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DBusiness Daily Update: Detroit Tigers Announce 2025 Home Opener Will Be April 4 vs. White Sox, and More
Detroit Tigers Announce 2025 Home Opener Will Be April 4 vs. White Sox The Detroit Tigers will begin their 125th season earlier than ever before, on March 27 in Los […] The post DBusiness Daily Update: Detroit Tigers Announce 2025 Home Opener Will Be April 4 vs. White Sox, and More appeared first on DBusiness Magazine.
Storms in Chicago Tuesday afternoon
CHICAGO (CBS) — Storms are on the way for the Chicago area. Tuesday starts out dry with humidity and highs in the upper 80s. Storms are expected by the afternoon, closer to 4 p.m. Once this front clears by the evening, it'll turn cooler and less humid for the rest of the week. Building heat and humidity is expected for the weekend with highs in the 90s starting Sunday. This pattern holds for the start of early next week.
Festival To Celebrate Famous Illinois Movie Is Back
Illinois cinema fans are excited to celebrate one of the most famous movies ever filmed in our state. One of my favorite movies of all time was filmed right here in Illinois. It's the "Blues Brothers." My dad introduced it to me when I was younger and we watched it all the time. So much so, that my mom recorded over a copy we had on a VHS tape.
Local filmmakers bring Central Illinois to movie screens
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Central Illinois is working towards its Hollywood moment. One Danville filmmaker is ready to share his movie that features local actors and locations. He said they created this film independently and the mission was to keep it within the community. Chris Hightower is the co-producer and lead actor of the movie […]
Raw Dogging at 35th Street Red Hots
Raw Dogging on the South Side of Chicago by White Sox Stadium.
'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' directed by Rob Ashford, getting rave reviews in Chicago
"Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil" is getting rave reviews from critics and audiences alike at the Goodman Theatre in the Loop.Chicago audiences are the first to see the world premiere of the wildly popular show.The Tony-winning director, Rob Ashford, said Chicago is the perfect place to launch the vibrant musical.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchFirst it was a best seller, then a hit movie, and now "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil" has been born again with music."Anytime you're working on a new musical that's based on that kind of powerful...
Polsky Center Teams with Orange Grove Bio to Catalyze Biotech Innovation at UChicago
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has signed a strategic agreement with Orange Grove Bio (OGB), an integrated biopharmaceutical company, to support pipeline development, entrepreneurial training, and funding opportunities. The agreement brings together OGB’s experience in the diligence and financing of novel therapeutics with the...
Ayo Dosunmu sporting a new, but familiar, look with the Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu is making a familiar change to anyone who has followed his career. Selected in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft, Dosunmu has spent the past three seasons developing his skills with the Bulls. Donning the No. 11 with the Illini, Dosunmu entered the...
Mike Singletary football card, US currency sheets and gold Rolex among unclaimed property up for auction
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Illinois State Treasurer, Michael Frerichs, will host a preview of unclaimed property set for auction at the Illinois State Fair. Items include a woman’s 18-karat yellow gold Rolex Oyster watch, Mike Singletary and Troy Aikman football cards, uncut sheets of American currency, and a variety of collectible coins, bills, and precious metals.
Festival To Celebrate Famous Illinois Movie Is Back
Illinois cinema fans are excited to celebrate one of the most famous movies ever filmed in our state. One of my favorite movies of all time was filmed right here in Illinois. It's the "Blues Brothers." My dad introduced it to me when I was younger and we watched it all the time. So much so, that my mom recorded over a copy we had on a VHS tape.
Illinois is paying $380,000+ to WHO???
You will NEVER guess whose salary in the Land of Lincoln was over $380,000 last year...Taxpayer dollars are going to this person and I guarantee you have ZERO idea who this person is or what they do... According to an article from the Illinois State Journal-Register (they are a FANTASTIC...
The development of a better antibiotic – and more
For Tuesday, July 23, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including:. At the University of Illinois Chicago, scientists developed an antibiotic with the ability to evade resistance from bacteria. The dual action drug works by thwarting two different bacteria cell types. The synthetic drugs, called...
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Returns To Chicago: Here’s What You Need To Know
CHICAGO — Smoke from Canadian wildfires once again is wafting into Chicago, causing hazy skies, reduced visibility and some air quality issues. Hundreds of fires have broken out in western Canada, spreading smoke throughout the Great Lakes region, according to the National Weather Service. You may see hazy and milky-looking skies across northern and central Illinois, according to the weather service.
Diner en Blanc annual outdoor picnic features neighborhood foods.
This year's Dîner en Blanc celebrates the city's vast, diverse culinary culture.Why it matters: Each Chicago neighborhood offers a different set of ethnic traditions and scrumptious foods. For Dîner en Blanc's 10th anniversary, the fancy "outdoor picnic" features baskets with food from Maxwell Street, Greektown, Devon, Pilsen and Little Italy. Last year's Dîner en Blanc. Photo: Courtesy of Chris DiltsHow it works: The annual outdoor picnic is held at a secret location that guests don't learn about until they arrive at a separate meeting place. They must dress in white and bring their own picnic table and place settings; they can opt to provide their own baskets of food.Guests can also purchase tickets that include a prepared picnic basket and buy booze during dinner.Picnic baskets range from $52 for a French cheese and charcuterie platter served with a baguette to $82 for Little Italy-inspired surf and turf.Past locales have included the Art Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo and Federal Plaza.What to expect: This year the food is prepared by Charles Haracz of Blue Plate catering, with wine and champagne (the only beverage options) from local winery Glunz. If you go: Tickets for Wednesday's soiree range from $55 to $68.
Chicago Building Where Nearly 1,000 Birds Died in One Night Last Fall Installs Bird-Safe Window Film
Last October, a lakeside event venue in Chicago made headlines around the world after nearly 1,000 birds died in a single night after crashing into the building’s glass exterior. The next morning, the ground outside McCormick Place Lakeside Center looked like a “carpet of dead birds,” as one shocked onlooker described it at the time.
Chicago crime: 29-year-old man shot while standing on front porch
CHICAGO - A man was shot while standing on a front porch on Chicago's West Side Tuesday afternoon. At about 1:43 p.m., a 29-year-old man was on the front porch of a residence in the 1800 block of South St. Louis Avenue when an unknown vehicle pulled up, police said.
$7 billion dollar investment planned for Chicago’s West Side
(The Center Square) – A major development is planned for the land around Chicago’s primary Democratic National Convention site. United Center next-generation owners Michael Reinsdorf and Danny Wirtz announced The 1901 Project, a $7 billion private investment on Chicago’s West Side. Plans include a 6,000-seat music hall, an elevated park, hotel and retail programming. Michael...
Big Ten trying to improve replay process | Will have its own 'video replay center' in Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS – The replay system in the Big Ten and across college football has been, generally speaking, a complete disaster. Ohio State fans will point to the 2019 Fiesta Bowl as State's Exhibit A. The 2022 Peach Bowl is also in the discussion. However, the good news is that...
Bridgeport Records builds on its blowout opening weekend
Chicago’s newest independent vinyl shop, Bridgeport Records, opened its doors on July 12 at 3336 S. Halsted. The store is the brainchild of veteran deep-house DJ and producer Vick Lavender and former union leader Jerry Morrison, who’ve both spent decades in the house-music scene but connected for the first time only a few years ago. Lavender founded Sophisticado Recordings in the mid-2000s, and Morrison spent 22 years with the Service Employees International Union, where he played a major role building labor power in Illinois.
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