Christopher Borrelli – Page 10

Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here

July 7, 2025 at 5:59 a.m.

If you’re planning a pilgrimage to the pope’s hometown this summer, keep in mind that Dolton never asked to be considered remarkable. Except, in its own way, it is. Just...

William Zbaren, left, and Robert Sharoff page through the book they created with Tim Samuelson, “The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon,” in their Chicago apartment on June 5, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Column: I could never figure out the Wrigley Building but now I know why

July 3, 2025 at 5:35 a.m.

“The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon” is a fascinating and pretty entertaining new coffee table book devoted to this terra cotta mainstay.

Giant fiberglass Paul Bunyon Hotdog Statue in Atlanta, Illinois, seen on June 21, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Go big and stay home! Why Illinois loves its roadside monsters.

July 2, 2025 at 8:38 a.m.

Our state loves its towering Abe Lincolns and ketchup bottles. Looking for a road trip? There's a Giants Museum in downstate Illinois along Route 66.

"Weird Al” Yankovic performs “Like a Surgeon” during his Bigger and Weirder Tour at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on June 29, 2025. (Talia Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Review: The lesson of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: We’ll miss him when he’s gone

July 1, 2025 at 6:17 a.m.

His two-hour concert on Sunday night at Ravinia Festival was a reminder of how the talent and glorious stupidity of his parody songs can never be repeated.

Owners Lydia Esparza and husband Nick Lessins prepare ingredients to make a pizza at Great Lake business in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, on June 24, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago pizza royalty Great Lake returns, idiosyncratic as ever

June 25, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Great Lake, the legendary (and legendarily iconoclastic) pizza joint that fixated (and sometimes frustrated) Andersonville for five years, has returned, a dozen years later.

A first edition copy of A.J. Liebling's "Chicago: The Second City" from the collection of the Newberry Library on March 19, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Was A.J. Liebling right about Chicago? Decades after the New Yorker’s ‘Second City,’ time for a second reading

June 29, 2025 at 10:23 a.m.

Why does one book live rent-free in Chicago’s head? We went back to his 1952 assessment of our city to find out what he got right, what he got wrong...

MJ Lenderman plays Chicago's Salt Shed, June 18, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

MJ Lenderman at Salt Shed: Perfecting the art of malaise

June 19, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

Watching MJ Lenderman at the Salt Shed on Wednesday was to be reminded of the curious power of exhaustion.

Summer reading books top to bottom, “Pan” by Michael Clune, “Clam Down” by Anelise Chen, “King of Ashes” by S.A. Cosby, “Charlottesville” by Deborah Baker, “Spent” by Alison Bechdel, “So Far Gone” by Jess Walter, and “Murder Takes a Vacation” by Laura Lippman. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Summer books 2025: Get lost in our shelves of Chicago, spiritual or just plain weird books

June 11, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Someday, when I open a bookstore and the big bucks roll in, I’ll display titles in narrow categories, ensuring no one finds anything and has to wander. This summer survey...

Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Meet the former Chicago ‘theater kid’ who stages Kendrick Lamar

June 6, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

When the "Grand National Tour" rolls into Soldier Field, a lot of the spectacle will be the creation of designer Mike Carson.

Alex Bolghand, foreground, photographs his sons Wyatt, left, 7, and Leo, 10, at the exhibition “Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing” at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry on May 22, 2025. The family was visiting Chicago from San Carlos, California. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Spider-Man spins a complicated web. This new exhibit at Griffin MSI is just for fun.

May 22, 2026 at 7:47 p.m.

“Marvel’s Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing — The Exhibit” at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is smartly centered around the endless interpretations of Spider-Man the Character.

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