1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

Soul Music of Illinois,’ edited by local collector Dante Carfagna, is an exhaustive visual survey of our state’s crucial role ...

Infinite Archives, the brand founded by Chicago-based creative and gallerist Isimeme "Easy" Otabor, is collaborating with ...

Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of "The Hustle," a mega hit in the genre, lives on ...

This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...

This month’s lineup includes an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute of Berlin that explores the legacy of Brutalist ...

In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest ...

The early Northwestern teams were dwarfed by the 47,130 capacity stadium. Head coach Cindy Timchal, who now coaches at Navy ...

Hundreds of nail holes pepper the dark-brown wood paneled walls of the repurposed 1920s brownstone. Each indentation serves ...

John Montone was one of the most recognizable voices on all-news WINS/1010. Credit: John Montone ...

People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.