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Around a year into the pandemic, Into It. Over It. main man Evan Weiss got a message from UK musician and recording engineer Simon Small. Weiss knew Small casually. They’d met in the 2010s at Fest, an annual multiday punk gathering in Gainesville, Florida, where Small was playing with his old band A
Hundreds showed up to protest a planned ICE facility in Roxbury, NJ Saturday. The New Jersey attorney general and Roxbury Township are seeking a preliminary injunction to put the Trump administration’s plan for a 1,500-person detention center on hold. [ more › ]
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show“ Because Broadway is a different ball game, here are your early links: Sold-out ice cream at Yankee Stadium, tiny doors in the 72nd Street subway station, new Office of Curb Management and more. [ more › ]
Syd Ross resists tidy categorization, but as an artist they’ve made contributions that echo throughout Chicago’s creative avant-garde. Ross, 35, has been vibrating in the city’s background since moving here in 2018: They’ve made signs for the Exchange in Wicker Park that look like video-game-themed
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosts a Black History Month reception at the American Museum of Natural History Will Mamdani’s path forward transform the city like the Little Flower did? [ more › ]
IRVING PARK — More than a dozen Chicago theaters are cutting ties with a prestigious group that has recognized local productions with recommendations and awards since the 1960s, after it honored an artistic director accused of emotionally abusing and harassing an actor during rehearsals years a
AVONDALE — Music festival Sound & Gravity is returning to Avondale and Bricktown for its second year over Labor Day weekend across multiple venues. The 50-artist lineup features a wide range of artists, from the dream pop experimental sounds of Grouper to former Sonic Youth band member Lee Ranal
CHICAGO — Spring has finally arrived, and with it a new crop of exciting Chicago theater productions. One trend we’re loving is productions set in unusual places: Recently “The Beauty Project” staged performances in a beauty salon, and this month Ghostlight Theatre is hosting a pro
AUBURN GRESHAM — Leo Catholic High School marked another milestone Tuesday as local leaders gathered to celebrate the South Side school receiving a state-of-the-art STEM Center. Created through a partnership with the Exelon Foundation and the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, the STEM Center will provide
CHICAGO — Nan Schaffer, a pioneering exotic-animal veterinarian who was also a major force in Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community as an activist and philanthropist, has died. Schaffer died March 27 after a prolonged battle with cancer, according to statements from colleagues and community leaders. She was 72
CHICAGO — All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources. The Chicago Public Library and CPS announced Tuesday the expansion of The 81 Club, a program that
AVONDALE — Police have released photos of four people investigators want to speak with in connection to the fatal assault of a former Rogers Park vintage shop owner. On Tuesday, police released video footage and images of three men and a woman who are wanted for questioning in the killing of Alexand
DOWNTOWN — The Hand & The Eye, an expansive adults-only magic theater, is opening this month inside Downtown’s renovated McCormick Mansion. The 36,000-square-foot building at 100 E. Ontario St. got a $50 million facelift and now features an immersive experience across 37 showrooms exhibiti
An NYPD vehicle in April Investigators are working to determine the person’s identity and whether a crime was involved. [ more › ]
Geoffrey Demis, co-owner of Ferris Coin & Jewelry near Albany, displays a gold coin and bar in his shop a few miles from the state Capitol. Among the various tax proposals in Albany is one that would repeal a decades-old sales-tax exemption for purchases of gold and silver. [ more › ]
The New York Sirens celebrate their 2-1 shootout victory over the Seattle Torrent at a PWHL game at Madison Square Garden on April 4, 2026 in New York City. Two years after struggling to draw fans, the New York Sirens packed Madison Square Garden. What changed? [ more › ]
Jabbar Collins (left) gives Allen Porter his first iPhone after being released from prison after 30 years. The remarkable story of one exoneree's promise to another man who insisted he was locked up for a murder he didn't commit. [ more › ]
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Manhattan City Councilmember Gale Brewer is drafting legislation to force public tracking of complaints from Rikers Island made through the city’s 311 system, aiming to bring transparency and accountability to a largely opaque process. The proposal follows reporting by THE CITY that found tens of th
NYPD officers arrest a suspect after an attempted attack outside Gracie Mansion on March 7, 2026. The Pennsylvania teens face eight federal counts after prosecutors say they tried to detonate homemade explosives at a March protest. [ more › ]
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