On a cold morning back in January, I walked along the railroad viaduct that buffers 16th Street in Pilsen. Today the embankment is best known for its two miles of colorful murals, primarily between ...

Thirteen-year-old Eli Coustan from Evanston succeeded where adults with more than a year to prepare failed: He created ILVaccine.org, a database that pulls in open COVID-19 shot appointments from all ...

All we really require from our city’s pro athletes is that they help their teams win. But it doesn’t hurt when they also love being here — and get what makes us tick. In his first season with the Cubs ...

Who says poetry is for sad sacks sighing over their diaries or delicate flowers musing obscurely about actual flowers? Not the poets at Giggle Hour! Cofounder Kailah “KP” Peters explains: “There is a ...

In the summer of 2015, Jitu Brown, president of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, led a 34-day hunger strike to pressure the Chicago Board of Education to reopen Dyett High School, one of 50 ...

Thanks to The Bear, Chicago’s favorite sandwich is now everybody’s favorite. Our guide to all things Italian beef comes loaded with our top picks, classic and new-school takes (fancy a vegan version?) ...

The big puffballs known as lion’s mane mushrooms have one of the great textures of the plant kingdom. Seared, braised, or stir-fried, they absorb cooking juices but keep their meaty integrity and chew ...

Almost anywhere in the world you travel, you’ll find this classic pairing — with different twists. We did the math on five terrific versions available in Chicago. Mint-scented pork and beef albondigas ...

Time is rarely kind. What was once the height of fashion is, sooner or later, not. That was the case with this handsome 1880s Lincoln Park greystone, which had gotten a very of-the-minute redo in the ...

All along the highway toward southwest Wisconsin, there’s blowing snow and a hard sky, and I worry aloud to my husband that the whole place will be shut down, the weekend trip a bust. By the time we ...

While expecting her first child 10 years ago, chef Beverly Kim discovered her insurance didn’t provide maternity benefits. And at six months pregnant, when the discomforts of working the line became ...