The Cubs’ radio team of Ron Santo (left) and Pat Hughes (right) pulls in a healthy audience (image via ) Obviously it’s far too early in the season to discuss who will reign victorious in the yearly battle between Your Favorite North Side... 

Fans of classical piano will have a difficult choice to make this Sunday when the legendary Maurizio Pollini and the budding superstar Lang Lang each kick off their respective concerts at 3:00 p.m. just a few blocks from one another. Maurizio Pollini... 

Gapers Block has recently an excellent series of features funded by a grant from the Community News Matters fund. The latest is a story on sex trafficking in the city , along with accounts of girls who have been entered in to prostitution at ages as... 

The news that two main staffers at the Howard Brown Health Center were being placed on paid administrative leave came as a shock to Chicago’s LGBT community last week. And in the days that have passed since the brief press release unveiled the... 

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green This photo of Oliver Purnell being introduced as the new men’s basketball coach at DePaul University – with team mascot Dibs – is a fair representation to the monster task of turnaround that awaits Purnell.... 

Some brazen thieves have made off with a Midlothian man’s custom-made velociraptor sculpture . Gary Crawford said he found the sculpture – which is three feet by six feet, weighs 150 pounds, and is made of twisted steel and sex appeal –... 

For many, familiarity with Flying Lotus ‘ music exists out of obscurity. This is expected–when most of your exposure is limited to five-second, uncredited clips between Adult Swim programming, the path to fame is indeed a difficult one. But... 

L-R: Franks ‘N Dawgs’ “N’awlins” dog, the “Foss Hog,” the Mystery Corn Dog and Veal Percik sausage. If a hot dog joint dares to venture beyond Chicago-style territory and up its game with gourmet sausages, comparisons... 

Photo courtesy of Fricke_K. (Attribution below) We love Lifehacker . Its recent post clued us in to this awesome website by the University of Illinois dedicated to compiling solutions for stain removal. If you spend any amount of time in the kitchen,... 

              This juicy seitan recipe, from the ultimate vegan cookbook, Veganomicon , requires only a handful of ingredients and about 15 minutes of active prep work. The result is so delicious it’s sure to...