Kayla Samoy is the editor of the Dining section and works in Arts+Entertainment for the baiduhai. She is a University of Arizona graduate and previously worked for the Associated Press and the Arizona Republic.
Fried chicken on cocoa waffles, topped with caramel rum ice cream, is just one of the new specials created for the annual Chicago Black Restaurant Week.
Also around the Chicago area, a pop culture expo at Columbia College Chicago, comedian Vir Das and a concert of Taylor Swift music. “Star Dust”: A ballet tribute to David...
The National Endowment for the Arts on Wednesday announced nationwide grants for art projects, including about $1.6 million in grants for 66 projects in Illinois. The grants include funding for...
It's Thursday, Chicago. With the end of the year approaching, the critics and columnists of A+E have selected a handful of individuals as 2023's Chicagoans of the Year in the...
Since November, I've been watching the season's new Christmas romantic comedies basically nonstop. There were many mediocre movies (unfortunately, the Long Grove-shot "Reporting for Christmas" premiering on Hulu didn't make...