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. Read more

The life’s work of the photographer anchors an exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum. Read more

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? Read more

Chicago is slowly, kinda reopening: See comic book heroes at a museum or go jump in the lake (from the comfort of your own home). Read more