The author and School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor discusses her debut novel, about a pet-rental-shop employee whose life is changed by Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure classic. Read more
If you happen to be off today and not leaving the house, here are some good reads on funeral directors, Michael Jordan's high school coach, and Shel Silverstein's personal archive. Read more
After resigning as Chief of Staff, Bill Daley's D.C. record takes another hit as the president announces that Daley's old department, Commerce, will be axed in the service of paring down the federal bureaucracy. Read more
On a frigid Friday night, a young crowd warmed up and cut loose in Lincoln Hall during a performance by hip-hop-meets-eighties-pop artist Theophilus London... Read more
List Price: $1.299 million Sale Price: $1.5 million The Property: Trusts in the names of the two daughters of the financial whiz and philanthropist Richard Driehaus have sold a storybook-style Italianate Victorian that they had owned since 2001... Read more
After Cyrus McCormick and other prominent Chicagoans moved out, Rush Street became Deadfall Lane. Now the home of the Viagra Triangle is a blend of the old and the new. Read more
Increasingly, "private equity" means public money buying public infrastructure—and you'll probably remember a good example literally from the streets of Chicago. In some ways, the vulture capitalists are ourselves. Read more