Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care
President Donald Trump wants to strip hundreds of millions in public health funding from four states led by Democratic leaders—including $8 million from Illinois.
NEWS & POLITICS
No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates
For the second straight primary season, more than half the races for Cook County circuit judge on the March 17 ballot are uncontested, with just 45 candidates vying for 28 open seats.
Pandora’s box
The science behind quantum computing—and what the U.S. military wants to do with it
Quantum leap or community crossroads?
A planned quantum computing campus and innovation district on the former U.S. Steel South Works site promises jobs and investment, but residents and organizers have concerns around how, and whether, the $9 billion project should move forward.
Latest Stories
Iberian folk-pop troubadour Guitarricadelafuente makes his Chicago debut
Tue 3/3 at Lincoln Hall
Experimental skramz project Gingerbee say goodbye in Chicago with a 16-piece band
Sun 3/1 at Thalia Hall
Proggy Chicago metal project Dyslexicon brings Dracula at Seato Gman
Fri 2/27 at Gman Tavern
Review: Redux Redux
Redux Redux is an exciting and narratively original multiverse revenge story.
Review: How to Make a Killing
How to Make a Killing deftly balances humor and drama to highly entertaining results.
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Southeast Spotlight
83 Years: From Fermi’s Pile to Quantum Campus
Chicago’s south side has reinvented itself before; knowing this history can change its future.
Chicago housing workers call the city’s encampment closures ‘unconscionable’
Public encampments provide resources and community for people experiencing homelessness, but city crews repeatedly evict residents and leave them with nowhere else to go.
Glenna Fitch, deep listening DJ
“Partying is not really something I do anymore, and dancing is a lot harder at 40. My emphasis now is listening.”
News & Politics
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83 Years: From Fermi’s Pile to Quantum Campus
Chicago’s south side has reinvented itself before; knowing this history can change its future.
Chicago housing workers call the city’s encampment closures ‘unconscionable’
Public encampments provide resources and community for people experiencing homelessness, but city crews repeatedly evict residents and leave them with nowhere else to go.
‘An impossible situation’
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public buses and trains.
Music
Tone Deaf Records owner Tony Assimos plays an in-store with his own band
Plus: Alexa Viscius opens a gallery show of her music photographs, lo-fi punks Bungee Jumpers drop a speedy cassette EP, and more.
English singer-songwriter Naima Bock charts her own path with gorgeous results
Mon 2/23 at Constellation
Film & TV
Review: Wuthering Heights
The racism of Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights overwhelms the film’s virtues.
Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is pure comedy and jaw-dropping filmmaking.
Review: By Design
If you like it strange, Amanda Kramer’s By Design will give you a lot to sit with.
Theater, dance, comedy
A timeless take on The Seagull at Red Theater
Ian Maryfield’s new adaptation nudges Chekhov into the modern day without radical alterations.
Pot Girls expands and examines Caryl Churchill’s vision
Paul Michael Thomson’s Story Theatre world premiere is funny, biting, smart, and generous.
Cage match
Court’s production of Miss Julie gives a fever-dream feeling to Strindberg.
Visual Arts, books
‘City in a Garden’ embraces the queer gaze
The MCA exhibition on queer art and activism in Chicago cultivates intimacy through archives and documentary photographs.
Everything is holy
Judith Brotman’s solo exhibition “It Had to Be You” presents paradoxes in this Pilsen basement gallery.
CITY LIFE
Reader-recommended Black History Month events
A curated list of events from our February Reader Radar and beyond.
Mama African Marketplace forced to move
The beloved south side community anchor will be missed by local youth, families, and vendors.
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Southeast Spotlight: A Southeast Chicago Chamber Special
Shining a light on local businesses to support this holiday season
The season of giving and gratitude is here. To acknowledge and honor another busy year, the Southeast Chicago…
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An excerpt from TAXI GIRL, a novel by Maria Schreiber
“All About Yogurt,” a four-minute read.
“All about Yogurt” Four-minute read On Monday, June 3, 1974, Tania and Dan began selling cartons of yogurt…
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At the California Clipper, everyone is welcome
The newly relaunched Humboldt Park lounge champions community, inclusivity, and fair labor practices Since the 1820s, Chicago’s pubs…
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Demystifying Acupuncture provides answers for the curious skeptic
Acupuncture is a form of Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) that involves the placement of hair-thin needles into…