Each Wednesday, Via Chicago presents select shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.  Wednesday, Sept. 25: GIFT, Sharp Pins, Chaepter at Schubas. Tickets.The Brooklyn psych-rockers headline a night featuring two excellent Chicago songwriters opening.  Julien Baker, McKinley Dixon, Katie Malco at Thalia Hall. Sold out. The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and Boygenius member is joined by a multi-talented Chicago rapper and a British indie rocker.  Thursday, Sept. 26: Fog Lake, Foxes In Fiction at Beat Kitchen.

From budget savings to public safety, start the first few days of fall catching up on the biggest issues facing Chicago. Know someone who might like this newsletter? Forward this email and they can sign up right here.

The good news is that we’re back to seasonally appropriate weather. The bad news is that it’s Monday. Start the workweek right with these local stories. Know someone who might like this newsletter? Forward this email and they can sign up right here.

It’s Friday. Whether you’re going to Riot Fest or relaxing around your neighborhood, here are the Chicago stories that will help you keep up with your city.  Know someone who might like this newsletter? Forward this email and they can sign up right here.

We have the latest updates from yesterday’s eventful City Council meeting. Plus, stories on dangerous lies targeting immigrant communities and the potential new White Sox stadium in the South Loop.

Each Wednesday, Via Chicago presents select shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.  Wednesday, Sept. 18:Royal Otis, Johnny Cheddar (Friko) at Salt Shed. Tickets. Local rockers Friko open for buzzy Australian pop duo Royel Otis under a cheesy nom de plume at the indoor venue at Salt Shed. Thursday, Sept. 19:Sara Jean Stevens, Riggings at Judson and Moore. Tickets. Chicago singer-songwriter Sara Jean Stevens headlines with Durham, NC experimental folk artist Riggings.  Cassandra Jenkins, Andrew Sa at Sleeping Village.

A new autopsy report revealed that heat stress was a “significant contributing condition” in the death of Michael Broadway, who died while incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center earlier this summer. The days leading up to Broadway’s death were some of the hottest in June. Not a single window was open, everything for ventilation purposes in the area of their cells was either closed or locked, and in front of his cell, there was a padlocked exhaust fan, according to a friend whose cell was near Broadway’s.

Happy Mexican Independence Day. Today, we take a deeper look at a potential wrongful conviction settlement 33 years in the making and the environmental controversy surrounding Trump Tower's impact on the Chicago River. 

Happy Friday. This weekend, try exploring a new neighborhood or maybe catch some live music around the city. Today, we talk about the impending anniversary of the Pretrial Fairness Act, legionella levels at Dirksen courthouse, and Patty Wetli talks birds and bats. 

A male sihek named Yayas (pronounced Za-zass like “sass”), who originated at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is among the nine that will be released at Palmyra Atoll. (Thomas Mangloña / KUAM)

This Thursday, WTTW News dives into a discussion on how to address gun violence, an indicted ex-alderperson might stand trial and Brookfield Zoo’s effort to save a near extinct bird population. 

File photo of seized guns (WTTW News)