From Gwendolyn Brooks in Chicago to David Foster Wallace in Normal, Robert Coover in Herrin to Edgar Lee Masters on the Spoon River, the state is a microcosm of America and so is its native literature. Here are 10 of its best works.
Decked out in the hottest spring fashions, the Chicago Red Stars’ Sarah Gorden mixes casual with glam.
Office vacancy rates in the Loop during the pandemic have surpassed their ’70s peak. So what’s it going to take to bring people back?
In Episode 14 of Gourmet To-Go, a series on restaurants and chefs who’ve pivoted, we visit Sugargoat, Stephanie Izard’s newest bakery in the West Loop offering a playful collection of baked goods.
From the inventor of Lincoln Logs to a collaboration between great North Shore architects of very distant generations, warm up to five bright spots with lake access.
Robert Forster’s tough-guy long vowels got him typecast as a cop, like Chicagoans Dennis Farina and Dennis Franz. But Forster is from upstate New York. So what gives?
From Chicago’s first known COVID-19 case to the governor’s historic shelter-in-place order, here’s how those critical, frenzied early weeks of the pandemic unfolded, in the words of those at the center of the crisis.
The former TV journalist and anchor, 72, on a gang threat, the Jerry Springer fiasco, and a 9/11 close call
Chicago’s lakefront has a lot of grandly minimalist buildings with great views and great architectural pedigrees, with plenty of units on the market.
Rewatching Karl Malone face the Bulls that year prompts an NBA fanatic to ponder the psychic implications of the foul shot.
