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07/11/2025

Join us at Thalia Hall Free For All, a free-admission building crawl featuring programming across Thalia Hall 's main stage and Punch House, plus vendors and other pop-ups! Lineup TBA.
Learn more: https://trib.al/YmDJ7ie

07/11/2025

Chicago Public Schools sent layoff notices to 1,458 teachers and other staff Friday due to enrollment shifts, school-specific needs and other programmatic decisions, the school district said.

But Chicago Public Schools says the majority will get hired at other schools within the district. The layoffs don't help CPS close its $734 million deficit.

07/11/2025

“I wanted to try to empathize with what it was like to be a postal carrier. It seems like there’s a strange kind of repetition to it,” Chris Ware said. “You’re tracing the same path every single day... yet time is passing at the same time.”

The Riverside-based artist has designed a delightfully detailed sheet of 20 Forever stamps, in honor of the Postal Service’s 250th birthday.

07/11/2025

The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.

The new interpretation of a 1996 law, which also affects health centers, goes into effect once its published in the Federal Registry, the feds says. Also impacted are adult education programs.

07/11/2025

As elderly Americans begin to lose SNAP and Medicaid under President Trump’s new tax and spending law, providers brace for more senior citizens looking for enough to eat. Demand for Meals on Wheels is expected to surge in the days ahead.

As elderly Americans begin to lose SNAP and Medicaid under President Trump’s new tax and spending law, providers brace for more senior citizens looking for enough to eat.

07/11/2025

Northwestern University researchers studied tens of thousands of data points to figure out who is most likely to get sick or die from extremely hot weather and will present 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.

07/10/2025

Photos: After being closed for refurbishment since January 2024, the Art Institute of Chicago’s 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century European design galleries reopen Friday. On view will be some objects that have never been exhibited previously.

How do you fashion modern galleries to showcase objects from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries? Visitors find out starting Friday.

07/10/2025

This August, Food Aid Festival is addressing food insecurity on Chicago’s Westside through live music, food and community. Join WBEZ and Robert's Westside at this two-day fundraiser and celebration.
Tix:https://www.wbez.org/event/food-aid-2025-two-nights-of-cracker

07/10/2025

Listen: President Trump posted letters to 14 countries Monday detailing new tariffs expected to take effect August 1. WBEZ's Reset sits down with a tariff expert to discuss what they could mean for Chicago businesses and consumers.

President Trump posted letters to 14 countries Monday detailing new tariffs expected to take effect August 1.

07/10/2025

Listen: In July 1995, 739 Chicagoans died during a five-day heat wave that shocked the city. This week, Reset takes a look back at the summer of 1995, to hear from people sounding the alarm today to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself.

In July 1995, 739 Chicagoans died during a five-day heat wave that shocked the city.

07/10/2025

“Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” opens Friday spotlighting America’s most prolific public art sculptor. It also features one of his last works, a 15-foot sculpture called Hero Ascending that is destined for the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House.

“Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” opens Friday at the Loyola University Museum of Art, spotlighting America's most prolific public art sculptor.

07/10/2025

Chicago dance troupe The Seldoms has been known for a few things over its 22-year history. Featuring dancers, video projections and music by the indie pop duo Finom, the performance phenomenon is unfolding across the area in July.

Featuring dancers, video projections and music by the indie pop duo Finom, the performance phenomenon is unfolding across the area in July.