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• After School Matters Supporting Thousands of Chicago Teens this Spring with Paid Programs

  03-02-2023 23:33
  
  Teens can apply to hundreds of program opportunities and learn skills in painting, singing, coding, civic engagement, finance, and more
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  CHICAGO—Applications are open for hundreds of world-class programs being offered this spring through After School Matters®. Program opportunities are free and are available for thousands of Chicago teens in the arts, communications, and leadership, sports, and STEM. The spring session begins the week of Fe
  
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• Chicago Sky Sign Elizabeth Williams

  03-02-2023 22:59
  
  CHICAGO (February 3, 2023) — The Chicago Sky announced today the team has signed center/forward Elizabeth Williams. Per team policy, the terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
  “We are so excited to have Elizabeth in a Chicago Sky uniform,” Chicago Sky General Manager and Head Coach James Wade said. “For as long as she’s been in the league, she’s been the epitome of a player that is a hard worker, a great leader and embodies the values of the WNBA. We
  
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• Alderman Brian Hopkins Endorses Vallas for Mayor

  03-02-2023 22:50
  Surging Vallas Campaign Picks Up Another Key Endorsement
   
  CHICAGO, IL — Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas picked up another major endorsement today, with Alderman Brian Hopkins announcing his support for the surging Vallas campaign. Alderman Hopkins has represented the 2nd Ward since 2015 and has been a consistent voice for good government, accountability and protecting Chicago taxpayers from increased cost of living.
  “I know that Paul Vallas is the best candidate in this race to b
  
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• Protected: RICJ Racial Justice Writers’ Room Launches

  03-02-2023 21:38 via chicagoreader.com
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• ALD. PAT DOWELL, CHAIR OF CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE, ENDORSES COMMISSIONER BRANDON JOHNSON FOR MAYOR

  03-02-2023 21:26
  
  CHICAGO – Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson today was endorsed for mayor of Chicago by 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell. Ald. Dowell, chair of the Chicago City Council Budget Committee, is the sixth member of the Council to endorse Commissioner Johnson. 
  “Alderman Dowell has been a steady, compassionate and competent public servant for nearly three decades, and an exemplary model of leadership for myself and countless others,” Commissioner Johnson said. “She
  
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• J.T. Brown’s ‘nanny goat’ horn still echoes through the blues

  03-02-2023 19:37 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When you think of the blues, you probably think of guitars (acoustic and electric), piano, harmonica, maybe even the bass and drums in a full band. Saxophone, on the other hand, is much more closely associated with jazz and R&B. Sax players do exist in the blues, of course, but you usually see them only […]
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• Caryl Churchill gets some love from Chicago theaters

  03-02-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  British playwright Caryl Churchill is having a bit of a moment this month in Chicago. Court Theatre opens her rarely produced 1983 play, Fen, under the direction of Vanessa Stalling on February 10. And Curious Theatre Branch opens This Is Not a Churchill—four plays inspired by her work—this weekend at the Facility Theatre in Humboldt […]
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• CITY ANNOUNCES SEVEN TOP VOTE-GETTING NAMES IN CHICAGO’S FIRST ‘YOU NAME A SNOWPLOW’ CONTEST

  03-02-2023 15:52
  
  Signage with winning names set to be installed on seven snowplows operating citywide 
   
  CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) today announced the seven highest vote-getting names in the City’s inaugural “You Name A Snowplow” contest. On January 15, the City posted 50 names chosen from an initial pool of nearly 7,000 names submitted by Chicago residents, and residents were able to vote for up to six names throug
  
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• CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSES VALLAS FOR MAYOR

  03-02-2023 15:48
  
  Chicago’s Paper of Record Backs Surging Candidate
   
  CHICAGO, IL — The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board announced its endorsement of Paul Vallas for Mayor this morning. The endorsement from the Tribune caps an eventful week for the Vallas campaign that also included notable endorsements from leading elected officials and continued forward momentum in the polls.
  In the endorsement, the Tribune wrote of Vallas:
  “Demonstrably, Chicago is a city in need of a turnaround, and, in
  
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• Present absence

  03-02-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Regarding the Missing Objects,” a group exhibition on view at the Hyde Park Art Center, takes absence as its theme. There is the absence of one of the artists whose work is included in the show, Dana Carter, who died before the exhibition opened. Then there are the missing objects of the show’s title, a […]
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• Dr. Michelle Albert. MD, MPH American Heart Association

  03-02-2023 02:13
   By Damon Autry
  A conversation with Dr. Michelle Albert, MD, MPH – was brief, but impactful. It revealed a warm, generous, and wondrously introspective soul.
  Dr. Michelle Albert blends her medical expertise with deep empathy and foresight in ways that uncover lessons and reveal the infinite possibilities of humanity. As president of the American Heart Association, Albert is responsible for the oversight of all medical, scientific, and public health issues and related public policy.
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