Rezoning and improving bus transit along Chicago’s Western Avenue address the dual crises of transit and housing in a bold manner.
Aaron Feldman: Let’s fix Western Avenue and make Chicago stronger
Day: June 14, 2024
What to do in Chicago: Juneteenth Celebration, Summer Smash and Joffrey in the park
Also around town this weekend, the Chicago Mexican Folk Fest and an Evanston run in memory of Northwestern coach Ricky Byrdsong.
After years of development, Wild Onion Market co-op opens in Rogers Park
After more than a decade of development, planning, fundraising and construction, Rogers Park finally has its own cooperative grocery store.
Riot Fest departure from Douglass Park sparks more debate over costs and gains for the community
Sheila McNary had a somewhat complicated relationship with Riot Fest over the years. The 71-year-old North Lawndale resident lives across the street from Douglass Park. When the festival moved to the park in 2015 — following neighbor complaints at its previous location in Humboldt Park — McNary said it almost felt like the community was being invaded by unfamiliar music and traffic congestion. McNary and her husband left to stay in a hotel for the weekend. “When they first came, it was more or less like a group coming to profit from a big festival in the community that they’re […]
Review: ‘Tuesday’ is a dark fairy tale led by a staggeringly good Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Death is a talking macaw in “Tuesday,” but whatever kind of film that sounds like to you, this singular debut feature confounds expectations.
Carole Hopson: How did Bessie Coleman, daughter of an enslaved woman, become a queen?
Bessie Coleman became a pioneer at the dawn of the Great Migration and at the dawn of aviation by being the first African American female pilot.
Elizabeth Shackelford: The far right makes unnerving gains in EU elections
The steady trend of increased support for a platform that had been on the fringes of European politics since World War II remains alarming.
Heidi Stevens: A reminder to give our kids the space to dream big about their one precious life — including who they’ll love
Part of the deal when we are gifted with kids is to love them exactly the way they are. That goes for our LGBTQ kids and our straight kids.
David McGrath: My father knew how to make all of his 8 kids feel special
My dad was a salesman in debt half his life and never able to buy us things. But he gave to each of us something way more valuable: himself.
Letters: Don’t scar our lakefront with a new Bears stadium
Leave the lake alone, please, except for true improvements that allow use for free to all.