The 10 Best Day-Trip Hikes
Forget the tent or hotel room. These destinations offer abundant natural beauty, from canyons and waterfalls to prairies and dunes, within three hours of the city.
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Chicago’s Arts Scene Has a Race Problem
Can a seven-year-old antiracism nonprofit solve it? The city’s biggest cultural institutions are betting heavily that it can.
What COVID Survivors Know
As these testimonies reveal, those who have had the most severe cases face profound and often lasting effects that experts are still struggling to understand.
How to Get Rid of Anything
You’ve used your year in isolation to finally tackle that soul-sucking project of organizing your closet. And your basement. And the garage. Now it’s time to donate, recycle, and sell.
The Day Tammy Duckworth’s Black Hawk Went Down
In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, the U.S. senator from Illinois recounts the dramatic downing of her helicopter in Iraq — and the early stages of recovery from her devastating injuries.
Noodle Nirvana
Italian pappardelle, Japanese ramen, Filipino pancit, Spanish fideos, old-school spaghetti and meatballs! Chicagoans are living in a global noodle paradise. Here’s your guide to the best, plus chef recipes, gluten-free options, and more.
Allison Arwady Has a Plan
As a surging pandemic gives way to a rocky vaccine rollout, Chicago’s top doctor has been trying to hammer home a simple message: Keep calm, carry on, and trust the system.
Peter Sagal Learns From His Elders
What’s the secret to a happy marriage? To a fulfilling career? To preventing your kids from repeating your stupid mistakes? America’s preeminent public radio personality put these and other burning questions to 10 Chicagoans over the age of 65. What he discovered might surprise you.
Get Outside!
Strap on snowshoes, make boozy hot chocolate, explore frozen waterfalls, and 57 other delightful, pandemic-proof activities guaranteed to get you off your couch this winter.