Chicago News

Planning a special and fun-filled weekend this Memorial Day? There are tons of great events this weekend in Chicago, from the Memorial Day parade to the opening of the Chicago beaches .

The following piece was written by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and published in his blog on The Huffington Post: For weeks now, teachers, parents and community leaders have been protesting Chicago Public Schools' plan to close 50 schools in what will be the largest single wave of school closures in U.S. history.

To Hector Alvarenga, nothing is garbage. Well, some things are probably garbage, but as a scrap collector and professional welder, he sees potential in other people's trash.

Ed. Paul Durica and Bill Savage Reading Sat 6/1, 1 PM Newberry Library 60 W. Walton newberry.org free "Chicago has been called, in its time, the wickedest city in the world, and somehow or other the impression has gone abroad that it is really a very wicked place indeed." And yet: "It is possible for a perfectly moral person, one used to all the ... (more)

On Monday, May 20, the Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools organized a citywide boycott so that students could join a three-day march in protest of school closures.

In honor of the month celebrating what is arguably America's greatest food, we decided to sample 3 restaurants all within two blocks of us in the River North neighborhood.

A suburban Chicago couple accused in the death of their 1-year-old son has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges.

Flowing curves and sharp angles of architecture and sculptures are immediately obvious to observers when this art is outside.

I took this photograph way back in May of 1987. We are facing north / northeast from on top of the South Cicero Avenue overpass near Bedford Park Illinois.

Probably the big event for the closing weekend is today, and it's downtown. Let's start with that one.

A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.

As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel celebrates his mid-point year in office he also faces a number of controversies that have forced both pundits and citizens to reevaluate, not only his leadership, but also his ability to take the city from deficit to surplus, and to attract, and retain a base of support.

Back in February rap geeks around the world mourned the passing of Tim Dog, a Bronx-based MC who caused a stir back in 1991 when he released "Fuck Compton," an inflammatory single that helped set off the East Coast/West Coast feud that would eventually result in Biggie and Tupac's murders.

Chicago designer Jenna Zielbauer of Cotton Candy Couture and her husband Patrick Zielbauer are bringing a contemporary womenswear boutique to Damen on June 27, adding new flair to an already bustling shopping street.

In 1980, the Chicago Tribune 's Richard C. Longworth wrote this city's epitaph. The steel mills were closing.

Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings.

This Memorial Day weekend, two separate family-friendly events upend the conventional wisdom about some of history's most fearsome and fascinating creatures.

Little Joe's in suburban Countryside serves its Italian beef and hot dogs topped with singular giardiniera, one packed with shaved, pickled celery.

"For the past few years Mavado has been in the same predicament that's afflicted so many other dancehall superstars: he's practically a demigod in Jamaica, but barely anyone in the U.S. knows who he is," writes Miles Raymer in Soundboard .

This week I toured the mansion for sale at 4801 S Ellis Ave in Chicago's Hyde Park - Kenwood Historic District .