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Colleen Doyle, a lifelong White Sox fan armed with tickets to Monday’s game in Cleveland, shops on Oct. 2, 2026, for a new shirt at Grandstand, a sports merchandise store in the South Side's Bridgeport neighborhood. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

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‘Flying off the shelf’: Sports apparel stores scramble to keep up with demand for White Sox merchandise

With the team headed to the AL Division Series this weekend, stores across Chicago are experiencing an unprecedented demand for Sox swag.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., one of the world’s biggest makers of coffee pods, launched a new way of brewing coffee it says will slash waste. AltaRounds, the one-cup portions are made from compressed coffee wrapped in a coating derived from seaweed that the company sources from France. The puck-shaped capsules come eight to a box, and most varieties will cost $1.37 each comparable to one of the company’s traditional K-Cup pods. (Photo courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper)

Keurig debuts plastic-free coffee pods

The puck-shaped capsules come eight to a box, and most varieties will cost $1.37 each...

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

Arts

The star of "Inner Visions," currently on view at Wrightwood 659, is undoubtedly this 2017 remake of Yayoi Kusama's very first "Infinity Mirror Room." Originally built in 1965, "Phalli's Field" can be entered by up to two visitors at a time for 45 seconds. (Ron Blunt / Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)

Review: More than hype and mirrors? Yayoi Kusama and other artists at Wrightwood 659.

"Inner Worlds: Visions from the Hirschhorn Collection" features a small selection of artworks by Mary Bauermeister, Niki de Saint Phalle and, most prominently, Yayoi Kusama.

Books

Troy Swanson, of Woodridge, adjunct professor in the School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest and chairman of the Library/Learning Resources Center at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, has been named Academic Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Educator with ties to Moraine Valley, Dominican University, deemed state’s Academic Librarian of the Year

Troy Swanson, who works at Moraine Valley Community College and Dominican University, has been named the state's Librarian of the Year.

Movies

Production designer Matt Hyland redecorates the facade of the Dairy Palace in Tinley Park on Oct. 31, 2025, before filming began on "Trash Mountain." The longtime ice cream shop was chosen as one of the sites for the movie, which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park’s Dairy Palace debuts at Toronto film festival in premiere of ‘Trash Mountain’

Scenes from "Trash Mountain", starring Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel, were filmed at Tinley Park's Dairy Palace.

TV and Streaming

CBS football analyst Tony Romo walks across the field before a Chiefs-Cowboys game on Nov. 5, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)

CBS Sports announces Tony Romo’s permanent exit and describes it as a mutual parting

CBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways, one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Theater

Anne Trodden is one of four women playing the role of Heidi in "What the Constitution Means to Me" by Ways and Means Theatre. (Daniel Howie)

Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ staged in an American Legion post, is a play that always feels timely

Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, gets authentic surroundings in this new production by Ways and Means Theatre.

Restaurants, Food and Drink

Tribune’s 2026 Holiday Cookie Contest: Submit your recipes now

Chicago may be easing into autumn, but it's already time to launch the Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, which is marking its 40th edition.

Music and Concerts

The Freedom Riders opened the Chicago Symphony Presents Jazz season on Oct. 2, 2026, at Chicago Symphony Center’s
Orchestra Hall. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: At Chicago Symphony jazz series, the Freedom Riders honor their namesake

You could say the latter-day Freedom Riders, a band formed at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest, is keeping the activists’ memory alive through their name. But, as the Riders stressed at Chicago Symphony Center on Friday night, that history is...

Travel

Cary Sabados shops for chocolate at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. This Lakeview location, opened last April, was the first Chicago store. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

This fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans, H-E-B and Kroger supermarkets, and open new stores in Virginia, Utah and California.

Home and Garden

Ageratum is a sun-loving annual that can provide color in gardens that are challenged by rabbits. (Jeff Carrion/Chicago Botanic Garden)

Rabbits nibbling your garden? Here’s what to do.

The best way to prevent rabbit damage in the growing season is to exclude them with fencing.

Recipes

Silky cauliflower soup gets a sweet-tangy finish with mango yogurt and crisp papadums. (Diane Rossen Worthington/TCA) (Diane Rossen Worthington/TCA)

Give cauliflower soup a glow-up

Cauliflower makes an elegant, versatile soup when paired with warm curry, sweet apple and a bright mango yogurt drizzle. This version is satisfying enough for a light lunch entree, yet refined enough to serve as a first course.

Fashion

Julia Yock, of Orland Park, participates in a Best Buddies Frendship Walk. Yock, a dancer and cheerleader at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, promotes using physical activity to foster good mental health through her role as a pageant winner. (Catherine Demetropoulos)

Orland Park teen uses pageant win to promote fitness as a tool for mental health

Julia Yock, of Orland Park, won the Miss Teen International pageant with a platform encouraging mental health through fitness.

Entertainment

Bacardi is ending its relationship with Breakthru Beverage Group, and will take its business to Miami-based Southern Wine & Spirits of America and Texas-based Glazer's, two companies that on Monday announced an agreement to merge.

FTC settles with Southern Glazer’s over claim it discriminated against smaller alcohol sellers

The agency sued Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits in December 2024 after finding it didn’t give smaller stores access to the discounts and rebates it offered larger stores like Total Wine, Walmart and Kroger, even when stores were within a...

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