Leonor Vivanco

Many dive bar aficionados lament the invasion of hipsters to dive bars. You can tell if it's a hipster place by surveying the crowd, said Rob Lekan, 30, who lives...

Chicago modeling agents and scouts are extremely selective and typically look for the traditionally good-looking, all-American type. But it has to be a guy with some personality. "We find some...

Do male models practice their best Blue Steel look in the mirror? Not quite. But they do take on weird jobs. And some can be as catty as high school...

Some say, "I do," and some say, "I don't" -- support gay marriage, that is. The approval of Proposition 8 in California and other measures in Arizona and Florida was...

Controversy swirled over the past few months around a plan to develop a high school in Chicago devoted to gay and lesbian students. The intent of the school, initially called...

Staffers at RedEye, the Tribune's Play section and Metromix name some of their favorite sushi in the city: WINTER MAKI ROLL AT OYSY $10; 50 E. Grand Ave.; 312-670-6750 The...

Dunkin' Donuts is reportedly looking to open four drive-thru locations at Chicago-area sites where Starbucks once planned to open stores, according to Crain's Chicago Business. Starbucks expansion plans were scaled...

How cool is your school?The 2009 edition of "The Best 368 Colleges" goes on sale Tuesday, in which The Princeton Review releases school rankings in categories including Best Party School...

Chicago may be known as The Second City, but two high-profile skyscraper developments -- the Chicago Spire and Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago -- prove our toddlin' town is...

$558 million The amount The Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour grossed from fall 2005 to August 2007, making it the top-grossing tour in history, according to Billboard magazine. 6...