Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.
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Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
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Rahm to Trump: ‘You didn’t get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a southwest side resident is sentenced to nine months in prison for his role in ‘Celebgate’ nude photo hacking.
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
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Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible
The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
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Rauner says no to deploying the National Guard in Chicago after 90 homicides in August, and other news
Also, gang members speak out on life in gangs.
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Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the “river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
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George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news
Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
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Lady Gaga jumps into Lake Michigan and other Chicago news
Also, remembering Nancy Reagan’s Chicago childhood.
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Where’s Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf’s cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
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How I spent my summer vacation with Dick Wolf, the Chicago Med cast, and hundreds of tired TV critics
The Television Critics Association’s summer press tour was a hazing ritual of sorts for the cast and crew of Chicago Med.
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Dick Wolf’s Chicago Med offers a dose of ER-esque hospital drama
Sometimes television has an elegant way of coming full circle. In 1994 we slid headfirst on a gurney through the doors of Chicago’s fictional County General Hospital, where we’d spend more than a decade soaking up all the drama (and George Clooney) ER could supply. Presumably the popularity of workplace dramas—particularly those where Chicagoans’ lives […]