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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023 events included a Sunday West Loop ballroom competition, during which trans people could be themselves.

This is part of Rising Black Voices in Wine, a feature from our October 2020 issue. More information on the project can be found here. We present here a small slice of the burgeoning Black wine community, broken into two groups. You’ll find Trailblazers, those who have firmly established themselves in the wine community and

Vanille Patisserie is launching a charitable campaign to help those in need this holiday season, and the ABC7 morning team had a pie off Saturday.

Altra Federal Credit Union awarded Therapet the Community Choice Award through its third annual Best Life Community Awards on Wednesday at the West Loop 323 location in Tyler.

It’s a classic Chicago story: An alderman wants something done in their ward, and the mayor’s office twists their arm to get a favor back in exchange. But in this case, the proposed trade chip is the fate of West Loop homeless encampments. And an official in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is taking the unusual step of acknowledging the would-be quid pro quo took place, calling it a ...

Anyone who believes city government can function without deal-making is a fool. Ever since the first City Hall in the Saloon Building at Lake and Clark streets, favors have been exchanged for political support. Sometimes tacitly, sometimes with an embarrassing paper trail. Mayors need votes for agendas and aldermen, 50 of them, need attention for their wards’ pressing needs. But if there is ...

About $10,000 in merchandise was stolen during a smash-and-grab burglary at Ulta Beauty on South Halsted in the West Loop, Chicago police said.

After being closed because of Covid in 2020, Sikia will host one last luncheon before getting renovated and hosting a grand opening in fall of 2024.

The number of bus arrivals has fallen from nine a day to a few a day, and the 2,300 migrants awaiting placement in city shelters are the fewest since late September.

Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting.