Chicago's 6 Best TV Appearances This Year
Our favorite shows that showcase the city (and are actually filmed here)
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The Field Museum’s Jurassic World Exhibit Is Dinosaur Heaven for Kids
It's an animatronic wonderland of dinosaurs—but way more enjoyable for the youngest aspiring paleontologists than Jurassic Park originalists.
Nitpicking feminism strengthens the movement
As women, there's a universal experience that binds us: that of being and experiencing life as the lesser gender. Not lesser by virtue, mind you, but by supposition. History dictates...
I don’t want to get married, and that’s OK
I'm a few days back from watching "Gone Girl" -- the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's caustic, thrilling best-selling book -- and feel pretty relieved that I was born without...
When diet talk becomes the problem
It's the hardest of all fickle chatter to tune out. For me, anyway. Worse than kid talk or pet updates or commute problems. Worse than meeting reminders. The second I...
Flirting with depression: The problem with suicide hotlines
The suicide of Robin Williams is one of those permeating cultural events that's more than just the loss of a performer who meant so many things to so many generations....
Faceoff: Ben Affleck for Batman
The Question: On Thursday night, we learned the identity of the next Batman -- Ben Affleck. Is this an awesome idea, or a terrible one? Awesome Jim Walsh "Multiplicity." "The...