Today and tomorrow are two of a slate of Free Admission Days offered by the Field Museum (1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.) through November. Illinois residents with proof of residency (valid photo identification plus a copy of your lease, library card, utility bill, or a check stub from work) receive free basic admission, which […]
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Sound healing, Lawndale Arts Festival, Jane, and more music
Sound healing is both an art and a science, and that’s why many boundary-pushing electronic musicians have worked in the (maligned! misunderstood! incredible!) territory of “new age” music. Local audio artist and healer Mirza Shams (who DJs and performs as Naxö) knows this overlap well. That’s why they host sound healing sessions through the Chicago […]
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Abortion is healthcare
Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world
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Do Re #MeToo parodies sexist songs to advocate for abortion rights
Thursday at Metro, Do Re #MeToo brought together an all-star revue of women musicians and comics to parody sexist songs and advocate for abortion rights.
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‘Endless Summer’ at the MCA, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Ben Franklin reimagined in Franklinland, the documentary Jane, and more goings-on January 26-28
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Jane Goodall and Hedy Lamarr: Bold, beautiful, and brilliantly unschooled
Two recent documentaries, Jane and Bombshell, profile women whose modest educations left them open to new ideas.
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Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! in Millennium Park, and more things to do in Chicago this week
I Saw You at Town Hall Pub, Forms and Features: Poetry Comics at the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, and other happenings July 24-27
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Jane: Abortion and the Underground relives the bad old days of covert abortions
A staged reading of a play revisits the famed collective, who helped women secure abortions.
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Zoom in: Hyde Park
Before Roe v. Wade, the Jane collective ran an underground abortion service out of a pair of Hyde Park apartments.