In the Loop (Segments)

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 7, 2023 07.07.2023 47:08 ↓

Governor and Illinois Senators join Highland Park residents to remember lives lost last Fourth of July.

Meet Chicago’s first-ever deputy mayor of community safety 07.07.2023 13:24 ↓

The new role will entail more engagement from the community and looking into more city resources.

Food Friday: The Bear’s love letter to Chicago 07.07.2023 16:12 ↓

Fans of the popular FX show can see many of their own stomping grounds highlighted.

Puerto Rican artist Edra Soto on her decade-long project ‘GRAFT’ 06.07.2023 14:33 ↓

Solo’s latest exhibition, “Destination/El Destino: A Decade of GRAFT,” is on display at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center.

New monument project dedicated to Latina histories and arts of Chicago 06.07.2023 15:16 ↓

The Pilsen Latina Histories Monuments Project recently received $200,000 from the city to help with its planning phase.

Mayor Johnson replaces nearly all Chicago Board of Ed members 06.07.2023 10:22 ↓

The mayor is bringing on several activists to the board. In the past, many of the seven seats were filled by consultants, bankers and lawyers.

How the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District handles flooding in Chicago area 06.07.2023 6:15 ↓

Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs were particularly hit hard by the recent storm.

Health benefits and concerns of remote work 06.07.2023 31:43 ↓

Some companies say working in an office is healthier than working from home. We open the phones lines to hear what workers think.

Chicago humorist helps insomniacs sleep with fake baseball broadcasts 06.07.2023 13:17 ↓

The smooth, monotone broadcast is meant to help listeners catch some sleep.

The art of Dom Flemons: Where music and memory come together 05.07.2023 20:47 ↓

The country, blues and folk musician is known as “The American Songster,” a term he says doesn’t pigeonhole him into one type of genre.

Abortion bans are driving high-risk patients to Chicago hospitals 05.07.2023 25:46 ↓

Some of the strictest bans don’t allow patients with high-risk pregnancies to get an abortion unless the mother’s life is in imminent danger.

Monument honoring Rekia Boyd ‘feels like a new moment,’ organizer says 05.07.2023 13:59 ↓

The funding will support phase one of the project, which will include community engagement and design.

Leaders of Chicago’s violence prevention movement weigh in on summer violence 05.07.2023 31:08 ↓

A look at Chicago’s growing violence prevention movement

Celebrating public art in Chicago 03.07.2023 26:57 ↓

If you walk around the city, chances are you’ll come across a beautiful, colorful and sometimes jaw-dropping mural. Reset learns more about the art form from muralists and an enthusiast and hears the kinds of effects these murals can have on residents.

Judy Greer on ‘Sixth Sense,’ perimenopause and her Steppenwolf debut 03.07.2023 20:20 ↓

The actor stars in a new play that takes an honest look at the evolution of marriage.

Highland Park shooting survivors continue push for gun reform, one year later 03.07.2023 14:58 ↓

Within days of the shooting, survivors and community members looked into ways to turn their grief into action.

New documentary ‘Memorial’ is a love letter to Highland Park 03.07.2023 32:16 ↓

The film captures the community’s effort to create a memorial near the site of the mass shooting in honor of lost loved ones.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 30, 2023 30.06.2023 47:38 ↓

NASCAR zooms into downtown as Canadian wildfires foul Chicago’s air. That and more local stories on the Weekly News Recap.

Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program 30.06.2023 11:20 ↓

The program would’ve wiped away up to $400 billion in student loans. Eligible borrowers would have had up to $20,000 of their debt canceled.

Former youth poet laureate Kara Jackson shares tracks off her debut album 30.06.2023 20:03 ↓

“To put it out into the world, it’s so vulnerable, and I just didn’t know what to expect,” Jackson told Reset.

Food Friday: Fulton Market’s Ever on ‘The Bear’ 30.06.2023 15:39 ↓

The show takes creative liberties with the staging of the restaurant, but restaurateurs say its depiction of hospitality culture is spot on.

WTB-ROBIE-HOUSE 29.06.2023 11:37 ↓

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Supreme Court strikes down consideration of race as a factor in college admissions 29.06.2023 16:16 ↓

But the ruling says colleges can still consider “discussion of how race affected the applicant's life.”

Invest South/West faces rising construction 29.06.2023 16:20 ↓

The program’s affordable housing developments are costing more to build than luxury apartments in the River North and the Gold Coast.

Chicago sued over ‘racially discriminatory’ traffic stops 29.06.2023 14:36 ↓

The lawsuit alleges traffic stops have been used to unlawfully search and detain minority residents on the city’s South and West sides.