The essential 2020 stocking stuffer? A new face mask.
Depending on who the recipient is, a face mask can say all kinds of things: I care. Or: You really need to upgrade from that paper surgical thing. Or, perhaps...
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Commentary: Election Day is upon us, and plenty of flags are waving. But what do flags mean?
When I was a kid, Mrs. Kleinbrook, our neighbor across the street, had a flagpole in her front yard. She was the original occupant of that house, built on the...
Isabel Wilkerson, Nate Marshall win Chicago Public Library awards
When Isabel Wilkerson was researching "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration," she came across poet Carl Sandburg's reporting for the Chicago Daily News. He...
Jeff Tweedy’s new book is ‘How to Write One Song,’ and is about how much you can learn about yourself in the trying
Jeff Tweedy wants you to write a song. Just one. He wants you to become so focused on writing that one song that you lose yourself in it, you "disappear...
Logan Square’s City Lit Books to close Dec. 1, a casualty of the pandemic
The pandemic has claimed City Lit, a vibrant independent bookstore and a fixture of the Logan Square neighborhood. Citing a 50% drop in revenue, owner Teresa Kirschbraun said the shop...
Get away to Michigan for fall tradition of cider and doughnuts
Cider mill days. That's what we called them growing up. They arrive sometime after Labor Day to announce the start of fall. The calendar may argue it's still summer, but...
Colin Quinn on ‘Overstated’: It’s time for America to get divorced — or maybe just hold a new constitutional convention
Colin Quinn is convinced the United States need to divorce. He's been arguing this for a while now, but his new book, "Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States,"...
Soft-serve ice cream: 8 spots in Chicago-area to indulge a final summer fling
Need a last summer fling? We rounded up some of the city's best soft-serve ice cream to help you stretch the season just a little bit longer. Our guide —...
What will it take to get Chicagoans to go to the show? Here’s what you told us.
Our fall arts preview typically offers readers advice on what not to miss. This year, with so much closed or canceled due to the novel coronavirus, we wanted to know...
2020 is winding down, but the drama isn’t: Read these books now to make sense of it
Trainwreck. Demented. A dumpster fire of a year. We've all seen the social media memes, and most of us are ready to be done with 2020. But it isn't over...