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Bally’s in River West wins the jackpot as Chicago’s first casino

By Reel Chicago May 6, 2022

Bally's Casino is coming to Chicago. The city has chosen Bally’s Corporation to be the recipient of its sole casino license and the developer to create a world-class casi...

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Mayor’s new Chicagwa Water campaign offers Chicago water in a can

By Reel Chicago May 6, 2022

The City has a new branding campaign to promote Chicago’s water quality in honor of National Drinking Water Week. Chicagwa. Lake Michigan water on a can. Area artists wer...

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Chicago Botanic Garden celebrates 50th birthday

By Reel Chicago Apr 30, 2022

The Chicago Botanic Garden has experienced extraordinary growth over the last five decades and it is marking its 50th birthday in 2022 with Flourish: The Garden at 50. St...

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Police ask for help and release videos of Kwame Amoaku’s attackers

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2022

Chicago Police Department posted a tweet with a video of three people brutally attacking Kwame Amoaku, Director of the Chicago Film Office. The post also included surveillance ...

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Lightfoot says carjacking spikes linked to kids feeling unloved

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2022

On Saturday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke to adolescents between the ages of 14 and 24 at the Harold Washington Library during a special town hall meeting addressing safety effor...

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Update: New details on the Kwame Amoaku attack

By Reel Chicago Apr 3, 2022

Friday, Reel Chicago reported that beloved Chicago Film Director Kwame Amoaku, was brutally attacked Wednesday morning. He posted on his Facebook page: "This a.m. I was att...

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Mayor Lightfoot unveils citywide vision for network of trails and corridors

By Reel Chicago Apr 1, 2022

The City of Chicago has released a citywide vision of trails and open spaces that will contribute to a network of community-led green infrastructure projects that promote the h...

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Lynn Osmond tapped as first woman to helm Chicago’s tourism agency

By Reel Chicago Mar 18, 2022

Lynn Osmond has been appointed as the new President & CEO of Choose Chicago. Osmond, the first woman to helm the city’s tourism agency, was most recently the President &a...

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Calling all artists: CTA seeks artists to create new, original public artwork

By Reel Chicago Mar 16, 2022

Calling all artists! The Chicago transit system is a living, interactive gallery of unique works of art and architectural design elements that reflect the cultural influence...

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Showtime and Ritz Carlton transform Presidential suites to First Lady suites

By Reel Chicago Mar 8, 2022

Showtime and The Ritz-Carlton, announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration, reimagining the iconic concept of presidential suites in celebration of the new Showtime anthology d...

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City removes most mask and vaccine requirements on February 28

By Reel Chicago Feb 25, 2022

The City of Chicago will remove the mask and vaccine requirements for certain public spaces on February 28 to align with the State of Illinois’ previously announced plans to ...

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Gov. Pritzker to lift statewide indoor mask requirement on February 28

By Reel Chicago Feb 11, 2022

With statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates declining faster than any other point in the pandemic, Illinois is on track to lift the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monda...

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Registration begins for the 2022 Bank of America Chicago 13.1

By Reel Chicago Jan 25, 2022

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle announce the launch of registration for the 2022 Bank of America Chicago 13.1. The newest addition...

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Art on theMART celebrates 2022 the Year of Chicago Dance

By Reel Chicago Jan 21, 2022

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has announced that 2022 is the Year of Chicago Dance: a year-long celebration of Chicago’s cultural cont...

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tested positive for Covid-19

By Barbara Roche Jan 11, 2022

In a statement made on Twitter this afternoon, Mayor Lori E Lightfoot confirmed that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Lightfoot, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, ...

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City of Chicago announces return of the Kathy Osterman Awards

By Reel Chicago Nov 29, 2021

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced the return of the Kathy Osterman Awards, which will recognize City Employees across various departments who exceeded expectations during the C...

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Sleep Out Saturday 2021 United: One Night, One Community

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2021

Sleep Out Saturday this Saturday, November 6. Hundreds of suburban residents will spend what promises to be a cold night inside tents, boxes and cars to raise awareness a...

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Chicago ranks in the top 20 places to have a spook-tacular Halloween

By Barbara Roche Oct 29, 2021

With Halloween just around the corner and total spending projected to reach $10.1 billion this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2021’s Best Pl...

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Chicago chosen #1 Best Big City in the U.S. for fifth consecutive year!

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2021

With more than 800,000 readers submitted responses, Condé Nast Traveler recognized the City of Chicago as the #1 Best Big City in the U.S. for the fifth year in a row in the...

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Full Spectrum Features announces Unbound Sound expanded cinema

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2021

Full Spectrum Features (FSF) announces Unbound Sound, an expanded cinema event co-presented with Comfort Station Logan Square and in partnership with the Chicago Underground Fi...