Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: Photos of the Stages and the Scene
After being canceled last year due to the pandemic, the popular music event is back this weekend in Union Park.
Custom Placements: Front Page Lead
Catching Up With Liz Phair
The singer-songwriter, 54, on her sudden fame, using her sexuality, and why she practices saying her own name
A Military Pilot’s Look Back at 9/11
Twenty years ago this month, Peter Braxton was one of the first military pilots in the air over the burning twin towers. It was his first day on the job, and this is his story.
R. Kelly May Not Be So Lucky in Brooklyn
Unlike his 2008 trial in Chicago, R. Kelly’s alleged victims are willing to testify in Brooklyn — including one young groupie who attended the Cook County proceedings before being targeted herself.
Opinion: There’s No More Invisible Politician than an Illinois State Legislator
The state’s legislators are too far from Chicago for the city’s inhabitants to really care, giving city leaders more power and Downstate politicians more room to hide.
Fall Fashion 2021: Bold Moves
Oversize knits, mixed patterns, and unexpected shapes anchor the return of fashion this fall. The ultrachic dancers from the Joffrey Ballet give us a master class on how to take comfort into the cool zone.
How Illinoisans Became FIPs
From Ernest Hemingway, to Carl Sandburg, to Richard M. Daley, to Roger Ebert, Illinoisans have slowly conquered our neighboring shores.
Old Style: The Chicago Beer That Isn’t
It hails from the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, but good marketing made it the second city’s first choice.
What Happened to Timmothy Pitzen?
A decade ago, his mother took him out of school for a three-day spree. Afterward, she killed herself. And the boy disappeared.
Five Architect-Designed Homes For Sale in Lake County
Choose from an Edward Dart estate, an English manor home by the architect behind the original Playboy mansion, and a sprawling ranch from Frank Lloyd Wright’s son Lloyd Wright.