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Erica Thompson

Erica Thompson is a features reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. @miss_ethompson

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Taste
Cava restaurant opens in Wicker Park on Friday, announces future suburban location
Following its launch, the popular Mediterranean restaurant is set to open a second area outlet this summer in Vernon Hills.
By Erica Thompson
 
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Music
After years of delays, Lee's Unleaded Blues reopening and vowing to celebrate musicmakers and the community
The beloved South Side blues club will kick off its long-awaited return with two shows featuring John Primer and the Real Deal.
By Erica Thompson
 
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Business
Chicagoans build community while seeking special vinyl on Record Store Day
On Saturday, music-lovers visited local record stores for their favorites among more than 380 exclusive releases, including projects from Pearl Jam, David Bowie, the Beatles and Paramore.
By Erica Thompson
 
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Someone to Watch in ’24
Rising singer-songwriter Kara Jackson opening first U.S. tour with sold-out Chicago show
The Oak Park folk musician and former National Youth Poet Laureate who sings of love and loss is “Someone to Watch in 2024.”
By Erica Thompson
 
Chance the Rapper, Thelonious Stokes unveil new art from ‘Star Line Gallery’ at Expo Chicago
The longtime friends spoke on a panel and presented “The Last Stair,” an oil painting featured as part of Chance the Rapper’s upcoming album and visual arts project.
By Erica Thompson
 
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Movies and TV
New film explores former Chicagoan Chesa Boudin’s upbringing with incarcerated parents
“Beyond Bars” includes extensive interviews with Boudin’s parents, once members of the Weather Underground radical group. It also covers his path to becoming San Francisco district attorney, and his recall in 2022.
By Erica Thompson
 
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La Voz Chicago
El Desfile del Orgullo de Chicago se reducirá debido a las ‘preocupaciones logísticas y de seguridad’
La 53ª edición del desfile anual, que se celebrará el 30 de junio, limitará el número de participantes y empezará una hora antes.
By Erica Thompson
 
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LGBTQIA+
Chicago Pride Parade to scale down due to city's 'safety and logistics concerns'
The 53rd annual parade, set for June 30, will limit its entries and start an hour earlier.
By Erica Thompson
 
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Environment
Larger-than-life butterfly sculptures coming to Chicago’s parks this summer
As part of the “Flight of Butterflies” initiative, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum will install 6-foot butterfly sculptures in city parks in July.
By Erica Thompson