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Chicago’s Joe Policastro Trio will be playing The Evening Muse on Sat, Jan 25 as noted at https://www.eveningmuse.com/e/joe-policastro-trio-chicago-jazz—74848655343/ Hailed by Downbeat for its “deft analysis...

Ola Faleti is a Chicago-based writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and all genres in between. Her work has been featured in Chicago Reader, Hypertext Magazine, Interim Poetics, Jet Fuel Review and elsewhere. Currently, she’s the nonfiction editor at Vagabond City Lit. Ola's favorite number is 9. She believes there’s no such thing as too many flowers.

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On June 25, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to legalize recreational marijuana. Since the bill took effect on Jan. 1, 2020, the industry has boomed in the area. The city was projected to bring in $1.5 billion, according to ABC-7. With 118 dispensaries filled with various products, one of… Continue reading This Black Women-Led Cannabis Company Is Standing Out In The Illinois Industry: ‘Aligning To Answer What Social Equity Needed&#x20...

Cheshire Cat Comedy stand-up & burlesque showcase with Shirley Blazen, Mathew Mitchell, Richard Gomez, Shilpa Rege, host Sasha Rosser. $15 ($10 adv.).

The survival thriller topped Netflixs film chart, but it shouldnt be the only movie you watch on the streaming giant this week.

Marvels biggest box-office bomb will make its streaming debut in mid-January, but it isnt coming to Disney Plus just yet.

WILLIAMSBURG — A new comedy festival coming to Williamsburg Jan. 25-28 will showcase dozens of stand-up comedians and improv teams from around the country…

David Michael Milliner, former editor and publisher of The Chicago Defender, passed away on New Year’s Eve.