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Online voter registration has now closed in Illinois ahead of the November 5th Presidential Election. Voters who still need to register to vote, as well as file a name or address change, can still do so at any Early Voting site ahead of and on Election Day, as well as at their precinct polling place on Election Day. Voters will need to bring two forms of ID, one of those which shows their current address.
- www.them.us The Long History of How Halloween Became “Gay Christmas”
As early as 1935, Alfred Finnie, a gay Black man in Chicago, was throwing glamorous Halloween balls on the city’s South Side.
As early as 1935, Alfred Finnie, a gay Black man in Chicago, was throwing glamorous Halloween balls on the city’s South Side.
Any voter in Chicago can vote at any Early Voting site, no matter where they live in the city. Voters can choose whatever voting site is most convenient for them, including on Election Day.
All Early Voting locations are ADA-compliant and fully accessible to voters with disabilities.
Chicago 50 Ward Early Voting: October 21 – November 5
Weekdays: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Election Day (Nov. 5): 6:00 am – 7:00 pm
(photo by Mikhail Nilov)
The crowd filled in really quick, great content.
hilarious show w/ ties to Chicago:
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
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Came across this show recently and it has been a hilarious watch, especially for October! My partner is a journalist and gets quite a kick out of it! If you are an X-Files fan you might be interested, as Chris Carter cited Kolchak as a "tremendous influence" in creating his franchise The X-Files.
It's available via Peacock or the high seas :) Enjoy!
- chipublib.bibliocommons.com A Conversation with Chicago's Leading UFOlogists
This year we’ve seen a rise in the interest of UFO phenomenon and related activity. Even celebrities Tucker Carlson and John Oliver have given interesting interviews on the subject, and experts (George Knapp/Jeremy Corbell) have addressed the congressional hearings. Please join us for an opportunity...
A Conversation with Chicago's Leading UFOlogists
Saturday, October 19, 2024 1:00PM – 3:00PM Harold Washington Library Center
- www.chicagomushrooms.org Free Chicago Mushroom Events! - Chicago Mushroom Club
Join in on free monthly events hosted by Chicago's only mushroom club! Forays, Seminars, Food Tastings, Guest Speakers, you name it!
October 22nd, 2024 at 5pm
Wicker Park Neighborhood Walk (Accessible)
Meet at Churchill Park!
We will be walking around the park and neighborhood searching for fungi in wood-chips, flowerbeds, and on big trees.
This is a walk that will take place on paved paths and is an accessible option for folks with disabilities.
If you are curious about joining our club, all you have to do is show up! We will welcome you, walk with you, and learn together with you. We are all about open-access to education for all.
If you’re shy, quiet, outgoing, anxious, whatever; we have no expectations, and just hope to see you enjoy the nature around us. And hopefully you can learn something along the way!
Our meetups are family friendly, queer friendly, relaxed, and free!
Please keep in mind that we will be stopping frequently during our walk, which may be obnoxious to younger folks. When we find something, we stop to discuss our find. It is best if the group all stays together so everyone can see and hear!
Forays on public land mean harvesting is okay! So if we find anything scientifically significant we can collect it and send it off to have its DNA sequenced.
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Red Line
- • 85%itsgoingdown.org Announcing the Fall Anarchist Skillshare November 1st – 3rd in Chicago
Announcing the fall Chicago Anarchist CareShare from November 1st - 3rd. For more information, go here. Let’s take care of each other so we can be dangerous together. Join us for a fall Chicago Anarchist CareShare, the weekend before the election on November 1st - 3rd! After over a year full of acti...
- • 25%itsgoingdown.org Seattle Is Never Coming Back: Reflections on the DNC
A critical look at the recent demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in so-called Chicago. Originally posted to Lake Effect. The Democratic National Convention descended on Chicago during the last week of August, bringing with it swarms of police and ...
- www.nbcchicago.com Caleb Williams’ painted nails feature message to Bears fans
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has drawn attention in the past for painting his fingernails prior to games, and he did just that ahead of the team’s opener against the Tennessee Titans.
Williams and the Bears will face the Titans in the season opener Sunday.
This massive 175-kilometre tunnel is quietly saving the windy city.
An old one but still kinda relevant. But maybe Logan -> Avondale & Wicker -> Logan ?
- • 96%boltsmag.org Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year
Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.
- www.wbez.org Protesters clash with police leading to dozens of arrests in West Loop
A group that has invoked the riotous convention of 1968 protested at the Israeli consulate, 500 W. Madison St., Tuesday evening.
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240821114418/https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/20/chicago-top-cop-police-ready-next-round-protests-israeli-consulate
- www.instagram.com Inside with Jen Psaki on Instagram: "Governor Pritzker shows Jen Psaki Chicago liquer before this year’s Democratic convention #malort #chicago #msnbc #dnc #pritzker"
3,905 likes, 90 comments - insidewithpsaki on August 17, 2024: "Governor Pritzker shows Jen Psaki Chicago liquer before this year’s Democratic convention #malort #chicago #msnbc #dnc #pritzker".
Gov. Pritzker welcomed Jen Psaki to Chicago in the best way possible
Performing Red Wine Supernova
Good thing they got her a bigger stage lol
- https:// www.chicagotribune.com /2024/08/07/trying-to-reduce-stigma-mayo-launches-lgbtq-focused-breast-cancer-clinic/
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15452841
> People who identify as LGBTQ can face major disparities and stigma when it comes to cancer care, often resulting in later-stage diagnoses and poorer outcomes than other patients. > > Dr. Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is determined to change that. > > This summer, Cathcart-Rake and a team at Mayo launched Rainbows, a cancer clinic tailored to meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender-diverse and intersex patients. Rainbows will initially focus on supporting patients with breast cancer, with the goal of eventually expanding to include other types of tumors already treated at Mayo.
- • 86%itsgoingdown.org Reflections on the UChicago Popular University for Gaza Encampment
An extensive analysis on the Palestinian solidarity movement and protest encampments that sprang up in Chicago this summer. Originally posted to the Lake Effect Collective website. The final Gaza solidarity encampment to fall in the city of Chicago was pitched on June 8th at Buckingham Fountain, dir...
- chi.streetsblog.org Proposed Archer, Kedzie upgrades would be a big step forward to improve traffic safety on the Southwest Side - Streetsblog Chicago
The planned improvements include a 4-to-3 road diet and slip lane removals on Archer, protected bike lanes, pedestrian upgrades, and bus boarding islands.
- https:// www.chicagotribune.com /2024/07/22/oscar-mayer-wienermobile-crash/
Seriously, do they just let anyone drive that thing? What an idiot of a driver.
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Sundaze
Roosevelt Red Line station
- jinxpress.org 14th District Oath Keeper cop interfered with DCFS investigation, removed from SWAT for unknown incident | Jinx Press
Police records and social media posts illustrate massive misconduct issues with Sergeant Michael Nowacki, who will also not be disciplined for joining the anti-government militia that helped coordinate the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack.
- • 96%blockclubchicago.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says He Will Bus More Migrants To Chicago Ahead Of DNC
The Texas governor made the comments Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.
- • 100%blockclubchicago.org Police Shot Person After Chase In Humboldt Park
Officers were conducting a "street stop investigation" when one person ran away and tried to pick up a gun before an officer opened fire, striking them multiple times, police said.
