Buying local merch helped us keep our cool in 2020.
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A microdose will do ya
Not every edible needs to knock you on your ass. It’s a lesson that took me until 2020 to learn. My first experience with eating weed was in high school […]
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A new way to go live
NoonChorus helps artists innovate for streaming content.
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Delayed appreciation for all things weed
Some of my best friends are stoners. In high school in the suburbs, my overlapping social circles included high-achieving kids who were high . . . a lot. They came […]
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Best of Chicago 2020 poll winners have been announced
Votes on the final ballot were accepted from January 5 to February 8, 2021. Review all the finalists here on the closed ballot.
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A personal remembrance of DJ Kwest_On
The Promontory’s favorite DJ died last spring, but his soulful music can still bring life.
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Instagram takeovers
Social media pop-ups kept the Chicago food scene looking delicious.
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Experimental Sound Studio has turned a streaming series into a virtual community
With its ongoing Quarantine Concerts, ESS has built connections faster and cheaper than it could have in person.
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DCG Brothers brought summer joy to a locked-down season with “Mmhmm”
The west-side rap duo have tons of fun sharing the mike on “Mmhmm,” and the video is even more contagious.
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The freaking Chicago Bears gave me agita
We really could have used a win this year, and yet.
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Lori Lightfoot keeps fucking up
The city’s mayor has racked up a stunningly long and sundry list of controversies.
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The thrill of a Quimby’s Qustomized Quaranzine
The beloved store brings surprises to your doorstep.
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Radical hospitality
“The species in which peace and mutual support are the rule, prosper, while the unsociable species decay.” So wrote Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin, advocating for the concept of mutual aid, […]
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The death (and resurrection?) of Crown Liquors
Folks living in the Logan-Avondale area vividly remember the crushing news of popular bar and liquor store Crown Liquors closing its doors in April last year. It was one of […]
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The drag show must go on
The drag community showed up and showed out in 2020.