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‘Violet Surprise: A FemSlash Parody Festival’ queers popular media, helping audiences ask and answer ‘What if?’

August 5, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

When playwright Rosemary Rowe was a child, she loved "Anne of Green Gables" without fully knowing why. Part of it was the language, the way it shrouded the characters of...

Take a ‘SilentWalk’ in Millennium Park to practice mindfulness in motion

August 5, 2019 at 9:13 a.m.

In SilentWalk, a free, meditative musical experience, apparent paradoxes abound: individuation leads to community, technology to mindfulness, stimulus to peace. The setup, however, is deceptively simple. Participants walk, single-file, through...

Attendees walk near the main entrance as the sun sets during the first day of the 2019 Lollapalooza Music Festival in Grant Park Aug., 1, 2019, in Chicago.

Would you come to Lollapalooza with your parents? These teens did.

August 3, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

Thirteen-year-old Chloe Hargrove has to keep correcting her father's pronunciation of "Lil Baby" — to her chagrin, he keeps saying "Lil Boy." But one can hardly blame him; it's the...

Lollapalooza 2019: Janelle Monae celebrates ‘the weirdos,’ your face on a frozen drink and fence jumpers make for quite a day 2

August 3, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

Here are some moments from Friday at the 15th edition of Lollapalooza in Grant Park: Lolla 2019 guide | Afterparties | Cheap eats | Day 1 | Fashion Dressed to...

Cucumbers and squash from the Veggie RX produce stand, grown by Windy City Harvest, in front of Loyola Medical Center in Maywood on Aug 1, 2019.

VeggieRX provides free vegetables to low-income people and patients in Chicago food deserts

August 2, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Ashley Moore, a resident of Oak Park with limited income, travels to Maywood each Thursday for fresh produce. The trek is not entirely by choice, she said. Affordable vegetables aren't...

Lollapalooza 2019: Things we loved, 1 band we didn’t and a mayor sighting on day 1

August 5, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

Here are some moments from opening day Thursday from the 15th edition of Lollapalooza in Grant Park: Lolla 2019 guide | Afterparties | Cheap eats | Live blog | Fashion...

A festival goer gets a water container filled at Lollapalooza Thursday, August 1, 2019, in Chicago.

You can’t bring water into Lollapalooza any more, but it’s never been easier to refill that empty bottle

August 2, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Some things about Lollapalooza never change: the crowds, the snaking lines for beer and hot dogs, the music pumping from all corners. But regular Lolla attendees have noticed at least...

‘Still/Here: Manifestos for Joy and Survival’ asks audiences to imagine Chicago’s post-apocalyptic future, and who will remain

July 25, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Free Street Theater's "Still/Here: Manifestos for Joy and Survival" begins at the end; in the opening of the show, the apocalypse has arrived in Chicago. Ensemble members serve as the...

A new study reports that vitamin supplements had little impact on heart conditions, including heart disease, and lifespan as a whole.

Vitamin devotees should shift their loyalty to lifestyle changes, experts say

July 24, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

Vitamin supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry, are a layperson's favorite prescription. Tired? Take an iron supplement. Sad? Classic vitamin D deficiency. But a recent paper related to cardiovascular health, published July...

People refill water tubs at the entrance to Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19, 2019.

Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: What we loved and what we could do without on day 3

July 21, 2019 at 11:22 p.m.

The weather has been in a cranky mood all weekend, and the third and final day of the Pitchfork Music Festival got off to a late start because of thunder...

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