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- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2018
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Ecstasy on film: Nathaniel Dorsky discusses The Arboretum Cycle, his latest work of devotional cinema, which he'd prefer you watch alone
The 75-year-old avant-garde filmmaker will attend the Chicago premiere of his most recent long-form work this Friday at Northwestern University's Block Cinema.
- Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2018
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East Side residents enraged by manganese pollution tear into city and federal officials
"Half-assed everything, that's what we get."
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2018
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Dangerous levels of heavy metals found at homes near industrial storage facility
Samples in four homes showed manganese concentrations beyond the Environmental Protection Agency's standards for Superfund sites.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
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Not-so-happy meals: animal rights group takes on McDonald's in Chicago streets
Citing "outrageous" cruelty to chickens, a nonprofit launched a public campaign in Chicago this week that targets the fast-food giant in its own backyard.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2018
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The 20,000-word article on bees that would forever define the Reader
A 1977 article on beekeeping by Reader editor Michael Lenehan set a precedent for long-form storytelling in the paper.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2018
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Why do we have parks? The answer may surprise you.
Early 20th century reformers wanted to give immigrants a place to get rid of their excess energy.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2017
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An interview with the directors of An Inconvenient Sequel about how their movie got made
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk discuss their documentary, the sequel to the award-winning An Inconvenient Truth.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2017
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The truth about what happens when you recycle the wrong stuff in Chicago
Claims about truckloads of recyclables ending up in landfills have been misleading.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2017
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EPA chief Scott Pruitt visits lead contaminated East Chicago
Residents staged a boisterous rally through the abandoned streets of the West Calumet Housing Complex.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2017
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Some East Chicago residents fleeing lead contamination are being moved to Chicago’s ‘toxic doughnut’
Altgeld Gardens is a poor place for relocation, residents say.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
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Bambi in Chicago
What to do when a deer wanders into your yard, and TV news cameras follow.
- Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2016
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Photos return expired birds to flight at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
"Broken Journey" is a new exhibit of Art Fox's snapshots of flying animals indirectly felled by Chicago's citizens.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2015
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Chain of protesters arrested in a blockade of Koch brothers-controlled pet coke facility
Environmentalists have escalated efforts to force the oil by-product out of Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2015
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Afraid driverless cars will cause more sprawl? Don't be.
We've tried suburban life and we don't like it.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2015
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A bus tour stops by polluted Altgeld Gardens
For more than 30 years, residents of the south-side housing project—called the "toxic doughnut"—have been fighting for environmental justice.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2015
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In 'Mutual Regard,' Jean-Luc Mylayne and birds take a good, long look at each other
The new exhibit is a collaboration between the Art Institute and the Arts Club of Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2015
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Republicans give climate change the John Wayne treatment
Shut up about global warming and take it like a man.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 26, 2015
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A new documentary, Merchants of Doubt, has a hero, and it's the Tribune
Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe, reporters at the Trib, are two of the most gallant figures in a new documentary.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2015
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A Pilsen group files suit to keep a metal shredder out
The Pilsen Alliance says alderman Danny Solis improperly accepted contributions from shredder company
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2014
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Riot Fest finishes cleaning up Humboldt Park, establishes the charitable Riot Fest Foundation
After a muddy festival season, Riot Fest has established a charitable initiative to assist Humboldt Park families in need.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2011
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In this week's Reader: veggie mania
In this week's Reader: a collaborative guide to vegetarian and vegan Chicago, Key Ingredient haggis
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2011
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Chicago's leaky water system
History reveals that Emanuel won't change much about how the city taps its water supply.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2011
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Open Streets on State Street
Photos from the first Open Streets on State Street
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2011
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Learn everything you wanted to know about the water you drink
The James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant, which provides Chicago with most of the one billion gallons of water it uses each day, is the biggest water treatment facility in the world.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2011
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Chicago to get a large-scale bike-sharing program
The city of Chicago announced today that it will have a large-scale bike-sharing program in place by next summer.
