Make a note of this: Stationery is booming as we seek out a more analog experiences
Stationerycore, as many call the culture, is having its moment, with devotees flocking to events such as the recent Chicago Stationery Festival in Ravenswood.
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The Hideout is sold to a new owner, who pledges to keep it the same old Hideout
The new owner is Teri O’Brien, a former employee. She says she doesn’t plan to change a thing about the Hideout, which has long nurtured an eclectic mix of country...
Siskel & Ebert & Tim & Gregg: The existential glory of ‘On Cinema’ comes to Thalia Hall
Comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington have a show about film criticism and the comparisons to Siskel and Ebert are unmistakable.
When Frankenstein was a Chicagoan, or why Mary Shelley’s creation will never die
There was a doctor in Chicago years ago named Victor Frankenstein, and one of his jobs was finding medical specimens. When you visit his grave, ponder just how much Mary...
The Chicago Humanities’s spring festival is as eclectic as ever
Filmmaker John Waters. Strategist David Axelrod. Genius cartoonist (and former Evanstonian) Lynda Barry. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. By the time you get their voices out of your head, it’ll be fall.
Column: Crying a lot at Oscar movies lately? It’s not just you.
It can’t be a coincidence that the tearjerker is back at a time when vulnerability is suspect and sincerity is considered performative.
In 2013, CPS tried to ban a book. It didn’t go well. A new graphic novel tells the tale.
Jarrett Dapier and A.J. Dungo's "Wake Now in the Fire" recalls how high school students at Lane Tech College Prep immediately stood up against the ban on the book "Persepolis."
Just in time for Casimir Pulaski Day: The Red Apple Buffet, filling stretchy pants since 1989
The Red Apple Buffet weekend buffet, which claims to be the nation’s largest Polish buffet, is so vast, homey and engorging you must, must wear your stretchy pants.
Chicago, you’ve been programmed: Meet Julius Mondragon, TikTok’s Computer Guy
The Computer Guy wears Ray-Ban Meta glasses with a camera, through which he records his interactions programming strangers, later posting brief videos on TikTok.
Black History Month is 100. Can its Bronzeville birthplace outlast the age of Trump?
The landmark building was rescued from demolition and badly needs restoration. It's not a relic, its owners say, it's real, living history you can touch.