Brookfield Zoo dropped $66 million on a lush, three-acre immersive primate paradise that opens on July 11th. But this isn’t ...

Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an ...

Amy and John discuss their favorite cocktail bars in the city, what makes a great mixed drink, and what makes Chicago's scene so approachable.

The cult-fave jewelry maker brings its dainty, stackable collections to town.

There’s another Gen Z candidate running in the 9th Congressional District to replace retiring Representative Jan Schakowsky. Last month, we brought you the story of Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year ...

Photograph: Yuya Ohashi 1 Charis Listening Bar What: A music-focused cocktail bar with a beverage director nabbed from New Orleans’s celebrated Cure. Why: Sip Malört Palomas while taking in the ...

Photograph: Milk Bar 1 Milk Bar What: Christina Tosi’s NYC sensation sweet shop finally arrives. Why: Try classics like corn cookies, but don’t sleep on the Hot Dog Bomb, with all the Chicago ...

Photograph: Nikki Allen Creative 1 Tavern on Rush What: The Gold Coast staple steakhouse returns after its 2022 closure. Why: Relocated to the Thompson Chicago hotel across the street, it now has ...

How We Ranked the Schools The performance measures were based on data obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education for the 2022–23 school year, the most recent available. Calculations ...

A new MCA exhibition reconsiders generations of local queer art — and the activism that inspired it.

It's been an epic half century. To celebrate the magazine's 50th birthday, we've ranked the past five decades' most significant events, drawing on our own archives to bring them to life.

The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian ...