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Summer is the season of sound in Chicago 🔊🎶 From fireworks to car stereos, the crack of a baseball bat to speakers blasting salsa in the park — we're teaming up with our friends at Reset to find out what sounds define Chicago to YOU 📨 [email protected]

Hundreds of women and girls were exposed to a radioactive chemical at an Illinois factory in the 1920s. Years later, they helped change workplace safety standards. trib.al/KCcKeSn

In 1881, Chicago passed a law making it illegal for people with physical disabilities to be in public spaces. It stayed on the books for nearly a century. trib.al/tQezZuq

one echo today relates to the city not ensuring kids with disabilities can get to school and then criminalizing truancy CPS doesn't transport kids with disabilities to school; CPS gives permission to CPD to criminalize kids who are not at school

We're looking for spooky stories to investigate for an upcoming episode. Have you experienced something you couldn't explain? Heard rumors about a historical haunting in the Chicago area? Fill out our form, or write to us [email protected] 📬👻 trib.al/HMEKL3L

From sound “canyons” to temperature inversion layers, we looked at the factors that influence how sound moves in Chicago. trib.al/Kd22CjN

Grab your headphones 🎧📻for this #purejoy: when Max Lubbers WBEZ & Curious City questioner team up to answer a big question: How do you hear a Billy Joel concert that's 4+ miles away? tinyurl.com/58kfx2xu

Curious City SOOO excited to be listening to your #ChicagoMothman story rn! #Mothman is my personal favorite cryptid so it's awesome to hear a fun story about them. (don't want to mis-gender the creature) Very thorough, non-biased, and interesting.

Wearing my Chicago Mothman shirt while listening to a story about the Chicago Mothman on Curious City !!!

Following several reports of a strange, winged creature around the Chicago area, we try to find out what the heck is going on with the Chicago Mothman 🔎 trib.al/brCwzQs

Last weekend, we attended the CTA bus 'roadeo,' an annual competition to find Chicago's best bus driver. We learned about the history of the event and discovered what exactly goes on at a bus roadeo 🚌🤠 trib.al/Z9fflYD

For nearly a century, Schwinn bikes were made in Chicago. Today, echoes of the company’s golden age are found in independent bike shops. trib.al/SiJIYeB

My latest for Curious City !

Only had Schwinns as a kid - BMX and then a 10-speed “Varsity” 🚴‍♂️

In Chicago, bicycle culture runs deep. And no bike company has had as big an impact on this city as Schwinn. trib.al/QcfKaux

Polish immigrants came to Chicago looking for work. Some found their country’s biggest rockstars at the neighborhood bar. wbez.org/2024/09/26/car…

Margaret Burroughs is well known as the founder of the DuSable Black History Museum. But perhaps lesser known is her work teaching visual art and writing in prison. Chicago high school students with Invisible Institute dug into Burroughs' history. wbez.org/curious-city/2…

Aside from Chicago’s mayor, there is no job more important to the city’s economic future than the head of the convention and tourism agency known as Choose Chicago. Now, Mayor Brandon Johnson has hired Kristen Reynolds, CEO of Discover Long Island. trib.al/YcrCu1m