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 -
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 -
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 -
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator Monday January 18 commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and there are several ways to participate in our yearly tribute to one of the architects… - 2 days ago, 15 Jan 21, 1:30pm -
Brian Loevner thinks arts organizations should consider new ways to survive—and close. This is the first of two columns that will examine the ideas of "cultural triage." We're heading toward the one-year annivers… - 2 days ago, 15 Jan 21, 1:15pm -
A string of fires and stabbings have many advocates worried, and challenges in reporting and investigating these crimes leave little hope for justice. After what some say was an unprecedented pattern of violence a… - 3 days ago, 15 Jan 21, 7:00am -
Alejandro Morales’s death doesn’t just leave a hole in Chicago’s DIY music scene—it’s a loss to community activists, to affordable housing advocates, and to countless friendships. In the the nearly two w… - 3 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 3:15pm -
Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection. Even before the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, the desire to get away from this current hellsca… - 3 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 2:50pm -
Cook County let eviction court go unrecorded for six months. It was close to 11 AM on Tuesday, January 5, when Cook County circuit court Judge Martin Moltz said in open court that he thought Governor J.B. Pritzker… - 3 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 12:45pm -
Few contemporary musicians can simultaneously disturb me and get me dancing quite like Jack Brockman. The Chicagoan fronts industrial trio Civic Center, whose recent vinyl debut for American Dreams (June’s The Ground Below) tamps down its me… - 4 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 7:00am -
Chicago producer DJ Corey is footwork royalty. His father, DJ Clent, got hooked on ghetto house in the early 90s, and by the end of that decade had established a career in the faster, more aggressive styles of juke and footwork.… - 5 days ago, 13 Jan 21, 7:00am -
A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation. On January 7, one day after Georgia’s runoff election resulted in its first Black senator and a white supremacist insurrection disrupt… - 5 days ago, 12 Jan 21, 5:45pm -
House Bill 3653, which now heads to the governor's desk, would end cash bail and require all police officers to wear body cameras. - 4 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 12:38am -
Illinois Rep. Mary Miller told a rally earlier this week, “Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ’Whoever has the youth has the future.’” - 10 days ago, 7 Jan 21, 4:50pm -
"We can govern with the courage to admit the mistakes of our past -- and the decency to set a better path forward,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. - 16 days ago, 1 Jan 21, 1:08pm -
Nearly 200 residents and staff members at the State Veterans Home at LaSalle have tested positive for the virus as cases rise throughout the Midwest. - 53 days ago, 25 Nov 20, 4:39pm -
A cop shot Tafara Williams and her boyfriend, Marcellis Stinnette, during a traffic stop, wounding Williams and killing Stinnette. - 85 days ago, 25 Oct 20, 8:44am -
The Democratic senator had said she’d back the GOP nominees in a bipartisan deal. They turned out to be too awful, and she voted against both. - 16 Sep 20, 6:22pm -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Gunman killed by police named as Jason Nightengale, 32Three women and girl seriously wounded as police seek motiveA man who police say killed three people and wounded four in a series of shootings in and around Chicago posted nonsensical and expletiv… - 7 days ago, 10 Jan 21, 4:26pm -
A photographer tells us what she learned from her two young sons while photographing them during the pandemicDecember marks the 10th month of the Covid-19 pandemic. For a child this can feel like their entire life with no end in sight. For my two son… - 18 days ago, 31 Dec 20, 6:00am -
Duke Webb charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in shooting at Don Carter Lanes in RockfordA US army sergeant has been charged in the deaths of three people and the wounding of three more in a shooting at an Illinoi… - 21 days ago, 27 Dec 20, 10:44pm -
States recording daily highs include Illinois and North CarolinaWhite House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positiveUS politics – live coverageThe US confirmed 126,480 new coronavirus cases on Friday, a record number for a third day in a row. At… - 72 days ago, 7 Nov 20, 10:40am -
Tafara Williams, 20, spoke to reporters via Zoom from hospitalMarcellis Stinnette, 19, was killed by police last week in IllinoisA black woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Chicago said on Tuesday officers did nothing more than cover h… - 82 days ago, 27 Oct 20, 2:12pm -
Officer fired after death of Marcellis Stinnette, 19, in WaukeganTafara Williams, 20, says she’s fighting ‘to be strong’ for her sonA Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-ol… - 85 days ago, 25 Oct 20, 8:51am -
Officer who fatally shot Marcellis Stinnette and wounded Tafara Williams committed ‘multiple policy’ violations, said police chiefAttorneys representing a Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a suburban Chicago police officer… - 85 days ago, 24 Oct 20, 2:20pm -
Harris admitted during interview after FBI agents raided his home that he had asked teen to send him photos and videosJerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, was arrested on Thursday on felony charges of production of child se… - 17 Sep 20, 4:06pm -
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… - 11 Aug 20, 3:27am -
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… - 29 Jul 20, 12:37pm -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Authorities say a 61-year-old woman became the fourth person to die from a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a police shootout - 10 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 1:36pm -
Jim Tilmon died Saturday afternoon in Arizona, according to Frank Whittaker, station manager of WMAQ-TV, where Tilmon worked for more than 22 years. - 1 day ago, 16 Jan 21, 7:37pm -
A 21-year-old woman charged with robbing four Chicago convenience stores in the space of less than an hour has been ordered by a judge held on $50,000 bond - 1 day ago, 16 Jan 21, 5:14pm -
The president of the Chicago Police officers' union says 17 officers and supervisors have been suspended for their involvement in an incident in which several officers were captured on video lounging in the office of a congressman during last summer'… - 3 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 7:42pm -
The Chicago Police Department has doled out suspensions of up to 20 days against 17 Chicago police officers and supervisors accused of sleeping on a couch, popping popcorn and drinking coffee in the burglarized office of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush at the s… - 3 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 7:10pm -