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…
Chicago creating index to ID who’s most vulnerable to heat waves
City officials, residents and researchers gathered at Columbus Park in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday night to remember the…
NASCAR Chicago Street Race sees lower national TV ratings
The third and potentially final NASCAR Chicago Street Race made a few firsts during the Fourth of July…
Mahari in Chicago’s Hyde Park
Mahari brings not just the vibrant cuisines of the African diaspora to Chicago, but chefs tracing their cultures…