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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, 4 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, 4 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…
5 months 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…
5 months ago
Immigration agents take Chicago mother; stranger steps in to care for her kids
During the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Chicago last fall, immigration agents took away a mother on the Southwest Side. Her thre…
5 months ago
Immigration agents take Chicago mother; stranger steps in to care for her kids
During the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Chicago last fall, immigration agents took away a mother on the Southwest Side.
Her three ch…
5 months ago
A soulful night at the Uptown Poetry Slam with Chicago’s new poet laureate, Mayda Del Valle
For 40 years, the Green Mill has hosted The Uptown Poetry Slam.
Its founder Marc Smith remains the emcee
He is known for creating a monthly night of p…
5 months ago
Man shot Chicago cops after pulling gun from under blanket, prosecutors say
A Chicago police officer was shot and killed over the weekend at Swedish Hospital. Alphanso Talley is accused of killing John Bartholomew and crit…
5 months, 1 week ago
Who was Ma Rainey? A play stokes fresh interest in the Chicago blues singer
The classic August Wilson play “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom” tells the story of a real life blues legend …Ma Rainey.
The play is currently onstage at th…
5 months, 1 week ago
Meet the Catholic sister-turned-activist who helped end the death penalty in Illinois
The US Department of Justice announced Friday it’s expanding its efforts to seek and implement the death penalty.
Meanwhile, it’s been fifteen years s…
5 months, 1 week ago