Photos from Gilda’s Club Second City Collab
Including food, drink, a raffle, and plenty of laughs
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A Night Hunting Ghosts at Joliet Prison
Earlier this month, a group of paranormal investigators visited one of the spookiest sites in the state.
Yes, You Can Stargaze in Chicago
Chicago Park District astronomer Joe Guzmán can spy Saturn from Pilsen, Northerly Island, and even rooftop bars in the Loop.
Nine Ridiculously Decked-Out Halloween Houses in Chicago
We visited two trick-or-treating hot spots — Goethe Street in Gold Coast and Burling Street in Lincoln Park — to survey the ballyhoo. Read more about them here.
10 Great Stories to Read Right Now
The attorney that city finance officials love to hate, a downtown development flop, a history of bikes in Chicago, and more
Photos from Fit Society, Our Top-Secret Wellness Pop-Up
Attendees met at River North yoga studio The Space Between.
Photos from the Ninth Annual Chairs for Charity
Vintage chairs, given new life by Chicago’s top designers, were auctioned off to support a great cause
Twelve Blocks
How do you capture life in a city as big and ever-changing as Chicago? Block by block. A dozen of the city’s best writers, poets, and creators rhapsodize, recollect, and reflect on their own special patch of pavement.
Friendly Confines
As an architecture critic who’s also a South Sider, I’m quick to boast about the stately homes on Bronzeville’s King Drive, say, or Beverly’s Longwood Drive. But here’s a confession: My favorite block in the city isn’t on the South Side. It’s on a short street called Midway Park, which harbors a collection of houses … Read more
The Random Block
After first light, people walk their dogs on the 2400 block of North McVicker Avenue. Six people, seven dogs. One teenager, clearly robbed of sleep by the jerk-start of morning, trudges along in protest. A woman, then another, uses the outing as an excuse to catch a smoke. A third jogs with her mastiff. A … Read more