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For one suburban teen, the path to elite jazz stages started with seventh grade band
This summer, three student jazz musicians from Illinois won a big audition to play in a national band. Hailed as musical diplomats, the group jus…
2 years, 1 month ago
How to keep your students – and yourself – safe during a heatwave
Chicago is in the midst of its biggest heatwave of the year – tomorrow (TUES) we could see heat indices as high as 110 degrees. And it comes right…
2 years, 1 month ago
Four things to watch as CPS classes begin
Today is the first day of a new Chicago Public School year — and it promises to be a doozy. After a period of relative calm, CPS faces some rough …
2 years, 1 month ago
Here are the sounds of the DNC
Chicago played host to the Democratic National Convention this week. It had been nearly 30 years since the DNC last came to town. It was a week f…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Chicago handled the 2024 DNC
Another Chicago Democratic National Convention is in the bag. Delegates, journalists, and demonstrators from around the world are heading back hom…
2 years, 1 month ago
The concerts of the DNC
The Democratic National Convention brought more than just politicians and party bigwigs into town this week. The event and all those afterparties…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rest up, Chicago. Illinois politicians want to bring the DNC back in 2028.
Well some Illinois politicians are already looking to the NEXT DNC. They say Chicago should do it all over again in four years — and host the next…
2 years, 1 month ago
Organizers of some of the larger demonstrators during the DNC say they are happy with the turnouts
This week of the Democratic National Convention was also a week of protests and demonstrations. Mostly focused on the ongoing war in Gaza. Prot…
2 years, 1 month ago
Former Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger gets a primetime role at the Democratic convention
He’s a Republican without a party. And, as WBEZ’s Dave McKinney reports from the United Center, former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger got a p…
2 years, 1 month ago
On location at two watch parties for the final night of the DNC
Chicagoans gathered at watch parties across the city last night as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for presid…
2 years, 1 month ago