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Column: The Chicago Reader bursts back in a '50 Years' book and a lively new issue

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Restaurant news: Belmont Tavern revives a dormant Polish dive bar with history and cocktails in Chicago

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Black wine visionaries in Chicago are reimagining wine culture

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Photography exhibits at Block Museum and MoCP this spring

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Black History Month is 100. Can its Bronzeville birthplace outlast the age of Trump?

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Today in Chicago History: Marina City — the iconic corncob towers — granted landmark status by City Council

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The Chicago Municipal Device is the city symbol few Chicagoans know about

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Art Institute acquires Norman Rockwell's 'The Dugout,' his famous painting of the Cubs

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Biblioracle: Kyle Seibel's collection of short stories is full of humor and humanity

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Hinsdale library begins $4 million project to add 'more usable space'

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Column: Telling the amazing story of Black jockey Isaac Burns Murphy

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Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park contests open to aspiring writers

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Moraine Valley art professor's exhibit explores role of AI in society

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Robert Duvall, star of 'The Godfather' and 'The Great Santini,' dies at 95

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Architecture and Design Film Festival opens with climate change as the subtext

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Powered by women, 'Wuthering Heights' digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut

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Short film series features local Black filmmakers at Facets, Music Box for Black History Month

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Review: Los Angeles heist film 'Crime 101' is an unsubtle nod to 'Heat'

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Today in History: Jimmy Fallon makes his debut as host of NBC's 'Tonight Show'

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Chicago Cubs' Tom Ricketts calls Marquee 'maybe the smartest thing we've done' amid shifting TV landscape

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Where to stream James Van Der Beek's best performances

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A conversation with the UIC professor who heads up sports sciences for US Figure Skating

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'Harold and Maude' star Bud Cort dies at 77

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Community House Revue pokes fun at 'Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale'

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Review: Remarkable 'Dear Evan Hansen' at the Paramount makes you feel for this kid all over again

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Review: 'Hamnet' is rendered on stage by Royal Shakespeare — but haunted by a movie

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Review: Gwendolyn Whiteside is superb in 'Come Back, Little Sheba' at American Blues

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Today in History: 'Rent' premieres off-Broadway

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Everybody loves the Chach: Pizano's waiter serves life lessons with pizza

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Paczki guide 2026: Where to get the sweet treats for Fat Tuesday in Chicago

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Fat Tuesday 2026 guide: Where to go for Mardi Gras and Carnival restaurant and bar specials

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Girl Scouts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa moving cookie sales online in response to ICE actions

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Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans' daily routines

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The Chicago Symphony is the world's busiest orchestra — how that's counted and what that means

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Review: Another prodigy has taken the classical world, and the CSO, by storm. Is that a good thing?

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Hilary Duff announces first major headlining tour in almost 2 decades with a stop in Tinley Park

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Flossmoor's Peter Jordan brings his love for jazz full circle with Logan Center show

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Noah Kahan's 'Great Divide Tour' coming to Chicago for two shows

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TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown

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Today in History: Washington National Airport renamed for Ronald Reagan

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Is NFL pushing boundaries on international games? Australia trip could test limits of global growth.

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United Airlines, in competition with American over market share, announces new flights out of O'Hare

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Almost 12,000 flights canceled as major winter storm bears down across much of the US

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Chocolate Weekend at Morton Arboretum has everything you wanted to know — and taste — about cacao

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'Crafting Character: The Costumes of Paul Tazewell' will debut at Griffin MSI

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh's boat is being reassembled in public at the Grand Egyptian Museum

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Think about a tree's future size before you buy

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Garden Club of Beverly Morgan Park marks 100 years of growth, community spirit

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Dramatic amaryllis perfect for adding winter color

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Prune your winter garden now for springtime flowering

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Water correctly to keep houseplants healthy

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Seven-layer dip is a game-day classic for a reason

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The secret to impossibly fluffy Southern biscuits

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My entire family devours these chicken bites in minutes

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This Ritz cracker hack is so good

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Old-fashioned sticky toffee pudding is the dessert I swear by

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Kim Kardashian's Skims opens store in Chicago's Gold Coast retail district

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Merino wool or Mongolian cashmere? Fashion is a competitor in any Olympics, but especially in Milan.

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Scottie Pippen auctioning $6 million of personal memorabilia

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Today in History: Cullinan Diamond found

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When a coat becomes a symbol of conflict

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Love is in the air in Lincoln Square: Couples share how they met in the neighborhood this Valentine's Day

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Rumors of a Taylor Swift appearance spike ticket sales for Pebble Beach Pro-Am

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Review: 'Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till' makes plain the injustice of that moment

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Review: 'The Outsiders' is a musical that brings out your inner teenager

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Review: 'Wuthering Heights' is a playful, messy, unsatisfying adaptation

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