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• Save the Date: The 2024 Democratic National Convention is Coming to Chicago!

  11-04-2023 23:31
  
  Please mark your calendars, Chicagoans: The 2024 Democratic National is coming to our town! 
  On Tuesday, it was announced that Chicago was selected to host the Democratic Party’s next national convention, during which it will officially name its nominee. Chicago beat out competing bids from New York City and Atlanta for this top honor.
  I could not be more proud or excited by this news. 
  As a Democrat, I am thrilled that my party and president — who is, at this point, the pr
  
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• Miyagi Records completes its evolution from online outlet to pop-up shop to brick-and-mortar storefront

  11-04-2023 21:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Friday, April 14, Miyagi Records opens its Washington Park brick-and-mortar shop at 307 E. Garfield. Miyagi has been in business since late 2019, when producer and DJ Nigel “Trew” Ridgeway launched it as an online-only shop. He’d been a record dealer on the side since 2002, and he wanted to do more—a choice the […]
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• Unraveling X

  11-04-2023 18:27 via chicagoreader.com
  
  What if you fall in love with a monster who engulfs your entire world then dies? You’re bound to have questions and, if you’re a writer, or just a certain type of obsessive, you’ll turn over every rock and upset every apple cart looking for answers. In Catherine Lacey’s immersive new novel, Biography of X, […]
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• Immerse yourself in the darkest side of humanity at Chicago’s Medieval Torture Museum

  11-04-2023 17:49 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Learn the history of torture and execution, and chase ghosts at one of the Loop’s hottest attractions Have you ever imagined a museum dedicated to the history of torture and execution from the Dark Ages to the present? Look no further than Chicago’s Medieval Torture Museum. At 6,000 square feet, it’s the largest interactive museum […]
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• Chicago Selected to Host the 2024 Democratic National Convention

  11-04-2023 17:46
  
  The Windy City beat out New York and Atlanta to host next year’s Democratic National Convention, which will take place at the United Center from Aug. 19-22, 2024.
  President Joe Biden and Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison selected Chicago at the end of a rigorous site selection process led by DNC Director of Convention Planning Alex Hornbrook. 
  Late last year, according to the release, the DNC entered into contract negotiations with a final set of cities before sele
  
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• Nashville Council Votes to Return Justin Jones to State House

  11-04-2023 17:43
  A spokesperson for House Speaker Cameron Sexton said he’d go along with the council if they chose to send Jones back.
  By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia
  In an unanimous vote and a rebuke of Tennessee Republicans, the Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the state House of Representatives.
  Jones returns as an interim representative and will again act on behalf of House District 52.
  The 36-0 vote came after the
  
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• Teachers Thought Collapsed 5-Year-Old Boy Was ‘Playing Dead’: Lawsuit

  11-04-2023 16:00
  
  A five-year-old boy in Connecticut died days after teachers believed he was “playing dead” when he collapsed during school recess, a new lawsuit alleges.According to the Washington Post, the parents of 5-year-old Romeo Pierre Louis filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town of West Hartford and its board of education on the anniversary of his April 2022 collapse at Charter Oak International Academy.Louis was playing freeze tag during recess when he suddenly collapsed. According
  
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• Mom Allegedly Abducted By Ex-Boyfriend on Birthday Killed In Cop Shootout

  11-04-2023 15:00
  
  A New York mom who was allegedly kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend on her 34th birthday was killed in a shootout between police and the suspected kidnapper.According to New York State Police, Tatiana David, 34, was abducted from her home on Wednesday (April 5) by ex-boyfriend Michael Davis, who is the father of her 4-year-old child, per People.
  Later that evening, police said they attempted to stop a vehicle suspected of holding David. However, Davis allegedly fled the scene, prompting a police chas
  
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• Jake Troyli contains multitudes

  11-04-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  Jake Troyli moved to Chicago in September 2020, the same month “Don’t Forget to Pack a Lunch!,” his first-ever solo exhibition in Chicago, opened at Monique Meloche Gallery.  In the exhibition’s titular work, Troyli puppeteers a small army of cloned characters through siloed loops of never-ending labor—physical, emotional, and otherwise. Small firefighters ascend a burning […]
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• Nashville’s Governing Body Unanimously Votes Tennessee Lawmaker Back to the State House 

  11-04-2023 02:20
  
  One of two Black lawmakers expelled from the Tennessee House last week was reinstated by the Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday, effectively restoring him to his seat with the state Legislature, reports the Associated Press.
  It took minutes for Nashville’s governing body to unanimously reinstate Rep. Justin Jones after he and fellow Democratic lawmaker Justin Pearson were expelled by the Republican-controlled House in a racist and politically retaliatory fashion.
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• Lawmaker Justin Jones Gets Voted Back to the Tennessee House 

  11-04-2023 02:20
  
  One of two Black lawmakers expelled from the Tennessee House last week was reinstated by the Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday, effectively restoring him to his seat with the state Legislature, reports the Associated Press.
  It took minutes for Nashville’s governing body to unanimously reinstate Rep. Justin Jones after he and fellow Democratic lawmaker Justin Pearson were expelled by the Republican-controlled House in a racist and politically retaliatory fashion.
  When the votes
  
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