You’ve Smashed your last Mouth

Flavors of Albany Park was great! Went to all 15 restaurants on our route before the downpour, then a nightcap at Nighthawk. Love this damn neighborhood

Northwest Side rapid response reports two people were abducted early this morning at Chicago Ave & Pulaski.

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Spotted in Albany Park

Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play, go see it! Great writing, acting, stage design, and wild to walk through a whole park district building to go see it.

Went to DePaul Art Museum for the last time. Highly recommend the Barbara Nessim exhibit if you can get there this weekend!

Video shared to social media by rapid response shows ICE agents abducting a man this A.M. from inside the Bridgeview Courthouse. Outside, Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Gigliotti #19013 daps it up with one of the agents. Asked about IL law preventing arrests at courthouses, deputy Glover shrugs.

Whoops biked to the Botanic Gardens…to see the Orbs?? 🫧🫧

If you’re looking for a not crowded place with good food to watch the World Cup - and maybe have an Ecuadorian beer - Los Barriles in Albany Park is your spot

Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez of the 25th Ward released a statement and footage of men detonating a bomb near his home in Pilsen last night.

Still goes hard

There he is 👀

Spooky clouds

Just gave a buck to a subway busker who was either playing the Beatles or the Offspring or some amazing mashup

The core of the avocado has turned red

Many people do not appear to be aware of this fact. The weather is not done.

Amazing time working the author signing line at the American Writers Festival yesterday - plus I got to meet Susan Orlean 📚 ✍️

Evergreen

Please, join us in community as we celebrate the life of Riley O'Neil and Jam in his honor. 📍 Palmisano Park (Fitness Course) - 41.84177, -87.64905 ⏰ Monday, June 8th, 7p Start, 6:30p Meetup

Groove is stored in the balls

No Pasa Nada on Lawrence is legit

CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word

ICIRR posted an alert of confirmed reports of ICE this afternoon at O’Hare.

Morrissey voice: 🎶 Waymo in the bike lane I know / I know / it’s serious 🎶

Chicago!! Presenting your Kilbourn Park 2026 Summer Concert Series lineup Smut, Tobacco City, Krill, National Photo Committee, Hollow Bastion, V.V. Lightbody, Starcharm, Radio Outernational, and more wonderful local artists playing for free! 6-8pm every Friday in July 🎨 by the lovely Chi Nwosu

Emergency protest tonight, Chicago

Susana Mendoza filmed her mayoral campaign announcement video inside the Mexican grocery store in Albany Park that this happened outside of yesterday. In March she called for the man accused of killing Loyola student Sheridan Gorman to be deported to El Salvador, where deportees have been tortured.

For all poetry fans, plan out your time at the American Writers Festival with this handy guide to all of our poetry-themed programming! Featuring @shortpoemz.bsky.social, Mayda Del Valle, Maggie Smith, and Eve Ewing

New: attorneys for U.S. citizen Debbie Brockman announced today that she's filing Federal Tort Claims Act claims against the govt. over her 10/10/2025 arrest by federal immigration agents in Chicago. Brockman, who last October worked for WGN, is now seeking $10M in damages.

Jesus, this photo at the end of the article

This morning federal agents hit a woman’s vehicle while chasing and eventually detaining a man, later using a taser on him while pointing tasers and pepper spray at bystanders at Lawrence/Kedzie in Albany Park. Story to come via @chicago.suntimes.com

Fresh off winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “Angel Down,” the master of horror will be interviewed by Susan Orlean at the American Writers Festival on June 7.

ICE in Albany Park again this morning, these motherfuckers

Chicago’s Deadly Prey Gallery with a mention on Last Week Tonight 🖼️ 🎥🇬🇭

A Tale of Two Lip Critics

Amazing Critical Mass last night @chicritmass.bsky.social

Column: AI, what? American Writers Festival will celebrate words written by humans @chicagotribune.com

Evergreen

Good morning from the Kerry James Marshall mural outside the Chicago Cultural Center

ICE in Albany Park this morning

Amazing that the bright red spot on the NW side literally has a police station there

Less than two weeks away! Check out the full schedule here: americanwritersmuseum.org/american-wri...

Des Plaines River Trail and North Branch Trail kinda day (pics by @braiine-cell.bsky.social)

Stoic heron is stoic

This is still true. They made me check my bike light at the bag check lol. Also their parking attendants tried to scam us out of $5 to park our bikes there