Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are back in Chicago for the Obama Presidential Center's ...

There’s half a mile of sandy beach at Rainbow Beach Park and a pair of late-1990s buildings with one of the lakefront’s best ...

1. The 2026 James Beard Awards are here. Here’s everything you need to know about the food world’s big night. As my colleague Courtney Kueppers reports, the so-called “Oscars of the food world” will ...

Chicago is known for its vibrant arts scene. The city’s insatiable appetite for art has spawned countless galleries, dance companies and museums. It's a top destination for the film industry, and ...

This story will be updated. The annual James Beard Awards return tonight to Chicago. The so-called “Oscars of the food world” will take place at Downtown’s Lyric Opera House, beginning with culinary ...

In recent days, Yenifer — an asylum-seeker from Venezuela who is seven months pregnant — is finding it nearly impossible to focus on the excitement of her baby girl’s arrival. In between prenatal ...

Destiny Singleton, Rigoberto De La Torre Fonseca and Zachary McCarney recently graduated from Chicago Public Schools as part ...

A former high-ranking Chicago cop says the surge in thefts likely means criminals have noticed that police aren’t doing much ...

The brains behind the Lyrical Lemonade fest offer a peek behind the scenes ahead of the 2026 event this weekend at SeatGeek ...

The legislation is set to take effect in September. The lawsuits, filed Thursday in Illinois and New York, contend the act ...

The film's anniversary gives “the city a great pop culture moment to rally around,” said Erin Miller, marketing manager at On ...

Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem" and "Chicago's Living Habitat," companion exhibitions that opened at the Chicago ...