Officer Nicholas Jovanovich knocked out the activist’s tooth and seized her cell phone.
Tag: Grant Park
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Looking ahead
I think we can all agree the next year has got to be better.
Posted inCity Life
Grant Park, the lakefront, and Chicago’s WWI connections
In September 1918, the park hosted an exposition to drum up civilian support for the war effort.
Posted inArts & Culture
Changing spaces
Douglas, Union, and Grant Parks have served as valued community centers for Chicago since the mid-1800s. Today, all three parks host thousands of attendees for popular private music festivals—Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash, Pitchfork Music Festival, and Lollapalooza, respectively—taking on a different personality for one weekend each summer before returning to their treasured role as neighborly […]
Posted inMusic
Who is Lollapalooza for?
Lollapalooza brought the big names on its 2019 lineup, but could it do more to engage the Chicago fans and artists who make this such a great city for music?
Posted inMusic
Lollapalooza announces its 2019 lineup
This year’s headliners include Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots—but to get tickets, you have to pay a company owned by Live Nation, which remains an undefined part of the Lincoln Yards development.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago students plan another walkout Friday despite suspension threat
Students across the city plan to leave class and gather in Grant Park Friday to protest gun violence.
Posted inBlogs
Lollapalooza announces its 2018 lineup
The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, and the Arctic Monkeys headline the massive Grant Park festival in August.
Posted inBlogs
The Chicago Polar Dash and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Snowtrekking at Northerly Island, pajama brunch at Carnivale, and more goings-on the weekend of 1/5-1/7
Posted inNews & Politics
Dealmaking has become an unfortunate way of life in Chicago
Quid pro quo is the city’s MO—and we’ve come to like it in a sadomasochistic way.
Posted inBlogs
Found Footage Festival, Chicago Marathon, Music Box of Horrors, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 6-8
Posted inMusic
Garage rocker Mac Blackout hangs his cosmic caricatures at Ampersand’s first art show
Garage rocker Mac Blackout hangs his cosmic caricatures at Ampersand’s first art show, raunchy rapper Cupcakke hits an all-building party at Metro and Smart Bar, and more.
Posted inBlogs
Taste of Chicago, Navy Pier fireworks, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ai Weiwei documentary Never Sorry, Adults Night Out at Lincoln Park Zoo, and more happenings from July 3-6
Posted inBlogs
City Council ‘reluctantly’ approves measure to ease gun range restrictions, and other Chicago news
Also, high water levels in Lake Michigan could shrink local beaches this summer.
Posted inBlogs
Lollapalooza 2017 lineup: Chance the Rapper takes a victory lap with a bunch of predictable acts
The local rap hero is one of the few bright spots on an otherwise anemic Lollapalooza lineup that also includes Lorde, Migos, the XX, Run the Jewels, and, um, Liam Gallagher.