The coronavirus COVID-19 has people staying indoors, especially now that restaurants and bars are closed statewide for the next two weeks. If you’ve already finished every Netflix and…
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“Let the good times rove.” This weekend the Adler Planetarium will open its doors to the public in celebration of Fat Tuesday for their “Mars-di Gras” exhibit. But, the…
Work, life, and the road to fulfilling dreams If you find it therapeutic to put your own life on pause for a moment while you consider that of another, you might…
Add fun and fitness to your holiday season Chicago hosts a number of super-festive Christmas runs next month promising lots of excitement and cool runner swag. The runs benefit a number…
Scrooge, Rudolph, and all your Christmas favorites The holidays crept up quickly this year thanks to an impressive stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures. Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is only a…
A classic tale of madness and sanity plays in Lincoln Park Pirandello’s Henry IV, playing at The Greenhouse Theatre in Lincoln Park, illuminates the distorted line between madness and sanity. In…
A famous journalist discusses the election in Chicago This past weekend, the Chicago Humanities Festival kicked off its FallFest 16/Speed series, which will run through November 12. First on the…
The self-titled “winningest man in BBQ” brings his business to Chicago Barbecue Hall of Famer and 4-time World Champion griller, Myron Mixon, opens the doors to his long-awaited smokehouse, Mixon’s Smoke…
A raw and riveting interpretation of a timeless story The Joffrey Ballet Company opens its 2016-2017 season this month with Polish National Ballet Director Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet. Anyone who…
The iconic activist set the bar for the rest of the festival Last night, social activist Gloria Steinem spoke to a full house at Northwestern University Law School, kicking…