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By Jake MalooleyIllustration by Mario Wagner

These performance metrics geeks don’t want to just improve how we measure sports. They want to change how we play. Read more

The Best Orthopedic Doctors in the Chicago Area

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These 138 experts — chosen by their peers for this special edition of our Top Doctors list — can bring new life to your aching bones and joints. Read more

Please Don’t Take Carrie Coon Too Seriously

By Mark CaroPhotos by Justin Bettman

The career-surging actress, who has earned acclaim thanks to some darkly heavy screen and stage roles, wants you to know she’s in a perfectly happy place. Read more

Chicago: the Typeface

By Evan Nicole Brown

The pioneering Apple font, of early iPod fame, reminded its designer of our city's bold skyline. Read more

The Essential Guide to Chicago’s Fall Culture Scene

Nine dynamic artists and one dance troupe whose work this season you won’t want to miss Read more

The Rapper Without Borders

By Josh TerryPhoto by Kevin Penczak

Kweku Collins isn’t restricted by hip-hop orthodoxy. Read more

The Ancestral Poet

By Adam MorganPhoto by Kevin PenczakMakeup by Lauren Ward/Factor Artists

The first collected edition of Natasha Trethewey’s work serves as a tribute to those who came before her. Read more

The Frosting Chronicler

By Jason FoumbergPhoto by Kevin Penczak

Yvette Mayorga’s bittersweet sculptures ingeniously tackle immigration politics. Read more

The Civic Playwright

By Kris VirePhoto by Tim Klein

Four years into his ambitious seven-play cycle about Chicago, Ike Holter ratchets up the tension. Read more

The Party Candidate

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Ike Barinholtz takes the director’s chair for a subversive comedy about the country’s divide. Read more

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