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Chicago’s LGBTQ+ publication Windy City Times curated over 75 Pride Month events happening in Chicago this June. Here are a few to plan your month.
Thanks to Windy City Times, you don’t need to live in Chicago proper to find an event to celebrate Pride. Whether you’re in Aurora, Evanston, Oak Park, or Whiting, Indiana, there’s something for everyone this Pride Month.
Brian Sleeth says a rare Topps card that arrived in an order of pope cards is a symbol of faith, family and a full-circle moment rooted in his South Side upbringing. The current bid online is $4,500, but collectibles experts say it could go for closer to 10 times that amount.
El papa nacido en esta ciudad se dirigió a una multitud de 30,000 en un mensaje transmitido en vivo desde el Vaticano: “Construyan comunidad [y] amistad como hermanos y hermanas”.
The Chicago-born pope addressed a crowd of 30,000 in a live-streamed message from the Vatican: “Build up community [and] friendship as brothers and sisters.”
Darby Lynn Cartwright and Alexis P. Bevels — the duo behind the beloved drag comedy series “IMHO (In My Homosexual Opinion)” — is bringing their live show to Chicago for the first time since moving to Los Angeles in 2022.
Police say a car hit an SUV that rolled over and struck Maria Ochoa on Saturday in the 5600 block of South Archer Avenue near Midway Airport. Family and friends held a vigil there Sunday evening calling for speed cameras, increased police presence to combat racing.
“I want everyone who walks though the gate to feel happy,” Randolph Street Market founder Sally Schwartz says. The market kicked off its 22nd season this weekend in the West Loop with more than 200 dealers, live music and a variety of food vendors.
Early Sunday, the man was standing in the 1800 block of South Karlov Avenue when someone shot him from a white SUV, police said.
The two people were wounded when someone in a black SUV shot them in the 3000 block of West Chicago Avenue, police said.