Column: Groundswell Coffee is the Fine Arts Building’s new, caffeine-laced tenant
As Groundswell Coffee Roasters opens in the storied Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, we remember the former Artists Cafe.
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Column: ‘Cash Only’ exhibit mixes booze and art and makes community
“Cash Only: An Ode to Dive Bars” is a provocative exhibition at a gallery called Art City.
Column: Celebrating history on the Fourth? Look and listen to the river.
A recently rebroadcast episode of "This American Life" takes a look at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive.
Column: New Chicago book shows us the beginnings of our city’s luxury in the sky
There has always been an energetic curiosity about how the “other half” lives, so I asked the authors of “Chicago's Luxury Apartment Buildings” why.
Column: The Devon Pawn Shop tells its own part of the story of the American Dream
The small business in Rogers Park has for decades operated a service unlike those seen in such TV shows as “Pawn Stars."
Column: Do you remember who won the Danny Bonaduce-Donny Osmond boxing match?
On Jan. 17, 1994, Danny Bonaduce and Donny Osmond faced off in a three-round fight at the China Club in the West Loop.
Comedian Tom Dreesen, from suburban Harvey and Sinatra’s opening act, has died at 86
Comedian Tom Dreesen, from south suburban Harvey, grew up poor and first found comedy when he partnered with Tim Reid in an interracial duo. He later became Sinatra's longtime opening...
Column: A Chicago tattoo artist helps women erase their past
Tattoo artist Ben Wahhh has founded Ink Relief, a charity that supports survivors of domestic violence and other painful pasts by providing cover-up tattoos.
Column: The Green Mill has new owners, and the music plays on
The celebrated Chicago jazz club's longtime owner, Dave Jemilo, has sold it to Jason Cole and Jill Skintges, both Green Mill employees who say they plan to keep running it...
Column: ‘Holding Pattern’ is about the decades-long debate over an airport in Peotone
New documentary tells the story of a proposed south suburban airport, an elusive dream for some, a nightmare for others.