Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/23 and Beyond
It’s the last weekend of Pride month and the events just keep rolling in. Whether you’re heading to The Pride Parade or any of the other amazing events, there really […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/16 and Beyond
Week three of Pride month and the events just keep rolling in. There are events galore with Juneteenth celebrations happening all weekend and so much more! There really is something […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/9 and Beyond
Week two of Pride month and the events just keep rolling in. There’re events galore with Fiesta Back of the Yards, the Vegandale fest, Post Animal performing at Metro (we’re […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/2 and Beyond
Happy Pride Month! It’s the beginning of June and of course there is something great going on this weekend in Chicago! Whether you’re staying within the city limits or heading […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/26 and Beyond
Warm days are back again just in time for Memorial Day weekend (and the Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony & Parade on Saturday) and of course there is something great going […]
Poem: A Note to the World From the Children of Ukraine
A poem by guest author Josephine Chaparro. WhispersWhispersWhispers We heardWe heardWe heard WhispersWhispersWhispers Soon the whispers turned into soundsThe sounds turned into soldiersThe soldiers turned into guns, military tanks, and […]
Poem: The Voice
June Sawyers wrote this poem—as a way to record her experience— after listening to a musician named Andrew perform in Printers Row. It came out of nowhereAt first we barely […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/19 and Beyond
It’s going to be a topsy turvy weekend with warm temps dipping back down to the 60s and rainy days sandwiched between sunnier bright spots. but no matter the weather, […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/12 and Beyond
So it looks like we skipped spring and dove head first into insanely hot temps and obnoxious humidity! That means that there’s even more going on over the weekends! There’s […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/5 and Beyond
It’s looking like one hell of a weekend with Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day landing right around each other! And with it looking like the last cool/rainy weekend we’ll […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/28 and Beyond
Cool temps and rainy days ahead, but that shouldn’t stop you from having a little fun! There’s so much going on this weekend and with the pandemic numbers staying relatively […]
Journalists and Friends Rally to Save the Chicago Reader
Current and former staff of the Chicago Reader, alongside friends and fans of the 51 year-old independent Chicago alt-weekly, members of organized labor, and others rallied in front of Reader […]