Canine Companions for Independence, an organization that provides assistance dogs to children, adults, and veterans with disabilities, hosted the second annual Haute Dog | Chicago at The Peninsula Chicago on September 14. Emceed by Candace Jordan, the bash saw many of Chicago’s finest turn out to help raise awareness and support for the nonprofit. The … Read more
More than 50 years ago, a nine-year-old girl died in a fire, leaving her widower father alone and distraught. He spent the next weeks of his life placing memorials for her across the city—and today, only one remains.
Lena Soderberg’s centerfold shoot in November 1972 (the magazine’s best-selling issue ever) became the Lena test image, coded into the DNA of the web.
On Friday, Sept. 22, CSO’s annual Symphony Ball kicked off the 2017–18 season with a festive evening of music. Conductor Riccardo Muti led the orchestra in Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty, as well as Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 with Anne-Sophie Mutter as the soloist.
The man who famously parlayed $8,000 into the Playboy empire died today at 91. We look back at what he meant to Chicago, and what Chicago meant to him.
The legendary radio host proved his haters wrong yet again, with a new contract at WLS AM 890.
Last year’s champions are finally showing that they can repeat. But they’re entering the playoffs with a weakness where their opponents look strong.
Super-rare underwater properties in Chicago, why Illinois residents can’t get what they want, and how group therapy is saving lives.
OK, so the White Sox’s catcher is only a league-average hitter. But the way he gets there (by being excellent at some things, and truly terrible at others) is fascinating.
We know why it’s unpopular, and we know how best to sell it to the public (even if that didn’t happen in Cook County). We don’t know nearly as much about their effects on health.
