It is two-thirty in the morning at Carol’s Pub. Most of the other bars in the neighborhood have closed, and customers of all ages—from twenty-one to sixty—file in to order more beer and whiskey, and ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Greek philosopher Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That extreme statement is a foundational idea of Western philosophy. It’s hard to do! To be ...

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART MCA Chicago Names Real Estate Developer As New Board Chair “The Museum of ...

The building itself is actually 138 years old, opening its doors in 1885 as the Studebaker Brothers’ Lake Front Carriage Repository. But they quickly outgrew their showplace. When the Fine Arts ...

Lost Pizza Legend Reopens In Andersonville Long-dormant Great Lake Pizza has had a soft opening in Andersonville, on Berwyn east of Clark, Reddit users enthuse. “Sign in the window but no hours listed ...

ART Chicago Artist Selva Aparicio Wins Burke Prize From Museum of Arts and Design New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design has announced Selva Aparicio [Newcity Art 50 and Breakout Artist] as the ...

Less than 50 miles east of Medora, a two-lane highway intersecting with the interstate is marked by a large sculpture, “Geese in Flight.” At 110 feet tall, 154 feet wide and nearly eighty tons, it’s ...

Chicago Gourmet Hosts Dinner On NASCAR Starting Line Chicago Gourmet will host Dinner on the NASCAR Track on the start/finish line of the racing course. It will feature “a lavish five-course Italian ...

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Times Names “Myth & Marble” One Of Year’s Best Art Shows So Far The New York Times ...

By Hugh Iglarsh The Prairie State doesn’t get much flatter or emptier than the narrow northern panhandle of Ford County, Illinois, about eighty miles south-southwest of Chicago. Stretching on the map ...

Smoque Defends Its Trademark Turf Against Weber The recently released Weber Smoque is “a pellet smoker that costs $799 or $999, depending on the size.” Barry Sorkin, “owner and pitmaster behind ...

Nelson Algren bought his beach cottage in Miller, Indiana in 1950, partially from the proceeds from the film rights to “The Man with a Golden Arm.” I was born on Juniper Street, across the Calumet ...