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Home » veterans

Tag: veterans

a sunrise ceremony on the beach in honor of D-Day
Posted inFilm

Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

by Dmitry Samarov May 26, 2022May 25, 2022

Unfortunately, what Juergens presents onscreen comes across more like a loose scrapbook or vlog than a film.

Posted inMusic

Chicago rapper KC Ortiz brings buckle-your-seat-belts fun to The Campground

by Leor Galil September 24, 2020August 18, 2021

Rapper KC Ortiz grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and fell in love with Chicago after her drag mother showed her a video of local female-impersonation pageant Miss Continental. As she told Windy City Times last year, “I hadn’t transitioned at that time and didn’t know that world existed. When I saw that video, I wanted […]

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 66

by Reader staff May 25, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inCity Life

Learn Scuba Chicago wants to make underwater exploration accessible to everyone

by Rachel Fernandez July 10, 2019August 18, 2021

Into Lake Michigan . . . and beyond!

Posted inArts & Culture

Quilts of Valor pieces together a way to honor military vets

by Emily McTavish July 3, 2019August 18, 2021

“Many of these veterans feel alone, and to have strangers reach out and thank them is powerful.”

Posted inNews & Politics

A new battleground

by Mariah Karson April 4, 2019August 18, 2021

Veterans of the armed forces’ segregated past fight to keep their legacy alive.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Dennis Dobrydnia, Vietnam-era vet

by Anne Ford January 4, 2013August 18, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Dennis Dobrydnia, Vietnam-era vet

The late Bill Lavicka, who fought for the Maxwell Street peddlers and memorialized Vietnam veterans.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The man who wasn’t afraid of the mayor

by Ben Joravsky April 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Bill Lavicka unafraid to fight the mayor

Posted inBlogs

10/23—Free Job and Benefits Fair for Vets

by John V. Santore October 22, 2010August 19, 2021

A free job and benefits fair for veterans takes place Sat 10/23 at the Saint James Auditorium.

Posted inBlogs

10/18-1/31– Writing workshop for vets

by Alex Yablon October 9, 2008August 19, 2021

10/18-1/31: Free writing workshop for veterans

Posted inBlogs

Kimberly Peirce at University of Chicago

by J.R. Jones February 26, 2008August 19, 2021

Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) previews her new feature at the University of Chicago.

Posted inNews & Politics

Hate, Chicago style

by Steve Bogira December 5, 1986August 20, 2021

In 1986, the Reader’s Steve Borgira took a look at the racism and violence that caused the families of two Black veterans to move out of West Lawn’s Airport Homes forty years before.

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