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AC/DC Concert Tech, a Lifelong Cubs Fan, Returns to Wrigley Field

From Fergie to Ozzy, Chicago-native Tim "Grape" Mattefs has traveled the world as a touring live concert technician. But the lifelong Chicago Cubs fan has never experienced a live performance at Wrigley Field, until now. In the midst of a massive world tour with Australian rock and roll giants AC/DC, Mattefs will take the field of the "friendly confines" on Tuesday for a sold-out rock show of the ages.

Farm Aid Celebrates 30th Birthday in Chicago

Saturday's concert marks the 30th anniversary of Farm Aid: A Concert for America, which drew a crowd of 80,000 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. on Sept. 22, 1985. Nearly 500 artists have performed at concerts held mostly across the Midwest and along the East Coast nearly every year since. Learn more about the organization, and this weekend's show at Northerly Island.

Jul 21, 2025

‘Destinos’ Latino Theater Festival Returns for Hispanic Heritage Month

The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance’s annual festival “Destinos” returns this month to showcase Latino theater companies, artists and stories.

Jul 21, 2025

Summer Pilot Program 'Targets' Violence Perpetrators

'Jimmie Lee and James' Examines Civil Rights and the Voting Rights Act

SpongeBob SquarePants Musical to get Pre-Broadway Tryout in Chicago

Chicago Cubs Playoff Scenarios: North Side Believers or Overachievers?

Tony Award-Winning Choreographer Works with New Joffrey Talent

Northwest Chicago Film Society Launches New Season at NEIU

Rediscovered Journals of a Civil War Soldier Offer Eyewitness Accounts

Chicago Bears: A ‘Decade-by-Decade History’ Book

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Blair Kamin on Northerly Island Park, Obama Library Status

At first glance, the small, brown, formaldehyde-soaked Evarra tlahuacensis doesn’t come off as a terribly striking fish. But the little minnow is actually the only remaining specimen of its kind on Earth – and it's housed at Chicago’s Field Museum.

Jul 21, 2025

Chicago-Based 'Bobby & Iza' Pilot Up for NBC Comedy Web Series

Growing a Movement: Green City Market's Impact on Chicago

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Chicago Improv Group The Katydids Gets Airtime Following Video Music Awards

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Business

March Madness Is Booming for TV Networks In Need of a Jolt

Can college basketball turn TVs fortunes around? At a moment where linear TV is in something of a lull, with last years strikes still being felt and a continued weak advertising market, the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament might be just the thing the market needs. As usual, this years games will be televised on CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV,...

Hollywood Pantages Ushers Reach Tentative Deal on First Labor Contract

After seven months of negotiations, ushers at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre have reached a tentative agreement on a first three-year labor contract with their employer. The Nederlander Organization-owned theater and union IATSE Local B-192 agreed to the provisional pact affecting over 70 ushers on Monday, March 11. The new agreement improves wages ushers will see a 25 percent increase in...

Jul 21, 2025

ESPN Inks Multibillion Six-Year Extension for Expanded College Football Playoff

In the biggest sports rights deal of 2024 so far, ESPN has snagged a six-year extension for the College Football Playoff, a critical deal (valued at a reported $7.8 billion) that will keep ESPN as the home of the playoffs through 2031-2032. The CFP will expand this year from four teams to 12 teams, with another expansion to 16 teams...

Jul 21, 2025

Chicago Business

BBC Studios Acquires Spanish Producer Brutal Media

News Analysis: Regulating Financial Markets

Paramount Stock Pops After Apollo Bid for Film and TV Studio

Hermès Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Exclusivity of Birkin Bags

Chicago Business

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Joel Weisman and his panel look at the week's top headlines: LeBron James disappoints Bulls fans by choosing Miami; Governor Quinn doles out raises to 35 staffers while cutting $1.4 billion in education and social services spending; undercover tapes catch Rod Blagojevich ripping Illinois voters; the CTA will get $35 million to speed downtown travel and service between the Loop and the South Side; and in other sports, it looks like the red hot White Sox will lose their pitching star Jake Peavy for the season due to a detached chest muscle.

Jul 21, 2025

The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza

Nonfiction Producer CreativeChaos Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

Condé Nast Plans More Layoffs, Files Charge Against Union as Staffers March to Executive Offices

Blumhouse Inks Deal With ‘Shark Tank’ Contestant American Immersion Theater

TKO to Pay $335M to Settle Legal Bout Against UFC Fighters Ahead of Trial

Bill Weinstein Joins Paradigm Talent Agency Following Verve Exit

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Crime & Law

Chicago Man Accused of Killing 1, Wounding 2 Who Tried to Stop Looting

“These victims, I’m just going to classify them as good community members who were trying to do the right thing,” Chicago police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said of the three men who were shot on May 31.

Judge Tosses Second Lawsuit Brought on Behalf of Murdered Scholar Yingying Zhang

A Champaign County judge dismissed the lawsuit against a pair of University of Illinois social workers, each of whom interviewed Brendt Christensen weeks before he kidnapped Zhang and killed her inside his Champaign apartment in June 2017.

Jul 21, 2025

2 Brothers Change Minds, Will Cooperate in Smollett Case

Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said Thursday.

Jul 21, 2025

No Bond For Chicago Man Accused of Gunning Down 2 High Schoolers

‘Senseless Crime’: The Victims of July Fourth Shootings

City Releases Bodycam Video Showing Ex-Top Cop Eddie Johnson Asleep in Car

After City Truck Hits Cyclist, Advocates Warn of Wider Safety Issues

Former Neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini on Combating the Rise of Extremism

Police: 64 Shot, 11 Killed as Weekend Violence Continues in Chicago

An Exit Interview With Police Department’s First Deputy Superintendent

‘Perfect Storm’ to Blame for Surge in Homicides: Lightfoot

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The Police Criminal Misconduct Complaint form, launched Tuesday, will allow residents to submit claims of criminal misconduct against law enforcement officers and upload photo and video evidence of any alleged incident.

Jul 21, 2025

Chicago Police Add Language Access Coordinator to Better Engage Non-English Speakers

371 Complaints Lodged About Chicago Police Response to Protests; 56% for Excessive Force

Chicago Man Charged in Fatal Pitchfork Stabbing of Elderly Grandmother

Chicago’s July Fourth Weekend Ends with 17 Dead, 70 Wounded

Shootings Across Chicago Kill 3 Kids; Cops Ask Public’s Help

7-Year-Old Among 13 Killed in Weekend Shootings in Chicago

Kim Foxx Declining to Prosecute ‘Minor Offenses’ Stemming From Recent Protests

No Bond for Alleged Getaway Driver in Fourth of July Shooting That Left 7-Year-Old Dead

Education

Janice Jackson on CPS Exit: ‘I Think That I’ve Made Things Better’

As Janice Jackson’s tenure with Chicago Public Schools draws to an end, a cavalcade of current and former elected officials sung her praises during what was her final Board of Education meeting as CEO.

Lightfoot Asks State Lawmakers for ‘More Time’ as Pivotal Elected School Board Vote Looms

As state lawmakers prepare to return to Springfield for a pivotal vote on whether Chicago Public Schools should be run by an elected school board, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked members of the Illinois House to delay a vote approved by the Illinois Senate.

Jul 21, 2025

Board Approves CPS Code of Conduct Detailing How Administrators Should Deal With Police

Hailing the changes as a “major, major improvement,” the Chicago Board of Education has approved revisions to the student code of conduct, which advise school administrators against contacting police in non-emergency incidents in an attempt to eradicate the school-to-prison pipeline.

Jul 21, 2025

CPS Elected School Board, FOID Bill Set for Votes

Lightfoot: Senate Passage of Elected Chicago School Board Bill ‘Had Nothing to do With Democracy’

Illinois Senate Passes Chicago Elected School Board Bill

Legislators, Students Push for K-12 Asian American Studies

Elected Chicago School Board Bill Passes Illinois House, Now on to Pritzker’s Desk

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Florida Bans ‘Critical Race Theory’ From its Classrooms

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A year after the launch of a program aiming to provide 100,000 Chicago Public Schools students with free high-speed internet for four years, city officials have announced plans to extend the program further.

Jul 21, 2025

Urban Prep Teachers Reach Tentative Deal, End Strike After 2 Days

Teachers Wary of New Laws Limiting Instruction on Race

Why Republicans Voted Against the CPS Elected School Board Bill

Space to GRO: New Organization Supports Black Women at U of C

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CPS Names Interim CEO as Search Continues for Permanent Replacement

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Health

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When are growth factors incorporated into the extracellular matrix scaffold?

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Jul 21, 2025

When are extracellular matrix-based therapies used in regenerative medicine?

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Jul 21, 2025

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Politics

Democrats Move to Make South Carolina, Not Iowa, 1st Voting State

The president’s direction came as the DNC rules committee gathered in Washington on Friday to vote on shaking up the presidential primary calendar starting in 2024. Members now expect to approve new rules putting South Carolina first, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day a week later.

Prosecution Begins in Blagojevich Retrial

The voice of Rod Blagojevich once again rang out in a federal courtroom as the first tapes in his retrial were played. Blagojevich can be heard asking his chief of staff John Harris what he can get in return for appointing a U.S. Senator to fill then president-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Jul 21, 2025

Debating the Prevailing Wage Law

One way Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed cutting spending is to repeal the so-called “prevailing wage” law. So what is the prevailing wage and why is it on the books? Our experts debate the pros and cons of eliminating the prevailing wage the state pays for public construction projects.

Jul 21, 2025

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Mayor Emanuel on the CPS Cash Crunch, City Budget

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Reports: Jackson Jr. Signs Plea Deal

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The Week in Review: CPS Classes Resume, But Tensions Run High

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Veto Session News

A date has been set for a special election to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. Paris Schutz has more on a wide open field of candidates.

Jul 21, 2025

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Science & Nature

Old Dogs, New Tricks: 10,000 Pets Needed for Science

Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines. They hope to shed light on human longevity too.

Audubon’s Annual Christmas Bird Count Stronger Than Ever

It’s been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtime Christmas tradition of hunting birds.

Jul 21, 2025

Flooded Farmers Face Growing Dilemma in Warming World

This year’s devastating losses are forcing tough decisions about the future of farming in America’s flood plains, even among those skeptical of climate change and humans’ role in it.

Jul 21, 2025

Temperatures in Chicago Expected to Hit Record Lows Overnight

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With Births Down, US Had Slowest Growth Rate in a Century

Year in Review: The Top Science Stories of 2019

Chicago Offers 25 Drop-Off Sites for Recycling Your Christmas Tree

Like January in November: Much of US Braces for Record Lows

Chicago Warming Centers: 113 Places to Escape the Cold This Winter

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Food & Drink

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Ecology & Environment

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Where is the kepel fruit grown?

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