Also: A whiskey pour pricing discrepancy and a favorite cocktail gets canned.

For 54 years, through raucous parties and life’s twists and turns, the author has rocked on with his band.

Check out our spring fashion shoot with the cornerback, photographed by Drake Sweeney for our April 2025 issue.

1 The Wrigley Building put the “magnificent” in the Magnificent Mile. That moniker for North Michigan Avenue wouldn’t be coined until the 1940s, but the glitzy corridor began taking shape ...

There are still tickets available for C2E2 2025, a convention held at McCormick Place focused on comics, cosplay, anime, ...

What:Christina Tosi’s NYC sensation sweet shop finally arrives. Why:Try classics like corn cookies, but don’t sleep on the Hot Dog Bomb, with all the Chicago dog ingredients inside a pastry.

Spring is finally here! Celebrate by making faux floral crowns at the Spring Solstice Flower Crown Workshop at Luvsick Plus in Logan Square. Flowers, succulents, beads, gems, hot glue, and more ...

The weekend’s not over yet — all ages can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Gallagher Way. Adults can sip on green beers and Irish coffee, while kids can enjoy face painting and balloon artists.

This adapted excerpt from Karen Lewis’s posthumous new memoir recounts the transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a disrupter of the status quo. Read more ...

It’s the Year of the Indie: These fresh spots, all but one of which are independently owned, show off Chicago’s culinary scene at its charming, idiosyncratic best. Read more ...