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- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Apr 15, 2020
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Sor Juana gets the banda back together on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by artist Eric J. García of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago printmaking collective.
- News & Politics, News Nov 7, 2019
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New data portal documents developers’ compliance with affordable housing rules
Chicago’s Department of Housing takes a major step toward transparency.
- News & Politics, Feature Oct 9, 2019
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Fear and loathing at a South Shore co-op
Oglesby Manor survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Will gentrification and neighborly discord spell the death of this housing co-operative?
- News & Politics, News May 16, 2019
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LLCs affiliated with Pangea, Chicago's most frequent filer of eviction cases
Real estate developer Pangea owns hundreds of shell companies that insulate the company from litigation. Here's a list of the ones we've identified.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 11, 2018
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There’s a great play to be written about bigotry in Evanston in the early 20th century
The cumbersome, contrived, and dull A Home on the Lake is not it.
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 30, 2018
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Are tiny houses a solution to homelessness in Chicago?
The push for a small answer to a massive problem
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2017
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More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner's veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2017
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More than 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago in 2017, and other news
Also, there are plenty of condos for sale in the Trump Tower.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2017
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Transgender CPS students will still be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, and other Chicago news
The federal government is reportedly paying former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. $138,400 a year.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2016
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Rahm Emanuel makes it clear that he's not running for DNC chair or president in 2020, and other Chicago news
Also, Lakeview's The Alley is set to reopen in 2017.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2016
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Chicago area forecasted to have the weakest real estate market in the U.S. in 2017, and other news
Also, there have been more than 700 murders in the city so far this year.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 1, 2016
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For writer-director Ira Sachs, it’s all about the real estate
Little Men is a tale of friendship and gentrification.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2016
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Lisa Madigan orders cops to release Laquan McDonald e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump's broken promise to early buyers in his Chicago tower.
- Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 23, 2016
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Chicago’s North Shore fuels architecture fantasies
The curving streets of the affluent north suburbs are lined with midcentury-modern marvels and the locations of John Hughes movies.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2016
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Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler
Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2016
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Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news
Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2016
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At least four people have reportedly accused Dennis Hastert of sexual abuse, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper is designing a new line of White Sox caps.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2016
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Developers try to hide giant Chicago Spire hole and other news
Also, a Rockford IceHogs player is charged with a felony for revenge porn.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2016
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn't in the clubhouse 'to make rules' and other Chicago news
Also, a finalist for Chicago Police Department chief is critical of Rahm's handling of Laquan McDonald case.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2016
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Chicago Teachers Union rejects Board of Ed's contract offer, Emanuel ally resigns from City Council for private-sector job, and other Chicago news
Also, how the Blackhawks can win the Stanley Cup in June, and proposed microapartments for Old Chicago Main Post Office.
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 4, 2015
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Is the Bloomingdale Trail a path to displacement?
Longtime residents of Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and other areas around the highly anticipated 606 project are organizing to make sure they're not priced out of their neighborhoods.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2014
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Aren't journalists supposed to seek out the facts?
Questions from the morning papers
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 1, 2014
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Aldermen advance Rahm's South Loop plan without analyzing it first
While the plan for independent analysis stalls, the City Council approves spending $55 million on the mayor's hotel and stadium deal.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 11, 2014
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In Mayor Emanuel's Chicago, nice aldermen finish last
Rahm's allies keep the South Loop arena and hotel project speeding ahead.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: Real Estate's "Talking Backwards" is fine-tuned indie rock with a pulse
The first single off the band's forthcoming Atlas
