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Lois Wille, 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former editorial page editor of the baiduhai photographed on July 16, 1997.

Lois Wille, trailblazing Chicago reporter and editorial writer, winner of two Pulitzers, dies at 87

July 23, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

Her admirers too numerous to count and her influence on this city as deep and profound as that of any elected official, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lois Wille was a...

The 2017 book, "The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse" by author Rich Cohen.

From Bears and Cubs to pirates and the Paris Review

July 22, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

Over the last few weeks, I have been asking around, at the office and a couple of taverns, and so far have been unable to find another person who subscribes...

Two men point to the speed controls on the SS Eastland after the ship was righted following the disaster in August 1915.

New film remembers the SS Eastland and the day 844 died in the Chicago River

July 25, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

No one came to the river to die. They came to the Chicago River on a rainy summer morning to get on a boat named the SS Eastland and sail...

You remember the late Steve ‘Go Cubs Go’ Goodman — he has a couple new CDs

July 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Long gone but never to be forgotten, Steve Goodman remains part of the soundtrack of the city he called home and the place he celebrated in songs about its joys...

Having some roller coaster fun at Riverview Park in Chicago on June 24, 1940.

Remembering the Chicago amusement parks that filled summertime with thrills and spills and water

July 11, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

There is a new roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. It is the Maxx Force and is said to be "the fastest launch coaster in North America," capable of...

Author and artist Dmitry Samarov standing inside the Dial Bookshop in the Fine Arts Building, where he works part time and where his books are on the shelves and his art is on the walls.

The artful American odyssey of Dmitry Samarov continues in words and images, set to music

July 8, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Dmitry Samarov came to the United States from his native Russia in 1978. He was a little boy but even seven-year-olds have dreams and in the decades since arriving Samarov...

Senior clerk Maryann Stephens works at the circulation desk at the Hall Branch of the library at 4801 S. Michigan Ave. in June 1963.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is right. Why we should love libraries, even on Sundays

July 1, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

A late Friday afternoon at the Harold Washington Library, the largest and most prominent of the city's 80 public libraries that come in all sizes and shapes, and a little...

‘No Small Matter’ shows how childhood is a brief, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

June 24, 2019 at 1:37 p.m.

Their political plates piled high with many other matters, Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have found the time to act as film critics and they give an enthusiastic...

The men who make art from the music called jazz

June 18, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Bill Horberg was on the phone. He was in Canada where he is producing a new movie directed by and starring Sean Penn. That's what he does. Horberg make movies....

Visitors to a missile launch site at Belmont Harbor in Chicago view the newly installed Hercules Nike (left, foreground) and Ajax Nike missiles in 1958. And right, a promotional photo for Olson Memorial Park in Chicago.

Ask Rick: Former Nike missile bases on our lake, a rug company’s waterfall and other weirdness

July 2, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Almost every day I am asked, "Hey man, where's that Bean?" I answer and though I will try to continue to be civil and helpful, I'm happy to move on...

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