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PORTAGE PARK — Chris Bauman’s dreams of turning the 106-year-old Portage Theater into a community gathering space that hosts everything from concerts to film screenings and indoor markets is starting to take shape. Bauman’s company, Zenith Music Group, bought the Portage Theater, 4050 N.
Television cameras are placed around the federal courthouse in New York City as the police stand guard outside. Attorney Joseph Corozzo has made a living defending clients who prosecutors say have ties to organized crime. [ more › ]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani filled a cavernous venue in Maspeth, Queens on Sunday with thousands of supporters and city workers to mark his first 100 days in office and continue building the popular support that led him there. In a 35-minute speech, the city’s 112th mayor put the spotlight on the employees
CHICAGO — A Skokie woman fabricated an elaborate story about being detained by immigration officials upon arriving at O’Hare Airport, according to a Wisconsin sheriff who has filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman and an elected official who shared the story. Supporters of Sundas ‘
CHICAGO — The city is getting an early glimpse at summer conditions this week, with warm temperatures and thunderstorms set to hit in equal measure. Temperatures could eclipse 80 degrees on both Monday and Tuesday, with the rest of the week forecast to see temperatures peak in the high 70s, accordin
BROADVIEW — With dildos in hand, protesters gathered outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing center in Broadview Saturday as part of series of nationwide protests against ICE. Following a protest dubbed “Operation Dildo Blitz” outside Minneapolis’s federal bu
BEVERLY — A Chicago man has been sentenced to over 14 years in prison for his role in the violent carjacking of a Beverly family over two years ago. Damarri Conner, 23, was sentenced to 14 and a half years in federal prison Wednesday after prosecutors said he and Kenneth Merritt carjacked an Audi in
The four crew members returned to Houston on Saturday after their historic lunar mission ended Friday. Speaking publicly for the first time since their return, the astronauts grew visibly emotional.
FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel visited the Greene Space in Soho on Thursday night for a sold-out live taping, hosted by ABNY, talking about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?100live “I would give him a B,” said Chrissy. “I’
Friends and loved ones put together a vigil for Eric Duprey after he was killed during a police chase. The Bronx neighborhood where former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran killed Eric Duprey by throwing a cooler at his head responds to Duran’s prison sentence. [ more › ]
As cherry blossoms bloom in the beginning of April, the idyllic promenades of Roosevelt Island transform into catwalks. Visitors travel to the tiny island to capture the fleeting beauty of the flowering trees overlooking the Manhattan skyline — and their own portraits, for Instagram. Crowds we
The board will have multiple opportunities to revise the list before a final vote in June. Before recent changes, the proposal’s length, lack of diversity and Christian focus received criticism.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools will stay open May 1 for now, despite a push from board members and the Chicago Teachers Union to allow teachers and students to join a nationwide protest that day,
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GOOSE ISLAND — The Silver Room’s annual block party is back from a three-year hiatus and will return to the North Side, where it first was held more than two decades ago. The Silver Room Sound System Block Party is noon-10 p.m. July 18 at the Salt Shed, 1357 N. Elston Ave. in West Town, as fir
When body piercing began shifting in the late 80s and early 90s from an obscure underground practice to something more mainstream, there was a particularly fascinating but fraught character at the center of it all: Fakir Musafar. Born Roland Loomis, the South Dakota–raised former Lutheran lived as a
SOUTH CHICAGO — Rewards of up to $1,000 each are being offered for information on two fatal hit-and-run crashes that took place two miles apart last month. Raven Myers, 32, was walking on the 2100 block of East 83rd Street in South Chicago around 10 p.m. March 10 when the driver of a red 2022 Mitsub
ENGLEWOOD — Residents are weighing in on an outline for the city’s reparations agenda that could provide restitution to Black Chicagoans for centuries of racist policies dating back to the era of chattel slavery. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office launched the Repair Chicago community engage
MTA Chair Janno Lieber wanted to lead the reconstruction of Penn Station. President Donald Trump took the project away from him last year. NJ Transit has signed on as a partner in President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild Penn Station. MTA Chair Janno Lieber has declined to do so. [ more › ]
CHICAGO — The city is providing grants of $4,500 to dozens of local groups so they can respond to a growing need for food assistance amid the Trump administration’s cuts to SNAP. Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the program Thursday, saying the city has provided the grants to 67 groups. The fun
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