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William Swislow, left, and Aron Packer have a new book, "Lakefront Anonymous" about overlooked art along the shoreline; they're at Foster Beach in Chicago on Nov. 9, 2021.

‘Lakefront Anonymous’ is the latest appreciation of amateur art that lines Chicago’s lakefront, if you know where to find it

November 25, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

In his new book, William Swislow writes, "Hidden in plain sight on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline is one of the world's great public art treasures." He is not referring to...

Jerry Latherow, 69, sits at the bar at Pippin's Tavern on Nov. 4, 2021 in Chicago.

Pippin’s Tavern, once a simple place on Rush Street, gets reborn in style. The menu is no longer hot dogs.

November 23, 2021 at 9:06 a.m.

Only a few of the estimated million or so people who attended and gawked and cheered at Saturday's Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, roaring back for its 30th year after last...

Ronnie Marmo’s ‘I’m Lenny Bruce’ is back in Chicago, now at the Mercury and changed with the times

November 16, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Ronnie Marmo is the creator and star of "I'm Not a Comedian ... I'm Lenny Bruce," which had a successful pre-pandemic run at the Royal George Theatre here and roared...

Blues greats to rock gods, Paul Natkin and his camera have seen them all. He has an upcoming book and a show at U of C.

November 11, 2021 at 10:04 a.m.

Photos of 25 people line the walls of the cafe in the handsome Logan Center on the campus of the University of Chicago and that was where Paul Natkin was...

American writer Barry Gifford in Paris, France, in 2010.

Writer Barry Gifford, who inspired David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway,’ gets a movie from his Chicago years

November 9, 2021 at 8:36 a.m.

On those frequently published lists of great Chicago writers we see, you know, the usual suspects ... Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg, Ernest Hemingway, Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel, Ben Hecht, Saul...

Outgoing Lincoln Park Zoo president Kevin Bell inside the newly renovated Pepper Family Wildlife Center on Oct. 6, 2021.

Retiring president Kevin Bell bids goodbye to the Lincoln Park Zoo that has been his home for nearly half a century

November 3, 2021 at 1:42 p.m.

A zoo is a special place and none more so than Lincoln Park Zoo, which has been in the business of delighting, amazing, and enlightening since 1868, which makes it...

Videographer Scott Jacobs documents a mayoral candidate at the CTA's Pulaski Pink Line station in Chicago in 2015.

Remembering Chicago writer and filmmaker Scott Jacobs, dead at 71. His stories about politics were also about the people.

November 2, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Scott Jacobs was born to tell stories and he knew it. Once, standing in a harsh winter wind on a South Side "L" platform, pointing a video camera at political...

Comedian Mort Sahl works the mic at Mister Kelly's on May 30, 1972, in Chicago.

An appreciation: Mort Sahl, who performed often in Chicago, is the father of modern comedy

October 28, 2021 at 6:06 p.m.

His name largely faded from headlines and nightclub marquees, Mort Sahl was arguably the most influential comic of his generation. Sahl died Tuesday from what friends called "old age." He...

Views from the rooftop of the Wrigley Building on Oct. 19, 2021, which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year.

Happy 100th birthday, Wrigley Building: Chicago’s most beloved skyscraper once opened the door to the Magnificent Mile and still looks terrific

October 27, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

A building is not, of course, a living thing. Unless it is the place you live or work or visit with some regularity, you likely take most of the city's...

The wood shop in the Guild Row social club.

Former Redmoon Theater leader Jim Lasko has a new project: Guild Row, a coworking campus in Avondale with artful aspirations

October 21, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Sitting not far away from where the former Riverview Park once thrilled the citizens of this city for more than six decades, three people are talking about their new venture,...

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