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Posted inColumns & Opinion

The many lives of Alderman Danny Solis

by Ben Joravsky February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.

Posted inCity Life

Survivors find support at Mujeres Latinas en Acción

by Karen Hawkins January 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The country’s longest-standing Latina organization helps more than 8,000 clients a year in English and Spanish.

Posted inBlogs

Healthy Hood wants to make sure people on the south and west sides start living better and longer

by Marykate O'Meara December 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Tanya Lozano’s nonprofit Youth Health Service Corps and fitness studio Healthy Hood make exercise classes and disease screenings available and affordable.

Posted inFilm

Ashley Cooper’s “American Ego” series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes

by Dmitry Samarov December 4, 2018August 18, 2021

Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.

Posted inArts & Culture

Brandon Lamar Rials is elevating jeans, one personalized pair at a time

by Isa Giallorenzo November 13, 2018August 18, 2021

The Pilsen-based designer crafts uniquely distressed pants.

Posted inArts & Culture

The roving live talk show The Hoodoisie makes radical politics entertaining and accessible

by Brianna Wellen August 8, 2018August 18, 2021

If the world can be saved, host Ricardo Gamboa believes it will be through open dialogue and dirty jokes.

Posted inMusic

Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno, Thirsty Ears Festival brings classical music to the streets of Ravenswood, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone

by Marissa Oberlander June 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.

Posted inFood & Drink

Herbal Notes is planting the seeds of culinary cannabis in Chicago

by Mike Sula April 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Weed Week: Chef Manny Mendoza’s pop-up dinner series combines good food, good feels, and responsible cannabis consumption.

Posted inArts & Culture

Wendy Clinard and Akito Tsuda team up to create art out of the sights and sounds of Pilsen

by Dmitry Samarov April 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Consider it a painting made from movements, beats, and the human body.

Posted inBlogs

Failed eviction attempts wouldn’t haunt tenants under proposed state law

by Maya Dukmasova March 19, 2018August 18, 2021

Report finds 40 percent of Cook County eviction filings don’t end in a judgment against the tenant, yet can still lead to difficulty finding new housing.

Posted inBlogs

Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban

by Maya Dukmasova January 16, 2018August 18, 2021

J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.

Posted inArts & Culture

Isabelle Frances McGuire’s bread and butter is their art

by Tal Rosenberg December 6, 2017August 18, 2021

“I’m a Cliche” at Prairie Gallery uses yeast and fermentation to explore issues of identity.

Posted inBlogs

Toastamania: Halloween Havok collides rowdy bands and gonzo wrestling for the wildest show of the season

by Nicole Roberts October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago thrash band Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre headline the latest of their Toastamania debacles this Saturday in Pilsen.

Posted inBlogs

The movement for rent control in Chicago is gaining momentum

by Maya Dukmasova October 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A new grassroots coalition is mobilizing in the face of rising rents and no-cause evictions.

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