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• “Filter For us”

  01-05-2025 19:45 via chicagoreader.com
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• Tacos Las Manitas does disco at the Cinco de Mayo edition of Monday Night Foodball

  01-05-2025 18:36 via chicagoreader.com
  Mexican soldiers were not likely eating discada on the morning of the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862. But I want to believe. The dish—a layered symphony of meats cooked on a disco, aka a steel “cowboy wok”—probably wasn’t invented until early in the following century. That was when the cross-cultural confluence of Chinese rail […]
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• Q&A: George Ellzey Jr. on ‘Cottage Grove,’ Fatherhood, and Finding Healing on the South Side

  01-05-2025 16:00
  George Ellzey Jr. (Photo Provided).
  “Cottage Grove” is a short film that captures the complex and often painful dynamics of father-son relationships. Through cinematic storytelling, it takes viewers through rejection, fear, anger, acceptance—and ultimately, reconciliation. It’s a love letter to Bronzeville, Chicago and those searching for healing among family, friends and their communities.
  We recently had the opportunity to sit down with George Ellzey Jr. the film’
  
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• Two Measles Cases Confirmed in Chicago and Cook County: Health Officials Urge Vaccination

  01-05-2025 14:30
  The Chicago Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health have identified two confirmed cases of measles. These are the first two cases in Cook County this year.  
  One case was identified as an adult who is a suburban Cook County resident, and whose vaccination status is unknown. They presented to a local Hospital for medical care on Monday, April 28 and was quickly isolated.  
  Another case was identified in an adult Chicago resident who travel
  
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• U.S. Economy Shrank In Trump’s First Quarter Amid Sweeping Tariffs

  01-05-2025 14:00
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  U.S. economic growth declined sharply in the first quarter of 2025 amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies.
  On Wednesday (April 30), the Commerce Department reported that the nation’s gross domestic product, which is the total value of products and services, shrank at a 0.3 percent annual rate, per CBS News. The economy grew 2.4 percent in the final three months of 2024.
  Trump’s first quarter of his second term marks the worst quarterly perfor
  
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• TMH Behavioral Services Celebrates 10 Years of Healing and Community Impact in Chicago

  01-05-2025 13:30
  Tytannie Harris, LCSW CEO & Owner of TMH Behavioral Services holding donated check for MH Behavioral Services (Photo Courtesy of Apprey PR).
  TMH Behavioral Services celebrated a decade of impact on Saturday evening, hosting its “Shades of Blue & Kicks” anniversary event at Little Black Pearl Art and Design Academy in Kenwood.
  The evening wasn’t just a celebration—it was a call to action. Supporters gathered to help raise $30,000 for TMH MANCAVE, the nonprofit arm
  
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