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Fuzzy distorted image of teen duo Post Office Winter
Posted inMusic

Post Office Winter share the world of fun in Chicago’s teen DIY scene

by Leor Galil February 17, 2022February 25, 2022

Chicago DIY rock duo Post Office Winter take an audible joy in playing scruffy, comfortable indie rock whose charming shabbiness feels like an accident they wouldn’t have any other way. The band’s founders, Johnston and Huffman (Jones College Prep juniors who prefer to go by their last names), belong to a local teenage DIY rock […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Is a virtual arts degree worth it?

by Emma Oxnevad September 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago high school seniors prepare for collegiate arts programs amid pandemic

Posted inBlogs

It’s time once again for the two-day book bonanza that’s the Printers Row Lit Fest

by Aimee Levitt June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Books! Books! Authors! Food! Books!

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation’s top public high school in a new set of rankings.

Posted inBlogs

Moody’s and S&P cut Illinois’s bond rating to one step above junk as Springfield fails to reach a budget deal, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the battle over gentrification around the 606 has intensified.

Posted inBlogs

CPS sues Illinois over ‘unequal’ and ‘separate’ school funding, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has presented attorney general Jeff Sessions with a list of ways the federal government can help stop gun violence in Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.

Posted inBlogs

Survey finds Chicagoans deeply divided by race, and other news

by Kate Shepherd May 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago police are rolling out thousands of body cameras after successful trial run.

Posted inBlogs

How to make Mayor Rahm do the right thing

by Ben Joravsky September 14, 2015August 18, 2021

As the parents and teachers at Oriole Park Elementary learned the hard way, you can’t be afraid to squeak if you want to get some grease from Mayor Emanuel.

Posted inBlogs

What does it mean to be a top-ranked high school according to U.S. News?

by Steve Bogira July 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Five of the top eight public high schools in Illinois are Chicago schools.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s entire school desegregation strategy needs a turnaround

by Steve Bogira June 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Merely tweaking the selective enrollment school formula won’t help the vast majority of African-American and Hispanic CPS students.

Posted inBlogs

Is the Near North Side the right neighborhood for Obama College Prep?

by Steve Bogira June 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The pros and cons of putting another selective enrollment high school in the Near North area.

Posted inBlogs

Obama College Prep site in doubt

by Steve Bogira May 30, 2014August 18, 2021

The city is considering locations other than Stanton Park for the planned selective enrollment school, all of them apparently in the Near North Side neighborhood.

Chance the Rapper takes in the sights at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Posted inMusic

Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap

by Leor Galil April 23, 2013July 21, 2022

Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap—and it’s going to take him to places he’s only imagined.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Keeping up with the Jones high school plans

by Ben Joravsky January 8, 2013August 18, 2021

How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school

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