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Music, Concert Preview Aug 8, 2019
Recommended
Ajani Jones taps into a familiar paradoxical love for Chicago on Dragonfly
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Ajani Jones, Fredrick "Ajani" Jones, Dragonfly, Rap Caviar, Rogers Park, red line, south side, dragonflies, 63rd Street, Recommended

City Life, Staycation Jul 10, 2019
Do a Doubleday

Ride the Red Line for a cross-town series featuring both the city’s baseball teams.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Staycation, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cubs, Sox, Wrigley Field, Sox Park, Guaranteed Rate Field, Doubleday, Red Line, Addison, cross-city doubleheader, Washington Nationals, Dave Martinez, Hot Doug’s, Antique Taco, Elvis Night, fireworks, Chicago skyline

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 6, 2018
The latest edition of El Stories explores the drama of the Holiday Train

The Waltzing Mechanics's production returns after a two-year hiatus.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, El Stories, Holiday Train, Waltzing Mechanics, CTA, Greenhouse Theater Center, Carinne Uslar, Red Line, snowpocalypse

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2018
The CTA is crowded and slow. The Reader can fix it!

If only the Straight Dope were running the city!
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, News, Transit, Transportation, CTA, trains, Ed Zotti, Cecil Adams, Straight Dope, el, red line, purple line

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 4, 2018
Despite a few bumps in the road, Chicago’s year in transportation didn’t suck

The Trump administration still threatens sustainable infrastructure, but 2017 brought improvements to Chicago’s streets, transit hubs, and bikeways.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Donald Trump, Wabash-Washington, Wilson el stop, Red Line, Purple Line, Cecil Balmond, Santiago Calatrava, Gerber Building, Elon Musk, Vision Zero, bike fatalities, side guards, Navy Pier Flyover, protected bike lanes, Lakefront Trail, Milwaukee Avenue, the Crotch, North Branch Trail, 312 RiverRun, Glenwood Greenway, the 606, Bloomingdale Trail, transit-oriented development

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2017
Video
Prosecutors: Ex-Northwestern professor killed boyfriend in a murder, sex, suicide fantasy plot, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm says Trump administration is "playing politics" to promote its law enforcement policies.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Northwestern University, University of Oxford, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, immigration issues, David Axelrod, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, the Axe Files, podcasts, opiates, Bruce Rauner, Susana Mendoza, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Transit Authority, gun violence, Red Line, Coldplay, Chris Martin, Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, Midway International Airport, Seattle, Bruno Mars, United Center, solar eclipse, weather, National Weather Service, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 16, 2017
Former Belmont flyover opponents try to make the best of a bad situation

With plans for the overpass full speed ahead, they plan to push for quality transit-oriented developments and new public space.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, News, Politics, Transportation, Red Line, Purple Line, Red and Purple Modernization Project, Lakeview, Belmont flyover, Belmont bypass, Ellen Hughes, Jeff Tolman, Adam Rosa, development, transit-oriented development, transit, public space

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2017
Video
Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news

Also, Trump's Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, John Cullerton, Christine Radogno, Mike Madigan, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Senate, Illinois General Assembly, Barack Obama, Obama farewell speech, McCormick Place, Chicago, Facebook, social media, Twitter, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Meryl Streep, Donald Trump, Golden Globes, Red Line, CTA, Rahm Emanuel, Hamilton, Wayne Brady, theater, comedy, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2017
Video
Alderman Ameya Pawar promises to run on a progressive platform in 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race, and other news

Also, 15 percent of Eli's Cheesecake employees are war refugees.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Ameya Pawar, Illinois governor race 2018, Bruce Rauner, Chris Kennedy, J.B. Pritzker, Eli's Cheesecake, refugees, Iraq, Congo, Chicago, health insurance, Rahm Emanuel, Red Line, CTA, restaurant openings, Wintrust Arena, American Writers Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, bed bugs, Wild Blossom Meadery, Dan Ryan Woods, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2016
CPD top cop takes strongest possible action against officer who fatally shot Kajuan Raye, and other Chicago news

Also, Rhymefest has bought Kanye West's childhood home with plans to turn it into an arts incubator.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, police brutality, Independent Police Review Authority, Kajuan Raye, Chicago Cubs, Todd Ricketts, Donald Trump, CTA, Red Line, Rahm Emanuel, Rhymefest, Kanye West, Chicago, Donda West, arts, rap music, parking meters, City Council

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 22, 2016
Video
Rahm plants seeds for Red Line TIF while Chicago panics over Trump

As the mayor once said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.”
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, CTA, Red Line, Belmont Flyover, City Council, TIF, Tax Increment Financing, Red and Purple Modernization, Transit TIF, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
The transcript of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deposition regarding his security detail is out, and other Chicago news

Also, even Ashton Kutcher couldn't convince the City Council not to pass Airbnb regulations.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, City Council, Airbnb, Ashton Kutcher, Michele Smith, Red Line, domestic violence, Dennis Hastert, U.S. House of Representatives, Uber, Lyft, Anthony Beale

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2016
Four Trump protesters charged after chaotic Friday night and other Chicago news

Also, the latest tragic turn in the gang war that killed Tyshawn Lee.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Donald Trump, University of Illinois at Chicago, Tyshawn Lee, gun violence, gang violence, Rahm Emanuel, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, CTA, Red Line, Nazis, northwest side

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 11, 2016
Video
Karen Lewis unleashes Jedi powers in teachers' union battle, President Obama makes a nostalgic trip back to Springfield, and other Chicago news

Also, many questions remain in strange murder of Gage Park family, and Obama wants to help the CTA rebuild the Red Line.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, President Obama, Springfield, Illinois politics, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, CTA, Red Line, Gage Park, Chicago Police Department, Millennium Park, jazz, Star Wars, Video

City Life, Space Sep 14, 2014
Video
A grassy oasis beneath the Red Line tracks in Boystown

How a Boystown resident turned rented CTA property into a festive garden.
- By Andrea Bauer
- Tags: Space, Red Line, Boystown, CTA, Jack Meyer, New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Video

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best CTA Employee to Go Out Smiling

Michael Powell
- By Janet Potter
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2014, CTA, Red Line, New Year's Eve, Elaine Powell, Michael Powell, commuting, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
One more high-rise story

An alum of the housing projects learns of a project to document his childhood home.
- By Janet Potter
- Tags: Books, News, cabrini-green, High Rise Stories, Audrey Petty, 826CHI, Hull House, Red Line, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority

Arts & Culture, Valentine's Day Feb 7, 2013
Romance in the 90s (or lack thereof)

As seen through the lens of vintage Missed Connections
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Valentine's Day, rollerblading, jogging, biking, totem pole, Ticketmaster, Ray Bans, Missed Connections, GrillBar, personals, Blue Note, Reader Matches, Lakefront Path, Connie's Pizza, I Saw You, ravers, The Admiral, Blue Line, Chuck Taylors, Red Line, Mary Cassatt exhibit, Craigslist, mayonnaise, science fairs, Miracle Whip, The Wieners Circle, Metro, Marie's Riptide Lounge, Museum of Science and Industry, Merchandise Mart, Admiral Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2012
Not only in India: Red Line station rape

Delhi has a rape crisis, but the official statistics say things are worse in Chicago
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Women's Issues, News, Red Line, CTA, India rape crisis, Chicago Police Department, Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, RAINN, Department of Justice, Scott Berkowitz, National Crime Victimization Survey, sexual assault

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2012
Thigh, how are you?: the Red Line Green Zone

On the sociosexual dynamics of public transit
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Gross, Transportation, News, Barbara Brotman, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, Whet Moser, Red Line, Green Line, Rome not being built in a day

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
Romney in Chicago tonight

Republicans have another chance to vote with their wallets tonight in Chicago
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: $$$, Election 2012, Politics, Mitt Romney, fundraiser, Gold Coast, Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business, school financing, Cubs, Red Line

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2012
CTA provides extensive FAQ for Red Line closure

The CTA provides a detailed report on the south-side Red Line closure
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Broken, Seriously?, News, CTA, Red Line, Cermak, 95th-Dan Ryan, Green Line, Garfield station

Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2012
The Red Line, now between Howard and Cermak (for five months)

The CTA will shut down the entire south end of the Red Line for five months, which shouldn't inconvenience anyone
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Broken, Seriously?, News, Sun-Times, CTA, Red Line, Green Line, Brian Steele

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
Why Rahm and Forrest blame the unions—because it works

What riding the CTA can teach you about unions.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Transit, Politics, Clout City, Chicago politics, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, CTA budget, Forrest Claypool, Grand Avenue, labor unions, Rahm Emanuel, Red Line, unionization, unions

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