SqueakyFest Comedians All Have Disabilities — And They Want You To Laugh At How ‘Ridiculous’ Their Lives Can Be

Now in its second year, the North Center festival celebrates disability culture through laughter while highlighting its performers’ unique perspectives from living in an ableist word.

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Turn Back Time Records And Coffee In Irving Park Offers Neighbors A New 'Third Space'

Couple Emiley Kiser and Patrick Kapp launched their shop with a 5,000-album collection they bought on Facebook Marketplace and drove up from South Carolina.

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Midnight Circus Returns For Its 20th Year At Chicago Parks. Tickets Are On Sale Now

This year’s season will have a total of 23 performances across Brighton Park, Welles Park, Jefferson Park and suburban Evanston and feature a variety of world-renowned talent, the organizer said.

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Homeless Encampment Fight Overshadows Long-Awaited Ronan Park Plaza Debut

A celebration of the new Albany Park amenities was disrupted by neighbors arguing over what to do about the unhoused residents living in tents at the park since spring.

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Square Roots Returns With Headliners Margo Price, Dehd, Nick Lowe And Hurray For The Riff Raff

More than 50 music acts will perform across multiple outdoor stages, and there will be workshops and performances at the Old Town School of Folk Music.

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Finally, Chicago Is Getting A Cat Tour Of Its Own In Lincoln Square

Cat tours have taken off in other cities, with hundreds of people gathering to spot cats in windows and on patios. The tour will coincide with the Davis Theater's annual CatVideoFest.

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These Filipino Parents Once Hid Their Culture To Fit In. Now They’re Helping Their Kids Embrace It

A group of moms started the Filipino School of Chicago in 2024 to help kids and families appreciate their “Filipino-ness,” as one parent said. Organizers are fundraising for a permanent space.

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Square Roots Returns With Headliners Margo Price, Dehd, Nick Lowe And Hurray For The Riff Raff

More than 50 music acts will perform across multiple outdoor stages, along with interactive workshops and performances inside the Old Town School of Folk Music.

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Western Brown Line Stop Closing For Construction This Weekend

The years-long project to upgrade the transit hub near the heart of Lincoln Square could be completed within two months, officials said.

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Protesters Want ICE Out After Chaotic Albany Park Arrest: 'Midway Blitz Is Over, But ICE Has Not Left'

Agents crashed their car into a bystander's Tuesday before wrestling a man to the ground while frightened neighbors implored them to stop.

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ICE Crash And Arrest In Albany Park Leaves Neighbors Furious: 'We Should Not Have To Live Like This'

An emergency protest will be held Wednesday after agents crashed into a woman's car, dropped a loaded magazine in the street and confronted neighbors with weapons while arresting a man Tuesday.

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Woman Killed At Busy NW Side Intersection Where Planned Traffic Light Was Never Installed

A driver struck Illeana Crisanto, a 62-year-old mother of three from Skokie, as she walked near Belmont and Kilbourn avenues, where the city has planned to put in a traffic light for years — but hasn'...

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Ex-WGN Staffer Who Was 'Violently' Thrown To Ground, Held By Feds Files $10 Million Claim

Debbie Brockman said the incident “profoundly impacted my life on a day-to-day basis, leaving me uncertain of my future, my neighbors’ futures, and quite frankly the future of the United States."

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Struggling To Buy Pet Food? Lincoln Square Pet Pantry Now Open 4 Days A Week

The Friendship Center previously held monthly food distribution events. Starting next week, it will open its pet pantry several days a week to meet the spike in demand.

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300-Unit Housing Complex Could Be Coming To Busy Lincoln Square Corner, Alderman Says

A developer’s pitch for the Fifth Third Bank building at Lawrence and Western avenues has yet to be finalized but could include 60 affordable units, Ald. Andre Vasquez said.

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Tortured In El Salvador. Detained For Over A Year. Then Deported Anyway

After he was tortured in El Salvador and one of his family members was killed, M.G. sought refuge in the United States. The Convention Against Torture was supposed to make sure he didn't go back. But ...

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Rebuilt Irene’s Finer Diner Reopens With New Items And Old Favorites

Two years after a grease fire forced the popular North Center breakfast spot to close for repairs, it's back in business.

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Haven On Lincoln Offers ‘Dignified Privacy’ For Chicagoans Experiencing Homelessness

The former Diplomat Motel has been renovated into a transitional housing complex offering 37 private rooms to unhoused residents seeking a fresh start.

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Fat Chris’s Pizza And Such Closing In Andersonville After 9 Years

Couple Michael Milazzo and Violeta Djukic are calling it quits May 22 due to high food prices and operating costs, though they’re not ruling out opening another restaurant.

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OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”

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