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City Life, Community Nov 10, 2020
Bound to the Point

Tales of the Southside Pod swimmers
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Community, Promontory Point, Southside Pod, swimmers, David Travis, Louise LeBourgeois, Ted Erikson, Hyde Park, Lake Michigan, swimming

Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2020
Slideshow
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, livestream, pop-up concerts, Kate Dumbleton, Midway Plaisance, Rockefeller Chapel, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, Alexis Lombre Quartet, Jahari Stampley, Greg Ward, Rogue Parade, Charles Heath, Ramsey Lewis, Dee Alexander, A-Team, Protest, Marquis Hill, Circle in the Round, Dana Hall, Junius Paul, Michael King, Irvin Pierce, the Silent Hour, Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, Jason Adasiewicz, Loose Assembly, Russ Johnson, Jakob Heinemann, Oakland, Maggie Brown, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Fred Jackson Jr., Avreeayl Ra, Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, Milton Mizenberg Jr., Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, Madison Park, Russ Johnson Quartet, Lenard Simpson, Ken Vandermark, Black Monument Ensemble, Damon Locks, Iowa Building, World’s Columbian Exposition, Thaddeus Tukes, Mike Frasier, Chicago Freedom Ensemble, Slideshow

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 10, 2020
A challenging and memorable bike ride around Chicago’s exact city limits

Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: On Transportation, City limits, Strict Chicago Perimeter Ride, bike rides, cycling, Lakefront Trail, Uptown, Rogers Park, West Ridge, North Park, Forest Glen, Norwood Park, Edison Park, O’Hare, Dunning, Montclare, Austin, North Lawndale, Little Village, Brighton Park, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Ashburn, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park, West Pullman, East Side, South Chicago, South Shore, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas, Near South Side, Loop, River North, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Fish Keg, Novelty Golf & Games, Leaning Tower of Niles, Superdawg, Edison Park Motel, Des Plaines River Trail, Hala Kahiki, Gene and Jude’s, Home of the Hoagy, Janson’s Drive-In, Taqueria Los Gallos, Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue, Calumet Fisheries, Gorditas Adrian’s, Riverdale, Hegewisch

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient May 14, 2020
Virtue Restaurant’s Erick Williams confronts a dusty dive-bar standby

He finds a classic, simple solution for eggs in a pickle.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Erick Williams, Virtue Restaurant, Hyde Park, Mark Steuer, Funkenhausen, Key Ingredient, Pandemic Pantry, COVID-19, coronavirus, pickled eggs, Brian Jupiter, Ina Mae’s Tavern

News & Politics, News Apr 3, 2020
Leaked Zoom meeting reveals landlords concerned over staff 'decimation' and optics of 'stepping' on tenants

As tenant calls for rent freezes grow louder amid the pandemic, Chicago landlords contemplate their options.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Rent Strike, coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, rent freeze, rent control, eviction, eviction moratorium, foreclosure moratorium, federal stimulus, Chicago Association of Realtors, Chicagoland Apartment Association, Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, Eiran Feldman, InSite Realty, Kris Anderson, Tom Benedetto, Kal Jazeera, Jordan Rome, Brandon Turner, Bigger Pockets, J.B. Pritzker, Governor J.B. Pritzker, TLC Management, Cagan Management, Mac Properties, A. Saccone & Sons, Newgard Partners, Hyde Park, South Shore, Edgewater

Music, Music Feature Sep 30, 2019
Slideshow
Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.
- By Philip Montoro and Michael Jackson
- Tags: Music Feature, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Society, photos, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, jazz, Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz, Isaiah Collier, The Story of 400 Years, Karuna, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph, Mary Halvorson, MacArthur, Sylvie Courvoisier, Greg Ward, Ambrose Akinmusire, Amir ElSaffar, Tia Fuller, Dana Hall, Spring, Dee Alexander, Maggie Brown, Sam Trump, Orbert Davis, Ari Brown, Juan Pastor, Pharez Whitted, Project Tool, Tito Carillo, Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, Tia Fuller, Kate Dumbleton, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Architecture Sep 18, 2019
Big, unbuilt plans

A civic center in River North, a concrete ribbon that split Hyde Park north from Woodlawn, and a third World’s Fair on the lakefront
- By Max Grinnell
- Tags: Architecture, Daniel H. Burnham, River North, hyde park, navy pier, University of Chicago, Eero Saarinen, Obama Presidential Center, world's fair

Columns & Opinion, Staff notes Aug 26, 2019
Note from an editor
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Staff notes, Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, Gage Gallery, 11 E. Illinois, Hyde Park, Chicago Reader staff, friendship, writing, Hideout, parties, bylines

City Life, Pets Issue Aug 8, 2019
Chicago’s animals gone wild

Fence-hopping sea lions, a chilled-out coyote, and more animal exploits from history
- By Jeff Nichols
- Tags: Pets Issue, Lincoln Park Zoo, Duchess the elephant, Hyde Park, Chance the Snapper, aligators, coyotes, cougars, wild animals in the city

Music, Music Feature Jul 15, 2019
A brief oral history of the Silver Room Block Party

Since moving to Hyde Park, this free community-focused festival has blossomed into one of Chicago’s most important cultural institutions.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Silver Room Block Party, Silver Room, Eric Williams, Ron Trent, Mario Smith, Hyde Park, Connect Gallery, Brown Books & Paint Brushes, Wicker Park, Rob McKay, Candice Washington, Amy Srodon, Eric Reaves, University of Chicago, South East Chicago Commission, Pete Rock, Kool Herc

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 13, 2019
Video
From the Bubbly Creek festival to sculptures made from straws

A roundup of art events happening this weekend
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Art Feature, Bridgeport, performance art, Bubbly Creek, labor, immigrant labor, Zhou B Art Center, Defibrillator Gallery, south side, Pride Month, Gerber Hart Library & Archives, archives, LGBTQ, queer art, Out of the Closets & Into the Exhibits, Stonewall Riots, Smart Museum, Hyde Park, University of Chicago, Tara Donovan, sculpture, Chicago Art Department, LGBTQ, Muscle Memories, painting, Video

City Life, Sightseeing May 23, 2019
Video
Miss Teen Wordpower

The story of forgotten Chicago vaudevillian and superfast typist Birdie Reeve
- By Jeff Nichols
- Tags: Sightseeing, history, vaudeville, typing, hyde park, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2018
Lala Lala and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Chicago Votes's Give a Shit and more goings on 9/28-9/30
- By Julia Hale
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Film, Music, things to do, music, shows, concerts, films, theater, Lala Lala, Not For Sale, Zeal & Ardor, Give a Shit, Chicago Votes, jazz, jazz festival, Hyde Park

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2018
Video
The Silver Room Block Party announces the lineup for its 15th festival

Bobbito Garcia, the Twilite Tone, and Georgia Ann Muldrow are among the performers at the free Hyde Park fest July 21.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Silver Room Block Party, Hyde Park, Bobbito Garcia, Twilite Tone, Ron Trent, The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, Rock Rubber 45s, Craig Hodges, Matt Muse, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Video

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (paid sponsored content) Jun 28, 2018
Video Sponsored
Rob McKay of Connect Gallery

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Rob McKay, Connect Gallery, Hyde Park, Harper Court, art galleries, The Silver Room, Eric Williams, Silver Room Sound System Block Party, Video, Sponsored

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2018
All Hyde Park wants to know: Where’s Bobo?

Karen Bradley has posted more than 250 signs inquiring about her lost bird.
- By Katie Powers
- Tags: Animals, News, Neighborhoods, Bobo, Hyde Park, Karen Bradley, Mourning Doves, Lost Bird

News & Politics, Feature May 24, 2018
Hundreds of Illinois prisoners languish behind bars waiting for Dorothy Brown to do her job

The court clerk lost the records of James Allen, who's fighting to overturn convictions that put him in prison 30 years ago. His case is not unique.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, james allen, chicago police, cook county, circuit court of cook county, dorothy brown, pontiac correctional center, tamms, carl gibson, robert ciralski, hyde park, richard m. daley, nocholas ford, illinois supreme court, steven becker, office of the state appellate defender, cicero, patricia mysza, jalyne strong-shaw, records storage center, larry gibson, tyrone oby, washington park, oliver singleton, ged, people's law office, illinois prisoner review board, jeffrey haas, national conference of black lawyers community college of law, charles ashley, michael pochordo, chicago skyway, willie "flukey" stokes, franklin freeman, darryl moore, uptown, better government association, alan goldberg, toni preckwinkle, records storage and digital imaging center, mississippi

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (paid sponsored content) Apr 26, 2018
Video Sponsored
Sophie Phillips of Sprocket & Stone

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Sophie Phillips, Sprocket & Stone, Hyde Park, 53rd Street, Video, Sponsored

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2018
Herbal Notes is planting the seeds of culinary cannabis in Chicago

Weed Week: Chef Manny Mendoza’s pop-up dinner series combines good food, good feels, and responsible cannabis consumption.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Weed Week, ac/dc, cannabis, cannabis dinners, cbd, Culinary Institute of America, green zebra, haze, Herbal Notes, hyde park, Illinois Cannabis Patient Registry Program, Manny Mendoza, medical marijuana, pilsen, recreational marijuana, senza, sour diesel, thc

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (paid sponsored content) Mar 29, 2018
Video Sponsored
Tiffany Paige and Mike Biersma of Modern Cooperative

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Modern Cooperative, Tiffany Paige, Mike Biersma, Hyde Park, 53rd Street, Video, Sponsored

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 9, 2018
‘East-coasters butt out’ and more from the wildcat Obama Presidential Center debate

An emotionally charged symposium at the University of Chicago this week brought out many opinions but few solutions.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Obama Presidential Center, Community Benefits Agreement, CBA, symposium, University of Chicago, W.J.T. Mitchell, Obama Foundation, Charles Birnbaum, Perri Irmer, Timuel Black, Juliana Irizarry, Ward Miller, Jawanza B. Malone, Barbara Ransby, Liz Moyer, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Washington Park, Jackson Park

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 21, 2018
Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot's Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?

Not quite, but the Randolph Street restaurant comes close.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Matthias Merges, Graham Elliot, Gideon Sweet, Randolph Street restaurants, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Lucky Dorr, Old Irving Brewing Company, Mari Katsumura, Yoshi Katsumura, Yoshi's Cafe, Entente, Ty Fujimara, Avondale, Logan Square, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Avenues at the Peninsula, Top Chef, Graham Elliot Bistro, celebrity chefs, Alex Bachman, Michael Shrader, Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter's, Chicago fine dining, Chicago restaurant history

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (paid sponsored content) Feb 20, 2018
Video Sponsored
Rob McMillan and Kaleb Sullivan of Dearborn Denim & Apparel

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Dearborn Denim & Apparel, Hyde Park, Garfield Park, Kaleb Sullivan, Rob McMillan, 53rd Street, The Silver Room, Modern Cooperative, stores, shopping, jeans, leather, belts, t-shirts, clothing, Video, Sponsored

Music, The Block Beat Feb 14, 2018
Video
Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park

The rising rapper considers his teenage stomping grounds home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.
- By The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden, and Morgan Elise Johnson
- Tags: The Block Beat, Vic Mensa, the Block Beat, Tiffany Walden, Morgan Elise Johnson, the Triibe, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Hyde Park Records, 2nd Hand Tunes, Jay-Z, No I.D., Dion Wilson, Roc Nation, rap, hip-hop, Save Money, Chance the Rapper, Joey Purp, Towkio, Brian Fresco, Common, Nuthin’ to Do, Resurrection, Angel Elmore, Participatory Music Coalition, Ribs ’n’ Bibs, Hyde Park Gyros, Vue53, permission wall, Bell Hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, 4:44 Tour, Lollapalooza, Kids These Days, Video

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (paid sponsored content) Jan 25, 2018
Video Sponsored
Autumn and Brian Merritt of Sir & Madame

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Autumn Merritt, Brian Merritt, Sir & Madame, Hyde Park, Video, Sponsored

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