Love and Humor Amid Woes in Happy Families
Local filmmaker Haroula Rose crafts a comedic drama about complex family dynamics, wrapped in a visual ode to Chicago.
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How the Harlem Globetrotters Were Born in Chicago
The five Black basketball players hailed from the South Side, and they were managed by a 5-foot-3 North Side Jewish guy.
Photo Essay: Inside the Salt Shed’s Rebirth
Sandra Steinbrecher’s images capture how Chicagoans transformed and preserved the industrial complex into a cultural center.
Exhuming the Ghosts in the Family Closet
In her documentary King of Kings, Parisian filmmaker Harriet Marin Jones uncovers the incredible story of her grandfather and uncles. The so-called Policy Kings helped turn Bronzeville into the Black Metropolis — until the mafia and the feds took it all away.
Artists in Their Natural Habitats
Four of the city’s buzziest creators offer a peek inside their studios — and a glimpse of this season’s looks.
Designs for Living
Edgar Miller’s many stamps on the city’s landscape are showcased in a new DePaul exhibition.
How to Write With a Ghost
Author Daniel Kraus’s career as a horror writer now includes a posthumous collaboration with George A. Romero on Pay the Piper.
Our Favorite Spirit to Hate
Chicago’s premier chronicler of liquid history, Josh Noel, has written the definitive tale of divisively bitter Malört. Here’s what we learned.