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Cult songwriter Amy Rigby makes her book debut

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Cult songwriter Amy Rigby makes her book debut

Her new memoir, Girl to City, crackles with the kind of sharp insights and perfectly chosen details her fans already love.

By J.R. Jones

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Jane Eyre brings a feminist vision to the Joffrey—but only to a point

Cathy Marston's staging features brilliant duets, but her take on Charlotte Brontë's classic has some limitations.

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At an Englewood elementary school, teachers and staff describe working conditions that hurt kids most.

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In Billy Branch's blues, the legendary Palm Tavern still stands

Gerri Oliver's bar, once a crown jewel of Bronzeville, was shut down by the city in 2001. But blues harpist Billy Branch remains dedicated to preserving the history and culture it embodied.

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Striking teachers say paychecks are the least of their problems 22

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The untold school segregation story behind Bernie Sanders's 1963 arrest 7

Englewood parents were desperate when they called for protests of Chicago Public Schools.

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Ode to the Green Line 12

A vital—and vexing—vehicle that connects Chicago’s Black communities on the south and west sides

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