WATCH: ‘How legal is this?:’ A local mosaic artist uses his art to solve one of Chicago’s biggest problems — potholes
By Aniyha Jones Medill Reports Nearly 25 years ago, while on a trip to Pompeii, Jim Bachor discovered mosaics and his life hasn’t been the same since. After years of practice, he’s using his mosaic art to fill potholes around the Chicago area. Although the longevity of his artwork is threatened by the City of […]
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 2
Text by Mary Grace Grabill Medill Reports On Episode 2 of “Chicago This Week,” we report on the Chicago ShotSpotter program and find out why a councilmember wants to see Northwestern University play home football games in Evanston. We look back at the NCAA championship games. And Green City Market celebrates 25 years of bringing […]
High tea on a low budget: You don’t need to be royalty to sip a nice cuppa in London
By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — If you find pure bliss in choosing between English breakfast or chamomile, try a true pinkies-up high tea experience in London. I still dream about the moist cucumber finger sandwiches, floral china cups and marmalade jam at the Dorchester Hotel, where I once sipped on my parents’ dime. […]
Q&A: Meet Abbey Sadleir, an influencer reinventing the London’s ‘It-Girl’
By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — Every Tuesday, with hot-pink rollers in her honey blond hair and a black “mob wife” fur coat around her shoulders, Abbey Sadleir records a few new TikTok videos about her home in central London. During the other days of the week, when she hits up restaurants and vintage […]
WATCH: What’s brewing? Chicago, suburbs get dose of Yemeni coffee shops
By Sidra Dahhan Medill Reports Yemeni coffee shops, like Qahwah House in Lombard and Haraz Coffee House in Orland Park, have surged in popularity in the past couple of years — especially among young Muslims in America. It’s not just a Chicago phenomenon, it’s happening nationwide. Americans are being introduced to food culture in Yemen, […]
Tokyo’s innovative robot cafe paves path for inclusive employment
By Glendalys Valdes Medill Reports TOKYO — In Japan, only 19% of working-age people with disabilities are employed, according to a Bloomberg calculation, but Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe in Tokyo challenges those barriers by employing people who have physical disabilities and are otherwise unable to work. Ory Laboratory, the company that built and opened the […]
WATCH: Creative-writing nonprofit 826CHI helps students become published authors
By Taylor Anthony Medill Reports What may seem like a bookstore on the outside is actually more than that. 826CHI is the local chapter the 826 National organization, a nonprofit that offers creative writing workshops and field trips for students ages 6-18 with the goal of having students become published authors. Their works are then […]
Q&A: Petite fashion blogger chats about shopping secondhand, finding personal style
By Abigail Ali Medill Reports LONDON — In a recent Instagram reel, Katie Snooks, 35, teamed mom jeans with a cropped white tank, black heels and a plaid blazer. The 4-foot-11 beauty, dating and lifestyle blogger finished off the look with a messy bun, gold hoops and cat-eye sunglasses. Her caption reads, “I would never […]
How to make friends in Chicago and combat loneliness
By Abigail Ali Medill Reports The U.S. Surgeon General’s report on a “loneliness epidemic” last spring sparked discussion across social media platforms on how learned loneliness and a lack of third spaces has made making friends feel impossible. Learned loneliness is an acceptance of limited social interactions as normal, and third spaces are places people […]
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 1
Text by Mary Grace Grabill Medill Reports Coming up on this week’s episode of “Chicago This Week,” we talk about a ban on flavored tobacco products. We learn about the latest developments in the Chicago Park District employee strike. Our sports reporters take you to the opening day of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox […]