Culture
Weather and repairs have diminished a once vibrant mural in Hyde Park. The artist who originally painted it back in the early 1970s is painstakingly restoring it.
4 hours ago | By Kate Gardiner
Thousands of migratory birds collide with Loop skyscrapers every year. Volunteers with the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors arise at the crack of dawn to rescue the injured ones.
6 hours ago | By Jennifer Slosar
Bronzeville residents find locally-grown produce and natural food products at a community farmer's market that has become a weekly gathering spot.
4 days ago | By Dee Johnson
Chicago's East African community is preparing to cheer on the elite Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who will be running - and likely dominating - in Sunday's Chicago marathon.
4 days ago | By Mary Brophy
For the past six years, a community technology center in the Austin neighborhood has helped older adults learn to navigate the requirements of a computerized world.
5 days ago | By Craig Kanalley
The 120-foot scroll of paper on which Jack Kerouac typed the draft of his 1957 book "On the Road" is on display at the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts.
11 days ago | By Robert O'Connor
Area residents can go to the Chicago Cultural Center to watch and discuss the film "Chicago 10," which deals with a tumultuous time in Chicago and American history. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.
18 days ago | By Raven Moore
A mile and a half from Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, in a neighborhood once known for crime and decay, a vacant city-owned lot yields heirloom tomatoes and some of the best local produce in town.
1 month ago | By Mary Brophy
On a sunny, breezy afternoon, 20 urban voyagers gather to canoe a four-mile stretch of the North Branch of the Chicago River and receive some basic lessons in water ecosystems.
1 month ago | By Jennifer Slosar
Aspiring teenage improv comedy actors from Chicago and around the state will gather tonight for the second annual Teen Comedy Festival at the South Shore Cultural Center.
2 months ago | By Amy Crider
The center's free rowing instruction has opened the sport, a staple of elite East Coast prep schools, to students from diverse South Side neighborhoods.
2 months ago | By Regan Crisp
Lincoln Square's annual "Garden Walk" highlights the urban landscaping skills of 22 local gardeners, paired with a "Green Fair" where residents can learn the art of living green.
2 months ago | By Megan Cottrell
A Chicago cooking school owner says residents motivated by health and economic concerns are flocking to her door to learn everything from chopping 101 to the fine points of preparing ethnic cuisine.
2 months ago | By Megan Cottrell
For 36 years, three generations of the Alacala family have been building a family-owned clothing store into a Chicago fixture - a western wear store with something for every caballero.
3 months ago | By E. Rose Kasinecz
Professor Harry Wray's course, Biking and Politics, orients incoming DePaul University freshman to their new city, and offers a street-level view of how politics, culture and urban planning shape Chicago.
3 months ago | By Jeanelle Hayner
