Weekend playoffs wrap-up
We know how you feel, Chicago. Sunday's Bulls-Blackhawks playoff doubleheader was like the city's spring: way more dramatic than it needed to be. Not that knowing that going in would have prevented the...
View Article15 hurt in CTA bus crash
At least 15 people were taken to hospitals after in a crash involving a CTA bus this morning on the Southwest Side.Shortly before 10 a.m., CTA officials said an SUV going southbound on Western Avenue...
View ArticleVentra slackers running out of time
Ready or not, riders, Ventra transition is arriving on schedule this time.The CTA is set to complete its first of three Ventra transition deadlines this week. Starting Thursday, CTA riders can no...
View ArticleMonday night plans: Saint Millie, cocktail class, more
EATBistro SuppersMK868 N. Franklin St. 312-482-9179The River North restaurant expands its weekly-changing Sunday series into Mondays and Tuesdays. Tonight, the three-course prix fixe features an entree...
View ArticleStore spotlight: Study Hall
Study Hall2016 W. Chicago Ave. 312-733-4255My latest trip to Ukrainian Village led me to Study Hall, nestled on Chicago Avenue. Fashion-savvy owner Naoko Nagano said the boutique carries vintage and...
View ArticleBulls pregame groove
These days, you might easily find yourself nodding your head before cheering on the Bulls at the United Center. The pregame groove is the handiwork of DJ Flipside. The Chicago native is actually the...
View ArticleDon't hate the Clippers for playing
Unless TV cameras, microphones and a permanent spotlight are part of your job, it's hard to know what the L.A. Clippers players are experiencing.After racially insensitive comments allegedly made by...
View ArticleSchool isn't cheap
A Chicago woman was accused of stealing a suburban training college admissions counselor's car after visiting for an admissions interview and test last month, "because she didn't have a ride home,"...
View ArticleClose call
A semi truck loaded with beer rolled over on the Eisenhower Expressway early this morning, temporarily blocking the inbound lanes of the expressway at Harlem Avenue in west suburban Forest Park.About...
View ArticleSummer movie preview 2014
Is Chicago having a big year at the movies or what? One of the spring's biggest films ("Divergent") was set here, filmed here and based on a book by a local author. Now two of summer's biggest movies,...
View ArticleClippers owner punished
Adam Silver is not messing around.The NBA commissioner on Tuesday banned L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life from the league and will encourage the other owners to force Sterling to sell the...
View ArticleChicago, you're getting a bloody mary festival
Sorry, mimosa fans, you can sit this one out. The city will welcome Chicago's Bloody Mary Competition, its first festival dedicated solely to a brunch cocktail, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Park...
View Article5 things to do tonight
EAT(Free!) PIZZA GIVEAWAYBlaze Pizza227 E. Ontario St. 312-255-1290Like this pizzeria's Facebook page and score a free build-your-own thin crust pie at the grand opening of the second Chicago location...
View ArticleQ&A: Michael Urie
He may play a struggling actor in "Buyer & Cellar," but Michael Urie is anything but. The 33-year-old Texas native and Juilliard graduate, who rose to fame in "Ugly Betty" as Marc St. James, the...
View ArticleJudging neighborhoods
It was to be my small, lofted Shangri-La. My Fortress of Urban Solitude. After weeks of scouring the hellish depths of Craigslist's real estate section and nearly every apartment-hunting website known...
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago's 'mystery text' contest goes global
The University of Chicago had a small mystery in its hands, and it got a global response to solve it. Written on a handful of pages of a copy of Homer's "Odyssey" from the 1500s were some cryptic...
View ArticleAldermen vote to ban plastic bags
The Chicago City Council today voted 36-10 to ban plastic bags in most stores next year, a change that backers say will improve the city's environment but opponents contend will harm the local economy....
View ArticleVote now: Rock 'n' Vote 2014 Top 10
In the NBA and NHL, more than 50 percent of the teams make the playoffs. An all-time high of more than 200 artists entered the 11th year of RedEye's Rock 'n' Vote local band competition (featuring...
View ArticleShenanigans along Lake Shore Drive
Someone has been damaging the windows of high-rise lakefront apartments this month, police officials say, by "shooting projectiles" at the glass.According to a community alert released Tuesday...
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