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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Digital Producer, Arts & Culture
A local’s guide to the best summer in Chicago
In a summer of street fests, these are the 10 Chicago parties to not miss
There’s a neighborhood festival every weekend. But these offer it all: neighborhood flavor, great tunes and stellar food.
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Lauren Viera | For WBEZ
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Arts & Culture
This is the spring of Chicago artist Robert Earl Paige: ‘I’m in pursuit of beauty’
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19:15
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Erin Allen
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Justin Bull
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Gender & Identity
A guide to Chicago’s queer nightlife beyond Northalsted
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18:17
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Erin Allen
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Sarah Stark
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Arts & Culture
Take a Chicago indie bookstore crawl with our transit-friendly guide
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Phyllis Cha
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Arts & Culture
A new book argues that Black Chicago has set the pace for pop culture for decades
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17:48
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Sasha-Ann Simons
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Arts & Culture
What the art crowd wore to opening night of the Midwest's largest art fair
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Brittany Sowacke
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Marie-Helene Bertino’s ‘Beautyland’ is one of the best novels of the year
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18:28
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Greta Johnsen
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Anna Bauman
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Cubs announcer Jeremiah Paprocki has a bold new gig: a late-night talk show
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Nudia Hernandez
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Morgan Ciocca
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Arts & Culture
Every major musical act playing Chicago fests this summer
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Arts & Culture
Here’s what Chicago wore to see RuPaul, the world’s most famous drag queen
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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
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Manuel Martinez
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How the Midwest, poetry and addiction influenced Kaveh Akbar's ‘Martyr!’
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29:18
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Greta Johnsen
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Anna Bauman
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Kiley Reid’s juicy campus novel tackles college students, money and responsibility
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Greta Johnsen
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Anna Bauman
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