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

• The Storefront Project provides a movable feast of devised theater

  

  The Museum of Contemporary Art and Prop Thtr offer directors a chance to adapt between venues. Tara Aisha Willis and Olivia Lilley both moved into prominent positions at Chicago institutions within the past two yea…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:30pm -
• Of shoes and sugarplums

  

  The company's shoe manager tells us what it takes to keep the company on its toes. After two decades of performances at the Auditorium Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet will move its company to the Lyric Opera House at t…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:15pm -
• All Rise for Nick Offerman

  

  The actor, comedian, author, and carpenter returns to Chicago with his latest one-man show. Nick Offerman is quite the combo platter. Whether he’s acting in television or film, writing a New York Times best selle…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:00pm -
• [PHOTOS] Chicago White Sox Dog Day

  

  White Sox fans love their team almost as much as they love their dogs.  Photographer Adam Jason Cohen swung by Guaranteed Rate Field on Dog Day to capture baseball's fuzziest fans.  Held twice a year, Dog Day allows fans to bring their dog…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 12:13pm -
• Bare-knuckled theatrics

  

  For 41 years, the Chicago Theatre Softball League has meant summertime camaraderie for the city's troupes. Again, as it has been for 41 summers, it's "once more into the breach" for the Chicago Theatre Softball Lea…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 12:07pm -
• Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman brings all languages to jazz

  

  In 1987, free-jazz originator Ornette Coleman named an album In All Languages; fellow alto saxophonist Steve Lehman, who began his career around 15 years later, seems to have taken that title as a challenge to be met at every turn. On his own…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:00am -
• Acid King celebrate the 20th anniversary of Busse Woods

  

  Disaffected teenagers hanging out at the forest preserve to smoke and solve the world’s problems couldn’t ask for a better soundtrack than 1999’s Busse Woods, the third album by San Francisco stoner-doom band Acid King. Guitarist and sin…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:00am -
• Indie-pop duo Video Age transcend their 80s pastiche on Pop Therapy

  

  On their second album, 2018’s Pop Therapy (Inflated Records), New Orleans indie duo Video Age liberally apply the glassy, frictionless keyboards and cheesy affectations of 80s synth-pop. But fortunately, Ray Micarelli (drums) and Ross Farbe…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:00am -
• Chicago's Discus explore the outer reaches of languid indie rock on their debut album

  

  Chicago has plenty of workhorses among its young indie rockers, but few of them can grind like brothers Jake and Paul Stolz. That’s partly because they’re inseparable musically: they make up the rhythm section for pop-minded five-piece Var…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:00am -
• Lil Keed brings new dimensions to Atlanta's syllable-blurring hip-hop

  

  Rising rapper Lil Keed grew up along Cleveland Avenue in Atlanta’s Zone 3 neighborhood, which has also been home to one of the most colorful and creative forces in the past decade of hip-hop: Young Thug. At 21, Keed is part of a youthful cro…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:00am -

CINewsNow

Huffington Post: Illinois

• First U.S. Vaping Death May Be Patient In Illinois
  On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control said 149 people nationwide had contracted a severe respiratory illness after vaping.
  - 23 days ago, 23 Aug 19, 2:22pm -
• Illinois Jails Are Now Required To Make Sure Detained People Can Use Their Voting Rights
  People awaiting trial are often eligible to vote but don't know it.
  - 25 days ago, 21 Aug 19, 5:35pm -
• Illinois Governor Signs Bill Mandating Public Schools Teach LGBTQ History
  The measure is being praised as a "life-saving law” that has placed the state “on the right side of history.”
  - 35 days ago, 11 Aug 19, 4:13pm -
• Illinois Parents Reportedly Gave Up Custody Of Their Kids To Help Get College Scholarships
  ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal published reports showing some wealthy parents used the strategy to gain tens of thousands of dollars in need-based aid.
  - 48 days ago, 29 Jul 19, 11:49pm -
• Illinois GOP Group Apologizes After Reportedly Posting Bigoted 'Jihad Squad' Meme
  The image took aim at Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.
  - 56 days ago, 21 Jul 19, 8:38pm -
• Illinois Is Expunging Marijuana Convictions, But That Will Only Do So Much
  “Expungement, for the most part, is not done with just a snap of the fingers and all the records go away,” says a criminal justice reform advocate.
  - 75 days ago, 2 Jul 19, 6:08pm -
• Illinois Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender Students
  Gov. J.B. Pritzker's order mandates schools have safe spaces for LGBTQ youth and establishes a task force to craft policies supporting nonbinary students.
  - 76 days ago, 1 Jul 19, 6:54am -
• Illinois Set To Expunge Up To 770,000 Marijuana Convictions
  Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill this week set to legalize cannabis use in the state.
  - 79 days ago, 28 Jun 19, 2:11pm -
• Illinois Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Sales
  It's the first time a state has legalized the commercial sale of cannabis through the legislature.
  - 82 days ago, 25 Jun 19, 5:34pm -
• Weatherman Hasn't Appeared On Sinclair Station Since Criticizing 'Code Red' Alerts
  An Illinois meteorologist has been off the air since telling viewers the ominous warning was a "corporate initiative" that "many of us have tried to dissuade."
  - 97 days ago, 10 Jun 19, 8:42pm -

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

• newMore than 2,000 foetal remains found at home of former Indiana abortion doctor
  Authorities uncover thousands of preserved remains at the home of Ulrich Klopfer More than 2,000 medically preserved foetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities have s…
  - 16 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 8:57pm -
• What the nanny saw: Vivian Maier's street photography – in pictures
  Maier spent her working life caring for the children of families in New York and Chicago. What none of them knew is that she also took thousands of photographs that were discovered by chance and published after her death Continue reading...
  - 53 days ago, 24 Jul 19, 2:00am -
• Illinois Republicans remove offensive Facebook post about ‘Jihad Squad’
  Republican County Chairmen’s Association president sorry for ‘unauthorized’ post that insulted four Democratic congresswomenAn Illinois Republican group has apologized and removed from its Facebook page a post that showed images of four Democra…
  - 55 days ago, 22 Jul 19, 9:41am -
• Yingying Zhang murder: anger in China as US killer of scholar spared death penalty
  Brendt Christensen has never revealed the whereabouts of Yingying Zhang, whom he raped and then decapitated in IllinoisA US former doctoral student has been spared the death penalty for kidnapping and murdering a 26-year-old Chinese scholar, promptin…
  - 59 days ago, 18 Jul 19, 8:35pm -
• See you later alligator as Chicago's Chance the Snapper is captured
  5ft 3in animal had been spotted last week in Chicago lagoonReptile caught by Florida expert will be sent to sanctuary or zooThe alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he…
  - 61 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 2:09pm -
• Alligator on the loose: Chicago searches for roaming reptile
  Authorities, aided by a volunteer named Alligator Bob, are trying to trap the animal spotted swimming in a city lagoonAll eyes in Chicago on Wednesday were on a man named Alligator Bob, who was paddling around a lagoon in the city searching for – w…
  - 67 days ago, 10 Jul 19, 5:06pm -
• America's corn belt farmers face uncertainty after rain … and more rain
  Cold, rainy weather has meant severe planting delays for farmers from Ohio to Nebraska – and next week’s acreage report takes on heightened importanceIn his 32 years of farming, Steve Fourez says he’s almost never been so late planting corn and…
  - 84 days ago, 23 Jun 19, 1:00am -
• Chicago baby cut from killed mother's womb dies
  Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, who had been on life support since April, dies from severe brain injury An infant boy who was cut from a Chicago woman’s womb died Friday at a hospital where he had been in grave condition since the April attack that killed hi…
  - 93 days ago, 14 Jun 19, 9:01pm -
• Threat to Missouri abortion clinic leaves neighboring providers scrambling
  With reproductive rights under aggressive attack, clinics across state lines are bracing for an influx of women seeking careDr Erin King felt a weight lift off her shoulders – at least for a few minutes.The executive director of Hope Clinic in Gran…
  - 1 Jun 19, 2:00am -
• More tornadoes tear through central US as 40m at risk of severe weather
  A dozen people injured as twisters rage across KansasMissouri, Pennsylvania and Illinois also report tornadoesMore tornadoes ripped across the central US overnight and on Wednesday almost 40 million people remain at risk of severe weather across a va…
  - 29 May 19, 11:13am -

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

• newOfficials: 2 new cases of Legionnaires' in suburban Chicago
  Public health officials are worried an outbreak of Legionnaires disease at a suburban Chicago retirement home appears to be spreading with two new cases in the nearby community
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:02am -
• newTeachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strike
  Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district are inching closer to a strike that could take place as early as next month
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 8:50am -
• newChicago installs lakefront barriers to shield against damage
  Chicago officials say crews will install hundreds of yards of barriers along Lake Michigan to guard against flood damage from storms in the fall and winter
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 8:20am -
• Suburban Chicago police: 18 water rescues after heavy rains
  Suburban Chicago police say first responders have made 18 water rescues following heavy rains
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 9:36am -
• Chicago schools to overhaul handling of sex abuse complaints
  Federal education officials say Chicago Public Schools' handling of sexual abuse complaints is "tragic and inexcusable" and is requiring a major overhaul
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 5:11pm -