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Adapted from the mystery novel Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman, the seven-part Apple TV+ series with the same name follows Jewish homemaker Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman), who lives a comfortable yet boring life in 1966. After discovering the body of a murdered young Jewish girl, Schwartz has a mini-crisis during which she divorces her husband and moves to Baltimore to become an investigative journalist. In a parallel world is Cleo Sherwood (Moses Ingram), a Black overworked mother livin...

Americans are scared of artificial intelligence. According to a YouGov survey, 54 percent use the word “cautious” when explaining their feelings toward AI, and 49 percent feel “concerned.”
In the new Apple TV+ series, Sunny, a futuristic backdrop of Japan and distrust in robots is revealed through dark comedy, unbelievable grief, distrust, and a battle between what’s real and artificial.
Rashida Jones plays Suzie Sakamoto, an American transplant who relocates to Kyoto for a new beginning. Aft...

Approximately 18 million American women have diabetes and a staggering 43.7 million have prediabetes. However, 90% of people don’t know they have prediabetes according to a study published in Clinical Diabetes.
Not only can diabetes impact heart health, vision, and kidney health, it can also influence vaginal health.
The reasons for this are because blood glucose is too high and is being inadequately controlled, which is typically seen in women with type 1 diabetes more than type 2 diabetes.
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Once called the “Loop’s Little Brother,” Uptown houses nearly 60,000 residents in an area rooted in jazz, entertainment and nightlife. Art Deco buildings evoke the sultry spirit of the neighborhood in its heyday.
Today, Uptown is made up of microcosms, with unique slices offering distinct food, culture and attractions. Black Ensemble Theater will host the Black Playwrights Festival later this month, from Aug. 21 through Aug. 24, and the historic Green Mill jazz club is staging shows nightly, ...

Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at fooddrink@chicagoreader.com.
I’m always on a breakfast sandwich hunt. I usually pick cafes based on my particular needs that day, considering my bank account, emotions, and work flexibility. For hangovers, I stop at Bridgeport Coffee. Splurging days are for Bad Owl Coffee Roasters. And I can settle in at...

When you walk inside, no one greets you or seats you at a table—as with most supper clubs, you’re immediately in the bar area, where locals are seated elbow-to-elbow in a sea of camouflage jackets and cargo pants.
At first, we were offered a small high-top table and coffee, we weren’t seated at a proper dining table big enough for food, or with a view of the lake. In the adjacent room, we could see plates of food and big groups of people. We were clearly tourists—novices in the supper club ve...

Bridgeport Restaurant was your typical greasy spoon, serving hash browns, scrambled eggs, and bottomless coffee. The legendary diner served neighbors on Halsted for more than seven decades until it closed in 2022 when the owners decided to retire. After sitting vacant for two years, Bridgeporters wondered if we’d ever get a diner in that location again or if yet another big-box store would rip up the interior.
Locals may have noticed the iconic vintage sign has been taken down and replaced wi...

Walking toward the Canalport Riverwalk, a crane lifts shredded metals as traffic speeds toward a bridge. A flashing sign alerting drivers of pedestrians doesn’t work. Visitors aren’t expected on this stretch of the Chicago River’s south branch. But they’re here. Fishermen, couples on dates, kayakers, rowing teams, even the occasional Jet Ski rider. They all make appearances at the narrow plot of land that juts into the water just west of Ashland and just north of 31st Street in Bridgeport.
On...

Deadly heat, dangerous conditions in Illinois prisons
About 100 people packed into a classroom at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law on Tuesday, June 25, to remember Michael Broadway, who died a week earlier while incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center in Chester Hill. Family, friends, and advocates took turns sharing heartbreaking remembrances, fiery condemnations, and their vision for a future without deadly carceral institutions.
On June 19, Broadway started to have t...

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Causes | Symptoms | Explained | Reverse Kegels
Everyone’s heard of Kegel’s before but have you heard of reverse Kegels? We’re here to fill you in on how you can relax your muscles, rather than tightening them, and the benefits that your pelvic floor can reap from the simple exercise.
The pelvic floor, also called “the core,” is made up of three main muscle sections: the levator ani muscles, coccygeus muscles, and muscular fascia. The pelvis is the home to the uterus, bladder, sigmoid...

Meeting your little one will be here — between the nausea, swollen feet, and bodily changes — before you know it. Every week on the pregnancy journey is different, and we’ve broken down the stages of pregnancy and what you can expect.
Week 1-2
From the very first day of your last period, the pregnancy countdown begins; however, the first two weeks are when your body gets ready for ovulation, which means an egg is released from one of the ovaries. So, you’re technically not pregnant yet in wee...

If you’re reading this article, you may be trying to seek some relief, some guidance, some answers for why you’re struggling with an issue that you may not even know the name of yet. This overarching term — female sexual dysfunction — encompasses a variety of issues that impact both the physical and psychological components of women all over the world. And we’re here to help you figure out where to get started.
Female sexual dysfunction is an umbrella term for women who experience pain during...

Forget the pregnancy “glow,” we’re talking about what you may see “grow.” Beyond swollen breasts, enlarged feet, and a growing belly, there’s something else that new moms are reporting during pregnancy.
The social media app, TikTok, is filled with videos of moms-to-be showing photos of their noses before and after with a staggering difference being very apparent. The new video trend has people wondering: Wait, does your nose actually change and grow during pregnancy?
The hashtag #pregnancynos...

Dr. Yvonne Welbon is a jill-of-all-trades. Her work has been screened by PBS, the Berlin Film Festival, BET, Bravo, and the Sundance Film Festival, to name a few. She’s directed nine films and produced 15. Her documentary Living With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100 won ten awards, one of which was the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. Now, she’s opened up the Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center, a nonprofit hub that celebrates Black girls, women, and gender-nonconforming filmmakers, i...

If you’re looking for a film that makes you feel fuzzy inside, this is it. Hard Miles features Oppenheimer actor Matthew Modine, who plays Greg Townsend, an inspirational coach working at a correctional school in Colorado. Based on a true story, the film follows Townsend and his revolutionary idea to bike 1,000 miles from Denver to the Grand Canyon with a group of troubled teens.
The real-life inspiration is Rite of Passage, a cycling team from Ridgeview Academy who are confronted with life-t...