Dennis Rodkin On ABC 7 Morning News: Ways To Boost Your Home Value
Dennis Rodkin discusses home improvement options that deliver the biggest bang for the buck.
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Happy Birthday to Mies: The Church as Garage, the Gas Station as Sacred Space, and Google's Celebration of Mies's Legacy
Google celebrated Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday with a cheeky little doodle. It’s a cute and silly way to recognize the legend of Chicago architecture… and exactly what he needs to take the edge off.
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
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