4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (713+ words) Chicago painter Susan Michod specialized in producing bold, vibrant and expansive paintings, including of landscapes, as part of the Pattern and Decoration movement that sprang up in the 1970s as a necessary response to aspects of painting — such as patterns — that…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (352+ words) Architecture provides the background for most human activity, but buildings were very much in the foreground on Sept. 11, 2001. When the World Trade Center towers fell on live television that day, they were — and remain — the two tallest buildings to ever…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (701+ words) Decades ago, a 26-foot monster vigilantly stood watch over Gary, a foaming root beer in one hand and a hotdog in the other. Now Frank-N-Stein, the megalithic mascot from a bygone Gary restaurant, is set to return Sept. 13 to its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (696+ words) One of the great things about books is that once they exist, they forever stand a chance of finding an audience, even many years after publication, even if they were not particularly notable at their first appearance. I am not…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (151+ words) Cultural Chicago has much to celebrate this fall. And a few things to worry about. It’s also worth noting that the Obama Center has quietly added another world-class contemporary art museum to Chicago’s roster of galleries, including outdoor sculpture and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (208+ words) Fall means many things. The changing color of the foliage. A fresh new school year. Wearing a jacket when you leave in the morning and taking it off before lunch because it’s suddenly 87 degrees. Fall can also mean funny, if…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (322+ words) Chicago Tribune Bye bye, Dolly. On Tuesday, America lost a country music legend, prolific philanthropist and just a downright genuine article with the death of Dolly Parton. And Tim, of course. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (and “Clue” and “Home Alone…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a spate of short-term fixes today, including debt restructuring, to close this year’s budget gap. Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Johnson said he would fill most of a projected $85.1 million shortfall in the 2026 budget by…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (799+ words) Here’s a joke: “I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die, they will donate my body to Tupperware.” The person delivering that line was Joan Rivers. Gone since Sept. 4, 2014 — her death from a heart attack during a medical procedure…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (592+ words) Several hundred thousand people will pass the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park this summer without knowing that the man whose name it bears confronted a question America is now arguing about — and, at first, got badly wrong. The musicians…...