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Hurray For The Riff Raff breaks down new live album recorded in Chicago
Singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra has carved out a space as a leading voice in modern folk music.
And the singer-songwriter recently found a home righ…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
FX's ‘The Bear’ puts spotlight on Gary’s hot dog champ Koney King
Hot dogs are not just a Chicago thing.
They’re very much a Gary, Indiana thing too.
And now the smash-hit TV show “The Bear” is putting a spotlight o…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A time machine of Chicago concerts is now online
For decades, Aadam Jacobs obsessively documented Chicago’s indie rock scene. He was a fixture at local venues, recording shows religiously in the …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Behind Cook County’s wrongful convictions, a sociologist finds entrenched police racism
Cook County is known as the wrongful-conviction capital of America.
The National Registry of Exonerations lists 215 murder cases cleared here since 19…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Chicago area rapid responders are changing the way they face up to ICE
A calm has returned to Chicago this spring. Groups of U.S. Border Patrol agents are no longer making surprise visits to Michigan Avenue or marchi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Recapping the Bears stadium saga five years in
The Chicago Bears’ search for a new stadium is now approaching five years. It seems like a resolution may be coming soon. But many question marks …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Kilbourn Park bets big on native plants for Mother’s Day plant sale
The popular annual Kilbourn Park plant sale on Chicago’s north west side is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend with over 15,000 plants for…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
In ‘Windfall,’ Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney asks if money really buys justice
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney is known for his poignant observations on race.
He won an Oscar for co-writing the movie Moonlight, based on one of h…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Leo High School principal wins prestigious Golden Apple award (61)
The principal of an all-boys Catholic school high school on Chicago’s South Side won the prestigious Golden Apple Award yesterday (Mon). But as W…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Chicago composer Florence Price is stoking contemporary controversy years after her death
Earlier this year, the world’s most famous classical music concert featured Florence Price, a late Chicago composer.
But was it really her music?
HOS…
4 months, 3 weeks ago