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Cam Brenson, a TikTokker who is trying to eat a meal from every nation without leaving the Chicago area, tries the menu at Albany Park Guatemalan restaurant El Quetzal.

From Armenia to Zambia: This TikTok influencer is eating a dish from every country (in alphabetical order) without leaving Chicago

August 9, 2023 at 2:39 p.m.

When I met Cam Brenson the other day, he was deep into the E's — Estonia, Eritrea, Egypt. We had Ethiopian for lunch. He was expecting to continue the next...

Hailee Hrusosky sits on Logan O'Brien's shoulders to watch Lana Del Rey perform on the Bud Light stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park on Aug. 6, 2023.

Lana Del Rey at Lollapalooza: Or let’s just call it LanaPalooza. Who else can do a concert like this?

August 7, 2023 at 12:36 p.m.

I am not the right person to write this report about Lana Del Rey and her performance at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Sunday night. I am Gen X, and...

Chicago author and activist Alejandra Oliva has a new book, "Rivermouth," that details her experience working with immigrants on the Mexico border.

Immigration activist Alejandra Oliva on the art (and pain) of filling out an application for asylum

March 11, 2024 at 12:49 p.m.

The first 75 or so arrivals stepped out of buses at Union Station clutching clear plastic bags that held few possessions. This was almost a year ago. Each had been...

"Marnie's Nightmare," 2006, by Gary Simmons.

Gary Simmons and the phantoms of racial and cultural history at his MCA retrospective ‘Public Enemy’

May 22, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

The fourth floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, through Oct. 1, will be a haunted house, a liminal space, a gateway to a past not settled. That's one...

Author and artist Ana Castillo, shown in front of her artwork on June 27, 2023, at the Hilton Asmus Contemporary in River North.

Ana Castillo’s new book makes you see stories everywhere. Or maybe they’re ghosts.

July 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Ana Castillo reclined on the off-white gallery chair and I apologized for looking like a slob, but where I had to be next required more informal clothing, and so, I...

"Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma" by Claire Dederer.

Can I still listen to Kanye? Should I hate Bill Murray now? Ask Claire Dederer. She won’t judge you

March 12, 2024 at 12:33 p.m.

Claire Dederer does not carry a portable confessional, but she might want to consider the investment. We sat beside each other recently in the lobby of a School of the...

From "Good Night, Irene" by Luis Alberto Urrea, a book based on the World War II experiences of his mother, Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea.

The real Red Cross inspirations behind Luis Alberto Urrea’s bestseller ‘Good Night, Irene.’ Namely, his mom.

July 3, 2023 at 6:35 a.m.

Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea, of Staten Island, died in her sleep at 74, in 1990. Soon after, her son, Luis Alberto Urrea, who lives in Naperville, teaches at the...

A figure of John Boyer on a bicycle in his Harper Memorial Library office.

No longer ‘the place where fun goes to die’: The dean who changed University of Chicago steps down

March 12, 2024 at 12:02 p.m.

John Boyer, as they say around Hyde Park, is UChicago famous. North of 51st Street, if you were to spot him zipping past on his Schwinn, you might assume he...

Penguin Random House displays a large poster wall where attendees can write down a banned book that changed their lives during the American Library Association conference at McCormick Place, June 26, 2023.

This was your chance to see a loud librarian — annual ALA conference in Chicago over the weekend took on book banning

June 28, 2023 at 3:53 p.m.

The American Library Association conference that ended Tuesday at McCormick Place tends to be a predictably tame six days. The annual gathering of librarians, publishers and information professionals has been...

Dr. Felicity Fishman, bottom left, draws an African elephant on a young boy's arm cast following surgery at Shriners Children's Chicago hospital on May 12, 2023. She is flanked by surgery nurse Adriana Faso, top left, and resident Dr. Ryan Le Duc, right, who helped color in the elephant.

With doodles as her signature, a Chicago pediatric surgeon makes surgery and casts a little less scary

June 18, 2023 at 12:09 p.m.

As school ends, summer begins and the dangerous outdoors beckon, a quick tip: If you are a child and plan to break an arm or hand, or schedule surgery on...

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