The headlines are about major cities declining—in population, in industry, in jobs. But smaller cities are changing too as revolutions in manufacturing, agriculture and mining affect small cities and towns, […]
Illinoisans attempting to use Google Arts and Culture app to find out which 17th century mural matches their face the most will have some difficulty, possibly due to state laws […]
Crate & Barrel’s iconic white building at 646 N. Michigan will close January 24 or sooner if the sale merchandise disappears. Architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the original architect of the […]
Last June, a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was reported missing, and video surfaced of the student, Yingying Zhang, waiting for a bus on campus, then getting […]
A bright fire ball flying over the Midwest Tuesday evening was confirmed by NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office to be a meteorite. According to the U.S. Geological Service, the vibrations from […]
It’s about to be Museum Week in Chicago. Every January, while it’s too cold to enjoy the lakefront, rooftop bars and generally being outside for more than five minutes, the […]
One of the most intriguing and captivating films to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival last year was a little crime drama called Small Town Crime, from the writing-directing brothers […]
The annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival got off to a great start over the weekend with two young quartets, both hailing from outside of the United States, offering superb […]
Like Hamlet’s murdered dad, the award-winning Canadian TV series Slings & Arrows has been resurrected, now for free on the Internets so all can experience or revisit the fraught fictional […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy walked offstage on Monday at a forum on gun violence after comments made by State Representative and Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives. According to NBC5, […]
President Trump, frustrated with reports that he used the term, “shithole,” to describe countries in Africa, El Salvador and Haiti last week, issued a tweet Monday that read, “Senator Dicky […]
In an effort to improve student test scores, Proviso East High School is experimenting with a new way of teaching: competency-based learning. This type of education is derived from the […]
