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Will be a big day for Joseph Sikora. He has been awaiting the day, actually Friday night at 7 p.m. CT, for a long time, ever since he completed shooting the final scenes of the second season of the Starz series “Power Book IV: Force.” Those scenes were shot in Chicago, all over Chicago. If you watched Season 1 last year, and millions of you did, you saw the city in a vibrant, ...

A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level.

For Safia Matariyeh, 36, and her husband Dean, the classic trend of moving out of the city and into the suburbs once children come into the picture was a plan they considered but have yet to act on. Instead, they have continued to rent in the city for years as their family has expanded to include an 8-year-old, a 6-year-old and 2-year-old twins. As a working parent, Matariyeh said she ...

Jars by Fabio Viviani is a dessert concept that could be coming to a town near you. Though the brand has one unit open in Chicago, it has sold more than a hundred franchise units both domestic and overseas.

International Business News: Amancio Ortega, the billionaire founder of Zara, has purchased a luxury apartment building in Chicago for $232 million. The 45-story building contains

I have been preparing for Oakville Grill & Cellar. Ever since the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant group announced the West Loop project would have the largest California-only wine list in the city, I decided to, shall we say, do some homework. Namely, I’ve been drinking exclusively California wine at home since February. (It’s a hard job, I know.) Having worked in a Brooklyn wine shop and as ...

If you plan on going out this weekend, there are a few major road closures you should know about.

Editors note: This story was originally published by the South Side Weekly.

Houston-area freeway closures this weekend include I-69 Southwest Freeway at the West Loop and S. Beltway 8 at the Gulf Freeway.

Star Events sold tickets online to free street festivals without telling attendees a donation is optional. And fans say aggressive volunteers at fest gates routinely say a fee is required to enter.