Hinsdale Central teen sets up Model UN Academy site to help thousands of students find success
Momin Ahmed's website instructs youths on how to navigate Model UN, a simulation of the real United Nations in schools around the globe.
Entertainment
Featured
Review: In ‘Titanic the Musical’ at the Marriott, the music alone is reason enough to make a voyage
The story of the musical may be familiar enough by now, but this in-the-round production...
‘Welcome to the Show’ wants to feel like hanging out with friends in their Lincoln Square basement
Derek Bish's free live talk show has been filling the backroom of The Getaway since...
Arts
Pullman community steps on the gas to reopen historic Greenstone Church
Neighbors have raised $20,000 to reopen Greenstone Church in Pullman, which has been shuttered for years because of unpaid bills.
Books
Biblioracle: Joe Dunthorne explores his family’s history in ‘Children of Radium’
Joe Dunthorne unravels the story of his great-grandfather Siegfried Merzbacher, a German Jewish chemist who left behind a 2,000-page memoir.
Movies
Review: ‘Killer of Sheep,’ a poetic-realist masterwork, returns sharper than ever
Charles Burnett's gently astonishing movie tells the stories of the people he knew in his Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the 1970s. It's at the Gene Siskel Film Center for a weeklong run.
TV and Streaming
CHSN may need to think outside the Comcast cable box with Bulls and Blackhawks done and White Sox struggling
Six months after Chicago Sports Network launched, the channel remains blacked out for one million Chicago-area Comcast subscribers.
Theater
Northlight Theatre looks locally for its final season in Skokie
The four-play slate for 2026-26 opens next fall with the world premiere of "The First Lady of Television."
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Recipe: With the high price of eggs, this yellow birthday cake recipe goes egg-free
With the high price of eggs, this plant-based birthday cake with chocolate buttercream recipe goes egg free.
Music and Concerts
Jazz bassist Matt Ulery returns to his roots with ‘Mother Harp’ and a release concert at Hungry Brain
Since moving to Chicago 25 years ago, Rockford-born bassist Matt Ulery has put out 15 albums of originals. His next is "Mother Harp."
Travel
Vroom! Touring Italy’s supercar factories allows you to admire, and even drive, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Ferraris
Italy’s “Motor Valley” is within an hour’s drive of Bologna, making it possible to construct a weekend-long crash course in supercars.
Museums
National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago, the first of its kind, with residents’ stories at its heart
Free to visit and located in the last surviving building of the former Jane Addams Homes, the new Chicago museum is filled with the stuff of real residents' lives.
Home and Garden
Take care when planting for a healthy tree
Here are some tips from the Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic for planting trees and shrubs.
Recipes
The Kitchn: The ridiculously simple 15-minute dinner I make at least once a week
As much as I love a double-digit-step recipe with more ingredients than I can count on my two hands (looking at you, Beef Wellington), that’s not realistic for every night (let alone weekly!). Sometimes you just need a simple recipe...
Fashion
These NCAA Tournament styles stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers
The styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers.
Entertainment
What to do in Chicago: Jeff Tweedy in concert, Mike Epps comedy tour and skating at Thalia Hall
Also around the area this weekend, the Henhouse Prowlers celebrate an album release at Old Town School and Alton Brown’s culinary variety show comes to the Loop.