If it seems like you suddenly know a lot of people with COVID-19 this summer, it’s not just you. COVID-19 is again on the rise in the Chicago area and across the country — the fourth consecutive summer the nation has experienced an upswing. “It hasn’t gone away,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health and a professor of medicine in in … [Read more...] about COVID-19 on the upswing in Chicago again this summer
This Chicago dance party is for ladies who want to wind down before midnight
As dozens of women crowd the dance floor at Color Club in Irving Park, many wearing fancy dresses and surrounded by disco lights, the DJ starts playing “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls. Cheers go up during the lyric, “Make it last forever,” before the room belts, “Friendship never ends!” In fact, enjoying a fun night with friends — at a reasonable hour — is what brought many to th … [Read more...] about This Chicago dance party is for ladies who want to wind down before midnight
While scary, cicada killer wasps serve an important purpose
I have found some holes dug between the bricks in my driveway. There are little piles of sand by the holes, and I was wondering what insect might be making them; I do not see any ants in the vicinity. There have been some unusually large wasps flying around this area. — Jeffery Pearl, Highland Park Your description sounds like there may be cicada killer wasps nesting in your d … [Read more...] about While scary, cicada killer wasps serve an important purpose
‘No one asked’: Many West Side residents say they were left in dark about DNC plans
For the past half-century, Dee Henderson has lived in an old brick house a few hundred feet from the United Center. Henderson, 66, has raised her children and grandchildren in the house. She’s hosted parties for Chicago Bulls victories and spent summers on her back porch, sipping her favorite cocktail — Tito’s vodka, orange juice, grenadine and Sprite — and watching her kids … [Read more...] about ‘No one asked’: Many West Side residents say they were left in dark about DNC plans
Letters: America is not a safe place for its Jewish citizens
I am a proud second-generation American Jew. My grandparents immigrated here in the early 1900s to escape the pogroms of Europe. America offered my family and many others like them a safe haven from Jew hatred. But did it? In the late 1960s, I transferred from a public school on the North Side of the city to a private Jewish day school because I was physically assaulted by … [Read more...] about Letters: America is not a safe place for its Jewish citizens