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Light filters in, and time seems to slow down—it’s hard to imagine a better place to listen deeply and gather what we need for whatever comes next.

Best place to meditate with live music ↗

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Visiting Second Story Bar is like stepping into a time machine that takes you somewhere that shouldn’t exist at the place and time that it does.

Best gay time machine ↗

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One whiff and I was back at Smartbar in 2016 with my husband, bodies in motion under the dance-floor lights, the air filled with the scent of florals and warm woods.

Best Chicago DJ bottling music into scent ↗

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Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust looks to profit from President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.

The Chicago real estate firm looking to profit off Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda ↗

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A federal judge ordered immigration authorities to allow religious leaders inside the facility for Ash Wednesday.

Catholic clergy gain access to Broadview ICE facility—when no one is there ↗

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President Donald Trump wants to strip public health funding from four states led by Democratic leaders—including $8 million from Illinois.

Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care ↗

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His latest release, last year’s Dicqbroke, starts with a brief intro that sounds like a 1960s sitcom character “learning an important lesson” on last week’s episode. But then the album drops straight into fifth gear and stays there.

Digital hardcore artist Dicqbeats declares war on normal with Dicqbroke ↗

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The Dells' ambition and versatility kept them in the public ear for decades—and made them great foils for genius arranger Charles Stepney.

The Dells started out in doo-wop and kept charting into the 1990s ↗

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