This Week’s Five: Steppenwolf heats up … robots pursue world domination through opera … a rare Scorsese short gets new life ... plus, what the world-class comic artist Ivan Brunetti is doing this weekend Read more
This spring, for the first time in more than 40 years, people will be living at the same North Lawndale address as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family did in 1966, when he came here to dramatize the desperate state of housing in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods... Read more
Welcome to the Rustic Belt
The chef Jason Paskewitz and his business partner, Ryan O’Donnell, already the owners of Gemini Bistroare opening another venture in Lincoln Park in the late spring or early summer... Read more
When voting April 5th on local tax referendums, voters in ten Cook County communities may get the impression that any increase on their property-tax bills will be only about a third of the actual increase... Read more
CROWD PLEASERS: Your siblings, your uncle, and your in-laws? Everyone you know is coming to town this spring, and not only are you the object of their affection—you’re responsible for showing them a good time. We scouted Chicago’s bumper crop of new hotels, all opened within the last five years, and selected an option for every visitor on your list. Read more
A look at rumored candidates to run CPS: two reform stars (Baltimore's Andres Alonso and Charlotte's Peter Gorman), a career superintendent (Maryland's Jerry Weast), a young up-and-comer (NYC's John White), and a member of Emanuel's transition team (Timothy Knowles) Read more
