The Surprising Calm of Basket-Weaving
Natalie Boyet of the Chicago Weaving School walks us through the therapeutic process.
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Learn Something New
Make a documentary. Build your own guitar. Cook with an award-winning chef. Write a novel. These 33 adult education classes will expand your horizons and teach you skills you can use for the rest of your life.
Anthropologist of the Middle Class
Writer Eula Biss, now an artist-in-residence at Northwestern, examines how capitalism makes everyone feel lousy.
Are People Really Leaving Downtown?
Ald. Brian Hopkins warned of a mass exodus following looting on Michigan Avenue. But it may take more for people to flee the utopia built by Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Richard M. Daley.
A Two-Minute Guide to the Salt Creek Dam Conflict
Environmentalists want to improve biodiversity in Oak Brook. A historic mill is trying to stop them. What a quaint throwback to when feuds didn’t involve facemasks!
Walking Chicago With Robert Loerzel
A new book offers guides to 35 urban trails around the city. We walked the author’s hometown route.
Best of Chicago
This special edition of our annual roundup of the city’s superlative offerings celebrates an undeniable truth: During challenging times, Chicagoans show their best selves. You’ll still find out-of-this-world things to eat, see, and do (on a screen and IRL), but you’ll also read about extraordinary people who sparked change, fed us, healed us, and reminded us that we’re all in this together.