There's a new kid on the musical festival block headed to Chicago this fall.Well, it's not a new festival, per se, according to Pitchfork co-founder Mike Reed, who on Wednesday announced the inaugural Sound & Gravity a multi-venue-based, concert "community experience" running Sept. 10-14 in Bricktown/Avondale.Organized through Reed's Constellation ...

An international student forced to abruptly leave Chicago for his home country of India says his legal immigration status has been restored, but he feels deeply conflicted about returning to the United States. His status was revoked in early April without warning.What is going to make it hard for me to choose to come to the U.S. is that anything like this ...

If you had to use one word to describe Allana Clarkes art at EXPO Chicago last weekend, a fitting option would be freedom.Sure, one may consider the freedom of form in A Rhythm Black & Sweet #9, which features a sea of black hair-bonding glue spread over a linen panel.But the piece also represents a freedom from the burden of white beauty standards forced ...

Two Chicago police officers were involved in a collision with another car as they raced to an emergency call early Wednesday in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.The officers were in a squad car with its emergency lights activated going north on Wentworth Avenue when they collided with a gray car going west on 69th Street around 12:15 a.m., police ...

A man was killed in a residential fire early Wednesday in Grand Crossing on the South Side. Around 2:20 a.m., police and fire officials responded to a fire in the 7100 block of South Rhodes Avenue and the 32-year-old man was pulled from a dwelling, Chicago police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, ...

Police are investigating after a 15-year-old boy was shot in his hand Tuesday night in Austin on the West Side. Officers responding to calls of a person shot around 10 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Quincy Street found the teen with a gunshot wound to his hand, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was in good condition, police ...

As warm weather eases its way into the city, the Burnham Building, a 120-year-old pavilion in Jackson Park, ought to be a perfect little spot to visit.Located on Marquette Drive just north of 67th Street, the one-story, open-air structure sits on a slight elevation, allowing the building's patrons to better catch Lake Michigan views and breezes.The view ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a text relationship for nearly a year. I call it a text relationship because we communicate solely through texting. Because I'm not a video chat person, it doesn't bother me that we don't Zoom. Additionally, the few times he has tried to contact me via video, we just don't seem to connect.Even though our communication is strictly ...

Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation House Bill 1237 that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state's elementary and high schools.When the state Senate is expected to take up this matter next month, it should do the same.I was among those involved with the phase-out of Native mascots at schools ...

"Breathe in and out."Those are the instructions from Amy Landolt as the licensed acupuncturist inserts five small orange needles into the upper part of a persons ear at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center in Evanston.One needle is for stress, another puts the body at rest and a third is used to heal internal organs and process fear, she explains. A fourth needle ...

Naples may be famous for its pizza, but the meatballs are just as deserving of worldwide acclaim. Massive orbs of ground beef are set in a shallow pool of rag, red and glistening, and are served as often alongside pasta as without. Despite their impressive size, theyre light and ultra-tender, thanks to a high ratio of bread to meat.In this recipe from our ...

A gigantic tool shed in West Garfield Park may seem like an unusual place for inspiration. But thats what many visitors to the nonprofit Chicago Tool Library found there recently, even amid grim headlines about economic uncertainty.Last Saturday, the Tool Library held a Repair Fair where handy volunteers fix broken items for free or a donation. The library ...

Moon alertThere are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Gemini.Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

The White Sox' lack of pitching depth hurt them in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Brewers. It was essentially a bullpen game for the Sox, who had to navigate left-hander Martin Perez's turn in the rotation.Opener Tyler Gilbert and Bryse Wilson did well to mitigate the damage, holding the Brewers to one run in five innings. But the floodgates opened in the ...

PITTSBURGH Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga appeared to wince after Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen lined a double into left-center field.Manager Craig Counsell and head athletic trainer Nick Frangella jogged to the mound, along with interpreter Edwin Stanberry. After a conversation, Imanaga left the field with them. In the Cubs 9-0 win against ...

The White Sox are just plain better than they were last season.Go on, ask them.Things are different this year, said veteran outfielder Andrew Benintendi, who was in the DH spot Tuesday as the Sox began a series against the Brewers at Rate Field. The mindset here is different. Weve been in a lot of games we probably could have won that we just havent ...

White Sox general manager Chris Getz had one more point to make after a nearly 30-minute interview scrum Tuesday.We are going to send [top prospect Colson Montgomery] to Arizona, he said. And we are going to get some one-on-one work with him outside of the [Triple-A] Charlotte day-to-day and work on his swing. We anticipate that to be a fairly short period ...

Deferred dreams explode with life- and possibly death-altering impact in playwright Zora Howards blistering new drama Bust.With a story that veers from comedy to tragedy to Black Mirror-esque otherworldly plane, the world premiere co-production between Atlanta's Alliance Theatre and the Goodman Theatre unpacks the wages of righteous rage within a Black ...

Even before Kyle Danhausen missed catching the Illinois-record smallmouth bass by an ounce Thursday, he was on a roll fishing near downtown Chicago.I had caught somewhere between 20 and 30, he said. I was catching them every cast. It is so good. I caught them and caught them. One was just shy of 5 pounds. There was a whole bunch of 3-6, 3-8. In three or ...

PITTSBURGH Catcher Carson Kelly was the fourth Cub to step up to the plate Tuesday against Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney, the earliest a Cubs backstop has slotted in the batting order this season.Both Kelly and fellow catcher Miguel Amaya have had strong offensive starts to the season. But theyd remained in the bottom half of the order, often right behind ...

This fresh and flavorful recipe combines nutrient-rich salmon and bright and crisp-tender vegetables with a homemade teriyaki sauce. It promises to satisfy any craving for an Asian-inspired stir-fry.Stir-frying is a method of quickly searing and cooking bite-size pieces of protein and vegetables in a splash of oil over high heat. A light sauce, such as ...

Pete Willy and his grandson, 5-year-old Hudson Miller of Valparaiso, Indiana, practiced safety and target practice before the start of the Indiana youth turkey hunt."They started with targets and worked their way up to setting up ground blinds and actually shooting inexpensive turkey decoys using a 410 shotgun," Willy's friend John Arlow emailed.All that ...

SPRINGFIELD Moments before driving his GMC Sierra the wrong way onto a downstate highway in 2022, Shane Jason Woods complained that hed been in an argument, that he faced a decade in prison, and he just wanted to end it, a police officer testified Tuesday.As traffic passed nearby on Interstate 55, Woods allegedly told an officer who confronted him that, It ...

A person was killed and another critically injured in a car crash Tuesday on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Douglas.An 18-year-old man was driving a black sedan southbound about 5 p.m. in the 2900 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive when he lost control of the car and struck a tree, Chicago police said.A female passenger suffered multiple injuries and was ...

John Avila and Rizal Hamdallah are on a mission to educate Chicagoans about Indonesia, starting with its "national dish" rendang.Rendang a slow-cooked curry dish typically made by simmering beef in coconut milk and redolent of lime leaves, ginger, shallots, tamarind, lemongrass, galangal, garlic and more is considered "the national dish of Indonesia," ...