Baseball Preview: 10 Reasons to Look Forward to Chicago Baseball, Other Than It Being Baseball

By Whet Moser

This year might not be the horror show lots of people are predicting—the White Sox might even have an outside shot in a weak division. But the most interesting player to watch could be a Royals minor-leaguer out in Kane County. Read more

Long Reads for Hump Day

By Whet Moser

Gary's new mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson; the curious case of Chicago hip-hop star/cult favorite Chief Keef; Alan Turing's undersung legacy in the field of biology; and more. Read more

Can Karen Freeman-Wilson Fix Gary, Indiana?

By Bryan Smith

The Harvard-educated new mayor is drawing national attention with her out-of-the-box ideas to turn Chicago's most notorious neighbor back into a thriving city Read more

A Guide to Highland Park: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play

By Selena Fragassi

INSIDER’S GUIDE: A rock-star teashop on the North Shore? Yes—and more Read more

Kurt Vonnegut in Chicago: Some Footnotes

By Geoffrey Johnson

Reviews of And So It Goes, a recent biography of Kurt Vonnegut, and the Library of America's first collection of the author's works, plus a look at how Chicago shaped the famous novelist. Read more

A Touch of Europe in South Barrington

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $5.5 million
The Property: The homebuilder Joe Elias and his company, Vintage Elegant Family Estates, pride themselves on bringing an old-world timelessness to their projects. At Hidden Lakes, a gated subdivision of very large homes in South Barrington, Elias took it up several notches, layering on the European-inspired details when creating this 13,000-square-foot home for his family... Read more

Dunlay’s Owners to Open Crosby’s Kitchen on Southport

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Bottle Rocket
The owners of Dunlay’s, D.O.C. Wine Bar, The Smoke Daddy, and Frasca are gutting the space vacated by Leo's Coney Island, and adding a bar, woodwork, and street-front windows to create Crosby’s Kitchen which they aim to open mid-June... Read more

Studio Dwell’s Mark Peters Creates a Visual Stunner in Bucktown

By Lisa Cregan

GLASS WORKS: In Bucktown, an expanded townhouse becomes a clean-lined triumph of light and shadow Read more

Franks ’n’ Dawgs Owner Alexander Brunacci to Open The Peasantry in Lincoln Park

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Special Relativity
“The first time we ever spoke, I said I was an anti-chain person,” Alexander Brunacci told us. True to form, Brunacci’s second restaurant, instead of becoming a sister to Franks ’n’ Dawgs, will be more of a cousin... Read more

Light-Filled Townhouse in the Clybourn Corridor

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1.295 million
The Property: Late in the 1980s, as the Clybourn Corridor was making its transformation from industrial area to vibrant urban neighborhood, a long block of townhouses was built on Maud Avenue, which parallels Clybourn Avenue... Read more

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