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Home » death

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Posted inCity Life

Comfort in the face of the unknown

by Adam M. Rhodes November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

The numbers boggle the mind. More deaths than AIDS in 40 years, the most recent epidemic in recent memory. More deaths than the 1918 influenza pandemic, previously the deadliest disease […]

Posted inMusic

Mourning Joe Cassidy of Butterfly Child

by Steve Krakow July 29, 2021August 18, 2021

Irish dream-pop genius Joe Cassidy lived in Chicago for more than a decade and became a beloved part of our music scene.

Posted inNews & Politics

A year like no other

by Maya Dukmasova, Karen Hawkins, Adam M. Rhodes, Brianna Wellen, Salem Collo-Julin, Leor Galil, Taryn Allen and Sujay Kumar December 21, 2020August 18, 2021

On the violence, sadness, and hope of 2020

Posted inMusic

Remembering Chicago jazz anchor Joe Segal

by Neil Tesser August 20, 2020August 18, 2021

Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal was set in his ways, but his ways are worth saving.

Posted inNews & Politics

The toll of coronavirus

by Maya Dukmasova, Kerry Cardoza and Matt Harvey August 19, 2020August 18, 2021

Loved ones reflect on the loss of partners, parents, siblings, joy givers, caretakers, and secret keepers.

Posted inMusic

Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene

by Leor Galil August 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Dave Shelton didn’t just found the legendary Medusa’s—he also helped everyone in his orbit shine like a star.

Posted inNews & Politics

The last responders

by Gonzalo Guzman June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Funeral homes on the front lines of the pandemic

Posted inMusic

Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas

by Leor Galil April 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Christen Thomas booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.

Posted inMusic

Did John Prine die for Donald Trump’s sins?

by Mark Guarino April 8, 2020August 18, 2021

The cruelty, ignorance, and incompetence of the federal pandemic response have cost the life of beloved singer-songwriter John Prine, who stood against all those things.

Posted inMusic

Chicago rapper Juice Wrld died just as his career was beginning

by Leor Galil December 9, 2019August 18, 2021

The MC born Jarad Higgins became a commercial juggernaut in less than two years, and passed away just days after turning 21.

Posted inArts & Culture

In Everybody, a human soul encounters the Grim Reaper

by Tony Adler July 27, 2018August 18, 2021

A modern update of Everyman faces death with jokes and gimmicks that verge on cutesiness.

Posted inNews & Politics

The lost Harold Washington files

by Ben Joravsky November 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Thirty years after Harold Washington’s death, a newly unearthed trove of documents reveals the early stages of his transformation into the insurgent who’d become the first (and still only) black man elected mayor of Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

What will the closure of Permanent Records’ Chicago store mean for the local music community?

by Leor Galil July 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Ukrainian Village’s beloved Permanent Records will close in September, and its full-time employees—including Moniker Records founder Robert Manis—will move to LA to work at its west-coast shops.

Posted inBlogs

So long, Leonard Cohen

by Aimee Levitt November 11, 2016August 18, 2021

We mourn him, even though he told us this was coming.

Posted inMusic

Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks, Lord Mantis drummer Bill Bumgardner dies at 35, and more.

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