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Lincoln Park’s Activist Roots Detailed In New WTTW Documentary On The Young Lords
LINCOLN PARK — A new documentary chronicles the rise of the Young Lords, a group of Puerto Rican revolutionaries, and their fight to preserve their legacy and livelihood in 1960s Lincoln Park. The documentary, “The Young Lords of Lincoln Park,” is part of WTTW’s newest season of its Emmy-award...
Warm Friday ahead before cool stretch moves in for Chicago area
CHICAGO (CBS) — Following pleasant weather all week, big swings in temperature are coming.Overnight, star gazers away from city lights may be treated to a great showing of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. Warm southwest winds boost highs into the 80s on Friday – only a few degrees shy of Oct. 11 record highs in the Chicago area. A pair of cold fronts drop temperatures this weekend into early next week.Behind the first cool front Saturday, there will be a large range in temperatures from near 80 degrees in Kankakee to the mid-60s on the north shore. A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible.The second push of cool air arrives Sunday mainly dry, but with strong north winds for Chicago Marathon runners.Monday, expect the coolest air since April with highs locked in the 50s, mainly gray skies, and a few periods of light lake-effect rain.What to expect tonightClear and cool, with a low of 53Mostly sunny on FridayVery warm, with a high of 83A few showers and storms on Saturday Turning cooler, with a high of 68
Thursday forecast: Once again, sunny and pleasant, with wide temp range around Chicagoland
Chicagoland residents might feel a little like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” judging by the weather conditions. But don’t worry, it is actually a different day. Thursday will feel exactly like Wednesday in Chicagoland, and a lot like the days before that. Once again, the area will be bathed in pleasant fall conditions, with abundant […]
Local faith leaders react to Oct. 7 anniversary: ‘See the humanity on both sides’
In the year since Oct. 7, 2023, when the attacks and armed violence in Israel and the Middle East threw the region into moral, as well as military, crisis, we asked local faith leaders in the northern suburbs to weigh in. The area is home to many Jewish synagogues in Northbrook, Skokie, Evanston, Glenview, Wilmette and elsewhere, as well as a growing Arab and Muslim population centered around ...
Shh! Don’t tell anyone! This is Chicago’s most underrated outdoor bar
As I type this little ditty out, I do so with some level of pause. Will I regret giving out the information and location to one of my favorite Chicago watering holes? Maybe 1) People might actually read this (smiley face) and 2) People could listen to my advice and start showing up there in larger numbers, and then it would be hard for me to find a seat in one of my favorite comfy cushioned seats there.
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