The Smart Museum’s Feast: Radical Hospitality In Contemporary Art looks at how sharing food is an aesthetic and cultural experience. [ more › ] Read more from the original source:  Feast: Radical Hospitality In Contemporary Art  Read More →

A southwestern Illinois woman is accused of beating her 82-year-old grandmother with an unloaded shotgun. [ more › ] Original post: Midday News Links: So. Illinois Woman Accused Of Beating Grandmother With Shotgun  Read More →

Blackhawks 5, Columbus 1 [ more › ] Original post:  Morning Box Score: Blackhawks Continue Hot Streak  Read More →

The 4-year old wire fox terrier had crawled out through a cracked window and stood on a five-inch-wide ledge, four floors above the ground. [ more › ] View original post here: Chicago Firefighters Rescue Dog From Fourth Floor Ledge  Read More →

Want to know why so many people complain about St. Patrick’s Day? Here’s video proof; no one wins here. (Discretion advised.) [ more › ] Original post: Video Captures Cop Choking Out Mouthy St. Patrick’s Day Reveler  Read More →

Both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum spent Monday campaigning across Illinois in a final push before today’s primary. [ more › ] Read more: Romney, Santorum Make One Last Primary Push In Illinois  Read More →

All the talk of the Illinois primary’s surprising importance, growing whispers of a brokered Republican convention and inevitable Lincoln comments on the campaign trail have us thinking about Wacker Drive and its once-iconic Wigwam. [ more ›... 

Some noteworthy events on tap this week in the Chicago art world. [ more › ] See original here:  The Week in Art: March 18-24  Read More →

A convenience store owner saw a two-year-old boy walking around Rogers Park Tuesday night. He grabbed him and called authorities. All is good now. The kid just slipped out through a gate. Slippery little buggers, aren’t they? [ more › ] View... 

Bridgeport Pasty Company was the only winner not to come from the United Kingdom. [ more › ] Read more: Bridgeport Pasty Co. Wins At World Pasty Championships  Read More →