“We’re based in cities around the world, so artists can travel and show their work with a group they’re familiar with,” Lucas said. “Caroline Lu has a piece up and so does Tianna Bracey, who is a New Futures recipient artist I met last year. “You make your shape, then you put electrodes on the […]
A Chicago-based cannabis company is now working to expose harsh sentences for recreational marijuana use as it becomes legal in several states. Even though the weapons were not used in the marijuana sale, Thompson was sentenced on firearm possession charges and drug charges. “I got reached out to by the nonprofit, The Last Prisoner Project, […]
Realtors sold more homes than ever, while prices rose at rates not seen since the housing boom of the early 2000s. “2021 really follows what started in 2020, where an enormous number of people traded houses because what they lived in didn’t work for their COVID-era lifestyle,” Says Dennis Rodkin, residential real estate reporter for […]
After Foxx backed away from the Smollett case, her then-first assistant Joseph Magats and another assistant state’s attorney, Risa Lanier, took over the prosecution. Webb said Foxx and others then lied to the public about why the case was dismissed, claiming they had disposed of 5,700 cases in a similar fashion. Earlier this month, a […]
Webb previously sought the release of this summary report during a hearing in August 2020. Smollett was convicted last week on five of six disorderly conduct charges for lying to Chicago police about a 2019 hoax hate crime he orchestrated against himself. …Read the full story
The Joffrey Ballet’s altogether unique production of “The Nutcracker,” which for the first time this weekend arrived on the stage of its new home – the beautiful Art Deco-style Lyric Opera House – has never looked more glorious or been danced more ideally. They did so by setting it against the many wonders of Chicago’s […]
Latinos now make up 19% of the country’s population, and half of them are under age 29. And while America’s Latinos spend an estimated $1.7 trillion annually, the Hispanic Marketing Council says only 6% of overall industry investment is spent targeting the Latino community. “Latinos aren’t a monolith. “We are entering an era of transparency […]
Under these arrangements, an energy buyer like Cook County signs a deal with a developer, agreeing to buy electricity at a specified price for a pre-determined time period. According to officials, the county expects to start drawing electricity from a renewable source by 2023, saving nearly 94,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year, […]
The opening trade of $106.75 gave Rivian a market value of about $91 billion, greater than that of Ford and General Motors. Ford is one of Rivian’s high-profile backers, having invested a half-billion dollars into the company in 2019. Rivian is aiming to take advantage of a growing appetite among consumers and investors for electric […]
Standing beneath a replica of that home, which was topped with a cross, West was joined by Marilyn Manson, who’s currently facing multiple sexual assault charges, and DaBaby, who received backlash this summer for homophobic comments. With the front porch serving as the home’s unofficial stage, fans watched from the stands as the rapper played his latest […]
The hearing had nothing to with the charges against Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019. When Cook County Judge James Linn ordered the hearing, he said it centered on the question of whether Nenye Uche had a conflict […]
“Like many cultural institutions, the Adler Planetarium was hit hard financially during the pandemic. More than 100 full- and part-time staff members were let go in spring 2020, as the planetarium faced an uncertain future. Some popular programs will make a comeback beginning July 3, when the Adler will start welcoming guests, in person, for weekend […]
State Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from Lake to Madison streets on July 11, 18, and 25, August 8, 22, and 29, and September 5 and 12. CLA says the kickoff event will feature more than 70 attractions. …Read the full story
In March 2020, there were more than 33,000 homes for sale in the Chicago metro region. “We started 2021 with the smallest number of homes on the market going back to about 2007, and we had a very high wave of demand, and it hasn’t solved itself yet. “People need higher credit scores, they need […]
Pritzker and backers of the legalization law made promises that Illinois would use decriminalization to usher in a new era of “social equity,” reversing harms caused primarily to people of color by the war on drugs. “It’s been extremely challenging to try to dismantle what’s so incredibly, for lack of a better term, baked into […]