Katie Anthony

Audience Engagement Specialist
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Katie Anthony was an audience engagement specialist at the Sun-Times from 2022 to 2025. She wrote about trending news and events around Chicago. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter for the Sun-Times.

Has Friday Morning Swim Club gotten too big for its own good? As more people join the early morning plunge, the club is breaking almost every rule the park district has about swimming — and getting away with it.

Aug 18, 2023

A person is pulled out of Lake Michigan instead of waiting for the ladder at Montrose Harbor during Friday Morning Swim Club on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.
A person is pulled out of Lake Michigan instead of waiting for the ladder at Montrose Harbor during Friday Morning Swim Club on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. | Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times

Latest from Katie Anthony

Gov. JB Pritzker will be joined by Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gov. Kathy Houchul of New York for the hearing that begins at 9 a.m.
The Cowboy Carter Tour will make its way to Chicago on May 15, 17 and 18.
Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, became the first pope from the United States. Now, Chicago businesses are getting in on the action.
As wet spring weather descends on Chicago, free museum days provide a budget-friendly rainy day activity. From the Shedd to the Planetarium to the Museum of Contemporary Art, here are a list of free days in April.
St. Patrick’s Day weekend will kick off Saturday with the river dyeing and downtown parade.
There’s an art to serving a pint of Guinness — these five Chicago pubs take pride in their pours.
The viral phenomenon has sent the desire for Guinness surging among young people just in time for the busy St. Pat’s Day weekend.
Pączki Day, or Fat Tuesday, is March 4. Here are the spots you can get the Polish treat, and whether or not you’ll have to order ahead.
The “Brat” era is far from over — Charli XCX is slated to play Allstate Arena in Rosemont April 28, 2025.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also took to social media, opening the doors of the state to “vulnerable communities” he says face a “new uncertainty” following the election.