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In a basement theater, the musical ‘Amelie’ builds a Parisian wonderland full of whimsy and kindness
The musical, staged by the Jeff Award-winning Kokandy Productions, requires actors like Aurora Penepacker to act, sing and play instruments.
The operators of Chicago-area companies that make such goods as kitchen and organizational products say higher tariffs on Chinese imports is threatening the survival of their businesses.
Devonte Williamson, 23, was described as “very outgoing, very popular.” At a balloon release Thursday, family of Taylor Walker, 26, said she was a “sweet girl” who “took care of her siblings and her mother.”
Donald Trump’s trade policies and 51st-state talk don’t play well at Canada birthday gathering at an Andersonville pub, where only two Canadian craft beers were being served, down from 11 last year. “They’ve been great neighbors for decades, and I hope it stays that way.”
Debra White’s OEMC dispatch colleagues describe her as the “mama” of the unit, making everyone feel welcome and treating emergency callers with empathy. They held her up when tragedy struck her own family and sent her off to retirement with cake, tears and a procession of police and firefighters.
If Mirsad “Mike” Causevic is successful, a 12-foot-tall statue on the Northwest Side will honor 3,176 people killed in his former homeland in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Gale Street Inn, a Jefferson Park institution, closes for good without any advance word to customers
“I’m tired, it’s hard,” owner George Karzas said after suddenly shutting down the Northwest Side restaurant that’s been around since 1963. He said staffing was a big factor.
A group of 61 independent filmmakers and production companies said the state agency has been making it harder for them to navigate the state’s Film Production Tax Credit program.
Owners say since the city’s One Fair Wage law took effect last year, it has forced them to raise prices, cut staff or limit hiring.
At two recent anti-Trump protests in Chicago, the crowds were overwhelmingly white and middle-aged. But Black activists say it’s “a false narrative” to say the Black community isn’t proactively fighting the Trump agenda.