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Home » pigeons

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A view from the inside of a Chicago Transit Authority red line subway car, looking out the window at the Addison stop
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best reason to dare riding the CTA in the middle of a pandemic

by Katie Prout March 3, 2022March 18, 2022

When my boyfriend and I moved to Edgewater in June 2020, I had quiet weird feelings about becoming yet another white, north side Chicagoan, but the move brought me to the Red Line—and the Red Line brought me back to the world. Ten months later, I put on my mask, walked to the Thorndale stop, […]

Chicago Reader print issue cover of February 17, 2022 (Vol. 51, No. 10). Cover story by Katie Prout: Searching for the Pigeon Lady; cover photo by Lloyd DeGrane
Posted inColumns & Opinion

A note on this week’s cover story

by Taryn Allen February 16, 2022February 18, 2022

Are pigeons beautiful? Katie Prout thinks they might be, but she rarely stops to look.

Posted inNews & Politics

Searching for The Pigeon Lady

by Katie Prout February 16, 2022February 21, 2022

What I did care about—what I do care about—is people, especially the ones lit up inside by a singular passion. Weird people, people possessed, people other people might term freaks. The pigeon lady could be a freak, I thought, and feeding pigeons could be the mission of her life.

Posted inCity Life

Behold the magnificent pigeon

by Sophie Lucido Johnson August 27, 2020August 18, 2021

A comic about birds

Posted inArts & Culture

Kathleen Rooney’s love letter to pigeons

by Taylor Moore August 3, 2020August 18, 2021

The historical novel Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey gives the misunderstood creatures their due.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Jennifer Murtoff, chicken consultant

by Anne Ford October 4, 2013August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan is Jennifer Murtoff, chicken consultant.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Uncategorizable Weirdness

by Tony Adler June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Discussed: Veganism, pet pigeons, kite flying, beating the shit out of people

Posted inBlogs

Beer-can pigeon: It’s what’s for dinner

by Mike Sula April 1, 2013August 19, 2021

The rural pigeon has long been a valued food source, but what about its urban cousin?

Posted inNews & Politics

Gentlemen, Start Your Pigeons

by Dan Swain August 20, 1987August 20, 2021

The Care and Breeding fo Thoroughbred Racers

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