This Week in the Arts
The Logan Center for the Arts is going up in Hyde Park; the Anshe Kenesseth Israel temple is coming down in North Lawndale; the Congress Theater is the center of a controversy involving Joe Moreno; and more
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A Foodie Road Trip on Route 64
GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE … 64?: From Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, it’s the state’s most Illinoisy stretch of highway
Top Five Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Fela! bops to an Afrobeat at Oriental Theatre … Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley takes the stage at McAninch Arts Center … Chicago Neighborhood Tours cruise with brews
Chicago Baseball Preview: The Most Dismal Season in 30 Years?
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Our columnist argues that this could be Chicago’s worst season for baseball in three decades
Another St Patrick's Day Full of Dread
Travels through Chicago on a particularly warm and inebriated St. Patrick’s Day, when a broad swath of the city agrees on a date in early spring to lose all control.
This Week in Chicago Development: Polish Triangle, Bloomingdale Trail, the Transit Stations of Arthur Gerber
Plans move forward for a mixed-use development at the Polish Triangle on the old Pizza Hut lot; the Bloomingdale Trail and its gateway parks grow closer to reality; and more on development and urbanism.
Kurt Vonnegut in Chicago: Some Footnotes
Reviews of And So It Goes, a recent biography of Kurt Vonnegut, and the Library of America’s first collection of the author’s works, plus a look at how Chicago shaped the famous novelist.
Three Key White Sox Players This Season
TRIPLE PLAY: These pivotal athletes could make or break Robin Ventura’s first year
Dyeing the Chicago River Green: Its Origins in the Actual Greening of the River
Chicago’s storied tradition of turning the river a crazed day-glo nuclear green was the inadvertent result of cleaning up the river for the 1960s construction boom, and the brainstorm of one of Mayor Daley’s powerful friends.
Illinois's Musical Tastes: As Middle-of-the-Road As You Might Expect
A survey of American music preferences by state suggests what you might already expect about Illinois—collectively we like just about everything, but in distinct moderation.