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75,000 rubber ducks will splash into the Chicago River on Aug. 4

By Reel Chicago Aug 3, 2022

75,000 rubber ducks are about to splash into the Chicago River off the Columbus Bridge for the 2022 Chicago Ducky Derby presented by Jewel-Osco to benefit Special Olympics Illi...

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R&B singer Jeremih will serve as Grand Marshal for Bud Billiken Parade

By Reel Chicago Jul 27, 2022

Chicago Defender Charities Inc. presents the 93rd Annual Bud Billiken Parade. Chicago's very own hometown hero, internationally recognized, award-winning, Grammy-nomina...

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Mayor Lightfoot announces three options for renovations to Soldier Field

By Reel Chicago Jul 26, 2022

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced proposals for renovations of Soldier Field, a crown jewel of both Chicago and our celebrated lakefront Museum Campus. These proposals s...

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Randolph Street Market Festival returns this weekend

By Reel Chicago Jul 26, 2022

Chicago’s most beloved vintage treasure hunt and summer soiree returns to where it all began. Randolph Street Market Festival features 175 vendors from across North America, ...

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Chicago Riverwalk 2022 summer season events announced

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2022

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and DCASE spotlight a slate of engaging summer arts and recreational programming taking place on the Chicago Riverwalk, a magnificent urban space locate...

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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, ...