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Tag: Gage Park
Posted inMusic
Lithuanian art-rock genius Vyto B resurfaces with a cross-generational collaboration
Chicago label Sanzimat International documents the Lithuanian diaspora with three new tapes, including one with Vyto B, creator of 70s outsider classic Tricentennial 2076.
Posted inArts & Culture
Rest offers a simple yet radical premise: let’s all take a nap outside together
Free Street Theater’s summer performance argues that sleep can be a powerful and political act of self-care.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Chicago education of George Saunders
The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.
Posted inBlogs
79th Street rally takes aim at ending gun-violence surge and other Chicago news
Also, people obsessed with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gather to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
Posted inBlogs
Karen Lewis unleashes Jedi powers in teachers’ union battle, President Obama makes a nostalgic trip back to Springfield, and other Chicago news
Also, many questions remain in strange murder of Gage Park family, and Obama wants to help the CTA rebuild the Red Line.
Posted inBlogs
Anita Alvarez defends her handling of the Laquan McDonald case, Chicago Police solved about a quarter of homicide cases in 2015, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago Public Library is forgiving overdue fines, and Sun-Times owner Michael Ferro buys big stake in the Tribune.
Posted inBlogs
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the name-dropper
Barack Obama College Prep becomes a school to be named later.
Posted inNews & Politics
The color of his skin
The color of his skin, part 2: A missing gun, a wavering prosecution, and decades of regret
Posted inBlogs
MLK Day blogging: Martin Luther King Jr. in Gage Park
Archival footage of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 march through Gage Park.