1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (143+ words) City Hall is fixated on how to address mass teen gatherings downtown. Hundreds of teens hanging out at Oak Street Beach in June 2024 Teen "takeovers" have long been on the minds of many members of Chicago's City Council. Several of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (632+ words) Antoine "Twan Twan" Humphries created a mural celebrating Chicago dance culture at Urban Ark at 149 W. 111th St. in Roseland. Antoine "Twan Twan" Humphries got his start dancing as a kid in 1985 to the jukebox in his great-grandmother's Bronzeville restaurant. Inspired by…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (652+ words) Some of the many novels for sale at Call & Response Books sit on the Hyde Park bookstore's shelves last year. Despite pressure from competitors like Barnes & Noble and Amazon, Chicago's indie bookstores are preparing for the biggest Indie Bookstore Day…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1049+ words) A rendering of the proposed Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights. Provided by Manica Architecture SPRINGFIELD " Illinois lawmakers inched closer to the red zone in keeping the Chicago Bears from crossing state lines into Indiana, with the Illinois House on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (139+ words) Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th Ward, says he'll cut red tape and embrace technology to get affordable and market-rate housing and major development projects built faster. Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) asks the Bally's representatives questions on the proposed Bally's casino development during a…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (905+ words) The 52nd annual Non Equity Jeff Awards honored storefront theaters earlier this month at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. A week after audible "boos" rained down in a ceremony honoring some of Chicago's top storefront theater companies, the Joseph Jefferson…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (93+ words) Alders in Chicago's city council want to reverse a 2023 ordinance the council passed to overturn the subminimum wage structure. A debate is raging in the Chicago City Council, with a majority of alders moving to freeze the increase in tipped…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (170+ words) Vernita Gray is known as one of the most important figures for Chicago women and LGBTQ activism. Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert, hold their Illinois marriage license at their home in Chicago following their marriage by a Cook County…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (149+ words) After a contentious budget process, Chicago's city council passed a budget in December 2025 that did not include key elements the mayor wanted. Now, a group of alders are making sure he executes it. The 2026 Budget Overview and 2026 Budget Recommendations booklets…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1060+ words) The former Rainforest Cafe and Capone's Chicago is located at 605 N. Clark St. in the River North neighborhood. If you roll your eyes when passing the corner of Clark and Ohio streets in River North, you're not the only one. Sneering…...