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| What Chicago's Talking About |
| | Madigan Back in Court | Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has a new legal team that will argue his case in appeals court. He has spent the last six months in federal prison. [Sun-Times] | | | Chicago’s Route 66 | A hundred years ago, Route 66 received its iconic number. The so-called Mother Road takes you all the way to California, but it begins in Chicago. (Now at Navy Pier!) Host Jacoby Cochran hopped in the car with Dario Durham and Sara Faddah, hosts of 77 Flavors, to drive the Chicago leg of old Route 66. [City Cast Chicago 🎧] | | Art High School Needs Students | Chicago Academy of the Arts, a private school in West Town, is looking to boost enrollment while facing a $500,000 budget gap. [Block Club] | | | Chicago Sky Trade Angel Reese | The two-time WNBA All-Star is being traded to the Atlanta Dream after two seasons. The Sky is getting the first round pick for the next two seasons in return. [NBC] | |
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| Celebrate Poetry in Chicago |
| | Every month is Poetry Month in Chicago. The City of Broad Shoulders is home to the Poetry Foundation, which publishes “Poetry” magazine, plus constant spoken word events and workshop opportunities. We’re on it year-round. But since April is actually National Poetry Month, consider diving in deeper. | | Our Favorite Chicago Poems | Some classic and more contemporary lyric odes to the complicated city we love. | | “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg | ✒️ Favorite line: “Hog Butcher for the World … City of the Big Shoulders” | | “Chicago’s Congo” by Frank Marshall Davis | ✒️ Favorite line: “Chicago who wears her skyscrapers like a necklace ...” | | “Chicago: City on the Make” by Nelson Algren | ✒️ Favorite line: “Chicago … Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies, but never a lovely so real.” | | “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks | ✒️ Favorite line: The whole thing! (It’s short.) | | “Chicago and December” by W.S. Dipiero | ✒️ Favorite line: “the great stone lions outside monumentally pissed by jumbo wreaths and ribbons” | | “whenever i’m at that land is chicago” by Jose Olivarez | ✒️ Favorite line: “underneath my gym shoes. is a trail of salt. that last sentence is a test.” | | “eschatology” by Eve L. Ewing | ✒️ Favorite line: “i’ll miss crossing guards ushering the grown folks too, like ducklings” | | | Poetry Events All Month Long | Chicago Public Library and plenty more organizations are hosting readings, workshops, lectures, and performances throughout the month. | |
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| | | Discover 115+ independent artists over four vibrant days at The Other Art Fair Chicago. Browse affordable works starting at $100, explore interactive installations, and experience Nostalgia Core: a curated series of artist-led projects celebrating the best of the past. Enjoy local food trucks, a fair bar, and surprises at every turn. Tickets start at $20. Book now to save before prices increase at the door. |
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Thanks for reading my first newsletter. Emmi will be back soon! |
| — Michelle Navarro | Emmi Mack contributed today’s article on poetry. |
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