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• Shuck off with Logan Oyster Socials at the next Monday Night Foodball

  26-04-2024 17:57 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On picture day in third grade, Rickie Pérez wore his dad’s chef’s coat and toque and posed with his favorite book from the Brentano Math and Science Academy library: Lynne Marie Waldee’s Cooking the French Way. “I got heated for it, because we were in the middle of the second three-peat,” he says. “Everybody else […]
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• CTA failures, Bears stadium, Mayor’s Youth Commission

  26-04-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Disarray at the CTA The #FireDorval caucus grows larger. Governor J.B. Pritzker is the latest to call for the ouster of CTA president Dorval Carter. Although he declined to use terms like “fired”, Pritzker’s message was clear: “Changes are going to have to take place, there’s no doubt, at the CTA, and I think that’s […]
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• Bears QB Caleb Williams: Criticism of Nails, Fashion Reflect Fan Homophobia

  26-04-2024 16:46
  
  By Evan F. Moore
  In the aftermath of the Hennessy, Casamigos, and Remy Martin bottle memorials, along with dissipated balloon send-offs regarding former Bears QB Justin Fields, the team officially moved on by selecting USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. 
  That’s right, Bears fans. It’s time to embrace what’s in front of you: The future.
  When Williams hit the stage in Detroit with a primal yell, the energy was different and unlike anyth
  
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• The 5 Things You Should Know About New Bears QB Caleb Williams

  26-04-2024 16:30
  
  Caleb Williams at his post-draft press conference (Credit: Jeremy Allen, Michigan Chronicle).
  DETROIT—The worst-kept secret in the NFL became official when the Chicago Bears selected Caleb Williams as the top overall pick in the NFL Draft. 
  The only quarterback the Bears hosted for its pre-draft visit was Williams. When the University of Southern California quarterback had a pro day at his old college, Chicago’s newest signee, Keenan Allen, attended to provide support. Welc
  
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• Michelle Williams is Set to Dazzle in ‘Death Becomes Her’ at Cadillac Palace Theatre

  26-04-2024 16:00
  
  Michelle Williams is back where she belongs, on stage for a Broadway-bound production. 
  Sure, she’s renowned for being a core member of a famous female R&B group. Still, Williams has made her mark by appearing in some of the most memorable productions over the last twenty years: “Aida,” “Chicago,” “Fela!” and, of course, “The Color Purple.” 
  Before this Rockford, Illinois native heads back to Broadway for her latest ve
  
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• Selva Aparicio on ‘In Memory Of’

  26-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Editor’s note: Coco Picard spoke with Selva Aparicio about the exhibition “In Memory Of,” on view at the DePaul Art Museum. Edited text from the comic is transcribed here to ease readability. Selva Aparicio’s solo show, “In Memory Of”  at the DePaul Art Museum from March 14-August 4, 2024, alters the museum’s architecture with labor-intensive signs of […]
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• Detroit Breaks Day-One NFL Draft Attendance Record with 275,000-Plus Spectators

  26-04-2024 04:25
  The passion of football fans knows no bounds, and it’s evident in the way that more than 275,000 people packed into downtown Detroit Thursday night, April 25, to break the NFL’s single-day draft attendance record.
  The previous record was when 200,000-plus people attended opening day of the 2019 NFL Draft, and the city saw more than 600,000 people over its three days.
  After just 10 picks announced Thursday night in Detroit, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the crowd of the new reco
  
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• NFL Drafts Prospects Flaunt Their Style on the Red Carpet at the Fox Theatre in Detroit

  26-04-2024 02:23
  On a night where just 13 NFL prospects showed up to attend the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, the pre-show red carpet attend was a star-studded affair, as soon-to-be pro football players were dressed to the nines for thousands of fans and media members.
  Draft prospects were all decked out in diamonds and gold and tailored suits for the event. Check out the looks from 12 of the 13 prospective draftees as they strutted the red carpet with their parents, significant others, other family members, and fr
  
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• NFL Drafts Prospects Flaunt Their Style on the Red Carpet at the Fox Theatre

  26-04-2024 02:23
  On a night where just 13 NFL prospects showed up to attend the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, the pre-show red carpet attend was a star-studded affair, as soon-to-be pro football players were dressed to the nines for thousands of fans and media members.
  Draft prospects were all decked out in diamonds and gold and tailored suits for the event. Check out the looks from 12 of the 13 prospective draftees as they strutted the red carpet with their parents, significant others, other family members, and fr
  
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