Regardless of your religion -- or lack thereof -- I think you have to agree that it's a pretty intense faith that would cause a community to reenact the crucifixion ... Read More

Gary's Northern League professional baseball team, the Gary SouthShore RailCats, is seeking cashiers, guest services staff, game attendants, production crew members and custodial team members who can work the entire ... Read More

I love that this month's Chicago calendar of annual events always opens with the Edible Books Show & Tea at Columbia College's Center for Book & Paper Arts. They choose ... Read More

You don't need me to tell you that Chicago loves baseball. That's why the city has pitched up a new, free celebration to mark the season's opening. This will be ... Read More

The South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade committee announced today via their website that it was canceling the 2010 parade in its current form. Read the full text of ... Read More

In a spirit akin to the popularity of rock concert posters, the Chicago Public Library has launched a contest for a poster design that will help promote the library. The ... Read More

Chicago Chocolate on the Cheap The chocolate question for me last Saturday afternoon at the World's Finest Chocolate Outlet Store was this: Is a chocolate Santa that was once priced at ... Read More

If your kids love one of Chicago's professional sports teams, you may want to sign them up for a pro team summer camp. Every major team in the city ... Read More

The Shedd Aquarium recently released their full schedule of free days for the rest of 2009. They had originally published just their January and February ones. It looks like our ... Read More

At this point in the year, I'm all about signs of summer, and the Grant Park Music Fest concert schedule is surely one of them. The festival turns 75 this ... Read More

Don't miss this week's New Yorker for a fascinating and lengthy profile of our junior U.S. Senator Roland Burris. Writer Jeffrey Toobin hound dogs Burris's career and how Burris wound ... Read More

Adam Savage (left) and Jamie Hyneman of Discovery Channel's MythBusters answered questions earlier this month at the Harris Theater during their first appearance in Chicago. They visited as part of ... Read More

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The Chicago History Museum sheds its old stuffy historical society self when it rolls out a series of lectures on sex in Chicago. The three-part series, which takes place in ... Read More

This St. Patrick's Day weekend and on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center bursts with Irish-tivities. Find their robust selection of events here. Can't make it ... Read More

The Art Institute of Chicago got the go-ahead to raise their admission prices beginning May 23, just after the opening of their new modern wing. Adult admission will cost $18 ... Read More

Local author Sharon Shea Bossard, who wrote Finding Your Chicago Irish, checks in with her top seven picks of the best Irish pubs and restaurants in Chicago. Did your favorites ... Read More

Our city's quirky St. Patrick's Day hobby of dyeing the Chicago River green takes place this Saturday, March 14 at 10:45 a.m. Find your best spot for viewing or sit ... Read More

Who said Facebook is a waste of time? Not me. And, certainly not my new BFF, Benny the Bull. He can be your BFF, too, by going to his new ... Read More

Looks More Like an Egg Pick-Up than a Hunt to Me The annual Soldier Field Eggstravaganza is set for Saturday, April 4. It's one of the only times of the year ... Read More

Ready for the green light? This year's St. Patrick's Day will be an all-systems go weekend with both major parades running on consecutive days. The South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day ... Read More

Democrat Mike Quigley (right), Republican Roseanna Pulido, and the Green Party's Matthew Reichel, will face off on Tuesday, April 7 for Rahm Emanuel's open Congressional seat. Quigley is the ... Read More

Happy 172 to you, dear city. Soon the Poles, Immutable as mud, will have picked These streets clean of ice And loitering glances, will filter Home to dinners of wurst and bock beer, Laying odds ... Read More

If you're a hard core, west-side* South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade goer, you might want to check out our list of popular buses heading there from local taverns. ... Read More

Chicago's Restaurant Week, where you can get great prix-fixe menus at more than 100 participating restaurants, has been extended a second week. Now you can dine in style and at ... Read More