The Internet Archive begins posting the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Plus: Four locals heat up the dead of winter with new music.

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The City of Chicago is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter ...

A former reporter from the long-gone City News Bureau remembers a brief encounter with Jimmy Carter in Chicago.

Stop Traffic on Redding Road feels like a Pan•American record, it doesn’t feel like a solo Pan•American record.

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Arty Chicago punk trio Background Character just celebrated five years as a band by headlining a show at Gman Tavern, and they’re still just as eager to try new ideas as they were on day one.

Since the 1960s, psychedelic folk oddballs such as Pink Floyd cofounder Syd Barrett and Animal Collective have tuned in to the link between gently wide-eyed pseudo children’s music and quietly ...

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As we collectively dust ourselves off from another raging holiday season, many of us have become masters of avoiding political conversation with our loved ones. Additionally, with VP Harris losing ...