Earth, better or worse?
Sunday is Earth Day, and Chicagoans are marking the occasion. Local high school students will display a pop-up art exhibit at two city locations Sunday, weather permitting, through a program...
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Following a poetic trail
For all the talk about Chicago having a "second city" complex, Chicago has always shined in the realm of performance poetry. Writing about that scene as I did in this...
Following a poetic trail
For all the talk about Chicago having a "second city" complex, Chicago has always shined in the realm of performance poetry. Writing about that scene as I did in this...
Since ’84, city poetry scene has thrived, but what’s next?
Poetry has rules, as Marc Smith's instructions for the audience at the Green Mill on a recent Sunday night reiterated: Poets can perform for as long as they want; scoring...
Congress Theater takes heat at City Hall hearing
The Congress Theater has loomed over Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square for nearly nine decades, drawing crowds first as an opulent movie palace and more recently as a popular concert...
23 arrested protesting mental health clinic closing
A demonstration in which activists barricaded themselves inside a South Side mental health clinic to protest the city's plan to close the facility ended early Friday when police arrested 23...
Metal thefts putting homeowners on edge
Gregory Edwards knows the four video cameras monitoring his South Side home are no guarantee it won't be targeted yet again by thieves trying to steal copper or aluminum to...
Bronzeville art galleries build on talent of past
It's not hard for Cliff Rome to rattle off the names of famous artists who once called Bronzeville home. The 40-year-old businessman eagerly touts the neighborhood's connections to the likes...
Car-sharing service puts money in car owners’ pockets
Three years ago Jackie Capozzoli purchased her dream car, a silver 2006 Jeep Wrangler. But her graphic design job at Groupon and her side business making and selling jewelry keeps...
Car-sharing service puts money in car owners’ pockets
Three years ago Jackie Capozzoli purchased her dream car, a silver 2006 Jeep Wrangler. But her graphic design job at Groupon and her side business making and selling jewelry keeps...