Alex V. Hernandez

Half Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage Market The popular Chicago beer brands will keep operating while the new company seeks growth in other segments like THC beverages and restaurant operations.

Half Acre Beer Co. in Bowmanville and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery in Logan Square will form a “unified beverage company” that will keep their respective brands active amid turbulent economic times for local craft breweries. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/h... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Fugazi Releases Scrapped Tracks From Legendary Chicago Recording Sessions With Steve Albini In 1992, the Washington D.C. punk band traveled here to record with rock icon Steve Albini. The recordings were nixed, but the work eventually evolved into the album “In On The Killtaker.”

In 1992, the Washington D.C. punk band traveled here to record with rock icon Steve Albini. The recordings were nixed, but the work eventually evolved into the album “In On The Killtaker.” blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/f... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Fugazi Releases Scrapped Tracks From Legendary Chicago Recording Sessions With Steve Albini In 1992, the Washington D.C. punk band traveled here to record with rock icon Steve Albini. The recordings were nixed, but the work eventually evolved into the album “In On The Killtaker.”

In 1992, the Washington D.C. punk band traveled here to record with rock icon Steve Albini. The recordings were nixed, but the work eventually evolved into the album “In On The Killtaker.” blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/f... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Half Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage Market The popular Chicago beer brands will keep operating while the new company seeks growth in other segments like THC beverages and restaurant operations.

Half Acre Beer Co. in Bowmanville and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery in Logan Square will form a “unified beverage company” that will keep their respective brands active amid turbulent economic times for local craft breweries. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/h... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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On V103 talking about Jesse Jackson’s homegoing, Iran and ICE www.v103.com

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Update: Sarah Afzul, the woman's sister, told me that Naqvi has been released from a detention facility in Wisconsin, where she was transferred overnight and they've been reunited with her

Credit to @hellocullen.bsky.social for turning me onto this entire genre of jams. bsky.app/profile/hell...

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There’s a funeral, and the sky is weeping.

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Another Block Club story made possible thanks to the dogged, paws on the ground journalism of my reporting partner, Ace.

Et Chi Brings Turkish Fusion To Lincoln Square, Goosefoot Finds A New Home And More Food News Taquizas Valdez in Irving Park and L.D. Pho in Albany Park had sudden closures. And Lincoln Square has a new liquor/convenience store.

New Lincoln Square restaurant alert! And in Irving Park, a Mexican restaurant that opened in 2024 has closed, as has a longtime Pho shop in Albany Park. Here’s more of what’s happening in the North Side restaurant scene this spring. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/06/e... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

I love watching people use LLMs in public. They’ll reply to a breaking news article and say “@grok is this true?” Babe where do you think it’s about to pull its answer from

Full disclosure: I am running the race with friends this year. Here is the terrible logo I made.

Please consider donating to our team. Every dollar will help get much needed food and money to local nonprofits.

Link for our team’s donation page here: www.classy.org/team/803503

Full disclosure: I am running the race with friends this year. Here is the terrible logo I made.

Please consider donating to our team. Every dollar will help get much needed food and money to local nonprofits.

Link for our team’s donation page here: www.classy.org/team/803503

Full disclosure: I am running the race with friends this year. Here is the terrible logo I made.

Please consider donating to our team. Every dollar will help get much needed food and money to local nonprofits.

Link for our team’s donation page here: www.classy.org/team/803503

How The CHIditarod Shopping Cart Race Is Fighting Hunger In The 'Silliest Way Possible' Chicago's annual CHIditarod shopping cart race, which donates food and money to local nonprofits, will be held Saturday throughout Ukrainian Village and West Town.

Touted as “probably the world’s largest mobile food drive,” this year’s CHIditarod’s race will have the biggest turnout since before the COVID-19 pandemic with 71 teams competing.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/04/h... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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Retro Pizza Brings Roman Pies To Former Home Of Hero’s Sub Shop Hero’s Sub Shop closed in 2017 after more than 50 years in business. The owner of La Boulangerie quietly opened Retro Pizza at the corner of Western and Addison last week.

Hero’s Sub Shop closed in 2017 after more than 50 years in business. The owner of La Boulangerie quietly opened Retro Pizza at the corner of Western and Addison last week. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/27/r... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

Unclear how this is an improvement compared to the days of Pat Camden. chicagoreader.com/news/how-chi...

Why Is The Cook County State's Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters? A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritz...

They're charged w/ misdemeanors for things like sitting on concrete barriers.

One w/ a felony for allegedly fingerpainting on a barrier.

The feds have dropped similar cases; the Cook County State's Attorney is prosecuting nearly all.
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blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/w...

Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

Per the Kansas City Star:

“The persecution is the point,” said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the KDOR notice on Wednesday.

More here: www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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