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📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Chicago’s French Police play the kind of postpunk that starts movements

French Police Tue 10/18 at Ramova Theatre The post Chicago’s French Police play the kind of postpunk that starts movemen…

Chicagoreader 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

You Can Weigh In On The Future Bronzeville Trail (With The Mayor) At Open House This Week

The free, family-friendly event includes dinner and opportunities to win prizes.

Blockclubchicago 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

The Origins Of Chicago-Style Giardiniera

V. Formusa Co., now Marconi Foods, was founded in 1898 by Sicilian immigrant Vincent Formusa. Its brand of the sandwich…

Blockclubchicago 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Rocket From the Crypt resurrect their full-throttle punk with Scream, Frankenstein, Scream!

Rocket From the Crypt Sat 10/17 at Metro The post Rocket From the Crypt resurrect their full-throttle punk with <I>Screa…

Chicagoreader 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Southwest Side Families Can Get And Donate School Uniforms At ‘Free Store’ This Week

Local nonprofit Community Innovation Center is hosting the store at its West Lawn center, which will be open for familie…

Blockclubchicago 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Mud Takes Over Douglass Park On Riot Fest Day 3, But Youngest Band To Ever Play Carries On

Inches of viscous mud covered most of Douglass Park as fans trudged — and slipped — through it to catch the final day's…

Blockclubchicago 16h ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Rally calls on Governor J.B. Pritzker to honor constitutional right to rehabilitation

“My husband has a changed heart,” said Denise Bartik, who stood with a crowd of other advocates outside Governor J.B. Pr…

Chicagoreader 3d ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Inside the precarious world of Danny B

It’s 2004. Danny Belrose used to be an up-and-coming Chicago actor with a flourishing drug habit. Now he’s in recovery,…

Chicagoreader 3d ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Beach trash isn’t just for the gulls when the Coffee Fairy and FatCap hit the sand at the next Monday Night Foodball

History has forgotten all the trashy, ill-conceived schemes that stumbled into existence in taverns, saloons, and bars.…

Chicagoreader 4d ago
📍 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Seismic Waves helped keep Chicago’s baby punk scene fun

Sometimes the Secret History of Chicago Music plays the long game. I’ve been trying to get the story of early local punk…

Chicagoreader 4d ago

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