John and Amy discuss their favorite spots for outdoor dining in Chicago, the dishes and drinks they look forward to each ...

It’s finally feeling like summer, and that can only mean one thing: street festivals! Chicago has an abundance of street ...

The founder of Local Style Potato Chips partnered with an SAIC grad student to kettle-cook a red carpet showstopper for the ...

The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian ...

Adrienne Gunn's debut novel uses reality television — and humor — to consider how modern media has affected our approach to ...

The march became a Leftistpalooza for a variety of movements looking to attract new members (or at least sell a few ...

But suppose Madigan hadn’t been allowed to spend most of his life in the state House. Suppose he’d been limited to 12 years ...

A new MCA exhibition reconsiders generations of local queer art — and the activism that inspired it.

Chicago took home three awards on Monday night at the 35th annual James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards, including Kumiko ...

Colcha embroidery, gesso reliefs, bultos en nicho, weavings, woodcarvings and retablos are just a few of the artistic mediums ...

F irst I saw the tooth marks. Walking at the Montrose Beach Dunes one morning in November 2020, I noticed some tree stumps clustered along the edge of Lake Michigan. A foot or so above the muddy ...

This Saturday, a group of Downstate Illinoisians plans to gather outside the Hancock County Courthouse in Carthage to declare their independence — from Chicago. They’re members of New Illinois ...