Two years ago, the Theatre Y cofounder survived a sexual assault in a car she thought was her Uber. With the perpetrator still out there, she had to find a different kind of closure. Read more
What’s it like spending every moment obsessing about creating the perfect doughnut? Or checking at 3 a.m. to see if the menu is updated online? The woman behind Michelin-starred Elizabeth takes us inside her frenzied world. Read more
Researchers are probing the most fundamental aspects of human consciousness. What they’ve found will change the way you think about the past — and the future. Read more
For 130 years, Lyon & Healy’s unassuming factory next to the L in West Town has produced ornate instruments considered the best of their kind. Read more
Judith and Sheldon Wax were local literary figures — she an author, he a top editor at ‘Playboy.’ Forty years ago this month, they and 269 other people boarded a plane to Los Angeles. What happened next haunts Chicago to this day. Read more
