Get ready for fun with this guide to neighborhood street fests, art shows, outdoor concerts and cultural celebrations of all sizes across Chicago and the suburbs.
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Jun 17, 2024 0 CommentsMayor Brandon Johnson Taps Law Department Veteran Carla Kupe as City’s New Chief Equity Officer
Jun 17, 2024 0 Comments“I am humbled and grateful to participate in further advancing Chicago as a role model in forming equitable cities,” Kupe said in a statement.
13-Year-Old Boy Among 7 People Killed by Gunfire Over Weekend Across Chicago: Police
Jun 17, 2024 0 CommentsAccording to the Chicago Police Department, the boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard just before 8:30 p.m. Friday when he was shot.
Chicago’s Outdoor and Indoor Pools Opening Monday, Just in Time to Help Beat the Heatwave
Jun 17, 2024 0 CommentsAll of the Chicago Park District’s 77 outdoor and indoor pools are expected to be open six days a week from June 17 through Sept. 2. Beaches are also open.
Residents and Communities Preparing for Heat Wave That Will Envelop Midwest and Northeast This Week
Jun 16, 2024 0 CommentsLast year the U.S. had the most heat waves — abnormally hot weather lasting more than two days — since 1936. In the South and Southwest, last year was the worst on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Second City’s New Revue Brings Teamwork, Sex and Plenty of Weirdness to the Mainstage: Review
Jun 16, 2024 0 CommentsThe show is aptly titled “The Devil is in the Detours.” Scenes cruise along with solid laughs and then take a turn no one sees coming, because it is just so nutty.
Week in Review: $50M Police Misconduct Case; Massive Data Breach at Cook County Health
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsMigrants with schoolchildren losing shelter. Massive data breach at Cook County Health. And Chicago pays its largest-ever police misconduct settlement.
CDC Warns Access to ADHD Medication May Be Disrupted Following Arrests of Telehealth Execs
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsThere is an ongoing shortage of several prescription drugs used to treat ADHD, including Adderall. The CDC urged people to avoid using medication acquired from anyone other than a licensed clinician and pharmacy.
Lincoln Park Zoo’s Wildest Residents Are a Colony of Free-Range Night Herons Who Like Having Wolves for Bodyguards
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsThe endangered black-crowned night herons aren’t captive, they just happened to build their nests on the grounds of Lincoln Park Zoo. Why? Because they like having bodyguards.
‘We Are at a Crossroads’: US Rep. Brad Schneider Talks Israel-Hamas War, Gaza Working Group
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsU.S. Rep. Brad Schneider is an organizer of a bipartisan, bicameral working group that’s exploring what happens after the war ends. According to a news release, the Gaza Working Group will “plan for the ‘day after’ in Gaza once Hamas is defeated.”
Advisory Board Says Pritzker’s Plan to Close, Rebuild 2 Illinois Prisons ‘Far From Shovel-Ready’
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsHundreds gathered at hearings this week to voice concerns over Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration’s plans to close and rebuild Logan and Stateville correctional centers. At a Friday meeting, one state lawmaker said, “This is really a concept and not a plan … because a plan has details.”
Ex-Ald. Ed Burke Seeking to Delay June Sentencing if US Supreme Court Hasn’t Yet Ruled on Separate Bribery Case
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsEd Burke’s attorneys are seeking to delay his upcoming sentencing date until sometime in mid-July after the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to rule on an appeal filed by James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, who was convicted in 2021 of accepting a bribe.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Ban on Bump Stocks, Gun Accessories Used in 2017 Massacre
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsThe high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.
Openlands Spanish TreeKeepers Program Returns This Summer to Help Restore Chicago’s Natural Environments
Jun 14, 2024 0 CommentsChicago’s tree canopy is in decline and ranks far below the national average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which also indicates a disparity in trees on the city’s South and West sides. The local conservation organization Openlands has been working to reverse these trends.
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, June 13, 2024 - Full Show
Jun 13, 2024 0 CommentsMexico elected its first-ever woman president — how some Chicagoans helped make that possible. And a new photo exhibit captures a past life in Pilsen.
‘I’m Really Proud’: Chicagoans Reflect on Historic Election of Mexico’s First Female President
Jun 13, 2024 0 CommentsClaudia Sheinbaum made history earlier this month by becoming the first woman and first Jewish person elected president in Mexico. Her net is so wide-reaching that it drove thousands of Mexican nationals living outside of their home country to stand in line for hours waiting for their opportunity to cast a vote.
New Photo Exhibit Captures Life in Pilsen in the ‘90s
Jun 13, 2024 0 CommentsJapanese photographer Akito Tsuda was a student at Columbia College when a class assignment brought him to the Pilsen neighborhood in the 1990s. Now he’s back in the city revisiting the people and places he visited all those years ago.