In a Chicago History Museum image, astronauts John Swigert, left, and James Lovell, wave to a crowd that gathered downtown for a parade following the Apollo 13 mission. Lovell, who lived in Lake ...

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Join WTTW at Navy Pier for an outdoor screening of Touring Chicago’s Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer. Bring your picnic basket and blanket as WTTW host, writer, and producer Geoffrey Baer discusses the ...

Daniel introduces his mother to Leonard after years of schism over his sexuality, and Alphy and Geordie mend things while dealing with threats around a controversial speaker.

For generations, Black music has been one of the foundational sources for liberation, survival, salvation, and entertainment. Gospel music has been one of the most integral and sacred forms of that ...

Chicago was famously dubbed “Hog Butcher for the World” by Carl Sandburg in his iconic poem “Chicago.” The city was the center of America’s meatpacking industry for roughly a century, transforming the ...

A writer, photographer, musician, artist, chef, and actor walk into a bar. What happens next? Don't miss the best season ever with Mark Bazer on The Interview Show.

The day before New Year’s Eve in 1903, a tragedy befell the city of Chicago. In the brand-new, dazzling Iroquois Theater, as a packed crowd of mostly women and children watched the matinee performance ...

Food events in and around Chicago this August offer a diverse array of food and beverages, with events centered around garlic, sangria, Bloody Marys, and corn.

Explore our 2025 guide to farmers markets in Chicago and in the suburbs.

July is always a busy month for Chicago area food festivals, so we’ve rounded up a list – highlighting wine, craft beer, tacos, margaritas, burgers, and more – happening in the city and suburbs. As ...

The Japanese snack mochi is traditionally made at the New Year by pounding rice with mallets until it becomes perfectly smooth and wondrously chewy. We documented the process at the Japanese American ...