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Architecture and Design

7 months ago

An Obama quote gets installed atop presidential center

8 hours ago

Amid random 'puncher' attacks in Chicago, state panel aims to address jail churn with psych treatment

17 hours ago

Movies and TV

3 years ago

Chicago film experts recommend 10 can't-miss movies from 2025 that you may have missed the first time around

17 hours ago

Kwanzaa celebrations kick off week of festivities aimed at building stronger communities

6 hours ago

'Abolish ICE' gains Mayor Brandon Johnson's support as Chicago snowplow-naming contest returns

6 hours ago

What change to Chicago's downtown would you like to see in the next 20 years? Here's what you told us.

11 hours ago

Bensenville man charged in attempted kidnapping of special-needs woman

1 hour ago

Cook County distributing $2.3 billion in property tax revenue amid long delay due to computer issues

5 hours ago

Bulls win fifth straight game after late rally against Sixers

10 minutes ago

High School Basketball

3 years ago

Downers Grove South holds off Oswego's late comeback to advance at York

17 minutes ago

Bears at 49ers: What to watch for

1 hour ago

Dear Abby: Loss of son has grown even harder to bear

16 hours ago

The Chicago Mini Crossword

17 days ago

Hear how Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino became the face of Trump's deportation campaign

3 days ago

Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

1 month ago

These two crooks can still convert millions from their campaign funds into personal use if they want

4 days ago

Why does City Hall keep doing business with Obama's old boss even though he's cost Chicago millions?

7 days ago

Chicago's head tax was long called a job killer, but is there evidence to back that up?

14 days ago

Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ

6 months ago

Amy Qin | WBEZ

1 month ago

Murals and Mosaics

7 months ago

Philly artist's fantastical bat mural adorns Lincoln Square garage seen from Brown Line

11 hours ago

Dense fog advisory issued for northern Illinois and northwest Indiana

13 hours ago

A song by late jazz trumpeter Jaimie Branch has fresh meaning in era of immigration enforcement

17 hours ago

St. Sabina volunteers bring nearly 1,600 meals to those in need on the South Side

1 day ago

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Rainbow PUSH deliver Christmas Mass messages at Cook County Jail

1 day ago

Money reporter, business and economy

11 hours ago

Los negocios de inmigrantes indocumentados crean empleos en Estados Unidos e impulsan la economía

8 hours ago

Natalie Y. Moore

5 months ago

Damning Combs doc rewinds the record

16 hours ago

At Christmas, cops, Chinese cuisine and a fallen firefighter hero

3 days ago

Trump, AI's insatiable thirst and Mayor Johnson's stalled ordinance top environmental stories in 2025

1 day ago

America's first glass house, built for the 1933 World's Fair, set to shine again

1 day ago

Swiveling my hips to bhangra music. Trotting around with a hobby horse between my legs. I'm all in video.

1 day ago

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's, faithful return to Bethlehem

2 days ago

Obama Foundation partner expands vendor network for small businesses

2 days ago

Woman, 25, fatally shot in West Chatham

1 hour ago

Tow truck driver shoots at woman's vehicle in River North

10 hours ago

15-year-old boy shot, wounded in South Chicago

4 hours ago

Man fatally shot in Grand Crossing

15 hours ago

Five cinematic gems that were shut out at the Oscars worth revisiting or checking out

17 hours ago

Pat Finn, Chicago comedic actor who was close pals with Chris Farley, dies at 60

2 days ago

New 'Stranger Things' star Jake Connelly on going from Feldco window commercials to Netflix

2 days ago

A filmmaker on the vanguard of virtual reality designs an up-close refugee experience

2 days ago

Things To Do

3 years ago

Things to Do in Chicago Dec. 25-31: The Mix

3 days ago

Bulls seeing success with double-big lineups

3 hours ago

Bears' Ben Johnson is underdog to Patriots' Mike Vrabel in NFL Coach of the Year odds, but should he be?

4 hours ago

Three forces shaping the WNBA's stalled CBA negotiations

6 hours ago

Northwestern rolls to bowl victory against Central Michigan

6 hours ago

Bears' unlikely duo of RBs D'Andre Swift, Kyle Monangai has powered offensive turnaround

7 hours ago

49ers GM: TE George Kittle a game-time decision

7 hours ago

Bears injury report: WR Luther Burden to play Sunday

8 hours ago

Examining Bears playoff scenarios — and whether Week 18 could feature resting Lions

9 hours ago

NFL picks: Jaguars looking like Super Bowl contenders, should have their way with Colts

15 hours ago

Healthy Bulls roster has locker room feeling confident ... and feisty

1 day ago

Bulls guard Josh Giddey flipping script to make All-Star run

2 days ago

Bulls figure out Hawks again, rally for win

2 days ago

High School Basketball Scores

1 month ago

Friday's high school basketball schedule and scores

1 day ago

Previewing the high school basketball holiday tournaments

2 days ago

Benet rolls past Barrington, Naperville North beats undefeated Geneva in the Hinkle Holiday Classic semis

3 days ago

Tuesday's high school basketball scores

3 days ago

Horoscope for Friday, December 26, 2025

22 hours ago

Dear Abby: Party host tells it like it is to woman's children

1 day ago

Horoscope for Thursday, December 25, 2025

1 day ago

2025 Year in Review: An ode to the outdoors

1 day ago

Forecasters say no white Christmas for Chicago this year

3 days ago

Chicago dog with rabies marks first positive test in Cook County in decades

3 days ago

Bears memorabilia flying off the shelves at sports collectible shops ahead of playoffs

2 days ago

Allstate plans to hike Illinois homeowners insurance rates

4 days ago

Housing and Development

7 months ago

Here are 5 homes you could buy near Chicago's median price of $360,000

6 days ago

Food and Drink

7 months ago

The best things we ate around Chicago in 2025

4 days ago

A parranda pop-up in Humboldt Park takes inspiration from Puerto Rican Christmas traditions — and Bad Bunny's 'casita'

7 days ago

Spacca Napoli owner reflects on a year that brought a big award, then cancer surgery

8 days ago

Justin Oliver's game-winning turnaround jumper in the final seconds beats St. Ignatius, keeps Curie unbeaten

4 days ago

No Shot Clock

1 month ago

No Shot Clock high school basketball podcast: Previewing the holiday tournaments

4 days ago

Michael O'Brien's holiday tournament notebook

4 days ago

College Football Playoff first-round preview: Rematches, mismatches and lots of home cooking

9 days ago

Mike White, who led Illinois to 1983 Big Ten title, Rose Bowl, dies at 89

11 days ago

Fernando Mendoza wins Heisman Trophy as college football's top player

13 days ago

Bulls hoping 'Dynamic Duo' can start wearing capes on a regular basis

3 days ago

The defense rests for the Bulls; on some nights, it flat-out sleeps

4 days ago

Bulls guard Coby White building a rhythm in 'track meets'

4 days ago

Blackhawks suddenly tracking toward another top-five draft pick due to NHL parity

11 hours ago

Blackhawks' rebuild is test case for other NHL franchises considering taking the leap

1 day ago

Where are the Blackhawks headed? GM Kyle Davidson lays out next steps of his plan

1 day ago

Businesses owned by undocumented immigrants create U.S. jobs, fuel economy

16 hours ago

Reclassifying marijuana vindicates advocates' arguments, will help facilitate research

1 day ago

Mary and Joe, Chicago style

3 days ago

More Illinoisans will go hungry if Congress, Trump fail to reverse SNAP cuts

16 hours ago

Inexperienced, poorly trained ICE and Border Patrol agents could face legal trouble

4 days ago

Northwestern caved in a rotten deal with Trump administration

11 days ago

Letters to the Editor

6 years ago

Watching the American Dream unravel in Japan

16 hours ago

Classic Christmas carol gives gift of celebration and hope

2 days ago

Many lower-income Chicagoans are about to catch a break on power bills

4 days ago

Casinos and Gambling

21 days ago

Original 'Ocean's 11' remains a Las Vegas all-star classic

14 hours ago

Attempted sexual assault in Humboldt Park prompts police warning

2 days ago

Man killed, 3 wounded in Englewood shooting

2 days ago

Illinois joins lawsuit against White House's attempted national ban on youth gender-affirming care

2 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court sides against Trump, won't lift block on National Guard deployment in Illinois

3 days ago

Faith leaders denied access to pray with detainees at Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve

2 days ago

Pope Leo XIV

1 month ago

Pope disappointed by approval of Illinois' assisted suicide legislation

3 days ago

Suburban business cited for big, oily asphalt spill in Chicago canal

4 days ago

Children with life-threatening illnesses make a trip to the North Pole

5 days ago

Broadview zoning board rejects proposal tied to potential ICE property expansion

8 days ago

FBI cases in Harvey wind down as one brother of ex-mayor gets a day in jail, another pleads guilty

8 days ago

Property tax payment delay costs CPS almost a quarter million dollars a day

7 days ago

Chicago's Instituto charter school sanctioned for special education violations

7 days ago

Trump administration to end grants for support services at many Illinois schools

7 days ago

Your 'roses' and 'thorns' for 2025

2 days ago

Best New Year's Eve parties in Chicago

2 days ago

Volunteering over the holidays and beyond

2 days ago

'Say More' shares WBEZ's new podcast 'Becoming Bovino'

3 days ago

'Paris in Black' shows influence of the City of Love on Black Renaissance in Chicago and beyond

3 days ago