Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

Save the date for Chicago's top fundraisers, exhibitions, galas and performances in 2025. Lesly and David Koo at the 2023 ...

It’s a trip back in time that highlights the struggles and resilience of people who have lived in public housing.

The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2025–2026 class of Fellows for summer 2025 and the ...

1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...