Waukegan group seeks ideas for Bradbury sculpture
A Waukegan group is seeking ideas for a sculpture to honor the late science fiction writer and Waukegan native Ray Bradbury. Bradbury, who is best known for his book "Fahrenheit...
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Study: Many straight people back legal rights for gay couples but reject PDA
A new study led by a researcher at Indiana University suggests that heterosexuals are generally supportive of legal benefits for same-sex couples, but don't want to see those couples display...
Metra to offer extra service for Mag Mile lights festival
Metra will offer extra trains and more seating capacity on most of its lines Saturday to accommodate people who travel into Chicago for the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. The festival,...
SNL’s Cecily Strong to headline White House Correspondents dinner
Oak Park native Cecily Strong, a comedian and "Saturday Night Live" cast member, will headline the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner in April. Strong, 30, grew up in Oak...
Word of the year: vape, says Oxford
You're not alone in thinking e-cigarettes have made a push into the mainstream this year. The wordsmiths at Oxford Dictionaries think the trend is so significant that they've named "vape"...
Family, friends pay tribute to Jane Byrne
Prominent Chicagoans and family members paid tribute to former Mayor Jane Byrne at her funeral Monday morning, remembering her as a feisty woman who blazed a trail — with panache....
‘You are my legacy,’ Cardinal George tells flock in last Mass as archbishop
Presiding over his final Mass as archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George gave his departing message Sunday to parishioners in Cook and Lake counties: "You are my legacy." George, whose...
Jane Byrne, Chicago’s only female mayor, dies at 81
Jane Byrne, with an assist from mighty snowstorms and a tone-deaf Chicago mayor who preceded her, will forever be known as the feisty woman who in 1979 toppled Chicago's formidable...
Parks group suit: City, Park District can’t OK Lucas Museum for lakefront
Open space advocates made good Thursday on their promise to go to court to block the proposed site for George Lucas' museum, asserting in a federal lawsuit that the city...
Parks group to sue over lakefront site for Lucas Museum
In a surprising legal tack, opponents of George Lucas' proposed museum on Chicago's lakefront said Wednesday that they will argue in federal court that the site sits on reclaimed waterways...