The (Not So) Glamorous Life of a Movie Extra By Kimberly Nelson The author has ridden the L with George Clooney and watched Christopher Nolan direct. But it’s not always so fabulous. Read more
What You Need to Know About the Blackhawks’ New Prodigy By Grace Perry Chicago is positively giddy about a certain Canadian teenager moving to town. But who exactly is Connor Bedard? And can he possibly live up to the hype? Read more
When Charlie Chaplin Tramped Through Uptown By Kathleen Rooney Before Hollywood became Hollywood, it was here, too. Read more
How a Local Band Went Viral in Lithuania By David McMillin Local act Fort Frances became a one-hit wonder on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Read more
Lightfoot’s Legacy By Edward Robert McClelland Yes, she did not play well with others, but the departing mayor also curbed ward fiefdoms and boosted neglected neighborhoods. Read more
Five Things: It Was Leopold, Not Loeb By Julia M. Klein A new book on Chicago’s most famous thrill killers argues we’ve had it wrong about the mastermind. Here’s what we learned. Read more
