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What's behind the push to make the Italian beef Illinois' official sandwich? Thank 'The Bear.'

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Everything you need to know for the 2026 Chicago farmers market season

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What Dave Eggers wishes he had known when he was young and cool

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'Making beautiful things' earns Photographer of the Year award for Crete resident

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Obama Center offers nearby watch party on the Midway for museum's June 18 grand opening

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Oak Park's Longfellow Park gets a permanent 'Safe Haven' as part of major renovation project

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Bayless family gifts $1M for the National Museum of Mexican Art renovation

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Two from Oak Park and River Forest High School net Hemingway Foundation writing awards

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Chicago-born Patti Smith is the winner of this year's Harold Washington Literary Award

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Kevin Michael Doyle, Chicago actor from 'Untouchables' who became a police officer, dies at 68

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Chicago Tribune strikes 11th-hour deal to buy Daily Herald, outbidding suburban suitor

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WBBM Newsradio switches to ABC News, a day before the end of CBS News Radio

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Review: Touring cast saves this 'Spamalot' revival from itself

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William Pullinsi, the founder of Candlelight and inventor of dinner theater, dies at 86

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Goodman Theatre's next season has 'John Proctor,' 'American Idiot' and a new Scrooge

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Review: 'Work Hard' at First Floor is an absurdist take on Jeff and Elon

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Memorial Day guide: 14 Chicago restaurant and bar specials for the long weekend

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Common and Beach Bunny are among this summer's Taste of Chicago headliners

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Schlitz to brew its last batch of beer Saturday

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Raises for Chicago tipped wage workers frozen by City Council vote

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The next-generation of canned wine is here

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Today in History: Bomb kills 22 after Ariana Grande concert

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Today in History: Chuck Berry records 'Maybellene' for Chess Records in Chicago

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John Summit tour brings him to United Center in November, but first some stops nearby

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Chicago firm sues Live Nation, alleges security issues led to sexual assault at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

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$1.7 million grant from Lollapalooza to expand CPS arts education access

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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

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USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps

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Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

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Route 66 road trip: One family preserves a piece of Black history in Luther, Oklahoma

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Today in Chicago History: 8,000 people attend opening of Field Museum on the lakefront

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Obama Foundation hosts Earth Day event at Jackson Park

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Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

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World's oldest octopus fossil found 50 miles southwest of Chicago isn't an octopus after all, scientists say

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Tickets for Obama Presidential Center museum open to public on May 6, officials announce

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Glencoe's Frank Lloyd Wright cottage, past home to racist lawyer and suffragette, may open to public

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Clarendon Hills Farmers Market preparing to open season Thursday

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I eat these Buffalo cauliflower bites straight from the pan

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This giant, oven-baked pancake is crispy, fluffy and impossible easy

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a homemade Shamrock Shake

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A new Swatch model is introduced, and a case study in overexcited 'drop culture' plays out

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Brandy Melville to open first suburban location in Naperville this summer

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What to do in Chicago: Sueños, the parade and fireworks for Memorial Day weekend

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

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Name the eaglets: Chicagoans vote to name the city's first bald eagles born in a century

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Disneyland hit with $5 million lawsuit over use of facial recognition technology

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Gene's Bistro owner suing Midway Airport concessionaire for breach of contract

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