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Queer to the Left came to raise hell

Queer to the Left came to raise hell

The group rejected the mainstream gay rights movement and kept alive the spirit of radical LGBTQ+ activism.

By Annie Howard

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Food & Drink

Drown your regrets in Nick Kokonas's Something & Tonic

The longtime bartender is hosting a release party for his historical cocktail book devoted to the "“most iconic mixer in the world."

By Mike Sula
City Life

Out there, around here

Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days

By Salem Collo-Julin
Film

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It’s officially summer with In the Heights

After a delayed release, the vibrant film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical couldn’t be more welcome.

By Taryn Allen

Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

By Ben Joravsky | 06.11.21
August Fanon and Defcee go back to hip-hop’s graffiti roots on their new EP

By Jack Riedy | 06.11.21
Creating space for trans and nonbinary POC

By as told to Jamie Ludwig | 06.10.21
Corey Hawkins comes full circle with In the Heights

By Taryn Allen | 06.10.21
Classifieds

06.10.21

In the latest issue

The Pride Issue

Windy City Times Special Pride insert in this issue! (PDF)

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Best of Chicago

Losses and gains: Best of Chicago 2020

Videos

43 Chicago-area media host joint fundraiser May 12-June 11

Listen to <em>The Ben Joravsky Show</em> (3)

Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show (3)

The Jackson Park heron

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From the Archive

Food & Drink

Illinois's first farm distillery controls production from seed to spirit

Whiskey Acres in DeKalb is the only operation in the state making bourbon from grain grown on-site.

By Julia Thiel | 08.25.15
Best of Chicago

Life lessons learned in the middle of the Kennedy Expressway

All the entertainment and insight you need is on an el platform, surrounded by automobile traffic.

By J.R. Jones | 06.23.16

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TixReader

Agenda Teaser

06.13.21

Bisa Butler: Portraits

Galleries & Museums

Bisa Butler: Portraits Art Institute of Chicago

November 16

<i>Still/Here</i>

Performing Arts

Still/Here

April 30

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Popular Stories

Opinion

What happened to the Squad?

The collapse of the progressive cohort shows change won’t come from within the Democratic Party.

By Leonard C. Goodman | 06.08.21
News

When crime goes viral

Activists say Illinois’s law that makes it illegal to expose others to HIV is racist and homophobic. Now they’re close to changing it.

By Adam M. Rhodes | 06.07.21
Movie Feature

Corey Hawkins comes full circle with In the Heights

The actor’s role in the onscreen adaptation hearkens back to his introduction to musical theater and time spent in New York City.

By Taryn Allen | 06.10.21
Movie Review

Recommended
It’s officially summer with In the Heights

After a delayed release, the vibrant film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical couldn’t be more welcome.

By Taryn Allen | 06.10.21
Mudville

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Surfing Sandy

Lake Michigan's turbulent waters offer die-hard surfers a prime opportunity to shred some waves

By Kevin Warwick | 11.14.12