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News & Politics, Sports Jul 9, 2020
Combating racism and sexism in Major League Soccer

Supporter groups the Plastics and the Black Fires are demanding change.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Sports, soccer, Chicago Fire, the Plastics, Black Fires, Meredith Miklasz, Jake Payne, Arsenals, football club, Chicago Red Stars, Some Like It Black, Black Players Coalition of Major League Soccer, Monterrey Security, Carri Aldridge

Film, Movie Feature Dec 4, 2018
Ashley Cooper’s "American Ego" series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes

Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Movie Feature, Ashley Cooper, American Ego, Filmfront, storefront cinema, microcinema, Pilsen, Turner Classic Movies, Chicago Fire, Shock Corridor, Malia Haines-Stewart, Alan Medina, Rudy Medina, Alyx Christensen, Gilberto Perez, Sweet Smell of Success, A Face in the Crowd, Baby Face, All About Eve, movie history, old Hollywood, Robert Osborne

News & Politics, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
The perfect storm, or the two weeks in October when sports are king

Chicago's fall frenzy makes fairweather fandom fun.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Fall Preview, Chicago sports, October, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Fire, Northwetsern, Big Ten football, sports, fall preview, fall preview 2018

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2018
Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news

Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city's heat ordinance.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Congress, Republican Party, Bruce Rauner, taxes, Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, Kevin Graham, police body cameras, winter weather, Cinespace Film Studios, Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago filming, Apple, Fine Arts Building, manually operated elevators, Alex Pissios, Nick Mirkopoulos, Robert Berger

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2017
Video
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool's very bad day, and other news

Also, Jason Van Dyke's lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Forrest Claypool, Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper, Ken Bennett, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago Board of Education, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senate, Al Franken, sexual harassment, Chicago Fire, Ken Griffin, soccer, Andrew Hauptman, U.S. Soccer Foundation, OpenMike, Jordans, the Pink Squirrel, cocktail bars, supper clubs, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2017
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Chicagoan, former Trump aide pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI, and other news

Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, Rick Gates, Russia, DePaul University, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, Jeffrey Sallet, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pat Dowell, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, filming, TV shows, Empire, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Gail Peck, missing people, Chicago Bears, Zach Miller, NFL, New Orleans Saints, restaurant closings, poke, FireFin Poke Shop, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2017
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Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, education funding, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Northwestern University, Oxford University, murder, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton H. James Cornell-Duranleau, Bastian Schweinsteiger, soccer, Chicago Fire, Manchester, Munich, Metro, Foo Fighters, Lollapalooza, Arcade Fire, Blink-182, Spoon, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2017
Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news

Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, John Cullerton, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, state budget, budget impasse, Springfield, retail industry, jobs, Rahm Emanuel, Barrett Murphy, Alex Holt, City Hall, Schaumburg, theater, Rosemont, Rosemont Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Dick Wolf, Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, NBC, Mark Wahlberg, Wahlburgers, restaurant openings

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2017
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‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news

Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Film, Chicago, Academy Awards, Oscars, Hollywood, movies, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel, Eddie Johnson, gun violence, criminal justice, Kwame Raoul, Elgie Sims Jr., Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, Chicago Police Department, Donald Trump, Trump International Hotel and Tower, LGBTQ issues, transgender issues, Chicago Public Schools, budget cuts, Chicago Fire, NBC, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2017
More than 73 percent of the CPD's 16,500 new applicants are nonwhite, and other Chicago news

Also, a 29-year-old political novice from Skokie is running for governor in 2018.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Leslie Munger, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, budget impasse, Illinois, Alex Paterakis, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Heather Mack, crime, Bali, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitism, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, A.P.B., The Chi, television

Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2017
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Rahm to Trump: 'You didn't get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,' and other Chicago news

Also, a southwest side resident is sentenced to nine months in prison for his role in 'Celebgate' nude photo hacking.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, cyber security, hacking, phishing, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, NBC, television, filming in Chicago, Women's March on Chicago, fitness, trends, Chicago Blues Festival, Millennium Park, Grant Park, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news

Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Sandi Jackson, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Police Department, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bruce Rauner, Mike Quigley, Luis Gutierrez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, Oscar Lopez Rivera, PrivateBank Theatre, Independent Police Review Authority, police shootings, homelessness, television, NBC, Dick Wolf, Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 1, 2016
Eat chili to help the Arts of Life Band release their first album

Plus: Postpunks Ganser continue a busy 2016 with a new EP, Konstantin Jace of Moritat spins 78s all month at the Peninsula, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, The Arts of Life, The Arts of Life Band, Charitable Chili Cook-Off, Doug Eigenberg, Chicago Fire, Hot Doug’s, Doug Sohn, Indiegogo, album, Ganser, This Feels Like Living, The Pop Ritual, Empty Bottle, Valentine’s Day, postpunk, Konstantin Jace, Moritat, 78s, Peninsula, Bryan Snow Jr., Space Snow, Lyrical Lemonade, Young Chicago Authors, Izerrick Aigbokhan, Smylez, King Louie, Live & Die in Chicago, RIP, obituary

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2016
Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible

The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Arts, Film, Small Screen, Easy, Joe Swanberg, Woody Allen, Dick Wolf, north side, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Chris Ware, Paul McGee, T.J. Jagodowski, Dave Pasquesi, Dark Matter Coffee, Portlandia, Chicago Filmmakers, Piece pizza, Don't Fret, Jesse Diaz, Tinder, Half Acre

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2016
Rauner says no to deploying the National Guard in Chicago after 90 homicides in August, and other news

Also, gang members speak out on life in gangs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, gun violence, gang violence, Michael Pfleger, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, National Guard, Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, Safer Foundation, drug sales, Danny Davis, mental health issues, NFL draft, Draft Town

Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2016
Money from the Chicago Skyway sale will fund property tax rebate, and other news

Also, don't expect to see Lady Gaga roaming around town anytime soon.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Skyway, taxes, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Illinois Republican Party, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Illinoisans for Growth and Opportunity, Bruce Rauner, Ken Dunkin, Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney, Chicago Fire

Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2016
Jurassic Jaws Double Feature, Windy City Ribfest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes, Fourth of July, and more happenings from July 1-4.
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, Toyota Park, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Thalia Hall, Erykah Badu, Beauty Bar, Windy City Ribfest, Mamby on the Beach, Oakwood Beach, Hamilton: The Revolution, Hamilton, Women & Children First, A Small Oak Tree Runs Red, Congo Square Theater, You Me Them Everybody, Hungry Brain, Fourth of July, Navy Pier

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2016
Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news

Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the "river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago City Council, City of Chicago, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, San Francisco, Chicago Public Schools, Mark Kirk, Donald Trump, GOP, U.S. Senate, Tammy Duckworth, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, NBC, Fox, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Justice, Chicago Med, Empire, Geena Davis, The Exorcist, A.P.B., privatization

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2016
George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news

Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, San Francisco, George Lucas, Lucas Museum, Friends of the Parks, Independent Police Review Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Tyshawn Lee, Danville, Midway Airport, O’Hare Airport, Dick Wolf, NBC, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2016
Anita Alvarez cedes Laquan McDonald case to special prosecutor, and other Chicago news

Also, what it means to have Empire, Chicago Fire, or the other locally filmed TV shows shoot in your home.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Anita Alvarez, Laquan McDonald, Kim Foxx, Jason Van Dyke, Cook County state’s attorney office, Lucas Museum, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, George Lucas, Friends of the Parks, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, TIF funds, taxes, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Council, Empire, Chicago Fire, filming

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2016
Detective suspended over Koschman death investigation set to return to police force, and other Chicago news

Also, Karen Lewis prepares for a strike.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, David Koschman, Richard Daley, Richard Vanecko, filming, theater, Empire, Chicago Fire, actors, Los Angeles, NFL Draft, Draft Town, street closures, Lincoln Park, skydiving

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2016
Lady Gaga jumps into Lake Michigan and other Chicago news

Also, remembering Nancy Reagan’s Chicago childhood.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, Special Olympics Chicago, Chicago Polar Plunge, Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney, Today Show, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Latin School, Nancy Reagan, Marshall Field’s, CTA, Red Line, Lakeview, bop, West Side, Donald Trump, UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois at Chicago, Ted Cruz, John Kasich

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2016
Men's rights activists rally in Rogers Park canceled, TV shows and movies keep flocking to Chicago, and other Chicago news

Also, a University of Chicago professor is out over alleged sexual misconduct, and DePaul’s law school cancels a Trump Tower event.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, Return of Kings, rape, Rogers Park, Empire, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Hollywood, TV shows, movies, Independent Police Review Authority, Black Lives Matter, Rekia Boyd, Dante Servin, Chicago Police Department, University of Chicago, DePaul University, Donald Trump, Trump Tower

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
Where's Chicago in Chicago P.D.?

Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf's cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Small Screen, Television, Arts, Chicago P.D., Chicagoland, Chi-Raq, Shameless, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Law, Dick Wolf, Law & Order, The Chicago Code, The Shield, The Wire, Kojak, Barney Miller, Hill Street Blues, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Southland, Michael Chiklis, Jason Beghe, Laquan McDonald, Jon Burge, police torture, Homan Square, Amy Morton, Elias Koteas, Al Capone

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2015
Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride honors theater professionals lost too soon

The Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride commemorates theater professionals who have recently passed.
- By Colleen Cottet
- Tags: Theater, Arts, Performing Arts, Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride, Russ Tutterow, Andrew Patner, Molly Glynn, Joe Foust, Chicago Fire, Eric Eatherly, Trinity P. Murdock, Joe Lambie, Sati Word, Sheldon Patinkin, Actors Fund, Burnham Park, Chicago Dramatists

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