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• Review: Chasing Chasing Amy

  22-09-2023 23:13 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chasing Chasing Amy is an immersive exercise in growth.
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• This Suburban Chicago Store Sold Its 2nd Multimillion Lottery Ticket in 3 Years

  22-09-2023 20:09
  
  A suburban Chicago liquor store has good reason to deem itself lucky after selling its second multimillion-dollar winning Illinois Lottery ticket in three years.
  Shar’s Armanetti Fine Wines & Spirits, located at 222 W. Main Street in Carpentersville, sold a winning jackpot scratch-off ticket worth $3 million to one of its regular customers.
  The lucky customer spent $30 on Titanium Black 7s Instant Ticket and ended up winning the game’s top prize.
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• High Fidelity gets the oral history treatment

  22-09-2023 19:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Andrew Buss spoke with the Reader about why High Fidelity tops his list of Chicago movies.
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• In Chicago’s ‘top five,’ High Fidelity is a chart-topper

  22-09-2023 19:52 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In January 2024, barring any further delays due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, John Cusack will host an intimate screening of the long-admired film at the Auditorium Theatre.
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• Homeward bound

  22-09-2023 18:28 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Fleurette Estes’s “Kéyah: Paintings and Photographs of Home” at the American Indian Center is a potent reminder that art is often at its best when its form invites us to slip from one world into another. In the case of this thoughtfully curated multimedia exhibition, we’re transported from the overcast skies of the midwest to […]
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• Shoegaze pioneers Slowdive drop a new album just in time for the colder days ahead

  22-09-2023 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I realize I’m in the minority when I say I love the days when autumn bleeds into winter. I love the crisp air that descends with the first seasonal chill; I love the smell of trees shedding the last of their leaves; I love that it all reminds me to embrace the warmth of cozy […]
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• Review: Sex Education (Season four)

  22-09-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There aren’t a lot of television shows that make the world a better place by existing. Sex Education is one.
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• Review: Sex Education (Season 4)

  22-09-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There aren’t a lot of television shows that make the world a better place by existing. Sex Education is one.
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• Family Of Kendrick Johnson, Teen Found Dead In Gym Mat, Files $1B Lawsuit

  22-09-2023 16:00
  
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  The family of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia high school student found dead in a rolled-up wrestling mat, has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, The Root reports.
  The lawsuit alleges that the agencies released false information and fabricated facts surrounding Johnson’s death 10 years ago. Authorities previously said Johnson’s body was discovered by his classmates in the Lowndes County H
  
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• Glenwood Unveils Underground Railroad Memorial Park, Honoring Its History

  22-09-2023 15:00
  
  The Village of Glenwood, about 23 miles south of the Chicago Loop, has a special place in history as a stop along the Underground Railroad.  
  Now, the village has a remarkable monument to that legacy called Underground Railroad Memorial Park. Officials recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site on Main Street just north of a restaurant called Gabe’s Place. 
  Leon Fields, chairman of the Underground Railroad Memorial Park, told ABC 7 Chicago that enslaved pe
  
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• Irvo Otieno’s Family To Receive $8.5 Million In Wrongful Death Settlement

  22-09-2023 14:30
  
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  The family of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who was smothered to death by deputies and workers at a mental hospital earlier this year, has reached a settlement with the Virginia, Henrico County, and the sheriff.
  On Wednesday (September 20), attorneys announced that all parties had agreed to pay $8.5 million to Otieno’s family, per ABC8.
  “The family is pleased that they were able to find a resolution outside of court in a manner that honors Irvo’s life,&rd
  
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• Fall in love with Chicago’s visual arts scene

  22-09-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  With shorter days and a slight chill in the air comes the fall art season, and 2023 has a bounty of cultural offerings. Launching this season is the first-ever Chicago Exhibition Weekend, presented by Expo Chicago and cultural agency Gertie, taking place September 29 through October 1. The event is aimed at getting more visitors […]
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• Chicago Inks Near $30 Million Deal to Create Migrant Tent City

  22-09-2023 01:29
  
  The City of Chicago inked a nearly $30 million deal with a private security firm to set up a massive, winterized tent city for migrants. 
  GardaWorld Federal Services and a subsidiary sealed a one-year $29.4 million contract with Chicago on Sept. 12, less than a week after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced plans to move about 1,600 migrants to a network of newly erected tent cities across the city. He said the relocations will occur “before the weather begins to shift and chang
  
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