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‘I’ll be the first to die’

‘I’ll be the first to die’

As Illinois prisons accelerated releases during the pandemic, many were forced into crowded, unmonitored residential reentry centers across Cook County.

By Michael Murney

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A true survivor

Monica Ortiz confronts—and survives—many obstacles during a traumatic year.

By Andrew Davis
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Juneteenth celebrations and more

Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days

By Salem Collo-Julin
Film

(Re)Introducing Sparks

Ron and Russell Mael get their due in Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers.

By Kathleen Sachs

In Trios From the City of Big Shoulders, the Lincoln Trio dusts off overlooked Chicago chamber works

By Hannah Edgar | 06.18.21
PrideArts hires Jay Españo as artistic director

By Kerry Reid | 06.17.21
Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

By Ben Joravsky | 06.17.21
Garbage indicts social injustices on No Gods No Masters

By Kirsten Lambert | 06.17.21
Skanking Lizard helped birth Chicago’s live reggae scene

By Steve Krakow | 06.17.21

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Cardinal Sins

By John Conroy | 06.04.87
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Greatest Chicago Book Tournament: The final matchup

Which book is the greatest—and which reader gets to go to Mexico?

By Aimee Levitt | 03.16.15

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06.21.21

Bisa Butler: Portraits

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Still/Here

April 30

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Skanking Lizard helped birth Chicago’s live reggae scene

The band’s new vinyl retrospective, Original Chicago Reggae: 1978-1996, quadruples the number of formally released tracks in their discography.

By Steve Krakow | 06.17.21