Plus: Sunspot images, “The New Optimism,” means of determining the optimal baseball batting order, and a forthcoming social-services finder for Chicago.

He modernized Chicago’s emergency-response center, served as Mayor Daley’s chief of staff, and led (albeit briefly) the CTA—all before his 38th birthday. Now Ron Huberman, the Israeli-born gay ex-cop, ...

High Wattage Hip Hop Live + Reel rolls into the Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago Ave.; 312-397-4010) Friday the 25th with a full weekend lineup of performance and ...

The Mag Mile area has a long history of odd art. Here are six more unforgettable installations that came before The Heads.

A Support Group, for Men. Stay With Us Now. July 2, 2026 at 3:28 p.m. A new play at the Goodman imagines a hopeful model for masculinity.

The Chicago Pipeline July 2, 2026 at 2:09 p.m. Seven buzzy TV and movie projects filmed here that are due out in coming months ...

For Jason Lever, patriotism is not just confined to some red, white and blue bunting across the porch railings of his home on Biltmore Circle in Aurora. Every summer the Fox Valley contractor ...

On the surface, "Sound Opinions" on WXRT-FM (93.1) is a talk show about rock 'n roll–about bands that rule and bands that suck; about albums great and awful; about the ...

No necklace or earring that Shannon Carney (shannoncarney.com) crafts is perfect, and that’s just fine with the Chicago jewelry designer. “When things come together naturally, that’s much more ...

Poetry in Motion Steve Schwartz, the owner of Campagnola (815 Chicago Ave., Evanston; 847-475-6100), is almost set to open Wild Geese (1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston), an eclectic restaurant with a ...

DARK VICTORY: Three years ago, Baskis, then a 22-year-old U.S. Army infantryman, was permanently blinded by a bomb while serving in Iraq. Since then, his life has been a series ...

In recent years, Chicago has become a tough town in which to get a liquor license. Credit Mayor Daley's strict policies on booze—and enforcement by a stern and obscure bureaucrat.