• Newsletters
  • Become a member
  • CITY LIFE
    • Agenda: Things to do
    • Out Here
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • NEWS & POLITICS
    • News
    • Features
    • En español
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • John Greenfield: On Transportation
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
    • Chicago in Tune guide
    • Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Arts listings community calendar
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
    • Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
  • READER
    • About
      • Contact
      • Staff
      • Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Best of Chicago
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Become a member
  • »
  • Latest issue
  • Summer Theater & Arts
  • En español
  • Reader 50
  • Nonprofit Guide
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • Advertise
Home » Roberto Maldonado

Tag: Roberto Maldonado

Two men and a woman with shovels
Posted inGhost Light

Humboldt Park theaters on the move

by Kerry Reid September 10, 2021September 14, 2021

Two Humboldt Park theaters take steps to secure new venues.

Posted inMusic

Riot Fest’s elephant in the room

by Aaron Allen, Salem Collo-Julin, Leor Galil and Philip Montoro September 5, 2019August 18, 2021

Does Riot Fest have any business taking over a public park in a largely Black and Brown neighborhood?

Posted inBlogs

More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, CPS is expecting about 8,000 fewer students for the 2017-2018 school year.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago firefighters give Mayor Rahm $25,000

by Ben Joravsky February 2, 2015August 18, 2021

The firefighters union gives Mayor Rahm a little more of what he doesn’t need—money—which may help him go after Alderman Nick Sposato, the only firefighter in the council.

Posted inBlogs

Juanita Irizarry wants development done right in the 26th Ward

by Chloe Riley January 16, 2015August 18, 2021

The 26th Ward candidate explains why she’s running—and why she won’t eat at Bang Bang Pie Shop.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado are behind the conversion of Ames Middle School into a military academy.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School

by Ben Joravsky February 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy.

Posted inBlogs

Up Is Down and Love Is Everywhere at Daley’s Last City Council Meeting

by Mick Dumke May 4, 2011August 19, 2021

Mayor Daley presided over his last City Council meeting pretty much the same way he presided over the others for 22 years.

First Ward: Proco "Joe" Moreno
Posted inArts & Culture

50 Aldermen/50 Artists

by Chicago Reader April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more

Posted inBlogs

Help Wanted: Candidates for Alderman

by Mick Dumke February 15, 2010August 19, 2021

Mayor Daley places a help-wanted ad for aldermen to serve the 1st and 29th wards.

Alexi Giannoulias in December 2008
Posted inNews & Politics

Alexi’s Albatross

by Mick Dumke December 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family’s bank to win Obama’s old Senate seat?

Posted inBlogs

The Substitute for the Substitute

by Ben Joravsky September 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores’s oversight compromise.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Maldonado follows through

by Mick Dumke September 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Alderman Roberto Maldonado deserves some credit: he’s taken the first step toward fulfilling his promise to withdraw his application for a controversial zoning change on property he owns in his […]

Posted inNews & Politics

The Real Estate King of the Chicago City Council

by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke August 19, 2009August 19, 2021

Brand-new 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado owns more properties than any other council rep—including ten in his own ward. That’s a lot of potential conflicts of interest.

Albany access to the Bloomingdale line
Posted inNews & Politics

The Bloomingdale Trail: Urban Oasis or Devil’s Playground?

by John Greenfield August 12, 2009August 19, 2021

Despite easy access and great publicity, the Bloomingdale Trail isn’t slated to open till at least 2016. Whose job is it to secure it until then?

Posted inBlogs

Flores jumps into the ring

by Mick Dumke May 1, 2007August 19, 2021

First Ward alderman Manny Flores says he’s running for Congress.

Get our free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday. Dive into our most recent stories and exclusive insights from our editors and staff.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us
Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Submit/promote your event

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2022 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic