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This story was a collaboration between the Investigative Project on Race and Equity and Borderless Magazine. CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of new arrivals have passed through Chicago’s migrant shelter system. Many of them might have had their data compromised because of how shelter employees and contractors handled their personal information, according to former shelter […]
ANDERSONVILLE — TUTA Theatre will guide an audience through more than 90 years worth of one family’s winter holidays through its production of Thornton Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner.” The production runs through Dec. 29 at the Bramble Arts Loft’s Beatrice Theatre, 5545 N. Clark St. There is a special opening night gala performance on […]
Chicago’s Classic DivesThis is part of a series on Chicago’s dive bars. Learn about how the term “dive bar” was coined tomorrow and the history of the city’s relationship with such establishments on Wednesday. CHICAGO — Good dive bars are neighborhood institutions. They can be reliable places to find familiar faces or just great spots […]
Chicago’s Classic DivesThis is Part One of a series on Chicago’s dive bars. Learn about how the term “dive bar” was coined tomorrow and the history of the city’s relationship with such establishments on Wednesday. CHICAGO — Take a shot if you’ve ever been to a Chicago dive bar. Whether it’s your favorite place to […]
CHICAGO — It’s tough to run a small business. Thankfully, Chicago is filled with entrepreneurs who embrace the challenge and help make our neighborhoods more vibrant with their shops, restaurants and services. Every year, Block Club reporters hit the beat to highlight more than 100 businesses in every corner of our great city. So whether […]
UPTOWN — A 9-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man were wounded in a shooting Friday in Uptown, with the man running into a nearby elementary school to receive aid, according to authorities and media reports. At around 3:30 p.m. Friday, the girl and man were standing near the sidewalk in the 5100 block of North […]
CHICAGO — With pumpkin-carving season behind us, Chicagoans can compost their gourds at environmentally friendly Pumpkin Smash events around the city. Each year, the city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation teams up with ward offices and neighborhoods to host 10 Pumpkin Smashes where neighbors can create compost that helps enrich soil. Composting keeps pumpkins out […]
WEST RIDGE — The man charged with shooting an Orthodox Jewish man on his way to synagogue has also been charged with a hate crime, officials announced Thursday. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is charged with one felony count of terrorism and one felony count of a hate crime, in addition to his other charges, in […]
WEST RIDGE — The man charged with shooting an Orthodox Jewish man on his way to synagogue was ordered detained at a hearing Tuesday as West Ridge and Jewish community officials call for hate crime charges in the case. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is charged with six counts of attempted murder in connection to the […]
ROGERS PARK — Three people were wounded in two separate shootings minutes apart Monday afternoon in Rogers Park and Edgewater, according to authorities. Around 2:10 p.m. Monday, a 24-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and a third man were walking in the 1200 block of West Loyola Avenue when another man walked up to them and […]