Why You Should Vote Strategically in the Mayoral Election
Until ranked-choice voting comes to Chicago, many can’t vote for their preferred candidate if they want to be strategic.
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Riding the Ashland Bus for 14 Cents a Mile
In a city of ghost buses, the #9 remains a steadfast ride on a 90-minute stretch of Ashland.
Listing of the Month: $8 Million View
Perched above Lake Michigan, this Glencoe contemporary is all about the vistas.
The Art of Oxtails ($4.99 a Pound)
There’s a lot more to those familiar hand-painted grocery window signs than the message.
A Vallas-Johnson Runoff Would Be an Epic Five Weeks
It’s Baby Boomer vs. Gen X, Back the Blue vs. Black Lives Matter; CPS leadership vs. CTU — and it could be quite the fight.
An Edgar Miller and Other Homes for Sale in Old Town
While it’s hard to believe today, Old Town in the 1920s and ’30s was once full of struggling artists living in run-down flats. It was during this time that former Art Institute of Chicago classmates Edgar Miller and Sol Kogen left their mark on a number of old Victorians, using reclaimed materials and transforming the … Read more
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?
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