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Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller with their 130 found photos
Posted inArts & Culture

How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world

by Aimee Levitt August 27, 2014August 18, 2021

For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer behind images from 1940s India.

Among those celebrating the $70 million federal grant for a new digital manufacturing institute were Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Senator Dick Durbin, and Caralynn Nowinski, chief operating officer of UI Labs, the nonprofit overseeing the venture.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

How much will Chicago’s new digital manufacturing institute end up costing taxpayers?

by Ben Joravsky March 11, 2014August 18, 2021

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel tout a $70 million grant for a site that already received $10 million in public subsidies.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits

by Deanna Isaacs November 11, 2013August 19, 2021

What has the Chicago Cultural Plan actually done?

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Community Organization

by Steve Bogira June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

With its assistance, 500 families have saved their homes, and a present campaign aspires to help people reclaim some of the neighborhood’s many vacant properties.

Posted inBlogs

The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds

by Mick Dumke May 31, 2012August 19, 2021

And again: Chicago still hasn’t received any federal money for NATO summit

Posted inBlogs

19 million promises, but still no money

by Mick Dumke April 11, 2012August 19, 2021

The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit

Posted inBlogs

Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8

by Mick Dumke February 22, 2012August 19, 2021

The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May

Ky Dickens
Posted inNews & Politics

The Wingnuts Had a Point

by Michael Miner September 23, 2010August 19, 2021

A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from “patriots.” Was it the subject matter?

Posted inNews & Politics

A Poem for McDonald’s

by S.L. Wisenberg January 6, 1994August 20, 2021

It’s hard to be independent.

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