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Cat lovers from across the Chicago area prowled the Lincoln Square neighborhood Saturday, taking in the city’s first-ever ...

The theater is fundraising to pay for repairs and lost materials and looking to borrow dehumidifiers as it also prepares for ...

Get the lowdown on cultural events in every neighborhood — new bands, cool galleries, show-stopping performances, ...

Returning favorites AstronautFlee Dance Company and the King College Prep Marching Band are two of nearly 300 groups participating in this year's parade, led by actress LisaRaye McCoy as grand marshal ...

Chicago artists with international roots draw on their experiences in Mexico, China and elsewhere to create new works, on ...

The week has been jam-packed with Lollapalooza and lots of local news. Here’s what Block Club reporters and photographers ...

The elder millennial and self-professed nerd has spent years building a reputation in Springfield as a thoughtful policy wonk. Now he's running to be Pritzker's second-in-command.

While the issue has not risen to the level of the city's failed response to the 1979 blizzard, when poor snow removal helped ...

You can now start planning your detailed itinerary for the punk rock music festival that will take over Douglass Park Sept. 18-20.

The backlog has librarians scrambling to find space and keep track of books in the system. Library workers say it's a ripple ...

Long rumored to be eyeing a run for City Hall, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Sunday that he's jumping into the mayor's race. Giannoulias has amassed a massive political war ...