First, let's get the caveats out of the way. Yes, Richard M. Daley has had a tremendous run as mayor of Chicago. He's polished an international, tourist-friendly city that looks sharp and stays ...

The outgoing Chicago Department of Transportation head on how we're heading toward something more dense and automated—and maybe less happy.

Among the issues on which Chicago and Downstate disagree, coal is one of the more significant. In Chicago, it's seen as a relic of 20th Century industrialism, destined to be replaced by cleaner ...

The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing comes out April 12 Photo: Courtesy of the Empty Bottle Conditions are ripe to cozy up with a book—and with a wealth of local titles on the ...

The other day Gawker passed along a "statistic" that gets lots of attention every time it's mentioned (which has been at least three times, in The Daily, Huffington Post, and then Gawker, the last of ...

Graff in front of a building by Henry Ives Cobb at Lake Forest College, where she is a professor. Cobb also designed several world’s fair structures. Photo: Lucy Hewett You were the first ...

NEW BYO BITE CAFE In 1995, Bite Cafe opened as a no-frills BYO storefront in Ukrainian Village. The food was tasty, but over time, Bite fell off the radar. Until six months ago, that is, when the ...

Two decades ago, in 1999, Chicago witnessed one of the more ridiculous moments in our media history: Ald. Ed Burke faced off with talk show host Jerry Springer at a City Council hearing into televised ...

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 ...

In a fraught time, these five honorees demonstrate the value of empathy — and show what makes this city great. Photography by Ross Feighery and Frank Ishman November 15, 2022, 6:00 am ...

What is political art? Surely it’s not a rainbow mural painted over a crumbling neighborhood. Political art can lead viewers to a place of frustration and provocation. Maybe that’s where change really ...

Illinois is one of the most dependably Democratic states in the nation. It has voted for the party’s presidential candidate in seven — soon to be eight — consecutive elections. But Illinois hasn’t ...