Community organizer Kelli Wefenstette, 33, and her husband have been raising hens in their Portage Park backyard for seven years. The birds do a lot more than lay eggs, she says. “They’ll chase after things, they’ll jump off the ground, they’ll kind of do tricks for you. They’re freaking hilarious.” They’ve also endeared themselves to … Read more
Naaman Gambill, 33, runs a local beekeeping supply store called—what else?—the Hive. A resident of Roscoe Village, he got his first hands-on experience with honeybees on his family’s Indiana farm. Like many apiarists, he has gotten used to bee stings over time, but early on he learned some painful lessons. Not long after beginning to … Read more
Photographer Max Herman watched the game at the Bulldog Ale House in Rogers Park with some very excited, and then very sad, Ramblers fans.
For International Transgender Awareness and Visibility Day, we hit the gym with the ascendant trainee.
Age, injuries, and bad luck led to a season that was even more disappointing than last year. But a talented young group of forwards could give their aging stars more support next year and extend the golden age a bit longer.
They’re a sweet-shooting team, but Michigan’s “defensive coordinator”—a former Joliet West history teacher named Luke Yaklich—will make things tough for the Cinderella.
And mourn the fate of “Homer,” the absurd and absurdly wonderful pop-art installation in the Miami Marlins’ stadium by SAIC dropout and “City of Chicago” artist Red Grooms.
A year ago, a couple University of Chicago students started a little niche Facebook group to get weird about urban planning. Then it took on a weirder life of its own.
VIP attendees had an experience like no other at this year’s Evening in Bloom, the charity preview for the Chicago Flower & Garden Show, presented by Wintrust March 13. The “Flowertales”-themed gala combined flowers, food and fashion in extraordinary culinary presentations and a high-energy floral runway show—dubbed Hort Couture—to benefit Bernie’s Book Bank and the … Read more
Chicagoland’s been adding relatively high earners for the past decade—and while its poor and middle-class population leaves.
