Is Climate Change Causing These Brutal Temperatures? By Whet Moser Climate scientists are asking whether Arctic warming leads to "drunk" jet streams—and the extreme weather in Chicago and elsewhere this week. Read more
10 Stories Every Chicagoan Should Read This Week By Whet Moser Here are some big ideas for 2014—plus thoughts about Chiraq, Jay Cutler, Michael Madigan, and more. Read more
Bloomberg Vilified, Daley Praised: What a Mayor's Send-Off Says About His Legacy By Carol Felsenthal New York's ex-mayor took it on the chin as he left office. It wasn't like that in Chicago—but nobody misses Daley now. Read more
Peckish Pig: The New Reason to Ride the Red Line All the Way By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer The restaurant and brewery, scheduled to open this month, joins a hopping Howard Street on the Chicago/Evanston border. Read more
The 13 Best Dramas at Chicago Theatres in January By Catey Sullivan Hedda Gabler opens tonight. Luna Gale and Seven Guitars start soon. See them—or 10 others—on a night out this month. Read more
At Sportsman's Club, Have a Drink With the Deer Heads By Carly Boers Everyone on Saturday night was happy to hit this new bar in Humboldt Park. Read more
Chicago's 27 Best Classical, New Music, and Opera Events This Month By Graham Meyer See and hear great culture—some of it for free—around Chicago this month. Read more
What to Eat and Drink in Chicago This Week By Carrie Schedler There's BBQ, mid-day sake, a sandwich salute to Elvis, and a puffed-up pizza that's topped with prosciutto. Read more
Eight Cozy Chicago Restaurants: Eat, Drink, and Hide from Winter By Penny Pollack Baby, it’s cold outside. Go snuggle up at one of these charming spots. Read more
This House Just Snagged One of Bucktown's Highest Prices of All Time By Dennis Rodkin Get a look at the new 7,000 square foot place that sold for $3.1 million in December. Read more
