Real Estate 2010: House Prices in Chicago and the Suburbs

By Dennis Rodkin

DÉJÀ VU: Declining prices have sent home values back to where they were eight years ago. So what’s your house worth now? Chicago magazine’s annual real-estate charts track home prices in nearly 300 neighborhoods and towns Read more

Real Estate 2010: Chicago Neighborhoods

By Dennis Rodkin

Sortable chart of prices of Chicago homes Read more

Real Estate 2010: Suburbs

Sortable chart of prices of homes in the suburbs Read more

Real Estate 2010: Methods and Sources

Where we got the data and how we prepared our charts Read more

Best things to do in Chicago in October

By Jennifer Wehunt

POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for October, in order of buzz Read more

2010 Fall Theatre Preview

Eleven shows to buy tickets for now; Laurie Metcalf returns to Chicago; the business of small theatre; inside the mind of Robert Falls; and more Read more

Inside the Mind of Robert Falls

By Catey Sullivan

What the artistic director of the Goodman Theatre is reading, listening to, and buying now Read more

The Business of Small Theatre, Explained

By Kerry Reid

PENNY-PINCH: Ann Filmer of Berwyn's 16th Street Theater Discusses Her Budget for "Menorca" Read more

Laurie Metcalf on “Detroit,” David Cromer, and “Roseanne”

By Catey Sullivan

NEXT STEP: Steppenwolf's Crazy Pants returns to Chicago Read more

Best Elementary Schools: Chicago (Schools Ranked 1-250)

By Dennis Rodkin