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Park District Pools To Close Starting Sunday, But 19 Will Stay Open Through Labor Day 

Park District Pools To Close Starting Sunday, But 19 Will Stay Open Through Labor Day 

5 Must-See Theater Shows To Check Out In August

5 Must-See Theater Shows To Check Out In August

There Is Not A Man Trapped Inside The Bean, So Please Stop Calling The Downtown Alderman

There Is Not A Man Trapped Inside The Bean, So Please Stop Calling The Downtown Alderman

Trump Administration Drops Civil Rights Cases On Environmental Justice, Affordable Housing

Trump Administration Drops Civil Rights Cases On Environmental Justice, Affordable Housing

A Blind Man’s Service Dog Was Stolen In Logan Square. He’s Asking For Neighbors’ Help To Find Him

A Blind Man’s Service Dog Was Stolen In Logan Square. He’s Asking For Neighbors’ Help To Find Him

A Micro-Cinema In Pilsen? Fundraising Underway To Open An Independent Movie Theater

A Micro-Cinema In Pilsen? Fundraising Underway To Open An Independent Movie Theater

This Week In Photos: Lollapalooza Rocks Chicago, Sausage Queen Says Goodbye And More

This Week In Photos: Lollapalooza Rocks Chicago, Sausage Queen Says Goodbye And More

Luella’s Southern Kitchen Has A New Albany Park Home

Luella’s Southern Kitchen Has A New Albany Park Home

The Mangled History Of 16-Inch Softball Hands: Mallets, Swan Necks And Jersey Fingers

The Mangled History Of 16-Inch Softball Hands: Mallets, Swan Necks And Jersey Fingers

Cubs Players Invite Lifelong Fan With Terminal Cancer To Wrigley After Granddaughters’ Viral Video

Cubs Players Invite Lifelong Fan With Terminal Cancer To Wrigley After Granddaughters’ Viral Video

Dimo’s Pizza Closing Wicker Park Location, Moving To Logan Square

Dimo’s Pizza Closing Wicker Park Location, Moving To Logan Square

Weiss Hospital Likely To Close Friday As Officials Scramble To Save Safety

Weiss Hospital Likely To Close Friday As Officials Scramble To Save Safety

Chicago River Swim Returns For The First Time In Nearly A Century

Chicago River Swim Returns For The First Time In Nearly A Century

2 Women Groped By Man At West Ridge Nature Park, Alderman Says

2 Women Groped By Man At West Ridge Nature Park, Alderman Says

Officer Fires Gun While Being Hit By Car During Irving Park Store Burglary, Police Say

Officer Fires Gun While Being Hit By Car During Irving Park Store Burglary, Police Say

Three Homeless Encampments, Three Different City Responses

Three Homeless Encampments, Three Different City Responses

North Park Family Honors Late Son With Concert Fundraiser

North Park Family Honors Late Son With Concert Fundraiser

Bocadillo Market Reopens, Aya Pastry Closing And More West Town Restaurant News

Bocadillo Market Reopens, Aya Pastry Closing And More West Town Restaurant News

Grace Street Greenway Will Connect RiverRun Trail To Lake With New Bike

Grace Street Greenway Will Connect RiverRun Trail To Lake With New Bike

Would You Drink A Ketchup Smoothie? Heinz And Smoothie King Debut New Concoction

Would You Drink A Ketchup Smoothie? Heinz And Smoothie King Debut New Concoction

92 Apartments Proposed For Lakeview’s Former Torstenson Glass Site

92 Apartments Proposed For Lakeview’s Former Torstenson Glass Site

22 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Windy City Comedy Fest, Bud Billiken Parade And More

22 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Windy City Comedy Fest, Bud Billiken Parade And More

2 People Shot Outside Pilsen’s Giant Penny Whistle, Bar That Has Been Source Of Neighbor Complaints, Officials Say

2 People Shot Outside Pilsen’s Giant Penny Whistle, Bar That Has Been Source Of Neighbor Complaints, Officials Say

Chicago Air Quality Expected To Improve Starting Wednesday After Days Of Hazy Skies

Chicago Air Quality Expected To Improve Starting Wednesday After Days Of Hazy Skies

Susie Lee, ‘Fierce, Badass’ Co-Founder Of Earlybirds Club Dance Party, Dies At 49

Susie Lee, ‘Fierce, Badass’ Co-Founder Of Earlybirds Club Dance Party, Dies At 49

Bryn Mawr’s Big Bounce Back: How Edgewater’s Retail District Went From Pandemic Low To Renaissance

Bryn Mawr’s Big Bounce Back: How Edgewater’s Retail District Went From Pandemic Low To Renaissance

Neighbors Can Weigh In On Plan For New 6-Story Building Near West Ridge Nature Park

Neighbors Can Weigh In On Plan For New 6-Story Building Near West Ridge Nature Park

Ready To ‘Escape The Museum’? MSI’s Roving Escape Room Experience Is Back

Ready To ‘Escape The Museum’? MSI’s Roving Escape Room Experience Is Back

CTRL Z Coffee Opens Bridgeport Cafe After Getting Start At South Side Business Incubator

CTRL Z Coffee Opens Bridgeport Cafe After Getting Start At South Side Business Incubator

Mexican-Owned Somos Monos Cerveceria Opens In Back Of The Yards Taproom

Mexican-Owned Somos Monos Cerveceria Opens In Back Of The Yards Taproom