Illinois news

• Review: PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

  29-09-2023 22:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Nothing about the sequel is anywhere near as compelling, surprising, or even as mildly interesting as the pups’ first movie, which, let’s be honest, already wasn’t Citizen Kane.
  The post Review: <i>PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Review: Gen V (Season one)

  29-09-2023 22:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Though fans of The Boys may enjoy this new perspective in a familiar universe, Gen V is too hesitant to find an identity outside of the formula that made The Boys so popular.
  The post Review: <i>Gen V</i> (Season one) appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Sanctuary City explores the plight of DREAMers

  29-09-2023 20:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Before Martyna Majok won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for her drama Cost of Living (which was planned for this season at Victory Gardens before the board decided to close up shop at the Tony Award-winning theater), her plays got airings with small companies around Chicago. (She graduated from University of Chicago in 2007.) Red […]
  The post <i>Sanctuary City</i> explores the plight of DREAMers appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Black Leaders Push for Equitable Representation in School Board Maps

  29-09-2023 20:09
  
  Photo: Group photo with members of IAAFER, the West Side chapter of the NAACP, the FOI in support of Abdul Muhammad, and Troy LaRaverie, President of the Chicago Principals Association, among others. (Photo: Nicole Jeanine Johnson). 
  By Nicole Jeanine Johnson
  The battle to approve an equitable map for the proposed Chicago Elected School Board continues. 
  On Thursday, a coalition of Black community activists, elected officials, and educators convened a press conference outside the Chica
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• All-girl garage band the Same got short-changed by the grown-ups in the room

  29-09-2023 17:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Sometimes you have to play the long game. I’ve been trying for years to get the story of local 1960s girl group the Same. My interview requests didn’t lead anywhere, and I couldn’t track down much info about their only release—the 1967 single “Sunshine, Flowers and Rain”—or about the women who’d created it.  Thankfully, Chicago […]
  The post All-girl garage band the Same got short-changed by the grown-ups in the room appeared first on C
  
  Read more

• Chicago Mourns the Loss of Civic Leader and Activist Joyce Chapman

  29-09-2023 17:12
  
  The term “community pillar” often gets overused, but the City of Chicago truly lost one in the passing of civic leader and organizer Joyce Chapman. 
  Family members announced her passing in a Facebook post on Wednesday. 
  News of Chapman’s loss resounded throughout Chicago as longtime friends and colleagues from the Far South Side community she faithfully served for decades to the fifth floor at City Hall remembered her as a visionary leader, force, bright light and unw
  
  Read more

• Soldier Travis King Back In U.S. Custody After Crossing Into North Korea

  29-09-2023 15:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  Pvt. Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea, is back in American custody.
  On Wednesday (September 27), U.S. officials confirmed that King had been returned to American custody after North Korean state media KCNA reported that the country decided to “expel” King, per CNN.
  KCNA reported earlier Wednesday that a North Korean investigation into King was “finished.”
  Prior to entering North Korea, King was in South Korea when he was arres
  
  Read more

• Chicago’s Marseil ‘Action’ Jackson Unveils AI Breakthrough: The Alfred App

  29-09-2023 15:00
  
  In an ever-evolving technological landscape, the power of diversity in innovation cannot be overstated. Chicago, a city rich in culture and creativity, has given rise to groundbreaking innovations in various domains, and now, it’s at the forefront of AI technology with the Alfred App.
  Developed by the visionary Marseil ‘Action’ Jackson, a 2023 Chicago Defender Man of Excellence, the Alfred App is set to redefine the way businesses interact with Artificial Intelligence. This inn
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 3 Black Men Chased Down, ‘Viciously’ Attacked By Racist Biker Gang

  29-09-2023 14:00
  
  Photo: Moment RF / Getty Images
  Over a dozen people are facing charges months after a racially motivated attack against three Black men in California. A grand jury has indicted 17 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and their supporters, who are accused of “viciously” attacking the victims, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday (September 25).
  On June 6, 2023, three Black men, who were aged 19, 20, and 21, were hanging out on Newport Avenue
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsIllinois_ on Twitter!