How One Activist and a Grocery Store Fed South Shore On our Best of Chicago 2020 list: a grassroots stimulus program that delivered free groceries to a thousand households. Read more
A Safety Net for Sheltering-in-Place Sex Workers Sex workers have been particularly devastated by the pandemic. This burlesque performer stepped in to help. Read more
An Ode to Edgewater's Secret Shore By Kathleen Rooney Why this vista, exempt from Lightfoot's lakeshore closure orders, made our Best of Chicago 2020 list Read more
One Good Thing About 2020: Drive-in Movies Are Back That's why this Pilsen parking lot made our Best of Chicago list. Read more
Things I Would Do With My Husband if We Were Still in Love By Elizabeth Gomez A roundup of fun date ideas for shelter-in-place — not that we'll be doing any of it. Read more
Six Chicagoans Who Stood Up and Stood Out For leading the way with courage during days of protests, they made our Best of Chicago 2020 list. Read more
Where to Get Stuff Fixed By Heidi Mitchell Illustrations by Amrita Marino Jewelry, lamps, shoes, pianos — if it’s broken, don’t worry. We’ve got your back. (We’ve even got a fix for that, too.) Read more
Celebrity Home Smackdown, Zoom Edition By Heidi Mitchell We ask local designers to evaluate celebrity digs, as seen from shelter-in-place. Read more
Reiki From Another Room By Adrienne Gunn Can long-distance energy healing ease a pandemic-troubled mind? Read more
Lemont's 300-Acre Adventure Park Is Now Open By Phoebe Mogharei Built around the southwest suburb's historic quarries, The Forge is an outdoor sportsman's dream. Read more
