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For the third year in a row, the Chicago metropolitan area has seen a population drop. Chicago and the suburbs dropped from 9,546,326 in 2016 to 9,533,040 in 2017, according […]

After months of speculation and playing coy about whether or not he’ll run, former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy made his official announcement to run for mayor on Wednesday. “Between […]

Writing teachers ask their fledgling essayists to answer the question: “So what? Why write this? What’s the point?” Theater artists also should have a similar rubric for plays. Walkabout’s music, […]

Polls opened at 6 across Illinois for the state’s primary election, which features several extremely close races, and one of the most expensive gubernatorial races in history. Early voting numbers […]

St. Patrick’s day has come and gone and hopefully so has any hang over that may have occurred. Now it’s time to get started with a new week and what […]

I love soup and tortilla soup is one of my favorites. When I’m in the Loop around lunchtime, I like to go to the Frontera Grill counter on the seventh […]

Through the Elevated Line at Silk Road Rising is a play about a stranger in a new land. We meet Razi Gol (Salar Ardebili) as he arrives from Iran. We […]

It’s a rarity to find a pop star who is 100% genuine. However, Aussie dance queen Betty Who is just that.  Having met and interviewed Betty back in 2016 at […]

The latest poll before tomorrow’s Illinois primary election shows billionaire J.B. Pritzker as the frontrunner in the Democratic gubernatorial race, with former Governor Pat Quinn leading the race for Attorney […]

Early voting numbers for the 2018 Illinois primary election have nearly tripled from 2014, according to data from the Chicago Board of Elections and the Cook County Clerk’s Office. Some […]

[soliloquy id=”25203″]   It was an all-around great evening at Revolution Brewing’s Kedzie Tap Room when all us nerds invaded for the We Are Cosplay cosplay competition hosted there. There […]

If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to film or television in the past 25 years or so, you’ve likely seen actor Jason Isaacs in something. From early appearances […]