almost one in four Americans are now under…
  - 21 Mar 20, 10:32am -
• Democratic primaries key takeaways: Biden's lead looks insurmountable
  The former vice-president increases his delegate lead with sweeping victories as Sanders faces calls to drop outFull story: Biden sweeps key primariesDemocratic primaries results – follow the votesDemocratic primary delegate count – latestOne of…
  - 18 Mar 20, 12:42am -

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

• newChicago convenience store ransacked twice since May
  Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountable for ransacking downtown retailers
  - 2 hours ago, 13 Aug 20, 11:15pm -
• Chicago police: Driver struck pedestrian twice, killing her
  Cook County prosecutors say they haven't come up with the motive of a man who used his SUV to strike and kill a pedestrian and injure her daughter while they walked along a Chicago street
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 9:04pm -
• Chicago mayor names committee to review public monuments
  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has formed a committee to review the city's monuments three weeks after ordering the removal of three statues honoring Christopher Columbus
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 6:19pm -
• Chicago Police post looting videos to identify suspects
  Chicago police are giving people another look at the looting that happened downtown and around the city this week in the hope that they will recognize suspects and provide their names and other information that will allow detectives to make arrests
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 4:59pm -
• Jazz Showcase owner Joe Segal dies
  Joe Segal, the Chicago impresario who promoted jazz for more than seven decades, died Monday at 94, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
  - 1 day ago, 12 Aug 20, 4:43pm -