Tammy Duckworth to be First Senator to Give Birth While In Office
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth will become the first sitting Senator in the country to give birth, and the 10th overall member of Congress to have a child while in office. […]
Second City’s She the People Zips by the Nuances
Just in time for the Second Annual Women’s March, the Second City remounts the sketch show She the People: Girlfriends’ Guide to Sisters Doing It For Themselves at the UP […]
Whistleblower Disrupts Small Town Life in Red Orchid’s Traitor
As if to prove you can out-Ibsen Ibsen, playwright Brett Neveu has taken Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, An Enemy of the People, and transmogrified it into a contemporary setting. Neveu […]
Three US Gymnastics Leaders Resign Following Larry Nassar Victim Statements
Larry Nassar’s victims continue to come forward with their stories, and resignations of three US Gymnastics leaders were announced Monday. That’s after two-time U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics team captain Aly […]
Michigan Man Arrested After Threats to CNN Traced to Family Phone Number
CNN received 22 calls over the last two days that traced back to the family of a Michigan man threatening to travel to Atlanta and gun down “Fake News.” Other […]
Alderman Introduces Ordinance to Ban Loud Music East of Michigan Ave
Alderman Brendan Reilly introduced an ordinance that would ban broadcast or live music at venues east of Michigan Avenue that serve alcohol. Reilly’s ordinance is a response to noise complaints […]
Illinois Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates To Have 1st Televised Debate Tuesday
Democratic gubernatorial candidates will verbally spar live Tuesday evening in the first of several televised debates to take place before the March primary. The debate will be moderated by NBC5 […]
Game Review: Innerspace Fails to Stay Aloft
Innerspace by PolyKnight Games is a game about peaceful exploration through a beautiful, mysterious world. You play as a nameless cartographer – a sort of AI inhabiting an ancient machine […]
Fresh Start To Your Week: 1/22 – 1/24
A little bit of rain never hurt, especially when it brings in an unseasonable warmth into our usually chilly Chicago. This week there are so many great events to enjoy […]
How Does the Government Shutdown Affect Chicago and Illinois?
During the government shutdown, U.S. mail will still be delivered, Social Security and Medicare payments will be made, VA hospitals will operate, and you’ll be able to travel from O’Hare […]
“March to the Polls” Draws 300,000 and Hundreds of Signs Criticizing Trump Presidency
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency, alongside the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March. The march was held peacefully in cities across the world, the Chicago march […]
TNK 2018 Features No Age, Melkbelly, Little Junior, Slow Mass at Schubas
When you think of a Chicago music festival, events like Pitchfork, Lollapalooza and Riot Fest typically come to mind. But for over a decade, Tomorrow Never Knows has been resurrecting […]