Arnold Voketaitis sang 14 seasons with the Lyric Opera, mostly in what he describes as “intermediate” roles — the priest in The Magic Flute, the police commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata. Such is the fate of the bass/baritone. The tenors get all the big arias, and all the girls. Voketaitis retired … Read more
The Lincoln Park mansion was recently reduced 33 percent from its original $50 million asking price. It cost the owners $65 million to build.
As they planned their Louisiana-inspired Junebug Café (which now has locations in Portage Park, Near North Side, and West Town), Jacqueline and Chris Murphy had no shortage of source material: Jacqueline was well versed in the region’s flavors through her French Creole grandmother, June, while Chris’s parents own Oak Park’s Cajun-influenced Poor Phil’s Bar and … Read more
The author and sociologist, 36, on learning to say no, writing Marvel comics, and being a fidgeter
One year after Russia invaded their country, five Ukrainians who resettled here share their stories of frightening escapes and difficult adjustments.
A Pullman row house, a Beverly mansion, and a South Prairie Avenue hold out: See what’s for sale in the South Side.
From furniture to fashion, the feel is real.
Poutine — the French Canadian fast food consisting of fries, cheese curds, and enough steaming gravy to turn the assemblage into a gooey-crisp object of supreme face-stuffability — had its trendy moment here. In Canada, however, its trajectory has been from street stalls and food courts into sit-down restaurants that take the idea and run with it. In Montreal, … Read more
We spoke with Northwest Side pollster Matt Podgorski on what he sees as the most likely race outcome.
