Ah, summer vacation: the time of year when Chicago’s youth are free from the confines of school—but aren’t allowed to be in Millennium Park after six at night on weekends (or anywhere in public after 10 PM) without an adult present. What’s a teen to do during the lazy hazy days of summer? FREE TIME […]
Tag: teenagers
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Editor’s note: on feeling “safe”
The Chicago comedian and writer Dwayne Kennedy has a pretty raw joke about summer being “shooting season” in Chicago that I’ve heard him perform a few times on stage. Kennedy says, “I don’t know what it is about the warm weather in Chicago that just brings everyone out. ‘Hey, it’s 79 degrees!’” and then makes […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The power of Walt Whitman brings two high school students together in I & You
They sound their barbaric yawp through the living room.
Posted inMusic
Boy Band Review help their fans turn off adulthood for a few hours
You can’t count on a Jonas Brothers reunion every week—and in the meantime, this Chicago group brings nostalgic boy-band favorites to life onstage all over the midwest.
Posted inFilm
Eighth Grade: Social media, but no social life
In Bo Burnham’s indie comedy, online culture becomes a breeding ground for teenage anxiety.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Dressed to the nines for wife number two
Dan on seeking closure from your ex and seeking support for your kinks.
Posted inBlogs
Underemployed: Out of time
RIP MTV’s excavation of YOLO culture that has fewer viewers than El Paso has residents.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Savage Love: September 23, 2010
We can help gay teens, whether their parents like it or not.