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The Country’s Oldest Black Tennis Club Is Keeping The Sport Alive In Bronzeville
Episode 197
The nation’s first Black tennis club started on privately owned land needs help repairing its tennis courts, and club members are looking to the publ…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Cubs-White Sox Rivalry Goes Back To A Baseball ‘War’ In 1900
Episode 196
For over 120 years, the battle over fans, space and prestige in Chicago — and in the history books — has simmered between the North Side and South Si…
2 years, 2 months ago
This Chicago Bar Is Celebrating 90 Legal Years -- Not Counting Its Speakeasy Era
Episode 195
The backdrop of Andersonville’s Clark Street business corridor may have evolved over the decades, but one anchor on the street has remained steadfast…
2 years, 2 months ago
Turns Out, Our 'City Of Neighborhoods' Has No Neighborhoods At All
Episode 194
The city has 77 community areas -- but no officially recognized neighborhoods. A Chicago Neighborhood Project survey asked residents to define where …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Ultimate 2024 Summer Bucket List!
Episode 193
The Block Club Chicago Staff offers their summer bucket lists for 2024!
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2 years, 2 months ago
Chicago's Pride Month Celebrations Start With The Queer Fam Pride Jam
Episode 192
Queer Fam Pride Jam returns June 2nd for its second annual edition. The LGBTQ+ family-friendly celebration will kick off Pride Month with drag perfor…
2 years, 2 months ago
What ShotSpotter And CTA's Dorval Carter Share - A Murky Future, And Trouble For Mayor Johnson
Episode 191
Alderpeople voted 34-14 on Wednesday to pass legislation to upend Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to phase out ShotSpotter this year. Johnson later said…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost In Translation: Migrant Kids Struggle In Chicago Schools
Episode 190
Two years after busloads of migrant children began arriving in Chicago, many have landed in schools where most don’t speak Spanish. Custodians and ki…
2 years, 3 months ago
Chicagoans Doubled Our Bike Trips In Past 5 Years. Why?
Episode 189
Chicagoans took more than twice as many bike trips last year as they did in 2019, with increases of nearly 200 percent in some parts of the South Sid…
2 years, 3 months ago
Proposed Bears Stadium 'For Our Children' -- But Community Leaders Are Skeptical
Episode 188
Mayor Brandon Johnson said the proposed $4.7 billion stadium and surrounding green space will be open to Chicago’s kids and teens, but some organizer…
2 years, 3 months ago