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

Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: 8 things we loved on a dramatic day 2 (evacuating wasn’t one of them)

July 20, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

Drama was high during the second day of the Pitchfork Music Festival. The music fest started out dry and desperately hot until storms hit around 4:45 p.m., which resulted in...

Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: Evacuation due to storms puts fest on pause … temporarily

July 20, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

At about 5 p.m., Pitchfork Music Festival announced an evacuation due to severe weather. At approximately 6:25, gates reopened, and a new gate was added at Washington and Ashland. Kurt...

Pitchfork 2019 guide: What to know if you go

July 20, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Another year, another crowded Union Park weekend. Soon, HAIM, the Isley Brothers, Robyn, Mavis Staples, Pusha-T, Soccer Mommy and more will play to fans and sweaty newcomers as Pitchfork Music...

Chicago Transit Authority buses are used as cooling centers at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on Friday, July 19, 2019.

Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: Fans don’t let hot temps keep them from the music

July 20, 2019 at 12:46 p.m.

At Pitchfork Music Festival Friday, the 95-degree heat was the great equalizer: attendees and performers alike spent the day sweat-drenched and sun-soaked. Beer lines were short, crowds were thin compared...

Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: 14 things we loved from a sweaty day 1

July 19, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

The heat and the music were rising as the Pitchfork Music Festival kicked off its 14th year Friday in Union Park. Here are some highs, lows and oddities from Day...

Circus performers build a ‘Brave Space’ through the gift of risk

July 18, 2019 at 12:02 p.m.

Every night, circus performer Sarah Tapper wears all white and walks on poles. It's a familiar image, pushed to its limit; instead of a tightrope laid over a net, Tapper...

Skaters make their way around the rink during practice with the Chicago Riots junior roller derby team June 30, 2019.

‘We’re like the forgotten people’: Chicago Riots junior roller derby offers rough-and-tumble community of acceptance

July 18, 2019 at 1:02 p.m.

Before roller derby practice Sunday morning, 15-year-old Lily Duerr drew three hearts under her left eye. Now, one is smudging slightly, a droopy black blob marred with sweat — the...

Curious onlookers on July 10, 2019, try to get a glimpse of the alligator that was spotted in the Humboldt Park Lagoon in Chicago.

The Chicago alligator in Humboldt Park might have been a pet, but experts say dumping exotic animals is never the answer

July 16, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

According to Dr. Ellen Boyd, associate veterinarian at Animal House of Chicago, owning an alligator is tricky business. Forget the fact that it's illegal in Illinois; Boyd said the notorious...

Un hombre usa una toalla mojada para refrescarse en la cuadra 2200 S. Sacramento Ave., en Chicago.

5 cosas a considerar sobre agotamiento por calor, en la semana más calurosa del año en Chicago

July 15, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Comience a desenterrar los ventiladores y a guardar las cobijas; se espera que las temperaturas en Chicago esta semana sean las más altas del año, alcanzando 96?F para el viernes....

A man takes a drink of water from a fire hydrant to cool off from the stifling heat and humidity in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 27, 2018.

It’s Chicago’s hottest week of the year: 5 things you should know about heat exhaustion

July 15, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

Start digging out box fans and tossing out blankets; temperatures in Chicago this week are expected to be the highest of the year, reaching a predicted 96 degrees on Friday....

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