Everybody loves the Chach: Pizano’s waiter serves life lessons with pizza
Like the Rock or Slash, the waiter is known only by his nickname, “the Chach,” and he has been serving Pizano’s customers for more than 30 years.
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Floriene Watson Willis sang in the early days of gospel music. She taught Aretha Franklin a hymn. She’s turning 99.
The Watson Family Singers were some of the first gospel performers on the radio, thanks to their All Nations Pentecostal Church of the South Side, and Floriene remembers teaching Aretha...
Chicago Architecture Biennial opens this weekend, bringing a world of architectural ideas to town
The title of this sixth edition is "SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change," with a mission to show creative responses to current and future challenges.
Garcia’s Chicago opens soon, a music venue and restaurant inspired by the Grateful Dead
The concert promoter behind the band's final show at Soldier Field is behind a new dining and music spot dedicated to all things Grateful Dead.
‘Division Street Revisited’ resurrects the spirit and stories of Studs Terkel
Have you ever finished a Studs Terkel book and wondered, whatever happened to the people he interviewed? A seven-episode podcast series called “Division Street Revisited,” from executive producers and veteran...
If you’ve crossed a starting line, you’ve heard his voice: Dave Kappas announces races from Chicago Triathlon to Shamrock Shuffle
He's the guy on the microphone, amping up and calming down Chicago runners before the gun goes off. He got his start in small-town theater in Illinois.
50 years ago, a South Side church choir’s hit single made them national stars
During a break at the Brunswick Studio in Chicago one day in 1972, engineer Bruce Swedien asked Willie Henderson if he knew of any good gospel groups. Music label founder...