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- City Life, Public Service Announcement Dec 18, 2020
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Give it away, give it away, give it away now
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 7, 2020
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A case of disappearing hoops in gentrifying neighborhoods
In the last decade the Chicago Park District has removed 12 of 16 basketball courts from neighborhoods that have doubled and tripled in value, further marginalizing communities facing displacement.
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Dec 4, 2020
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Winter is better on the other side of the road
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 2, 2020
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Get tested and enjoy sweater weather with confidence
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Mar 10, 2020
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Park district arts and crafts classes are the best deal in town
Unleash your inner artist/poet/actor/ceramist with low-cost courses at your local park.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 15, 2019
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Because Count Orlok can’t speak for himself
Maxx McGathey of Gramps the Vamp scores silent horror films, including Nosferatu and The Man Who Laughs, which opens the Music Box of Horrors—and whose disfigured hero inspired the Joker.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 11, 2019
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Photos: AMFM fights food deserts with the Feast festival
The arts and culture organization brought food, art, and music to Homan Square Park to call attention to food insecurity on the west and south sides.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 5, 2019
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Riot Fest’s elephant in the room
Does a for-profit festival with a majority-white audience have any business taking over a public park in a largely Black and Brown neighborhood?
- Music, Music Feature Aug 21, 2019
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Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives
This Chicago nonprofit, linked to the Era dance crew, works to spread a local Black subculture that can knit together youth communities.
- City Life, Pets Issue Aug 7, 2019
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A canine newcomer to Chicago searches for a playground to call home
Or Turtle’s reign of terror across the city’s dog parks.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 30, 2019
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A hip-hop Barber of Seville comes to three city parks
Plus: The Logan Boulevard Skate Park hosts a benefit show for Between Friends, and Chicago hip-hop veterans gather at the Battle for the Eagle.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jun 26, 2019
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At Theater on the Lake, a free Prologue to a free season
Theater on the Lake kicks off its season with a free three-day seminar for the Chicago theater community.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 6, 2019
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Learning to love Chicago with your ears
The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology believes engagement with the sonic environment can help build more sustainable communities—and it’s demonstrating with a soundwalk in the Chicago Pedway.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
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Now's the time to visit Jackson Park while you still can
See Frederick Law Olmsted's stunning grounds before the Obama Center further encroaches.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Sep 6, 2018
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Nejla Yatkin dances down the Burnham Wildlife Corridor in "Conference of the Birds"
The choreographer returns to Chicago to celebrate the beauty of the lakefront.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 5, 2018
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Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans
Plus: Arts incubator AMFM throws a free festival to address food deserts, and Comfort Station presents its annual Beer & Bands fund-raiser.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Apr 23, 2018
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Monument to fascist Balbo likely to remain, but aldermen could still rename street
A plaque explaining the controversial Italian aviator's legacy could be added to the lakefront memorial, officials said.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 11, 2018
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Black hockey players excel on ice despite history of racism, lack of rinks in Chicago
A dearth of ice rinks and long history of racial tension have hampered efforts to diversify hockey’s ranks—but that’s changing.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2018
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The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure
Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2018
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Why do we have parks? The answer may surprise you.
Early 20th century reformers wanted to give immigrants a place to get rid of their excess energy.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 28, 2017
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You can help keep Horace Mann Elementary’s Mustangs marching
Plus: Douglas Park hosts a free workshop on field recordings and graphic scores, and Worry Records drops a cassingle from post-emo rockers Rust Ring.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 13, 2017
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Where does the Chicago Architecture Biennial go next?
The current edition of the festival poses two possible directions its organizers can take.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 13, 2017
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After wiping out, a cyclist wants the Park District to address the green menace along the lakeshore
Biking along the Lakefront Trail, Stephanie Reid was laid low by a patch of algae. She’s not the only one.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 5, 2017
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Party Noire celebrates two years of sharing black joy
Plus: Pilsen gallery AMFM brings its jazz series to Dvorak Park, Young Chicago Authors showcases Latinx poets and musicians, and more.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 30, 2017
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Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’
More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
