Test Your Nerve Inside a House of Horrors
Two experiential Halloween happenings turn the typical haunted house on its severed head. But which is the spookiest?
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Spend a Weekend in Dairy Country
“There’s something to be said about staying in an old cheese factory in southern Wisconsin that’s on the National Register of Historic Places,” says Nic Mink, a proprietor of Seven Acre Dairy Company in tiny Paoli, Wisconsin, just south of Madison. That something is an eight-room boutique hotel combining classic Dairyland vibes with decidedly modern amenities, … Read more
Ride Alongside a Father and Son in a New Cycling Documentary
When local filmmaker Eric D. Seals set out to chronicle his father Donnie’s transformation into a biking enthusiast late in life, he thought he was going to tell a simple inspirational tale. But the Wheaton native soon found himself capturing more than his father getting in better shape. His documentary Bike Vessel plumbs themes such … Read more
Quiet, Fest!
Riot Fest, one of the city’s leading alternative music events, has a history of getting on its neighbors’ nerves.
My Favorite Spot on Each of the Great Lakes
The most exotic places you can visit along (or in) our favorite freshwater bodies.
Cellar’s Market
Kokandy Productions has made a Wicker Park basement a destination for inventive musical theater.
Who Should Really Represent Illinois In Statuary Hall?
It’s time to update our state’s statues in the Capitol so they represent a more modern Illinois. And we have ideas.