Why can't Halloween be on a 60-degree Friday every year? Make a Sarah Palin Costume Halloween Hair See 84 Dogs in Halloween Costumes Top 10 Lesbian Halloween Costume Ideas Halloween Costume Ideas for Couples Halloween Costume ... Read More

The Alliance Française puffs out more than profiteroles with their fall/winter series of wine tasting and cooking classes. Eve opened this past weekend at 840 N. Wabash to owner Matt Fisher ... Read More

and I'll be wishing they see her in the daylight, too. Check out how beautiful our city looks as preparations for Obama's Election Night Rally move into place. Man, what ... Read More

Halloween Events and Things to Do Adler Planetarium Lecture Series on Extraterrestrial Life opens at Chicago Temple (77 W. Washington) on Thursday at noon. "Graphic Adaptation Novels: After 9/11 & the Constitution" ... Read More

Holy cow. According to WLS ABC-7 news, Mayor Daley is projecting that more than 1 million people will descend on Chicago and Grant Park for the Obama Election Night Rally. ... Read More

The Obama campaign has issued an e-mail with the initial details of their Election Night plans in Grant Park. Not surprisingly, you'll need a ticket to attend. Gates open at ... Read More

Man, if felt great to drop my votes into my candidates' respective buckets and be that much closer to Election Day closure. This race seems like it's been going ... Read More

Crain's Chicago Business recently announced their top 25 Chicago area contractors. I looked at the top ten and tracked down available job openings via their company websites. You can see ... Read More

Every election cycle, the Illinois State Bar Association gives ratings for judges up for election or re-election. You can find a complete, county-by-county list of their recommendations for the November ... Read More

In Illinois, you can vote early through this Thursday, October 30. If you miss that deadline, you'll have to wait for the General Election on Tuesday, November 4 to cast ... Read More

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the police believe they may have found the body of Jennifer Hudson's nephew. What an incredible heartbreaker. I am just so sorry to learn about ... Read More

The tragedy unfolding for Oscar-winning Chicago actress Jennifer Hudson, whose mother and brother were found slain yesterday, includes an Amber Alert for her missing nephew. Here is the full text ... Read More

Obama-Palooza in the Works as All Eyes Turn to Chicago UPDATE: Details About Rally Have Been Released and Can Be Found Here As anticipation mounts that U.S. Senator Barack Obama may be ... Read More

Hair design, rising stars, a Halloween masquerade ball and more. Find this week's slew of Latino fashion festivities here.

A reader who went to vote early with her husband for the November 4, 2008 General Election was alarmed to find that a different ballot came up on her voting ... Read More

A great weekend for notable kids' events and an unusual amount of great stuff to do on Sunday. Usually that day is comparatively quiet, but not so this weekend. Ride ... Read More

The National Museum of Mexican Art will host a fundraiser to help the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago recover from a devastating fire they suffered on September 18, 2008. Egg roll ... Read More

The yard signs and bumperstickers in my neighborhood seem to flash all three candidates in the state's attorney's race pretty evenly: it's Alvarez vs. Peraica vs. O'Brien. The first is ... Read More

A non-profit group called the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF), in cooperation with the City of Chicago and Absolut Vodka, will plant a 24-tree orchard in Chicago's Kilbourn Park on ... Read More

Loiuse Glück will read her work at the Harold Washington Library on Tuesday, October 21 at 6 p.m. It's a FREE event. Her reading will celebrate National Poetry Day. You ... Read More

Lots of great artsy stuff to do this weekend with a Halloween helping on top. Rick Bayless and Bill Kurtis host "A Taste for the Arts" fundraiser at Merchandise Mart on ... Read More

Just like Olympian Usain Bolt's name fit his incredible speed, I love that the 2008 Chicago Marathon winner's name kind of does, too. Evans Cheruiyot, which is pronounced close to ... Read More

There are days when I feel like the election can't get here soon enough. Fortunately, those of us in Illinois can begin voting on Monday, October 13. That's ... Read More

A happy holiday to our Jewish friends celebrating Yom Kippur, which ends this evening at sundown. Yom Kippur Break Fast Menus and Recipes

Chicago's Adler Planetarium was pulled into last night's debate between Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ), and they didn't like what they heard. The Planetarium's response, dated October ... Read More

Healthy running and cool weather to all Chicago marathoners. Opening Night of the Haunted Sanitarium on Friday. Runs through November 1. The Chicago Publishers Gallery debuts at the Chicago Cultural Center on ... Read More

Well, that was fast. No more water cooler talk about whether riots will break out during a crosstown World Series. No need for Cubs fans to plan a run for ... Read More

Officially, you need to get your tardy vote-registering butt down to your local county clerk's office by tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7. Lucky for you, though, the entire state has a ... Read More

My colleague, Scott Kendrick, About.com's Guide to Baseball, has the dismal story of the Cubs lousy post-season. He runs it under the apt headline, "Cubs Hibernate Early Again." We don't ... Read More

Ladies and Gentlemen, no matter your stripe, please take a moment to confirm that you are registered to vote in the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Your vote ... Read More

Chicago Art Open begins Friday and runs through October 19 Chicago Humanities Festival opens October 3 and runs through November 16. Andersonville Arts Weekend runs Friday through Sunday. Wired's NextFest in Millennium Park ... Read More

What a huge disappointment the Cubs home playoff stand was. They lost the first game 2-7 and last night 3-10. How is a Cub's fan to keep the faith? The ... Read More