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Cover Story   A Harvest of Color edited by Geoffrey Johnson Six Midwest destinations—all within easy reach in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois—for blazing a path through our most glorious season   Sammy Agonistes by Shane Tritsch After reigning for years as a Chicago Cubs superstar, Sammy Sosa is an outcast in the city that … Read more

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Cover Story   Best of Chicago edited by Graham Meyer and Jennifer Tanaka There’s a reason no one talks about Sham, Ernst Schmied, and Josiah Bartlett: Number two just doesn’t have the pizzazz of number one. We scoured the Chicago area to find our Secretariats, Edmund Hillarys, and John Hancocks.   A Friendship in Winter … Read more

Summer Hot List: Family Fun

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A KID-FRIENDLY MISSION: You’ve earned your stripes as a superparent, but this summer you’ll impress your caboodle with the planning prowess of a four-star general. Line ’em up and move ’em out.

Summer Hot List: Sports & Recreation

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AN ATHLETIC ENDEAVOR: In a city where a major pro team plays nearly every day and where the outdoors beckons with recreational options galore, you face a sports lover’s summertime dilemma: watch or play? Luckily for the spectator and the athlete in you, there’s no wrong answer. Game on.

Watching the Crosstown Classic at Cork & Kerry at the Park

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Despite dropping the final game of the series, it was the White Sox who emerged victorious, four games to two overall, when the Crosstown Classic—excuse us, the BP Crosstown Cup—wrapped Sunday on the South Side. Sox fans, though, have another reason to cheer this season: Cork & Kerry, Beverly’s long-popular Irish pub and one of our 100 best bars, has opened a second location within spitting distance of the Cell…

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Cover Story   Piece Offerings by Jeff Ruby Anyone with a pulse and functioning taste buds has an opinion on Chicago’s best pizza. So do we—25 opinions, actually—and we rank our picks for the top pies in the greatest pizza city in the universe.   Reconstructing Harry Weese by Robert Sharoff In the 1960s and … Read more

Watching the Blackhawks Win the Stanley Cup at State

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It’s official! The Blackhawks took home the Stanley Cup Wednesday night, beating the Flyers 4-3 in overtime. Our photographer caught an exuberant crowd following the game breathlessly at State Restaurant & Café, in Lincoln Park, where all 100 flat-screen TVs were tuned to the ice. Browse our photos below, then relive the glory of games 1 and 5…