Director, writer and actor John Early doesn’t hide who he is as a gay man, but his character struggles with private information in the new Magnolia Pictures movie Maddie’s Secret. On July 2, he brought his latest endeavor to the Music Box Theatre for a sold-out screening accompanied by a post-show question-and-answer portion of the program. Maddie proved so popular […] The post John Early smells like Maddie’s Secret at the Music Box appeared first on Windy City Times.

In a 6-3 decision breaking on partisan lines, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that Trump can fire Federal Trade Commissioners and other federal agency directors without cause. The ruling overturns longstanding Supreme Court precedent and express statutory instruction that combined to protect the political independence and subject matter expertise of federal agencies for over 90 years. The ruling […] The post OPINION SCOTUS has a death wish for Americans appeared first o

As stroke inducing heat, irritating dust storms and torrential rains bedeviled the Fourth of July celebrations in the nation’s capital, the opposite occurred at the 8th Annual South Side Pride Festival on the campus of  Dusable Museum at 750 East 56th Place. Hundreds gathered for Love in Action, the official close of Pride Month on July 5 for a full […] The post Love in Action Festival closes out Pride 2026 appeared first on Windy City Times.

SPOTLIGHT: Here are more Fast Foodie Facts, courtesy of Terri Schlichenmeyer and yours truly: —New kids on the block: Chicago chef Zubair Mohajir has been busy. On July 1, he opened Muhājir—a deeply personal, wood-fire-driven restaurant inspired by migration, movement and the historic spice route—at 2630 N. Clark St. in Lincoln Park. And on July 8, will debut Bobo, which […] The post SAVOR Food/restaurant trivia, Windy City Smokeout preview, drag chili event ap

NATIONAL In a major development, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender girls and women competing in girls’ and women’s school sports, The Advocate reported. In a six-to-three decision written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court ruled that Idaho’s and West Virginia’s laws do not violate the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX, […] The post IN BRIEF Trans ban upheld, bathhouse ban repealed, Stonewall re-enactment, conversion therapy, ‘Broadway Bares,’

Few places in American cultural history have played as profound a role in the development of queer artistic life as Fire Island. During much of the 20th century—particularly from the postwar years through the onset of the AIDS epidemic—it became perhaps the nation’s most vital seasonal gathering place for queer women and men writers, painters, […] The post OPINION Fire Island: Memory, community and the persistence of queer creativity appeared first on Windy City Times.

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike County 9-1-1 dispatch began getting several calls about 9 p.m. Thursday, June 25 about a truck traveling south-west on Highway 106 and then on U.S. Route 54 heading to Missouri. A deputy was sent to investigate and the Pittsfield Fire Department dispatched. “We found burning debris on the highway and roadsides…

A Missouri woman claims she saw a massive creature near a tree line in Pike County that was much too large to be a bear. Continue reading…

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