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• The Wurst and Miner-Dunn open the Saint Paddy’s Day Chicago Chipper at the next Monday Night Foodball

  11-03-2025 23:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  You’ve been here before. It’s 10 PM and you’ve been tossed from Darkey Kelly’s for acting the maggot with your mates. The street is spinning, your head is throbbing, and you’ve lost count of the pints o’ Beamish you’ve poured into your gob. You need something fast, hot, and greasy to quiet the churn in […]
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• Orange Dream smoothie at Jackalope Coffee & Tea House

  11-03-2025 20:26 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Feel like going back to a more cheerful time? It seems to drive many of us in our current climate, and Jackalope Coffee & Tea House certainly has my number in this regard. Personally, one of my favorite early memories remains the pleasing taste of an orange push-up ice cream treat, and Jackalope’s Orange Dream […]
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• Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

  11-03-2025 18:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie in wide release in theaters
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• Review: Opus

  11-03-2025 18:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Opus in wide release in theaters
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• A quiet, dissonant oasis

  11-03-2025 16:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Auto Alejaimento" through 4/12 at Andrew Reface
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• J. Pharoah Doss: Combating anti-Christian bias or a “woke-right” reaction?

  11-03-2025 14:00
  
  Last month, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump stated that the US must “bring God back” in order to overcome division and foster stronger communities. The next day, Trump signed an executive order establishing the White House Faith Office.
  Previous presidents created a similar office.When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, he vowed to usher in a new era of compassionate conservatism. One of Bush’s first acts as president was to sign an executive ord
  
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• Adinkra Tower Sculpture Unveiled in Auburn Gresham to Celebrate Unity and Heritage

  11-03-2025 14:00
  
  The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation unveiled the Adinkra Tower Sculpture, an eight-foot monument by artist Thomas Sleet, symbolizing unity, wisdom, and resilience in the Auburn Gresham community (Photo by Lanette Warbington). 
  The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) recently unveiled the Adinkra Tower Sculpture at the Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub. The eight-foot monument, created by St. Louis-based artist Thomas Sleet, stands as a symbol of unity, w
  
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• Track Star Left With Concussion After Being Hit With Baton By Race Opponent

  11-03-2025 13:30
  
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  A Virginia high school track star was left with a concussion and possible skull fracture after she was hit in the head with a baton by an opponent during a race, per PEOPLE.
  The incident unfolded on Friday (March 7) during the state indoor championship held at Liberty University. Kaelen Tucker, a junior at Brookville High School, was competing in the 4×200 meter relay when another runner raised her baton and hit Tucker on the head. Video of the attack shows Tucker holdi
  
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• Teacher’s Body Found Month After He & Fiancée Vanished From Boat On Lake

  11-03-2025 13:00
  
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  The body of an Atlanta teacher has been discovered in waters near where his fiancee was found dead after the two disappeared while boating roughly one month ago.
  On Sunday (March 9), Gary Jones’ body was discovered after he and his fiancee, Joycelyn Wilson, an instructor at Spelman College, went missing on February 8 in Georgia’s Lake Oconee, per NBC News.
  Sheriff Howard Sills of Putnam County said Jones’ body was found about 3 miles northwest of a dam that
  
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• UNCF Chicago Calls Faith Leaders to Host UNCF Sundays in March

  11-03-2025 12:00
  
  HBCU Female and Male Graduates Lineup (Photo Provided).
  As society is in a continual state of flux, the Chicago office of UNCF, United Negro College Fund, is calling all pastors and faith leaders to support the organization with special donations in the month of March.
  “Education is under attack and we have heard from our funders that funding budgets are being cut, so we are asking churches to do what they’ve always done – stand in the gap,” said UNCF Regional Development
  
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