Northwestern’s longtime lacrosse coach built an unlikely dynasty in the 2000s — and then the trophies stopped coming. To turn things around, she embraced an unusual strategy: focusing less on winning.
The family impacts of incarceration, saving art from AI, and the significance of public transit: These nominations highlight our best writing, photography, design, and more.
Iowa’s bid for the Bears seems to be going nowhere, which leaves us only to wonder what might have been.
Cubs fan favorite Pete Crow-Armstrong is one of baseball’s most exciting young talents — and his own biggest critic.
Looking ahead at concept vehicles, the debut of Chi-Town Alley, and a Family Zone that spans the exhibition’s run.
Chicago’s most famous hot dog stand has a punctuation issue. We are talking, of course, about the Wiener[’]s Circle in Lincoln Park. The lettering on the building says “Wiener’s,” but the signature marquee has “Wieners” — sans apostrophe — as does the logo beside the cash register and on the employees’ T-shirts. The contradiction shouldn’t come as a … Read more
For one local man, praying for the homeless wasn’t enough: He wanted to help in a tangible way.
As a musician, the author had performed with some big acts in big venues. Then came the pandemic.
