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- News & Politics, Feature Mar 8, 2021
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‘He’s a real one’
Chuy Garcia’s first term in Congress earns progressive accolades, honorary Squad membership
- Music, Music Review Aug 10, 2020
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Chicago tattoo artist and rapper Phor talks mental health on Self Love
- 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.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 25, 2020
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La Armada transform adversity into community
With the EP series Songs of the Exiled, the Dominican-born hardcore band honor the cities they’ve called home on their journey to Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Nov 4, 2019
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Día de los Muertos parade 2019
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 23, 2019
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Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 31, 2019
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[PHOTOS] Fiesta del Sol
- Music, Music Feature Apr 10, 2019
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Remember resale shops this Record Store Day
Thrift and vintage stores are among the best places to find vinyl that nobody’s even thought of reissuing yet.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 11, 2019
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The many lives of Alderman Danny Solis
Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Jan 21, 2019
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Survivors find support at Mujeres Latinas en Acción
The country's longest-standing Latina organization helps more than 8,000 clients a year in English and Spanish.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2018
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Healthy Hood wants to make sure people on the south and west sides start living better and longer
Tanya Lozano's nonprofit Youth Health Service Corps and fitness studio Healthy Hood make exercise classes and disease screenings available and affordable.
- Film, Movie Feature Dec 4, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Nov 13, 2018
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Brandon Lamar Rials is elevating jeans, one personalized pair at a time
The Pilsen-based designer crafts uniquely distressed pants.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 8, 2018
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The roving live talk show The Hoodoisie makes radical politics entertaining and accessible
If the world can be saved, host Ricardo Gamboa believes it will be through open dialogue and dirty jokes.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 7, 2018
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Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno
Plus: Thirsty Ears Festival brings classical to the streets, while My House Music Festival makes with the beats.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 14, 2018
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In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won't leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Apr 3, 2018
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Wendy Clinard and Akito Tsuda team up to create art out of the sights and sounds of Pilsen
Consider it a painting made from movements, beats, and the human body.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 19, 2018
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Failed eviction attempts wouldn't haunt tenants under proposed state law
Report finds 40 percent of Cook County eviction filings don't end in a judgment against the tenant, yet can still lead to difficulty finding new housing.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
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Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban
J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Dec 6, 2017
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Isabelle Frances McGuire’s bread and butter is their art
“I’m a Cliche” at Prairie Gallery uses yeast and fermentation to explore issues of identity.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2017
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Toastamania: Halloween Havok collides rowdy bands and gonzo wrestling for the wildest show of the season
Chicago thrash band Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre headline the latest of their Toastamania debacles this Saturday in Pilsen.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2017
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The movement for rent control in Chicago is gaining momentum
A new grassroots coalition is mobilizing in the face of rising rents and no-cause evictions.
- Food & Drink, Bar Review Sep 20, 2017
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With two new breweries, Pilsen is now the brewing capital of the south side
Lo Rez Brewing and Taproom and Alulu Brewpub and Brewery join Moody Tongue's tasting room to make Pilsen a beer destination.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2017
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In the face of rising evictions, legislators continue push for repeal of Illinois's ban on rent control
Despite growing interest in rent regulation, Pilsen residents facing displacement remain skeptical of lawmakers.