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Residents want large festivals out of Douglass Park, say they pose a danger to patients at nearby hospitals

Riot Fest, a showcase of alternative music, draws tens of thousands of fans. But community activists and health workers say concerts at the park disturb patients at nearby hospitals and tie-up a vital community resource for days.

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Johnson tells CFD grads he’s ‘committed to investing in the work that you do’

In his first firefighter graduation ceremony as mayor, Brandon Johnson told the graduates that leaders in “my administration are also here to support you and to lift you up in your service.”

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Hear My Story: An Evening with Chicago Drag Performers

Sun-Times columnist and host Ismael Perez was joined by drag performers Jakki Love, Starr Stallion and Allegra Dee Love for this family-friendly storytelling experience.

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Chicago counterfeiter-turned-painter still finds money much to his liking

Arthur J. Williams spent 12 years in prison, where he learned to paint — and now he’s a successful artist in Chicago whose work on canvas features all things currency.

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Northwestern drives toward goal line on $800 million Ryan Field project

Facing opposition in Evanston, university officials want to see action soon on the plans to make the stadium suitable for concerts and other events.

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Ban the ban, not the book? Giannoulias caps return with string of legislative wins, including anti-censorship law

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias told the Sun-Times he was “blown away” after reading about book bans across the country. “To me, this is a slippery slope, and it goes against what education is about,” he said.

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Parking meter deal keeps on giving — for private investors, not Chicago taxpayers

Results of the latest parking meter audit by accounting giant KPMG shows meter revenues reached a record $140.4 million last year - with 60 years left on a 75-year lease.

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PHOTOS: Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade in Humboldt Park celebrates culture and ‘a really good time’

The Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas, dedicated to Puerto Rican culture, continues Sunday in the heart of Chicago’s Puerto Rican community.

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Polling Place: Arlington Heights? Naperville? In the city? Where will the Bears end up?

We also asked for your thoughts on the PGA Tour’s controversial partnership agreement with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf.

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Is Chicago ready to expand the coach house and basement unit program?

City officials and multiple alderpersons agree the Additional Dwelling Unit program deserves a boost. But amid political and logistical hurdles, they warn it will take time.

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Picture Chicago: 18 can’t miss Sun-Times’ photos

Taylor Swift and her Swifties took over the city, a giant pigeon was spotted in Welles Park, and Chicago Public Schools students started summer break.

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Graffiti-style mural near Southwest Side Orange Line L stop features ‘Trains-formers’

The L car versions of “Transformers” characters Optimus Prime and Megatron were created by the graffiti artist Emte as part of a hip hop-themed art contest last weekend.

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Inside Chicago’s catalytic converter theft epidemic

Thieves have taken more than 17,000 in Chicago since 2019, and that’s surely an undercount. Of those reported thefts, only 34 had an arrest, a Sun-Times analysis finds. How you can protect yours.

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Seeing pink: Malibu Barbie Cafe pop-up opens in Chicago

The “experiential eatery” in the West Loop channels the 1970s California beach vibe inspired the Malibu Barbie doll, released in 1971.

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Boy, 14, shot to death across the street from where brother was critically wounded years before: ‘Kids feel trapped,’ their mother says

Pierre Johnson was sitting on a porch across the street from his home in Fuller Park when he was killed in a shooting that wounded several other people.

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Massive ‘fancy’ pigeon captured by volunteers on North Side

Pigeon experts say it is likely a domestic bird that escaped its home and is in danger of being gobbled up by a predator. It will be put up for adoption.

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Immigrant who died at Woodlawn shelter identified: ‘He was a very good person’

Luis Alberto Aguilar Peres was a father and husband who made the long trek from Venezuela to the United States for a better life, his friend said. He died June 2.

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Chicago Blues Festival to kick off in full force after pandemic era cancellations and constraints

More than 180,000 people are expected to attend the largest free blues festival in the world, opening Thursday evening at Millennium Park.

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CPS seniors rack up record scholarship money

Schools CEO Pedro Martinez says “the pandemic caused a lot of challenges for our city and our district,” particularly for this year’s graduating seniors, who were high school freshmen when schools shut down.

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Chicago’s top cop search: civilian oversight panel starting in-person interviews

Anthony Driver, president of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Police Accountability, said input from rank-and-file officers at an FOP meeting last week is something former CPD Supt. David Brown never would have allowed.

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Robert Falls leaves an indelible legacy at the Goodman Theatre as his final season ends

Under his leadership, the Goodman produced more than 150 world premieres. It also sent more than two dozen shows to Broadway, where they garnered 22 Tony Awards.

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Stalled stadium talks in Arlington Heights create opening for Chicago mayor — if he’s willing to rewrite his playbook

Brandon Johnson’s promise to make $1 billion worth of “investments in people,” makes it tough to imagine him moving a new Chicago Bears stadium to the top of his “to do” list.

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Chicago blanketed by white cottonwood tree fluff in a banner year for the stuff

The excessive fluff might have something to do with last year’s weather. The trees — among Chicago’s most common — are producing far more seeds than usual.

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Chicago has rolled with radio for 101 years

As automakers ponder dropping AM radio, and Congress considers stopping them, a look back on the technology’s deep roots in Chicago.

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Family remembers woman killed in Austin mass shooting: ‘She had her whole life ahead of her’

Relatives and friends release white and pink balloons to honor Terry’a Adams, 25, who was looking forward to going to school to become a nurse in August.

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