10 Stories You Should Read This Week By Whet Moser The origins of the Chicago-style hot dog, the history of Cabrini-Green, and a dying writer’s tribute to her husband. Read more
Fawzia Mirza on Coming Out and Becoming an Actress By Maham Khan The West Loop resident quit law for film, and her movie Signature Move is premiering at South by Southwest. Read more
Brushed Off By Rauner, Chance the Rapper Announces a Big CPS Donation By Whet Moser But he's leaving the policy negotiations up to the state legislature. Read more
How Four Musicians Plan to Survive the Longest String Quartet Ever Written By Graham Meyer The Spektral Quartet is taking on a Morton Feldman piece that takes from five to six hours to perform. Read more
65 Things to Do in Chicago in March By Jason Foumberg, John Hardberger, Britt Julious, Graham Meyer, Jamison Pfeifer, Catey Sullivan, and Lauren Warnecke The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our critics Read more
Unlike Trump, America Is Kicking Its Well-Done Steak Habit By Whet Moser Chefs and food writers are turning America's steaks pink, but it's taken them many decades to do it. Read more
Angela James Asks Chicago Women to Cover the Songs of Other Chicago Women By Britt Julious See Ohmme, Tomeka Reid, and more pay tribute to local icons like Mavis Staples and Chaka Khan. Read more
Was Our Snowless January and February a Sign of Climate Change? By Madeline Kaufman For the first time in 146 years, Chicago had no snow on the ground in these two months. Was it just good luck? Read more
A Cool New Eyewear Shop (Doctor Included) Opens in Bucktown By Jenny Berg Plus, Eskell hosts a moving sale and a Gold Coast salon launches a service for weekday warriors. Read more
