Chicago’s last Republican chief was William Hale “Big Bill” Thompson, who served from 1915 to 1923, then from 1927 to 1931.

Where can I order a delicious birthday cake? I love the ones at Sweet Mandy B’s, which has locations in Lincoln Park and ...

Now that it’s officially fall, most of our great street festivals have come and gone. However, there are still some ...

The natural beauty of the sugary-sand white beaches of St. Pete-Clearwater combined with the emerald waters of the Gulf make it a uniquely beautiful destination. While this natural beauty may draw you ...

A self-designated “keeper of objects,” the artist Theaster Gates investigates the value of things and their potential to hold layered meanings. He has been dedicated to investing in the care of these ...

Chicago’s editorial department hires motivated, enthusiastic college graduates for help with fact checking, story research, interview transcription, and some administrative tasks. Research assistants ...

Local Korean restaurants have started offering dishes that cater to Muslim diners. Read more ...

He was a ghost, in a way, the walking dead. Only he wasn’t dead, though he should have been, or would have been but for his own prescience. In a frozen corner of a park at an intersection in Des ...

Above, clockwise from top left: The Red Light Levitating Bluetooth Speaker, Your Personal Einstein Genius Homework Robot, the Hypnotic Jellyfish Aquarium, the Indoor Flameless Marshmallow Roaster, the ...

The building, red bricked, colonnaded, crowned with a white cupola, sits on a grassy knoll in northwest Hinsdale. Unmarked, unremarkable, it barely registers as anything more than a garden-variety ...

This year marks a quarter century since the closing of Medusa’s, Chicago’s most famous all-ages nightclub. Named after its gloriously coiffed owner, airline-employee-turned-impresario Dave “Medusa” ...