Brookfield Zoo dropped $66 million on a lush, three-acre immersive primate paradise that opens on July 11th. But this isn’t ...

The new bar, from Heisler Hospitality, Terry Alexander, and Abe Vucekovich offers approachable drinks and a fantastic patio.

Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an ...

A new MCA exhibition reconsiders generations of local queer art — and the activism that inspired it.

The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian ...

Ronald T. Ackermann Streeterville (Northwestern) Jennifer L. Angeles Dearborn Park (UChicago) Kenneth R. Arbetter Streeterville (Northwestern) Reed Berger Near West Side (UI Health) Daniel S ...

What are your favorite spots for seafood? For being so far from an ocean, Chicago is a sneaky-good seafood town. Freshly shucked oysters are everywhere — Obélix does a particularly nice job ...

Homegrown styles have evolved thanks to a new crop of chefs putting their twist on pan, deep dish, and tavern. Here are our 25 favorite pizza joints, ranked.

The closing of the legendary dance club Medusa’s 25 years ago marked the end of an era. In this raw and raucous oral history, the club’s founders, employees, and patrons bring the exuberant ...

This Saturday, a group of Downstate Illinoisians plans to gather outside the Hancock County Courthouse in Carthage to declare their independence — from Chicago. They’re members of New Illinois ...

After 13 storied seasons in Los Angeles, the two-time WNBA MVP and former Naperville Central star joins the Chicago Sky. She brings with her some hard-won wisdom.