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TheBlackMall.com hosts weekend black business crawls

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

Black Business Month Project to Highlight Black-Owned Enterprises in Five Chicago Business Districts To mark the 26th anniversary of National Black Business Month in Illinoi...

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Mayor Lightfoot Launches “Boards of Change” by FCB

By Reel Chicago Jul 29, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today launched the “Boards of Change” project by FCB – a civic engagement initiative to encourage participation in not only the 2020 U.S. Census, ...

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Cubs and White Sox read for CPL ‘Live From the Library’

By Reel Chicago Jul 24, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago Public Library announced that the upcoming group of celebrity readers for the popular "Live From the Library" program will celebrate the beginning of Major League Baseb...

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Lightfoot tells Trump what she won’t tolerate

By Laura Day Jul 24, 2020 0 Comment

President Trump stated that Chicago is next on the list for his “law and order” campaign. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says “there has been a lot of saber-rattling from this admi...

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Chicago teams launch “We Are All One Home Team”

By Reel Chicago Jul 22, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in partnership with Chicago’s sports teams launched the “We Are All One Home Team” campaign to encourage the city’s youth to wear masks, practic...

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Chicago reinstates COVID restrictions to combat recent rise

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection announced a re-tightening of COVID-19 restrictio...

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DCASE opportunities for artists, creatives and vendors

By Reel Chicago Jul 17, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lightfoot, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) announce a series of summer opportunities fo...

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Chicago urban farmer in Mailchimp docuseries Essentials

By Reel Chicago Jul 15, 2020 0 Comment

Mailchimp, VICE, and Arts & Sciences, launches the self-shot docuseries Essentials that follows nine essential workers navigating their lives during Covid-19 in various ci...

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Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2020 canceled

By Reel Chicago Jul 13, 2020 0 Comment

Event organizers and the City of Chicago announced the decision to cancel the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and all race weekend activities in response to the ongoing p...

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Gov Pritzker announces $300k to support broadband

By Reel Chicago Jul 9, 2020 0 Comment

State of Illinois announces $300,000 public private investment to support community-driven broadband plans.New Illinois Connected Communities program will foster community enga...

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CHI-Together: Socially-Safe events at Soldier Field

By Reel Chicago Jul 6, 2020 0 Comment

Fueled Events has announced the launch of CHI-Together, a socially safe entertainment series of drive-in music, entertainment and movie events at Soldier Field, kicking off Wed...

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Chicago orders quarantine from high risk COVID states

by Reel Chicago Jul 2, 2020 0 Comment

On Thursday, July 2, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., issued an Emergency Travel Order directing travelers entering or returning...

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Mayor Lightfoot announces Artist-In-Residence Program

By Reel Chicago Jul 1, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lightfoot, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) announced today the first ever Artist-In-Res...

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Chicago launches free high-speed internet to CPS students

By Reel Chicago Jun 30, 2020 0 Comment

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced the launch of ‘Chicago Connected’ a groundbreaking program that will provide free high-speed internet service to approximately 100,000 Chi...