New Outfit, New You
At a Rogers Park thrift shop, Missy Thrasher-Lyon helps newly out trans Chicagoans find clothes that match their identities, styles, and bodies.
Custom Placements: City Life Lead
Requiem for the Montrose Beavers
The author was delighted when the wood-chomping rodents surfaced at the harbor. Then one turned up dead.
Can You Get More Progressive Than Pilsen?
Two of the neighborhood’s bookstores — one employee-owned and one pay-what-you-wish — encapsulate its spirit.
Love and the Literati
How a couple’s passion for books spurred not only a romance but a business embraced by local authors.
The Sketchy Future of Court Artists
Cliff Questel joins the limited ranks of visual reporters in the city’s courts — but the ship has long been sinking.
Shades of Boredom
Newly published images by photographer Mark Steinmetz highlight everyday life in a Chicago of 35 years ago.
Doors Closing
With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming, the L is in trouble. Here’s why our train is worth saving.
A Castle Made From Gum
A faulty clock. An aerial shortcut. Second-floor jam sessions. Here’s what we learned from a new book about the history of the iconic Wrigley Building.