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• Fillet of Solo moves from annual festival to weekly showcase

  09-01-2026 21:56 via chicagoreader.com
  Fillet of Solo, through 2/1, then open run at Bughouse Theater
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• Reject the mainstream with Optical Noise

  09-01-2026 21:43 via chicagoreader.com
  Looking for your next indie cinema fix? Ditch the mainstream and dive into a lineup of cult films with Optical Noise, an upcoming double-feature film series at Facets programmed by Raphael Martinez from CineRomero Productions. Optical Noise intends to “cut through the modern fog of media static” and “reject the mainstream and embrace the noise.” […]
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• Aetna Better Health of Illinois and Blueberry Pediatrics Team Up to Expand Pediatric Care Access in Cook County

  09-01-2026 18:30
  CHICAGO – Aetna Better Health® of Illinois, a CVS Health® company, has collaborated with Blueberry Pediatrics to deliver remote, around-the-clock pediatric care to families across Cook County—home to nearly one-third of Aetna Better Health of Illinois’ pediatric members statewide. The joint effort will expand statewide in phases.By equipping families with diagnostic kits and on-demand access to pediatricians, we are removing barriers to care, reducing unneces
  
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• Cook County Clerk and Chicago Bears Launch Historic High School Early Voting Program

  09-01-2026 16:30
  In partnership with the Chicago Bears organization, the Cook County Clerk’s Office is launching a first-of-its-kind High School Early Voting program, bringing official Early Voting sites to more than 20 suburban high schools across the county at the start of Early Voting for the March 17 Gubernatorial Primary Election.Through this first-of-its-kind initiative, students from 24 Cook County high schools are being trained as official Election Judges who will operate on-campus Early Voting si
  
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• What We Know About Renee Nicole Good: Mother Fatally Shot By ICE Agent

  09-01-2026 15:19
  The woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday (January 7) has been identified.Video viewed by millions of people shows the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an unidentified ICE agent. City and state leaders have denounced Good’s shooting as unjustified, while federal authorities claim the agent acted in self-defense.“What had happened was our ICE officers were out in en
  
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• Property is Power! 2026 Is a Year of Positioning, Not Promises 

  09-01-2026 15:10
  By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum Property is Power because mindset determines position long before paperwork ever does. The beginning of a new year often invites language of hope, renewal, and aspiration. But hope, by itself, has never altered outcomes for communities systematically excluded from ownership. What changes outcomes is intentional positioning the disciplined alignment of mindset, strategy, and action over time. As we enter 2026, the question is not what we want mor
  
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• Pilsen murals and Ukrainian mosaics teach us about artistic survival

  09-01-2026 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  This story was originally published by South Side Weekly. Access the original article here. This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Women on the Ground: Reporting from Ukraine’s Unseen Frontlines Initiative, in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Tetiana Burianova contributed reporting. In 1968, amid nationwide anti-war and civil rights movements, […]
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