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CHICAGO — Rounds of powerful storms flooded basements, downed trees and caused widespread power outages throughout the area Monday.
As many as three inches of rain and 74 mile-per-hour winds were recorded at Midway Airport and another approximately 2 inches fell at O’Hare Airport as of 4:30 p.m. Monday, said Eric Lenning, a meteorologist with the National Weather S...
GARFIELD PARK — Taylor Mason’s journey to opening her own taqueria on the West Side began with a simple need: She wanted to create a place where she could fully be herself and make sure others could, too.
Mason, born and raised in North Lawndale, founded
WEST LOOP — In one of many memorable kitchen scenes from “The Bear,” chef Carmy Berzatto is defending an $11,268 bill for butter to an angry Uncle Jimmy.
Laid out on a tray and cutting board in front of him are an array of mushrooms.
“It’s Orwellian … Orwell, Vermont,” Carmy, played by Jeremy Allen White, says of the butter. “It’s the best.”
CHICAGO — In June 2022, J Saxon was attending the inauguration of the AIDS Memorial Garden when a woman sitting on a rock struck up a conversation with him.
That woman was Lori Cannon, the “AIDS Angel of Chicago,” who helped found grassroots advocacy organizations, including Open Hand and the Chicago chapter of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP, an AID...
ANDERSONVILLE — An Albany Park candle store and apothecary is opening a location in Andersonville while rebranding the business.
Scent Queens Candle Co. & Apothecary Shoppe, 3728 W. Montrose Ave., is expanding with a storefront at 5517 N. Clark St. Owners and married couple Curtis Bumgarner and Andrew Bumgarner-Cookson expect to open the store by the end of su...