Follow the money
With the Illinois 2018 gubernatorial race on par to be the most expensive race for governor in history, Propublica Illinois has created a widget using data from the Illinois State […]
Chicago Area Could See More Than 1 Foot of Snow Throughout the Weekend
Chicagoans hunkered down Thursday night and weathered a rough commute Friday morning as more than 5 inches of snow fell in the area overnight, with larger amounts falling in some […]
Tenants of Wilson Men’s Hotel Demand Developer Cease Evictions
Tenants of the Wilson Men’s Hotel, a Single Room Occupancy building in Uptown, are demanding City Pads LLC developer Andrew Ahitow cease his eviction of residents and make them part […]
Bobbing and Weaving in Red Tape’s Catastrophic I Saw Myself
Red Tape Theatre inaugurates its new “The Ready” space with Howard Barker’s scenery-chewing angst-fest I Saw Myself. The 13th century widow Sleev (Carolyn Hoerdemann), vulnerable in a black slip, is weaving […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/8 – 2/11
It’s the weekend before Valentine’s Day and the events are looking good! Whether you’re looking for something to do with a significant other or just have a good time by […]
Chicago Housing Market Might Make It Attractive for Amazon HQ2
Chicago’s slow-to-recover housing market might make it look good to Amazon in its search for its HQ2 site, says Crain’s real estate specialist, Dennis Rodkin. Chicago not only has lower […]
Pritzker’s Big Charitable Donations Cost Fed and State Treasuries
J.B. Pritzker is the richest candidate to ever run for Illinois governor and may also be the most charitable. But he has donated what amounts to found money and paid no […]
Humboldt Pie is a Slice of Comedic Comfort Food at Slate Arts
Humboldt Park might not be the first place you’d think of when you’re talking about seeing comedy in Chicago, but recently, the ever-changing nature of Humboldt Park has become home […]
Doug Varone and Dancers Return to Chicago
Thirty years into choreographing for his company Doug Varone and Dancers, Doug Varone believes he has become somewhat of a pointillist. He said looking back, his early choreography resembled the […]
Video Premiere + Interview: Sarah Q of Desert Liminal
As half of the dream-pop duo Desert Liminal and a few other music and non-music related projects, one wonders how Sarah Q has the time to write songs, record, and […]
AG Lisa Madigan and 16 Others Oppose Proposed Tip Rule
The Obama administration in 2011 mandated that tipped workers keep their tips, but the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed reversing that rule. Instead, employers would combine all tips and […]
See SUE on the Move and Imagine a New Stanley Field Hall This February
Some say it’s the end of an era at The Field Museum. SUE the T. Rex, the most complete skeletal example of their kind, came to be in Stanley Field […]