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CHICAGO — Artist Carla Acevedo-Yates was in Michigan watching from afar as massive protests erupted on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was summer 2019, and hundreds of people were calling for the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló after independent journalists exposed a series of te
Over several hours of sometimes emotional testimony at a court hearing packed with families of campers who were killed, Edward Eastland provided the most detailed description yet of how camp staff did or didn't respond as floodwaters along the Guadalupe River quickly rose to historic levels on July
Opening in summer 2027, the 60,000-square-foot attraction will bring exhibits, a candy store and a restaurant to three floors of a long-vacant Michigan Avenue space.
BRIGHTON PARK — A Southwest Side neighborhood group has unveiled its new community center, a one-stop shop where community groups will offer legal aid, youth mentoring, nutrition workshops and housing support. The Brighton Park Neighborhood Council’s community center — which celebrated its rib
LINCOLN PARK — Perched just off the Lakefront Trail near the Waveland tennis courts, a tiny shack that once sat weathered and worn has been reborn in bright colors — and with a new purpose. Now called Igor’s Bike Shack, the less-than-200-square-foot space is part repair shop, part rental hub and par
Earlier this month, real estate giant RXR and its partner TF Cornerstone filed for a permit to tear down the Grand Hyatt Hotel famously built by Donald Trump and replace it with a 95-story office building that will cost $6.5 billion to construct. The project won City Council approval back in 2021, b
New York City property owners with working cooling towers — the cylinder rooftop structures spiking the city’s skyline — will soon be required to step up their testing for the Legionella bacterium. It’s the city’s latest effort to prevent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, which killed at least sev
Police are adopting new approaches to protests after the violence and chaos of 2020. After the chaotic protests of 2020, Columbus and NYC are adopting new ways to approach big crowds. [ more › ]
A 20-year-old man was arrested in California last Friday and accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, whose company is responsible for ChatGPT.
WEST TOWN — Author Amy Peele’s new novel prominently features Chicago’s oldest funeral home. So when it came time to plan a book release party, Peele said, only one venue would do: Rago Brothers Funeral Home. “Last Bite,” Peele’s romantic-comedy set in Chicago, held a launch party
Why aren’t more jazz pioneers associated with the Windy City? Sure, we have legends such as the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Von Freeman, and Fred Anderson, but we definitely get short shrift compared to New York City and New Orleans. No figure is more foundational to Chicago jazz than Eddie Condon, who
An NYPD officer wears the department's badge. Emergency medical workers declared the 33-year-old dead on the scene, after she was taken to the hospital twice over the weekend, according to the NYPD. [ more › ]
WICKER PARK — A proposed 13-story apartment building in Wicker Park appears to be nearing construction, seven years after a developer received a zoning change for the site from the City Council in order to proceed. A construction permit was issued by the city Thursday for the long-simmering proposal
Walter Alarcone, 44, after finishing up a tennis session at the Fort Greene Park courts. We’ve been iced out and faked out. We demand fun. [ more › ]
LAKEVIEW — The team behind one of Chicago’s most popular lesbian cocktail bars has opened a queer-focused one in Lakeview. Fathom, 1622 W. Belmont Ave., a cocktail lounge from Whitney LaMora and Zoe Schor, opened last week. LaMora and Schor, who co-own Dorothy in Ukrainian Village, said the new spac
Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students.
AVONDALE — Julia Suhr had one of the most enviable restaurant jobs in town: hostess at Warlord, the city’s most talked-about dining destination. As one of the first hostesses hired at the Avondale restaurant when it opened in 2023, Suhr got a front-row seat to Warlord’s quick rise, even gettin
LAKEVIEW — The former home of Berlin Nightclub is transforming this month with a new name but a familiar ambition: to create one of Chicago’s most beloved inclusive nightlife spaces. Berlin, a beloved queer bar, closed in late 2023. Now, the space at 954 W. Belmont Ave. will open April 25 as The Bel
MCKINLEY PARK — Ron Filbert doesn’t drink root beer like he used to. But every year, he churns out thousands of bottles of the bubbly stuff on a manual 20-valve machine from the 1920s, long deemed obsolete by just about everyone but him. Gears screech, caps fly, glass shatters. But the m
Hospitality veteran Diego Garcia-Gonzalez is turning the basement bar into a Puerto Rican and Caribbean-themed cocktail spot that will celebrate and support Latinos in the industry.
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