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Silent senses  For some the long-haul COVID-19 loss of taste and smell is more than an inconvenience—it’s a loss of livelihood. Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe "I discovered foods that I could enjoy—generally dishes high in flavor or with great textural elements (crispy carrots, melty cheese, etc.), but I still could not taste correctly. Undeterred, I was certain I was on the road to recovering my senses." ...

Photo courtesy Annie Saunders Annie Saunders, 46, grew up in the Chicago area, and as a teenager she moved into a punk house and began putting on shows. These days, she works as a veterinarian in Wisconsin and sings and plays bass in Chicago-based punk and power-pop band Time Thieves. Inspired by the Instagram page @punkhouseoakland, Saunders launched @punkhousechicago last month to document the citys punk houses past and present. Shes accepting photo...

Desafío Candente (“Incandescent Defiance”), is an epic set of jazz and spoken word inspired by Las Venas Abiertas de Latinoamérica (“The Open Veins of Latin America”), an iconic series of historical essays by Uruguayan author and poet Eduardo Galeano. The Chicago-based drummer and composer invited more than 30 musicians and speakers from 11 countries to appear on the recording, in addition to his usual sextet: double bassist Kitt Lyles, pianist Joaquín García, reedist Artie Black, ...

click to enlarge Chase Fade / Unsplash In 2018, William Thomas C. was caught with 18 pounds of cannabis a few days after returning home from vacation with his grandchildren. He was charged with cannabis trafficking and manufacturing or delivering more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, according to court records. Before then, William,...

click to enlarge Rebecca Lyon This time last year, the film-loving farceur behind the Music Box Theatres beloved Twitter account—now restored to its former glory after a bogus several-week suspension due to supposed copyright infringement—replied to a tweet from a film fan in a conversation about Christopher Nolan: "Keep your fingers ...

Cook clerk touts bills transparency, but critics disagree Follow Us Question of the Day By JOSH McGEE of Injustice Watch - Associated Press - Saturday, April 10, 2021 CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez has walked back a campaign pledge to give the public more access to records from her office under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. The clerk is the official record keeper for the...

Beach Bunny, Oceanator to perform at second BUMP show of the semester provided by Chicago Reader Indie-pop band Beach Bunny will headline the semester’s second BUMP show. Female-led acts to bring a change of pace with rock, indie sounds April 7, 2021 provided by Bandcamp Brooklyn-based musician Oceanator will be the opening act for the BUMP show on April 10. Students will be on “Cloud 9” on April 10 as American indie-pop artists Beach Bunny and Oceanator take the...

click to enlarge LGBTQ+ people in Chicago are more at risk for certain health conditions but less likely to receive care. The social inequality and stigma afflicting the LGBTQ+ and TGNC (transgender and gender non-conforming) populations in Chicago creates a health-care quandary; they’re more susceptible to issues such as HIV, cancer, and suicide, yet less likely to receive care.  Nationally, LGBT youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide, gay men are at hig...

News 6 p.m. Illinois’ COVID-19 positivity rate holds steady at two-month high, hospitalizations jump to highest level in over a month People receive doses of a COVID-19 vaccine at the drive-thru vaccination site at the United Center’s mass vaccination clinic on the Near West Side, Tuesday afternoon, March 23, 2021. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Public health officials on Monday that Illinois’ COVID-19 positivity rate held steady at a two-month high as the number of coronavirus-related hos...