ARIES (March 21-April 19): Greek philosopher Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That extreme statement is a foundational idea of Western philosophy. It’s hard to do! To be ...

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Smoque Defends Its Trademark Turf Against Weber The recently released Weber Smoque is “a pellet smoker that costs $799 or $999, depending on the size.” Barry Sorkin, “owner and pitmaster behind ...

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Lost Pizza Legend Reopens In Andersonville Long-dormant Great Lake Pizza has had a soft opening in Andersonville, on Berwyn east of Clark, Reddit users enthuse. “Sign in the window but no hours listed ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Hawaiian word po refers to a primal darkness from which all life flows. It’s not a fearsome void, but a fertile mystery, rich with future possibilities and the ancestors ...

My first awareness of the Java Village resulted from a trip in 1989 to The Field Museum to cover the then-new exhibition, “Traveling the Pacific.” The exhibit—most of which is still in the Regenstein ...

Chicago’s Peace Garden is not a particularly peaceful place. Located in Uptown next to Lake Shore Drive, just east of the Buena Avenue underpass, its tranquility is undermined by the constant roar of ...

The true Romani playing in Chicago include: Tony Bellog: A regular performer with Alphonso Ponticelli’s Swing Gitan at the Green Mill on Wednesday nights, Bellog is from a legendary family of gypsy ...

This is what the scene must have been at the Santa Fe Grain Elevator one hundred years ago. Located off the Damen Avenue exit of I-55, this massive city within a city was built in 1906 just off its ...

After World War II, thousands of servicemen returned home from the war. Some resumed normal lives with their families. Others, shell-shocked, lonely and suffering from what we now know as ...