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From left: Miranda Rae Mayo, Brandon Larracuente and David Eigenberg on an episode of "Chicago Fire." Peter Gordon/NBC)

Production assistants on ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Chicago Med’ claim hours cut after unionizing

August 7, 2026 at 5:25 a.m.

Until recently, a production assistant was one of the few jobs on a TV set that was non-union.

The White Sox will give away 40,000-plus team-branded hats that resemble a pope's mitre — a tip of the hat, one might say, to Pope Leo XIV's Chicago roots and White Sox fandom. (Darren Georgia/Chicago White Sox)

The story behind the White Sox pope hat

August 14, 2026 at 9:25 a.m.

How does one even recreate a pope's miter, let alone find a company to manufacture more than 40,000 of them?

Thomas Ragsac, 27, from San Francisco, roller skates at the Summer Skate roller skating rink inside the former Crystal Gardens on Navy Pier, June 27, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Summer Skate at Navy Pier is the newest roller skating attraction in Chicago

July 22, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

It's been too long since roller skating has been available in downtown Chicago.

Joey Fatone in the North American tour of “&Juliet,” in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. (Evan Zimmerman)

Joey Fatone of *NSYNC is in the touring musical ‘& Juliet’ — and he sings an old rival’s song

July 20, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Talking to the former boy band member about being a theater kid and auditioning for musicals after all his *NSYNC fame.

Only half of the well-known Nat King Cole mural is left on a building undergoing repairs at 4301 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, July 13, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Fate is uncertain for Nat King Cole mural in Bronzeville

July 15, 2026 at 2:11 p.m.

The mural has graced the building at 43rd and King Drive for 12 years, but that may be coming to an end.

Specialists Tim Roby, left, and Chris Shepherd install Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Dugout,” featuring the Cubs on Feb. 10, 2026, at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

How (and why) pop culture has painted the Cubs as ‘lovable losers’

July 1, 2026 at 4:07 p.m.

Northwestern professor and Cubs fan Bill Savage explores the team's portrayal as lovable losers in pop culture.

From left: Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, Will Poulter as Luca and Sarah Ramos as Jessica in Season 5 of "The Bear." (FX)

‘The Bear’ final season: Cloudy with a chance of cornballs

July 6, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

Season 5 closes out this Chicago story of a humble Italian beef sandwich shop turned fine dining restaurant.

Laura Nogueira, left, and Steve Thompson look at Shane-Jahi Jackson’s exhibit "Pullman Porters & Maids: Invisible Labor, Visible Legacies" at the Block House Gallery in Pullman on June 5, 2026. (Troy Stolt/for the baiduhai)

Exhibit of paintings in Pullman features the legacies of the porters and maids that worked the railroads

June 17, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Artist Shane-Jahi Jackson's paintings are displayed in "Pullman Porters & Maids: Invisible Labor, Visible Legacies" at the Block House Gallery in Pullman.

A view of the Wrigley Building clock and Chicago skyline from the 31st floor of Tribune Tower, June 7, 2018. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago’s public clocks are the physical heartbeat of the city

June 16, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

From the Wrigley Building's clock tower to the clocks at the old Marshall Fields (now Macy's), public clocks shaped Chicago.

Pokémon’s Tyrantrum, based off of the prehistoric Tyrannosaurus rex, is seen on display at the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago on May 21, 2026. The cast of the skull belonging to SUE the T. rex is on display behind Tyrantrum. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

When paleontology meets Pokémon, at the Field Museum

May 23, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Pokémon fossils and real fossils are displayed side-by-side in a new exhibit at the Field Museum

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