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To view this email as a web page, click here.  Donate Lou Foglia for WBEZ WBEZ News Why the Sky deserves to be your favorite Chicago sports team right now Fans make their case: Getting to games is a breeze, seats can be under $20 and the team is the city’s only champs – a title it’s trying to defend. READ MORE WBEZ NEWS Andjela Padjeski / WBEZ Listen to Prisoncast, a two-hour special broadcast for people inside Illinois prisons We asked: What is a sound from outside prison walls that you’d like to hear? Tune in this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. on WBEZ 91.5 FM. Read More Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times ‘It’s going to help me live a little bit better’: Relief from some student loan debt could lift ‘burden on everyone’ Chicago-area students and grads say any amount of student loan debt cancellation can help them aim for other milestones including marriage and homeownership. Read More Manuel Martinez / WBEZ Despite a promise of universal pre-K for CPS, enrollment lags in the city’s neediest areas WBEZ found low enrollment in many high-poverty schools and stronger rates in North Side areas, where wealthier families live. Read More Manuel Martinez / WBEZ News Evanston business incubator seeks to open doors for Black entrepreneurs The Aux looks to empower Black businesses while providing essential health and wellness services in Evanston. READ MORE UPCOMING EVENTS WBEZ Vocalo Presents: Reclaimed Soul Live Dates: Thursday, Sept. 8 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Promontory Point - 5500 South Lake Shore Drive Vocalo will bring Reclaimed Soul to a live audience, featuring a musical performance from Meagan McNeal and an intimate discussion on all things soul. We invite you to join us for this special broadcast, part of DCASE’s Night Out in The Parks series. REGISTER WBEZ Chicago Public Media Live at Printers Row Lit Fest Date: Saturday, Sept. 10 Time: 11:30 a.m. Location: Lit Fest Mainstage - 47 West Polk Street Chicago Public Media is proud to partner with the Near South Planning Board for the 37th Annual Printer’s Row Lit Fest. This year’s event will feature programming from both WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times, topics range from romance, environmental justice, music, and social justice. All programming is free and open to the public, rain or shine. REGISTER WBEZ Choir! Choir! Choir! - September! A Windy City Sing-Along Date: Friday, Sept. 23 Time: 8 p.m. Price: $25 Location: Francis W. Parker School, 330 West Webster Ave. WBEZ is proud to welcome Choir! Choir! Choir! to the Francis Parker stage. Join us as we celebrate the power of the human voice through audience participation. No formal vocal training required! REGISTER WBEZ Chicago's conversations that connect: WBEZ's CURIOUS CITY: An ongoing news experiment with coverage about Chicago, the surrounding region and its people ... READ MORE ART OF POWER: Aarti Shahani explores how power works and how it transforms the person wielding it ... READ MORE RESET: WBEZ's daily talk show, Reset focuses on news and conversations that matter most to listeners' day-to-day lives ... READ MORE Matching Gifts Car Donation Gift of Securities Planned Giving View our broadcast schedule ©Chicago Public Media Inc 848 East Grand Ave, Navy Pier Chicago, IL 60611 Please do not reply to this email. If you need assistance, you may contact us here. You are receiving this email because you are a WBEZ member or signed up to receive email communications from us. You can manage your Weekly Rundown subscription online at any time.   Chicago Public Media's Privacy Policy