It’s always quiet here,” says an Albany Park resident, “but out of nowhere, they decided to come, to hit our community.” ...

The answer dates back to 1703, when the French controlled the Illinois Country. That year a Jesuit group established its ...

As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These ...

Fresh off their first album in nine years, the longtime rock innovators perform with the Chicago Philharmonic.

A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.

The 46th annual Chicago Pride Parade will be held this Sunday at noon, and this year's edition could be special for a few reasons. The Supreme Court ruled this week—just in time for Pride—that ...

Committed prowlers of Chicago real estate may have noticed the abundance of new listings at Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe’s iconic 860/880 Lake Shore Drive—four in February alone—and wondered about ...

As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.

Most of the theatres in this photo essay were still in business when I started reviewing movies for the Sun-Times. In those days a lot of movies still opened in “the nabes,” of ten as double features, ...

The peas must be sorted. On a recent Friday morning, several 20-something volunteers buzz around a North Shore basement that houses a food pantry for the needy. Pouya Bagherian, an outgoing young man ...