The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology believes engagement with the sonic environment can help build more sustainable communities—and it’s demonstrating with a soundwalk in the Chicago Pedway.
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Now’s the time to visit Jackson Park while you still can
See Frederick Law Olmsted’s stunning grounds before the Obama Center further encroaches.
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Nejla Yatkin dances down the Burnham Wildlife Corridor in “Conference of the Birds”
The choreographer returns to Chicago to celebrate the beauty of the lakefront.
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Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans
Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans, arts incubator AMFM throws a free festival to address food deserts, and more.
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Monument to fascist Balbo likely to remain, but aldermen could still rename street
A plaque explaining the controversial Italian aviator’s legacy could be added to the lakefront memorial, officials said.
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Black hockey players excel on ice despite history of racism, lack of rinks in Chicago
A dearth of ice rinks and long history of racial tension have hampered efforts to diversify hockey’s ranks—but that’s changing.
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The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure
Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
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Why do we have parks? The answer may surprise you.
Early 20th century reformers wanted to give immigrants a place to get rid of their excess energy.
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You can help keep Horace Mann Elementary’s Mustangs marching
The Horace Mann Marching Mustangs launch a fund-raiser to buy instruments, Douglas Park hosts a free workshop on field recordings and graphic scores, and more.
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Where does the Chicago Architecture Biennial go next?
The current edition of the festival poses two possible directions its organizers can take.
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After wiping out, a cyclist wants the Park District to address the green menace along the lakeshore
Biking along the Lakefront Trail, Stephanie Reid was laid low by a patch of algae. She’s not the only one.
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Party Noire celebrates two years of sharing black joy
Party Noire celebrates two years of sharing black joy, Pilsen gallery AMFM brings its jazz series to Dvorak Park, and more.
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Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’
More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
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Development threatens one of the south side’s only dog-friendly areas
Jackson Bark is a community-built canine agility park on abandoned tennis courts. And now a multimillion-dollar golf course development plan is imperiling its future.
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An inside look at the Chicago Police Department’s mysterious strategic subject list, and other news
Also, Wyndham Lathem is “trying to remain hopeful” in Cook County Jail.