How to Save the L
Riders have been abandoning it due to safety and reliability concerns. What can be done to fix this civic treasure?
Custom Placements: Front Page Lead
Chicago’s Lithuanian Opera Singer Still Needs an Audience
Arnold Voketaitis sang 14 seasons with the Lyric Opera, mostly in what he describes as “intermediate” roles — the priest in The Magic Flute, the police commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata. Such is the fate of the bass/baritone. The tenors get all the big arias, and all the girls. Voketaitis retired … Read more
Can a $30 Million Home Be a Bargain?
The Lincoln Park mansion was recently reduced 33 percent from its original $50 million asking price. It cost the owners $65 million to build.
Junebug Café’s Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
As they planned their Louisiana-inspired Junebug Café (which now has locations in Portage Park, Near North Side, and West Town), Jacqueline and Chris Murphy had no shortage of source material: Jacqueline was well versed in the region’s flavors through her French Creole grandmother, June, while Chris’s parents own Oak Park’s Cajun-influenced Poor Phil’s Bar and … Read more
Eve L. Ewing
The author and sociologist, 36, on learning to say no, writing Marvel comics, and being a fidgeter
“The World Must Hear Our Voices”
One year after Russia invaded their country, five Ukrainians who resettled here share their stories of frightening escapes and difficult adjustments.
Five South Side Properties for Sale
A Pullman row house, a Beverly mansion, and a South Prairie Avenue hold out: See what’s for sale in the South Side.
The Goods: Texture Time
From furniture to fashion, the feel is real.
It’s All Gravy
Poutine — the French Canadian fast food consisting of fries, cheese curds, and enough steaming gravy to turn the assemblage into a gooey-crisp object of supreme face-stuffability — had its trendy moment here. In Canada, however, its trajectory has been from street stalls and food courts into sit-down restaurants that take the idea and run with it. In Montreal, … Read more