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Posted inNews & Politics
‘You just hope they can fight it off on their own’
Interviews with a doctor and nurse as Chicago hospitals brace for a deluge of novel coronavirus patients.
Posted inMusic
How to buy records during a pandemic
If you have the money to help Chicago’s record stores stay in business long enough to reopen, here are your options.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day four
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
Take your self-isolation to the sewing machine
Here’s how DIY face masks can help our local hospitals
Posted inFood & Drink
Get growing
Chatting with expert gardeners shows that the time for a new Victory Garden movement is right now.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day three
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day two
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day one
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inMusic
COVID-19 can close venues, but it can’t stop Chicago’s music community
Concerts are all canceled, but you can still support artists by buying their albums.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A trillion in coronavirus relief cash! Anything for the arts?
Americans for the Arts wants you to speak up, now.
Posted inArts & Culture
Jokes in the time of coronavirus
How soon is “too soon” when you’re living through it?
Posted inMusic
Friday is buy stuff from Bandcamp day
On March 20, Bandcamp responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicagoans stick together
My blood pressure shot up Saturday when I read the Sun-Times story about Saint Patrick’s Day partiers, and I got particularly irked by the quote from a health professional who refused to […]
Posted inNews & Politics
‘I’m still in shock’
How Chicagoans, from creatives to nonprofit staff, are being affected by the novel coronavirus—and what we can all do to help