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News & Politics, News Apr 15, 2021
By the numbers

A local nonprofit, Lighthouse Foundation, is surveying some of the city’s largest LGBTQ+ institutions and will be grading them on just how far their diversity and inclusion goes.
- By Adam M. Rhodes
- Tags: News, Lighthouse Foundation, Black Queer Equity Index, Jamie Frazier, AIDS Foundation Chicago, Center on Halsted, Chicago House, Equality Illinois, Howard Brown Health, Human Rights Campaign, Kevin Pleasant, John Peller

City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 16, 2019
Get out of the house and go to these haunts

Things to do this Halloween
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, Halloween, Harry Potter, Interview with a Vampire, spooky, Holy Ghost, bingo, Derry Queen, Royal George Theatre, Arts in the Dark, Chicago House, Dia de Los Muertos, Beat Kitchen, Sidney Friedman, Northerly Island, Alliance Francaise, Glessner House, drag, Hideout, The Nightmare Before Christmas, DePaul University, Space Oddities Chicago

Music, Music Feature Jul 9, 2019
Slideshow
Photos: The grill masters of the Chosen Few Picnic

More music festivals should let fans cook for each other.
- By Leor Galil and Zakkiyyah Najeebah
- Tags: Music Feature, Chosen Few, Chosen Few Picnic, house music, Chicago house, Nu Bang Clan, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Gucci Productions, Jackson Park, Museum of Science and Industry, Public League, Andre Hatchett, Tony Hatchett, Alan King, Slideshow

Music, Concert Preview Jun 27, 2019
Recommended Video
The Chosen Few Picnic is the homegrown festival every Chicagoan should attend
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Chosen Few, Chosen Few DJs, Chosen Few Picnic, Jackson Park, Wayne Williams, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Tony Hatchett, Jesse Saunders, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Lori Branch, Chicago House, house music, David Morales, Thelma Houston, Jackson Park, BBQ, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Jul 5, 2018
Video
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker

Jerome Derradji is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes and releasing their contents—including unissued tracks and DJ mixes from some of the genre’s early giants.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, house, house music, Chicago house, Jerome Derradji, Still Music, dance music, Stilove4music, Past Due Records, Dance Mania, Victor Romeo, Ed Crosby, Frankie Knuckles, Steve “Silk” Hurley, Master C&J, 3 Chairs, JACK to the Lost Reels, Devastating Daryl, Record Al, Kevin Starke, KStarke Records, Brehon Charles Allen, Victor Parris Mitchell, That Was Then, This Is Now, Ten City, WBMX, WGCI, Hot Mix 5, Ralphi Rosario, Chosen Few Picnic, The Lost Chicago Beat Traxx (1988), Roy Davis Jr., Groove Distribution, The American Boogie Down, Rob Sevier, Vibes New and Rare Music, Rick Wilhite, Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Marcellus Pittman, Soul Edge E.P. Part 2, the Godson, 122 BPM: The Birth of House Music, Mitchbal, Chicago Connection Records, Kill Yourself Dancing: The Story of Sunset Records Inc. 1985-1989, Jacob Arnold, Matt Warren, AKA Dance Music, Let’s Dance, Marcus Mixx, Missing Dog Records, Bob Abrahamian, Kenny “Jammin” Jason, Carl Bias, Jessie Jones, Dan Dietrich, Wall to Wall Recording, Party Time, Don’t Keep Me Waiting, Just for You, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 17, 2017
This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs

Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, No Walls, No Walls: A Benefit for Marginalized Chicago Communities, Beat Kitchen, Geronimno!, Kelly Johnson, Kickstand Productions, John Ugolini, iO Chicago, Jennifer Cumberworth, Troubled Hubble, the Avantist, No Men, Mother Nature, Chicago House, Thresholds, Howard Brown Health, Chicago Women’s Health Center, Bobby Conn, Superband, Inauguration Special, Monica BouBou, Hideout, Billie Howard, Devin Davis, Josh Johannpeter, Jim “Dallas” Cooper, Marvin Tate, the Whistler, the Weekly Free, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Matchess, Elliot Bergman, Wild Belle

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2016
Chicago Teachers Union is taking its planned Friday strike very seriously, and other news

Also, the Blackhawks make the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Blackhawks, Stanley Cup playoffs, Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Supreme Court, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Chicago City Council, Caitlyn Jenner, reality TV, Chicago House, transgender issues

Music, Music Feature Nov 13, 2014
Video
DJ Rashad is gone, but his influence on footwork lives on

The Chicago producer died before the music he helped define could break out, but he's still inspiring his Teklife crew—which is releasing a compilation to benefit his young son.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, DJ Rashad, Morris Harper, DJ Spinn, Treated Crew, The Era, Teklife, GhettoTeknitianz, Rashad Harden, footwork, juke, Double Cup, Next Life, Hyperdub, Steve Goodman, Boylan, Nate Boylan, Traxman, Cornelius Ferguson, Chicago house, Frankie Knuckles, Ronnie Sloan, House-O-Matics, Dance Mania, RP Boo, Kavain Space, Gant-Man, Gant Garrard, Markham Roller Rink, DJ Puncho, Wills Glasspiegel, Full Effect, Dude 'N Nem, Watch My Feet, Juke Trax, The Battlegrounds Chatham, Planet Mu, Bangs & Works Vol. 1, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2014
A local start-up is tackling transgender unemployment

TransTech Social Enterprises CEO Angelica Ross says: "We're here to empower."
- By H Kapp-Klote
- Tags: Technology, LGBTQ+, News, TransTech Social Enterprises, Angelica Ross, LGBTQ task force, chicago, lgbtq, transgender issues, nonprofits, technology, social media, trans 100 list, aubrey schuster, nonbinary, chicago house, Apple, Translife center

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2014
Remembering footwork master DJ Rashad

The influential footwork producer passed away at the age of 35 on Saturday.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: RIP, Music, DJ Rashad, Teklife, Rashad Harden, footwork, Chicago house, ghetto house, DJ Spinn, Nate Boylan, Hyperdub, Double Cup, Chance the Rapper

Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 9, 2014
Chicago's trans advocates, from celebs to social workers

These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Feature, Mayne Stage, transgender advocates, transgender advocacy, Trans 100, WeHappyTranscom, Jen Richards, Fallon Fox, Precious Davis, Halsted Street, Center on Halsted, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Riley D. Johnson, DePaul University, Columbia College, Referral Aggregator Database, Trans*H4CK, hackathons, RAD, Loyola University, T.J. Jourian, Viveka Ray-Mazumder, Transformative Justice La Project of Illinois, Invisible to Invincible, Advocate.com, Parker Marie Molloy, Angelica Ross, TransWorks, TransLife Center, Chicago House, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Karin Winslow, Z Jae Williams, Broadway United Methodist Church

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2012
Craft spirits tasting and other food and drink events

A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park's Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Botanic Garden, Death's Door Spirits, Templeton Rye Spirits, Angel's Envy, Rhum Clement, Dumante, Kindred Spirits, Hoyt's Chicago, Goose Island, Nicholas Barron, Setai Fifth Avenue, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Joan Holloway, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Alliance Francaise, Festivale de la Francophonie, Soiree Commune, Signature Room, 97.1 The Drive, Bob Stroud, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, David Snyder, Uncommon Ground, The Southern, Butch McGuire's, Chicago House, Fairmont Chicago, ENO Wine Bar, Matt Whalen, Pastoral Lakeview, Carnivale, Casa Noble, St. Patrick's Day, Guinness, Bailey's, Katherine Anne Confections, Brews for History, Chicago Metro History Fair, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Beer and Revolutionaries, Bill Savage.

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2010
Video
Just Don't Ride / A Bus Or a Cab Down a Street Called "Division"

On Sugar Ray Dinke's "Cabrini Green Rap"
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Music, Books, D. Bradford Hunt, Blueprint For Disaster, Cabrini Green, Cabrini Green Rap, Sugar Ray Dinke, Chicago house, NME, Video

Music, Music Column Apr 1, 2010
Video
Music for Feet

The Chicago dance style footwork already has MTV's attention. But footwork music may be too weird for mainstream ears.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, footwork, footwork dance style, Portage Theater, Bobo, Nemesis, Cajmere, Percolator, juke, juke music, Chicago house, house music, breakdancing, footworking, Battlegrounds, Wala Williams, Wala Cam, 187 Murder on the Dancefloor, DJ Gant-Man, DJ Puncho, Full Effect, Full Effect Dance Theatre, Missy Elliott, breaking, MTV, Dude 'n Nem, Watch My Feet, My Block, America's Best Dance Crew, Green Velvet, Rashaad Lewis, FootworKingz, America's Got Talent, Leaders of the New School, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2008
Video
DJ Slugo 101

DJ Slugo of "Wouldn't You Like to Be a Ho?" fame spins at Smart Bar tonight.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, juke, DJ Slugo, Chicago house, Video

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A local nonprofit, Lighthouse Foundation, is surveying some of the city’s largest LGBTQ+ institutions and will be grading them on just how far their diversity and inclusion goes.

Things to do this Halloween

More music festivals should let fans cook for each other.

Jerome Derradji is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes and releasing their contents—including unissued tracks and DJ mixes from some of the genre’s early giants.

Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.

Also, the Blackhawks make the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Chicago producer died before the music he helped define could break out, but he's still inspiring his Teklife crew—which is releasing a compilation to benefit his young son.

TransTech Social Enterprises CEO Angelica Ross says: "We're here to empower."

The influential footwork producer passed away at the age of 35 on Saturday.

These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people.

A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park's Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.

On Sugar Ray Dinke's "Cabrini Green Rap"

The Chicago dance style footwork already has MTV's attention. But footwork music may be too weird for mainstream ears.

DJ Slugo of "Wouldn't You Like to Be a Ho?" fame spins at Smart Bar tonight.

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