With $6.5 Million Windfall, Chicago Arts Win Out in MacArthur's Reshuffling By Matt Pollock For the first time ever, the giant philanthropy awarded its entire budget for creativity to local artists. Read more
Three Fun Things You Should Know About Mavis Staples By Matt Pollock Jessica Edwards’s documentary “Mavis!” premieres on February 29th on HBO. Read more
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Frequency Festival, Ambrose Akinmusire, Othello, Hamburg Ballet, and Buckwheat Zydeco Read more
The 10 Best Stories to Read This Week By Whet Moser The Power 50, icebreakers of the Chicago River, how CPS failed Laquan McDonald, and more Read more
David and Anna Posey Will Return with Elske By Penny Pollack and Carly Boers Things are still in the very early stages, but they're hoping to be open in the West Loop this summer. Read more
Could Someone From Illinois Get on the Supreme Court? By Carol Felsenthal Legal scholar Richard Epstein helps handicap the local contenders. Read more
Chicago Colleagues Recall Scalia’s Poker Games and D.C. Ambitions By Carol Felsenthal The conservative jurist taught at U. of C. for five years before Reagan appointed him to a coveted position in D.C. Read more
