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[ad_1] Elizabeth Williams’ last game was nearly six months ago. Prior to tearing her meniscus in her right knee against the Mystics on June 6, Williams had never sustained a season-ending injury in her professional career. Williams’s injury has, of course, forced her to rehab and slowly work her way back to on-court workouts. But […]

[ad_1] Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place. One of my favorite ways to find subjects for the Secret History

[ad_1] With uncertainty and anxiety all around us, it’s comforting to think that Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s Young Playwrights Festival perseveres. Now in its 38th season of recognizing original work for the stage created by Chicago high school students, the festival has, for many years, been the first show out of the gate in the new

[ad_1] For the first time in the history of their franchise, the Lions were odds-on favorites to win the Super Bowl this season. That changed Sunday when the Bills beat them 48-42 and surged ahead of the Lions in championship odds. The Lions’ bandwagon blew a tire on Sunday, fueled by even more injuries and

[ad_1] Incoming president Donald Trump — whose Cabinet nominations show he seems anxious to slash, burn or otherwise foul up federal agencies, policies and or programs — is ruminating privatizing the U.S. Postal Service. According to the Washington Post, Trump cites the agency’s financial problems as reason enough to let the private sector handle the

[ad_1] We asked where you go to feel festive for the holidays. Here’s what you said, lightly edited for clarity: “The ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ screening at the Music Box.”—Matthew Byrd, 29 “When my kids were little, we’d take them to see Santa at Macy’s and then stop at Christkindlemarket for a mug of glühwein

[ad_1] Muralist Mark McKenzie sees the mural on the wall at the Sleeping Village music venue in Avondale as a black-and-white, psychedelic tribute to music. “It’s a comic-esque visualization of cosmic and universal connection,” says McKenzie of Logan Square, who goes by the artist name Mac Blackout and painted the 100-foot-long, one-story tall mural in

[ad_1] New York City rapper Dave East delivers verses like a freight train—just as a train is unassuming and familiar in its bulk and speed, his performances have a powerful momentum that’s belied by his restrained persona and low-humming voice. He’s understated on the mike. Though he isn’t one to raise his voice, he can

[ad_1] A year after rejecting ComEd’s clean energy plan, state regulators have approved a revised approach that will hike electricity rates by $606 million over the next four years, hitting Chicago area customers’ bills slightly less than the utility had sought. The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday lowered ComEd’s requested rate increase by 11% in