The Joffrey Ballet's New Romeo and Juliet Is Anything But Traditional By Erin Osmon The classic story gets a steamy new face-lift in a production that opens April 30. Read more
Dr. Lauren Streicher Will Teach You to Love Sex Again By Beth Janes With a new book called Love Sex Again, the Northwestern gynecologist has some clear ideas how to fix physical problems that can ruin women’s sex lives. Read more
How Roxane Gay Wrote An Untamed State By Tomi Obaro In her debut novel, the 39-year-old has written one of the most unsettling books of the year. And she’s just getting started. Read more
Meet Mitt Rauner By Carol Felsenthal Why the Illinois gubernatorial race is looking increasingly like Obama-Romney revisited. Read more
Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner By Bryan Smith The reclusive Chicago billionaire built an empire on stuffed toys—and now he’s narrowly escaped a prison sentence. Read more
Chicago’s Best New Restaurants By Carly Boers, Penny Pollack, Jeff Ruby, and Carrie Schedler One year, 317 meals, 61 contenders—and a final list of 17 new places making Chicago a world-class dining city. Read more
Dusek's is Chicago magazine's best new restaurant Dusek’s is Chicago magazine’s best new restaurant for 2014. Read more