Nomination petitions at Alderperson Tom Tunney’s Ann Sather restaurants may violate election laws.
Author Archives: Taylor Moore
Posted in2022 Primary Elections, News, News & Politics
A rush to be first
A whopping 17 Democrats and four Republicans are vying to replace Bobby Rush, who is retiring.
Posted inNews & Politics
CPD requested thousands of vaccine exemptions
Nearly half of Chicago police employees applied for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Posted inArts & Culture
On winter and the built environment
Winter is inevitable, but it still feels like an unwelcome surprise each year. To architecture journalist Anjulie Rao, it’s a season of reevaluation, reflection, and transformation. Fascinated by what winter represents, Rao has started a small publication on the topic—a “grand experiment” whose biweekly publishing schedule will follow the length of the season, December 21, […]
Posted inFilm
Plovermania hits the big screen
A Great Lakes piping plover can be hard to spot. Walking up to the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area, you may initially confuse it for a killdeer—its taller cousin—or a spotted sandpiper. You may even need a pair of binoculars. But the piping plover’s light gray feathers, quick run, and distinctive “peep” will ultimately give […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note on this week’s cover story
A charismatic person somehow emanates levity, intimacy, and self-assuredness, all at once. Charisma is talked about like it’s an inborn quality—but I think it’s something that’s summoned. My story this week is born, in part, from a desire to understand what charismatic people are like when they’re not being watched—and who gets hurt when image […]
Posted inNews & Politics
A silence louder than words
How allegations of sexual abuse exposed cracks in the foundation of Young Chicago Authors, Free Write Arts & Literacy, and the city’s spoken word community
Posted inArts & Culture
According to Dr. Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
The Loyola psychology professor dismantles the “Laziness Lie.”
Posted inNews & Politics
What happened to YOUmedia?
The Chicago Public Library’s flagship teen program was a refuge for Black and Brown youth. Recent layoffs put that in jeopardy.
Posted inArts & Culture
Kathleen Rooney’s love letter to pigeons
The historical novel Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey gives the misunderstood creatures their due.
Posted inArts & Culture
Gentrification pains
Everything Must Go pays tribute to the displaced working-class of Wicker Park.
Posted inArts & Culture
Through the play Tangles & Plaques and a series of workshops, the Neo-Futurists demystify memory loss
Playwright Kirsten Riiber wants to prepare young people to take care of an older generation.
Posted inNews & Politics
Glass house people
The Leider family and an estimated 200,000 Chicagoans trace their heritage to settlers from the tiny nation of Luxembourg.
Posted inBlogs
Today Andersonville has a record store again
Rattleback Records, opened by a retired elementary school principal who lives in Edgewater, sells new and used vinyl, CDs, and cassettes.