Emmanuel Pratt
How did Emmanuel Pratt and his nonprofit convert four rundown blocks in Englewood and Washington Park into a fertile community resource called the Commons? “Urban acupuncture,” says Pratt, the cofounder...
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The Real Roxie Hart Was Too Beautiful to Execute
And other tidbits from a new book on the real-life women who inspired Chicago.
How to Pray
Pastor JoAnn Post of Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Northfield on calming your inner gerbil
Pop! Goes the Worry
From our Zen Guide
Ravenswood Man Covers House With Zombies, Wins Halloween
How Kevin Byrne crafted 13 life-size monsters using casts of his friends' bodies.
Making Kids’ Books From Construction Sites
Children’s book author Sherri Duskey Rinker on finding inspiration in traffic jams
Juan Salgado on Reorganizing the City Colleges
The chancellor addresses the controversial plan to move programs into individual “centers of excellence.”
Meet the Willy Wonka of the Northwest Burbs
Andrew Taylor, head of innovation at the ingredient developer Tate & Lyle, on creating stealthily healthier processed foods
Is There Anything S.L. Huang Can’t Do?
MIT grad, martial artist, movie stuntwoman, and — maybe — a licensed pilot? The local multihyphenate talked to us about her myriad passions and second novel, Null Set.
Is There Room for Everyone in the Methodist Church?
Lallene Rector, president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, on navigating the divide over LGBTQ inclusion in the United Methodist Church