Terrible Chicago artist draws terrible Chicago portraits
Jacob Ryan Reno, long and boyish, wearing the kind of blue smock you imagine a painter would wear…
Neighbor denigrates Chicago – Chicago Tribune
Dear Eric: We are a group of three female former co-workers who have gathered regularly for 10 years…
Historic Chicago buildings carry on legacy as hotels
In Carl Sandburg’s famous 1914 poem “Chicago,” he praised the Windy City for its hardworking “Big Shoulders.” He…
30-year-old SNAP-Ed program in Chicago is being dismantled
In a makeshift classroom in a Roseland low-income housing complex, nine women watched nutrition educator Denetria Adams saute…
Latin Restaurant Weeks returns to Chicago for fifth year
Latin Restaurant Weeks is back for its fifth year in Chicago with chefs, restaurants and pop-ups hoping to…
Chicago listening bars offer a different way to enjoy music
There’s no shortage of ways to experience music in Chicago. For that, residents are eternally grateful. But for…
Chicago schoolyards redesigned as community hubs, flooding solutions
Scissors in hand, Hispanic moms in the Hegewisch neighborhood sneak into their children’s schoolyard and snip herbs from…
Dave Matthews Band bus incident, 21 years later
The first time the Dave Matthews Band swung through the Chicago area during the summer of 2004, the…
Art Institute defends changed title of its Caillebotte exhibit
Since it was acquired in 1964, Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day” has become all but synonymous with…
5 new comedy clubs to know in the Chicago area
The North Side has long reigned as the cradle of Chicago comedy. Stand-ups flock to Zanies or The…