Chicago’s First Check Problem
Chicago has plenty of deep-pocketed investors. But it’s short on those willing to seed early-stage entrepreneurs.
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Vintage Tribune: Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died holding a grudge against a Chicago editorial writer
Some consider Valentino to be the world’s first international sex symbol. Those four syllables, Va-len-ti-no, were enough to set hearts aflutter.
To celebrate Miles Davis at 100, Columbia rereleases Chicago ‘Plugged Nickel’ recordings
This new release ties into the larger Miles Davis 100 campaign marking the centennial of the trumpeter’s birth on May 26.
Vintage Tribune: Chicago movie company Essanay was the Disney of its day
Chicago-based Essanay Studios made about 2,000 films during its 10-year run, with about 215 thought to have survived.
Mark Caro: Try our 2024 ‘Os-Caro’ quiz in honor of Sunday’s Academy Awards show
Test your Academy Awards savvy and torment your cinematic soul with this Oscars quiz.
House Divided
Trax Records helped launch Chicago’s own music genre, but the artists behind the influential label say they weren’t fairly compensated. Now they’re fighting for what’s theirs.
The Long Haul
Inside one neurologist’s quest to solve the mystery of COVID’s most puzzling complication.
The Big Truth
University of Chicago professor Robert Pape has spent the past year and a half examining the January 6 insurrectionists — and sounding the alarm about the future of democracy. Is...
Live Music, of All Kinds, Any Day of the Week
We Chicagoans don’t just love our music clubs; we feel ownership of them. Mere venues of entertainment? No, these are secondary homes where we create cherished, indelible memories. We know...
The Most American Startup Ever
How Cameo reinvented the monetization of fame for the social-media era.