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As spring culture season kicks into gear, here is our list of standout performances happening on stages across the city in the coming months, so you can get your tickets now. See the full list at WBEZ.org/2026tickets or at the link in bio. Story by Mike Davis and Courtney Kueppers. | WBEZ
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As spring culture season kicks into gear, here is our list of standout performances happening on stages across the city in the coming months, so you can get your tickets now. See the full list at WBEZ.org/2026tickets or at the link in bio. Story by Mike Davis and Courtney Kueppers. | WBEZ
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People have been asking us: What should I do if I feel like a federal agent used excessive force? WBEZ’s Araceli Gómez-Aldana spoke to Alexa Van Brunt with the MacArthur Justice Center to learn more. Follow our coverage at wbez.org and suntimes.com Reported by @araceligomezaldana Produced by @jesusjmontero Additional reporting by journalists in the newsrooms of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ. | WBEZ
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People have been asking us: What should I do if I feel like a federal agent used excessive force? WBEZ’s Araceli Gómez-Aldana spoke to Alexa Van Brunt with the MacArthur Justice Center to learn more. Follow our coverage at wbez.org and suntimes.com Reported by @araceligomezaldana Produced by @jesusjmontero Additional reporting by journalists in the newsrooms of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ. | WBEZ
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It’s hard to believe that, with all of his success, “Star Line” is only Chance the Rapper’s second studio album. Fans waited six years for this project to drop. Its title references Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line, a Black-owned steamship line with plans to bring goods and Black Americans back to Africa in 1919; the project also inspired the name of the free music festival in Ghana that Chance and Vic Mensa founded in 2023. In an interview that year with Vocalo, Chance described taking pride in
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Wicker Park retailer Saint Alfred, ‘where creatives, athletes and tastemakers all intersected,’ is closing
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Around the turn of the 20th century, Chicago built a bridge over the lagoon in Lincoln Park as a new attraction during the World’s Fair. But the bridge soon earned a dark reputation as many people decided to take their lives by jumping from the bridge. We look back at the history of the High Bridge. Find the full story at wbez.org/curiouscity Reported by Erin Allen Produced by Zubaer Khan WBEZ’s Curious City answers questions from listeners about Chicago and the region. We include the public in
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With more Black-owned restaurants opening and the variety of cuisines increasing, from fast casual and BBQ joints to steakhouses and fine dining, this year’s Chicago Black Restaurant Week features nearly 40 restaurants highlighting that growth. For more than 10 years, Chicago Black Restaurant Week has promoted a variety of Black-owned eateries throughout the city and surrounding suburbs. From Feb. 8-22, participating restaurants will offer specials that typically include an appetizer, entree and
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Gregory Bovino took Chicago by storm last fall when he led the U.S. Border Patrol through the streets during the mass-deportation campaign dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.” During that time federal agents shot two people and arrested thousands. To find out more, we sent a team digging. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Lauren FitzPatrick went to Bovino’s hometown in North Carolina. WBEZ’s Dan Mihalopoulos went to Southern California, where Bovino got his start in the Border Patrol. In “Becoming Bovino,” the
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In 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of Angels school in Chicago. The flames engulfed the school, taking the lives of 92 students and three nuns. The tragedy made national headlines and led to reforms around fire-safety standards for schools. Decades later, the school reopened as Galapagos Charter School. When Rachel Shuki started teaching there in 2013, there was a feeling of unease. Rachel Shuki tells the story of the haunted, now-closed school she taught at on Chicago’s West Side. A tragic d
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Before heading to City Hall to continue ongoing budget meetings before the Dec. 31 deadline, in this episode of “In The Loop,” host Sasha-Ann Simons sits down with Mayor Brandon Johnson for the monthly ‘Ask the Mayor’ segment. @chicagosmayor says he’ll do whatever it takes to avoid a city shutdown. Watch the full episode on WBEZ’s YouTube channel. | WBEZ
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In Evanston, the debut “barrier-free” concert invited people to move around and make noise during an orchestral performance. Parents said such opportunities are rare. To read the full story, go to WBEZ.org or the link in bio. Story by Courtney Kueppers. Photos by Victor Hilitski for the Chicago Sun-Times. | WBEZ
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WBEZ collected data on median rent in every Chicago community area to trace how rents have changed in the city over the past century. A common guideline for whether an apartment is affordable is if rent and utilities make up less than 30% of a renter’s household income. Spending anything more would eat into income needed to cover other basic necessities. What we found is that Chicago has steadily become less affordable for many across a greater number of income brackets and communities, especial
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Listening to Natalie Bergman’s work often feels like a spiritual journey. But where her 2021 solo debut “Mercy” turned to gospel and hymnals to help ease the pain after losing her father and stepmother in a 2019 car accident, Bergman’s latest release captures the powerful moment when grief turns to hope. Read our entire list of best Chicago albums of 2025 at WBEZ.org or at the link in bio. | WBEZ
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The hospitality is palpable from the moment you enter Yahya and Nataki Muhammad’s sunny Bronzeville ice cream shop. Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream has a gift for mixing and matching hand-churned flavors that inspire warm nostalgia. Want to find more Chicago summer treats? Check out wbez.org/summerguide for all 20 of our favorite seasonal specials. Original story reported by Maggie Hennessy. Hosted by Sofie @zerosuitsofie and video shot and edited by Mendy @ngogejat. | WBEZ
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December always brings a flood of year-end music coverage, so-called “Wrapped” playlists and vast lists of the songwriters and sounds of the year. But our list aims to strike a more finite target, with our contributors from WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times and sister station Vocalo combing through all of the local releases of the year to highlight the best in Chicago music. One of our favorites is m.e.h.’s new EP “It’s All Starting to Make Sense Now, ” released independently and created in collaboration w
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