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 […]
Oh boy, the snowy weather has come back and blanketed our city in a few inches of its fluffy substance. Don’t let the little flurries stop you from going out […]
Chicago’s food industry is thriving due to the city’s coffee lovers, who have proven themselves creatures of habit. Good deals and loyalty programs are feeding the morning ritual. The coffee […]
The Textalyzer is a tool police would use to determine when a driver was texting before a traffic accident. Ald. Edward Burke proposed the use of the technology, though he […]
Residents of Wilson Men’s Hotel in Uptown are preparing to pack and leave amid the “cage hotel” closing for renovation by its new owners. Some of those residents do not […]
ProPublica Illinois is joining with Free Street Theater to listen to people around the state and and “to think creatively about how to bridge divides and earn trust among the […]
Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O’Hara is a satirical, time-traveling look at our history of slavery and repression, race and identity. O’Hara turns time on its head to take us […]
Flamingo & Decatur, the world-premiere play by Todd Taylor now on through February 18 at Theater Wit in the Belmont Theater District, is a bit of a cross-country sort of […]
I shouldn’t have to convince you to see a beautifully restored, 4K presentation of a great French film by the director of Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, […]
By what I think is complete coincidence, Facets Cinémathèque is opening the documentary Wait for Your Laugh just two weeks after the passing of its subject, the legendary comic talent […]
Porto, the feature debut by former Chicago film critic Gabe Klinger (his follow-up to the engaging 2013 documentary Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater), is a film about being […]
As the seasoned moviegoers that I’m sure most of you are, you don’t need me telling you that the month of January has long been considered a dumping ground for […]
