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The Chicago Tea Festival, Handmade Market and Northwest Brewfest also return this weekend.

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Hoover emerged from the West to go to Chicago's Fair. Near Gibbon,…

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/MarvelThere were high expectations for the God of Mischief’s return in Season 2 of Loki. After a strong debut season on Disney+ that stood out as a bright spot in Marvel’s lacking TV catalog, its sophomore effort has set out apace, hoping to maintain that goodwill. But in the four episodes that have aired so far, the show’s momentum has waned as quickly as it picked up, with the cast hurtling from one crisis to the next. ...

The Disney+ show’s second season is running on fumes—so it’s time to let the delightful odd couple at its core take over the whole thing.

Scholar Heinz Tschachler discusses the cultural legacy of Christopher Columbus and its impact on his disappearance from coins and currency.

Indian Territory participated in at least two world fairs before statehood. The first was the 1893 World’s Fair held in Chicago. Known officially as the Columbian Exposition (it commemorated the

In this week’s newsletter: Ask anyone if they’ve seen Amazon’s fake trial mockumentary where everyone is acting except for one poor juror, and you’ll unfairly be met with blank stares

A closer look at crime in Chicago for 2022, what’s working and what’s not. A longtime Chicago journalist turns the page. Holiday shopping at Chicago Fair Trade. And a taste of the Soul Food Lounge.

By Heinz Tschachler .....   When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus

Let's face it, Illinois has got a bad rap on a lot of things, but there is something to love about Illinois. The food that was created in the state.