It is two-thirty in the morning at Carol’s Pub. Most of the other bars in the neighborhood have closed, and customers of all ages—from twenty-one to sixty—file in to order more beer and whiskey, and ...

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Greek philosopher Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That extreme statement is a foundational idea of Western philosophy. It’s hard to do! To be ...

The building itself is actually 138 years old, opening its doors in 1885 as the Studebaker Brothers’ Lake Front Carriage Repository. But they quickly outgrew their showplace. When the Fine Arts ...

Less than 50 miles east of Medora, a two-lane highway intersecting with the interstate is marked by a large sculpture, “Geese in Flight.” At 110 feet tall, 154 feet wide and nearly eighty tons, it’s ...

By Hugh Iglarsh The Prairie State doesn’t get much flatter or emptier than the narrow northern panhandle of Ford County, Illinois, about eighty miles south-southwest of Chicago. Stretching on the map ...

Nelson Algren bought his beach cottage in Miller, Indiana in 1950, partially from the proceeds from the film rights to “The Man with a Golden Arm.” I was born on Juniper Street, across the Calumet ...

Smoque Defends Its Trademark Turf Against Weber The recently released Weber Smoque is “a pellet smoker that costs $799 or $999, depending on the size.” Barry Sorkin, “owner and pitmaster behind ...

Since the 1990s, Newcity has crafted regular lists documenting the cultural forces lifting Chicago, both the behind-the-scenes movers and shakers and the front-and-center artists, writers, musicians, ...

ART Chicago Artist Selva Aparicio Wins Burke Prize From Museum of Arts and Design New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design has announced Selva Aparicio [Newcity Art 50 and Breakout Artist] as the ...

There is a thrilling cognitive dissonance in swimming through our urban landscapes, navigating the space where two immense powers meet: the Great Lake Michigan and the Great American City, Chicago. To ...