The aftermath: Then and now
At 8:45 a.m., on Sept. 11, 2001, the first airliner hit the World Trade Center. It was a clear, sunny Tuesday. People were grabbing coffee, maybe a bagel, and heading...
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A glass menagerie
Two artists have joined forces to create a fantasy world inside the Garfield Park Conservatory, that magnificent 93-year-old glass structure on Central Park Avenue. One is Dale Chihuly, the Seattle...
Waging the public relations war
As the war against Osama bin Laden and the fleeing Taliban military heads into its latest phase, so, too, the American propaganda campaign escalates on two separate fronts, the domestic...
A life of its own
It is a remembrance of people past, these Day of the Dead celebrations that are part of Mexican tradition. And on the streets of the Pilsen neighborhood last week, generations...
Hai Yen Restaurant
(3 forks) 1055 W. Argyle St. 773-561-4077 Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thurs., Fri.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sun.; closed Wed. Credit cards: M, V Noise...
Museums get grants
The Oriental Institute Museum in Chicago, the Chicago Zoological Society in Brookfield, Scitech in Aurora and the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington are among the seven Illinois museums...
Hollywood avoiding Chicago for now
Filmmakers in Chicago are feeling the effects of Hollywood's response to the terrorists attacks, with some projects postponed and others changing locations. Television's "ER," for example, has postponed a mid-October...
Chicago sends a message: The shows will go on
Chicago's entertainment industry, still feeling its way through an uncertain period, is moving to shore up its business and encourage its audiences. In the wake of the Sept. 11 events,...
The ways we grieve
They began simply enough, on sidewalks, in parks and in front of fire stations, often with a single flickering candle, a bouquet of fresh flowers, a missive scribbled on a...
The ways we grieve
They began simply enough, on sidewalks, in parks and in front of fire stations, often with a single flickering candle, a bouquet of fresh flowers, a missive scribbled on a...