Five Things: How the Great Fire Changed Chicago
In The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul, Scott W. Berg offers new conclusions about the 1871 fire and its aftermath.
Custom Placements: Culture Lead
Why Nathan Hill Sets His Stories In Chicago
Nathan Hill’s award-winning debut novel, The Nix, was set in Chicago and its suburbs. Similarly, his second book, Wellness, follows the life cycle of a young couple, Jack and Elizabeth, from their meeting in Wicker Park in the early 1990s, to their move to the North Shore. Hill has been observing Chicago for most of … Read more
Mortal Kombat Is a Chicago Export
“Even in our Williams Electronics days,” says cocreator Ed Boon, “everyone had this very Midwestern ‘roll up your sleeves and do the work’ attitude about their jobs.”
40 Great Things To Do This Fall
From must-see shows to an autumnal farm feast, here’s how to get the most out of the season.
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.
September Agenda
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
avery r. young
Chicago’s poet laureate, 49, on hidden art, anger management, and poems that don’t rhyme