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Thursday, February 26, 2026

 
 

It’s Thursday, Chicago. 

Ever feel like all you need is a long, guttural scream? A new documentary on group scream sessions in Chicago explores how the act can be therapeutic. Read on from Nina Metz here

And if you’ve been on the West Side lately, a modern, new grocery store on Chicago Avenue may have caught your attention. Food critic Louisa Kung Liu Chu reviews the standout hot bar at Forty Acres Fresh Market, with a coconut curry bowl I can’t wait to get another taste of. 

Enjoy the weekend, we’ll see you back here next week.

— Lauryn Azu, deputy editor 

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There are, of course, many ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, including seeing the Trinity Irish Dance Company perform.

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Restaurant review: Forty Acres Fresh Market honors a family matriarch with Mabel’s Meals in Chicago

The tiny but mighty hot bar makes fried chicken, rice bowls and a Morning Glory breakfast sandwich that rivals any around the city.

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‘Outcry’ documentary is about a Chicago woman’s group scream sessions

Whitney Bradshaw created Outcry as a place for women to stop being silent and start getting real. A new documentary looks at how that works.

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Speed Rack, an electrifying cocktail-making competition, uplifts female-identifying bartenders

Its name originated as a joke, but Speed Rack, the world’s first and only all-women and femme bartending competition, is anything but.

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Review: ‘Bernadette, The Musical’ is a sincere story of faith at the Athenaeum Center

The musical tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the daughter of a poor French family in 1858, who experienced apparitions of a young woman, seemingly the Virgin Mary.

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Breweries in Chicago adapt to changing drinking and health habits or face closures

In Illinois and across the country, breweries have been struggling as consumers seek healthier drinking habits or have a wider range of options, such as THC-infused drinks

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Column: How Billy Branch bought a harmonica, found the blues and changed his life

Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album is “The Blues is My Biography.”

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