When it comes to Halloween, I think about acts and feelings of fear, horror, disguise, deceit, physical safety—general discomfort women face all year round from external elements they do not have any control over. The way [we/women] experience pain is multifaceted. One of the best ways to overcome these discomforts is by recognizing themes, and […]
Author Archives: Sue Kwong
Posted inNews & Politics
The Chicago Aldermanic Explainer
How many aldermen are there? And what do they even do? Here’s what to know.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Mid-Autumn Festival gives Chinese ex-pats a piece of home.
Ceremonial celebrations include lantern lighting and storytelling.
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How this got made: the award-winning 2017 Best of Chicago issue cover
The Reader‘s graphic designer and former director of photography and two sign painters explain how they created and photographed a mural in just 12 days.
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World Cup brings out Chicago superfans of every country [PHOTOS]
The 2018 FIFA World Cup brings fans together from all over.
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Photos celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in Chicago
And other Asian celebrations in Chicago.
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The city’s only black-owned gay bar, the Jeffery Pub, in photos
The south-side club’s drag shows are spectacular, true, but this venerable club has much more to offer.
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Look to the sky during the Chicago Kids & Kites Festival Saturday [PHOTOS]
Leave your phone at home (or at least in your pocket) while checking out the beautiful kites flying along the lakefront.
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Dog Day brings the best (in show) to Guaranteed Rate Field [PHOTOS]
Do not play fetch here.
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Unexpected April snowfall brings out the best of Chicago on Instagram
Chicagoans show Mother Nature: we are not afraid.
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Three Spider-Man outfits, mechanical feathered wings, and other great photos from C2E2
Some of the best costumes and props that fans and cosplayers prepared for this weekend’s comic, games, movies, and everything expo, C2E2.
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Women’s March: The Sequel, or this time we have a destination
Changes in the march after a year of Trump and #MeToo
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The women’s marches showed America at its best
In Chicago alone, some 250,000 people on Saturday demonstrated in and around Grant Park.
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John Hancock Center’s ground floor now offers its own sort of view
The iconic Chicago building’s lobby has become an attraction all its own thanks to Wolfgang Buttress’s dazzling installation.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best AM caffeine substitute
CreativeMornings creativemornings.com/cities/chi, @Chicago_CM The monthly breakfast-hour lecture series CreativeMornings began in New York City in 2008 and has since sprouted chapters worldwide through which professionals in diverse fields gather before the workday begins, hungry for inspiration and snacks. When I moved from Boston last year, the Chicago outpost offered a quick way to connect with […]