Illinois news

• The original pay-as-you-go phones

  18-08-2026 22:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 1901, the Chicago Telephone Company ran a newspaper ad promoting a technology it said would make its service available to “every resident of Chicago”: home pay phones. Known as nickel-in-the-slot phones, they required users to insert five cents—roughly $2 today—each time they made a call, with a minimum charge of five cents per day. […]
  The post The original pay-as-you-go phones appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Manasseh goes beyond R&B on a mellow, tastefully ornate new album

  18-08-2026 19:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Gossip Wolf has loved Manasseh for a long time. The south-side native, full name Manasseh Croft, sings in a supple, otherworldly falsetto, and his psychedelic soul pulls from hip-hop, electro-pop, and jazz. He often lends his talents to fellow Chicagoans who want their songs to feel like they can touch the heavens. On Marquis Hill’s […]
  The post Manasseh goes beyond R&B on a mellow, tastefully ornate new album appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Review: Late Fame

  18-08-2026 19:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Late Fame screening Fri 8/21–Thu 8/27 at the Music Box Theatre
  The post Review: <i>Late Fame</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Missing persons

  18-08-2026 02:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish themselves professionally, or just wanting feedback for a secret hobby. For this iteration, Waxman reviews work by Chicago-based artist Catherine Lyu. Catherine Lyu What does […]
  The post Missing persons appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• South siders call for Mayor Brandon Johnson to ‘revoke the permits’ for a controversial quantum computing facility

  18-08-2026 00:26 via chicagoreader.com
  
  More than 350 people crowded into a hot auditorium at Arnold Mireles Academy on Saturday, chanting “revoke the permits” and demanding Mayor Brandon Johnson explain his support for Quantum Shore, a megadevelopment underway on Chicago’s southeast side that includes a quantum computing research and development park and a controversial data center.  Southside Together, a community […]
  The post South siders call for Mayor Brandon Johnson to ‘revoke the permits&rsq
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsIllinois_ on Twitter!