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My partner and I still rave about your NYE show in Chicago! It was such a fabulous event & sending you so much love then & now you legendary icon!

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025 Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.

Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.

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Please contact your alderperson today and ask them to co-sponsor Resolution 18677!

It was John Stamos day at Riot Fest Saturday.

The actor sat in with the Beach Boys. A butter statue was erected and a lookalike contest was held in his honor.

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What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

Eagleman returns in One Tail At A Time’s viral new ad: "Look at those rescue pups!" blockclubchi.co/4lHAuMF

Hot Take: AJLT series finale was the best case scenario ending that cast & crew could execute after a sudden cancellation notice w/o warning. I really enjoyed it & will miss my girls every week. Time for another rewatch of the whole series in 3 2 1.

Front row center when that tour materializes in the future!

Volunteers, friends vow to carry on work of late Chicago LGBTQ+ activist: ‘We’re her legacy’ The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.

The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.

Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.

🎵 She's beauty and she's grace/she's Miss United States 🎵

Had many opportunities 2 interact w/ Lori at Hell In A Handbag shows. What a storyteller! What a kind giving person! The kindest & truest advocate 4 all queer & trans people that left an indelible mark on Chicago’s LGBTQ+ herstory! Lori you will be missed! We promise 2 share ur legacy always!

You gotta ring them bells!!!

Look Up Your Representative's Number Call your representative today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.

This bill is bad. But the fight isn’t over yet.

There’s still time to tell your representatives to say NO to this cruel bill: ewar.ren/y8t

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

Why You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To Give Sylvia Rivera was met with jeers and boos at one of the very first Pride Parades on this day in 1973. Here’s why that matters now.

On this day more than 50 years ago, Sylvia Rivera climbed onto a stage to advocate for incarcerated trans people at a Pride rally and demanded trans inclusion in the fight for rights.

Hearing her speech is important 50 years later.

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Want to Help Plants and Pollinators Make a Love Connection? Check Out Morton Arboretum’s New ‘Matchmaking’ Info Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.

Morton Arboretum has gotten into the matchmaking business.

Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.

Doechii Has the Only Correct Response to the I.C.E. Raids Across the U.S. “People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people: For Black people, for Latino people, fo...

“People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people: For Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza."
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Chicago's secondhand stores see more business in the wake of Trump's trade war even as they face rising costs Shoppers, squeezed by higher prices, trying to save on clothing by hitting resale and consignment shops.

Chicago’s secondhand shops say they’re seeing a surge in sales as rising prices fueled by tariffs push some people away from buying new clothes and accessories.

Mariah Carey Releases 'The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)' Mariah Carey celebrates the milestone anniversary of her 10th album with "The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)."

Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)" is here. Stream it now. #Mimi20

It’s Shakira at Sueños day!!! Me encanta Shakira para siempre!!! Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan!!!

Cold War and Oh Maker

Thank you! So excited!

Can you share the link of where you got this fabulous find? I need to buy several copies!

The Beyoncé show last night was incredible. The execution was flawless. And the LAYERS! Say what you will, but she puts in the work, puts on an exuberant and defiant three hour show and her wig remains SNATCHED. idgaf. I’m going again.

Won’t stop asking until it finally happens

Chicago Public Library discontinues e-cards, sets new digital borrowing limits Starting May 1, library users will need to swap their e-card for a new access card with two options — a full-access card for Chicago residents or a temporary card with limited access.

Starting May 1, the Chicago Public Library is making changes to library cards. E-cards will be discontinued, and library users will need to apply for a new access card with two options — a full-access card for Chicago residents or a temporary card.

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Bunny angst - Chicago Reader Scary Town by David Cerda at Hell in a Handbag, blends storybook whimsy and family dysfunction from the author's own life.

My RECOMMENDED @chicagoreader.com review of "Scary Town" with Hell in a Handbag (wrote a feature on this last week). chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Tori Amos Takes Advice From the Muses The iconic singer-songwriter talks music, books and muses.

Despite this looking like one of those sites that regurgitates articles from Rolling Stone or Pitchfork or whatever, this seems to be an interview that we missed earlier. Doh! www.papermag.com/tori-amos-mu...

Oh. My. Gaga. #Gagachella