Try these Chicago classics at the 2018 Taste of Chicago
Summer in Chicago is all about the festivals, and the city’s biggest food fest is only a couple of days away. The 38th Taste of Chicago returns to Grant Park...
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‘In Their Own Form’ photography exhibition spotlights vision of Afrofuturism
Imagine a world free of racism. “In Their Own Form,” a photography meets Afrofuturism exhibition at Columbia College’s Museum of Contemporary Photography, depicts such a fantastical future world. It “seeks...
Celebrate Nutella Cafe’s one-year anniversary with free coffee and other Nutella goodies this Thursday
Hey, Nutella lovers: the world’s first and only Nutella Cafe turns one tomorrow, and you’re invited along to celebrate. In honor of its first anniversary, the Nutella Cafe (189 N....
Get inspired by these summer music festival fashions
Summer in Chicago equals long walks along the lake, rooftop parties and a slew of music festivals to choose from. The only thing harder than deciding between your fave acts...
Switch up your workout with goat yoga at Garfield Park Conservatory
Goat yoga mania is apparently here to stay, and now you can get in on the animal action at Garfield Park Conservatory. From now through the end of July, instructors...
Chicago web series ‘Seeds’ is a ‘love letter to black girls’
At first, it’s all about the lips. Four pairs of lips and four noses — sometimes subjects of pride, sometimes subjects of ridicule when attached to black faces — fill...
Taking a tour of Chicago with Eve Ewing
There are New Yorkers and there are Californians, both of whom will claim coastal supremacy over our city. But many Chicago people, untempted by either pole, often share a grittier...
Get free coffee and a chance to win a new bike at Stan’s Donuts this Friday
Doughnuts and coffee make a perfect pair, especially when the coffee is free. Stan’s Donuts & Coffee has partnered with Fulton Market’s Passion House Coffee Roasters on two custom roasts,...
‘Nappy Talk’: How Chicago hip-hop artist Matt Muse expresses individuality and embraces blackness in his lyrics
The first thing you notice about Matt Muse is his hair. It appears to defy gravity, his coils stretching up toward the sky in a style that looks both carefully...
Why ‘Divergent’ author Veronica Roth carries a spark of rebellion and channels her younger self through writing
When “Divergent” hit bookstands in 2011, it transported readers to another frightening dystopian world, much like “The Hunger Games” did a few years earlier. Author Veronica Roth, the woman behind...