A compact solo exhibition at MICKEY presents the remarkable range of Michelle Grabner’s three-decade career. A celebrated figure in local and national art scenes, Grabner has done it all. Adjacent to her dedicated studio practice, Grabner’s pioneering curatorial platform The Suburban—an experimental gallery established in Oak Park in 1999 with her husband Brad Killam—has championed […]
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A gender-affirming space
A transgender Oak Park librarian helps caregivers support their LGBTQ+ children.
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Exploring the Terrain
The fall art season has been underway since the beginning of September, but some Chicago art lovers have been waiting for a recent tradition to kick off to mark the start of their autumnal art appreciation. This year marks the fifth iteration of the Terrain Biennial, a (mostly) outdoor and multisite exhibition of artist projects […]
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A mountain of dots and lines on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster, for an outdoor David Boykin concert at Compound Yellow, is by Oak Park-based singer-songwriter and creative director Rich Klevgard.
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LaSalle Grandeur’s sanguine songs can lift your pandemic-rattled spirits
The video for LaSalle Grandeur’s optimistic pop-rap single “Euphoria” shows the Chicago rapper gleefully traipsing through a huge empty field as a light breeze billows his unbuttoned shirt. “Euphoria” appears on Euphoric (Happily Depressed), an endearing EP that’s especially winning whenever Grandeur uses his exceptional grasp of melody to summon the blissful joy of that […]
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Size matters
Chicago teachers have almost no relief for overcrowded classrooms.
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‘I love everything about dancing’
Since losing both legs at the age of 19, Kris Lenzo has dedicated his life to athleticism,
performing, and advocating on behalf of people with disabilities.
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There are baby goats at GlennArt Farm in South Austin
Inside a working urban farm, yoga studio, and community hub
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Suburban opioid pill mill devastated our communities, leaders of ten Illinois towns say in lawsuit
Suburbs including Melrose Park, Berwyn, and River Forest say the doctors and drug companies oversold opioids, “causing widespread harm.”
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Chicago rapper Supa Bwe laps the pack
Supa Bwe brought pop-punk melodies to hip-hop years before the current crop of Soundcloud rappers, and he’s still evolving on the new Finally Dead.
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Alderman Ameya Pawar slams Ed Burke for representing Trump in tax refund lawsuit, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is close to surpassing 600 homicides for the second year in a row.
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Knox Fortune learned his trade in hip-hop, but he wants to make his name in pop
Producer Knox Fortune, aka Kevin Rhomberg, headlines his first show as a solo artist to celebrate his debut album, Paradise.
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Saba brings the west side to life in rap
On the new Bucket List Project, Saba reminds Chicago that the west side is more than just a source of crime statistics—it’s also a home.
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West Garfield Park and Austin got Divvy bikes last week. Will anyone use them?
Some residents are skeptical, but $5 annual memberships could win people over.
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The Wednesday Journal’s indecent overreporting of a suicide
Readers denounced the Oak Park paper for reporting more about a suicide than they wanted to read.