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Mads Horwath is a cartoonist born and raised in Virginia, currently studying at the Royal College of Art. Their work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Reader and LA Times.

A pop-up book exhibit at Chicago’s Newberry Library. A 1,100-page pictorial showcase of door handles from around the world. A complete online collection of illustrations from Dickens’ novels. Making craft beer cans more recyclable. AI is now writing fortune cookie fortunes. Pending coronation, King Charles declines a Burger King crown. Where did colorful terms for collective nouns (like a gaggle of geese or a murder of crows) come from? The James Webb Space Telescope looks at the remains of ...

The Chicago Sun-Times has announced three key appointments in its growing newsroom, including the promotion of Dave Newbart and Paul Saltzman, and the hiring of Kaitlyn Jakola, into editorial leadership roles.

Here's how Cook County’s massive criminal court system has evolved over the course of a century from corruption to stagnation.

The main Twitter account of the Chicago Police Department this week liked a tweet by country singer Travis Tritt that is seen as having an anti-LGBTQ message.

Authors will read their work at Artspace Uptown Artist Lofts during the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Michigan City.

The report analyzes environmental enforcement data from 2002 to 2022 and concludes that the city rarely penalizes polluters for breaking the law.

Hot on the heels of the 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, its largest and most successful ever, the Chicago Puppet Fest is pulling strings again this spring, dangling two delightful opportunities for Chicago audiences to enjoy the art and craft of contemporary puppetry.

Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson attends an event attracting Black LGBTQ+ leaders

Re James Fulford’s blog post: Freudianism, Shell...