📣 WE'RE HIRING📣

Block Club is hiring 2 full-time reporters to cover Chicago's neighborhoods.

▪️ West Side reporter: buff.ly/44wSz9i
▪️ Pilsen, Little Village + Back of the Yards reporter: buff.ly/3UQ2OSV

Deadline to apply is 5/24.

Chicago music legend Steve Albini has died at 61. buff.ly/4doHCe2

Rabbit-petting sessions at Lakeview’s Cuddle Bunny make it a popular date night spot. 🐰 buff.ly/4adCAy8

Learn how Chicago became the Midwest's hub for Filipino culture at our next Block Club event.

More info: blockclubchi.co/3JKcN5V
🎟️ Grab a ticket: blockclubchi.co/3JJrarl

☕ 18 late-night coffee shops to visit after Foxtrot’s closure: buff.ly/3JV49BC

Migos Fine Foods is serving up halal fried chicken and more at their new Portage Park restaurant. buff.ly/4btu6UH

A pastor's appointment to the Regional Transit Authority board advanced despite him saying he rarely rides the CTA. buff.ly/4dqqGEd

A quiet zone could come to a Downtown women’s clinic targeted by anti-abortion protesters. buff.ly/4bwRZKX

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle greeted President Joe Biden at Soldier Field just now as he visits Chicago for a campaign event.
#OnAssignment for Block Club Chicago

Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month w/ Block Club.

Join our panel discussion on 5/16 at Ravenswood Loft featuring Michi Trota, Carla Navoa, Jerry Clarito & Mark Calaguas. They'll explore how Filipinos have shaped Chicago culture & politics.

GRAB A TICKET: buff.ly/3QCTIX8

Join investigative editor john mclaren at the 'Where Do We Go From Here?' film screening + panel discussion tonight at 6:30PM. Mick along w/ other guests will discuss the CHA as its 'plan for transformation' turns 25.

📍 New Life Community Church
Register: buff.ly/3WxWnFr

The Portage Theater was named one of Illinois’ most endangered sites: 'We’re losing time.' buff.ly/3WyE3Mr

Vendors are battling for crowded space at a wildly popular Logan Square farmers market. buff.ly/3JQyRMv

Happening now: City Council Housing Committee is holding a subject matter hearing with CHA CEO Tracey Scott on vacant scattered-site housing.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas lays into CHA, in part by citing this Illinois Answers Project/Block Club Chicago investigation:
illinoisanswers.org/2023/11/29/chi…

A police watchdog is launching an investigation into the conduct of officers who cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment near the Art Institute last weekend. buff.ly/3ycTKPn

Grand Crossing teacher Precious Allen has won a Golden Apple Award: 'I try to be the teacher I wish I had.' buff.ly/3QxZb1B

Ald. Taliaferro said proposed RTA appointment Acree is a friend and makes an interesting case that qualifications are overrated and shouldn't be considered.

This comes as the transit systems in the region is seemingly on life support from a funding perspective.

Earlier this year, Manny Ramos at Block Club Chicago looked at the pattern of politically-connected church leaders with no transpo policy background being appointed to key board spots:
blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/06/the…

Vendors hurt by the Dom’s and Foxtrot closure can set up shop at Paulie Gee’s. buff.ly/3JSC9P6

The Edgewater Metra station opens this month after a decade of planning and construction. buff.ly/44x6PPs