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The annual Polar Plunge into Lake Michigan has broken its fundraising goals by raising more than $1 million for Special Olympics Chicago.

Another year, another Saturday-before-St.-Patrick's-Day of donning green from head to toe and drinking Jameson until the wee hours of the afternoon, when you pass out for a nap, wake up, and order pizza.

Until I moved to Chicago, St. Patrick's Day wasn't a big event for me. But that first year, I was stunned by the site of what locals took for granted -- a boat slowly traveling the Chicago River depositing a rich green dye into the water.

Elizabeth Dozier, center, principal of Fenger High School, appears in a scene from the CNN documentary 'Chicagoland.'

Commuters wait on a snow-covered platform for a train in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, on February 5, 2014.

Ken Adair, of Homer Glen, knew he was taking a risk when he invested in a franchise startup business repairing hydraulic hoses - but it's one that paid off.

Five Chicago City Council members stand to be outed as gay next month by Chicago Dispatcher, a monthly newspaper that focuses on issues relating to the taxi industry.

With snow still piled high and more promised, it's hard to believe that spring is near.

Soho House, a London-based hotel and private club, is opening up a Chicago location this summer The swanky property will have a rooftop pool, a pizza place, and a cocktail lounge.

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Laurence Steinberg says for My Brother's Keeper to succeed, we can't just focus on "fixing" young black men.

In January, a Racked tipster noted that shops were closing-and eateries were opening-on Armitage Avenue .

A man was killed and at least nine other people - including a retired Chicago police sergeant - were shot across Chicago since Monday night.

In an effort to support hunger relief, jazz musicians donate performances at classic venues around the city for the fifth annual Chi-Town Jazz Festival.

The Tribune 's John Kass writes of CNN documentary Chicagoland : "It's good TV, good drama.

INTO THE WOODS , directed by Geoff Button* with Musical Direction by Matt Deitchman, previewing February 6, opening Tuesday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. and running through Sunday, March 30. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and the book by James Lapine, The Hypocrites bring their heightened and playful sense of theatricality to the beloved ... (more)

Sure and begorrah, St Patrick's Day comes March 17. But in Chicago, the big celebration happens the Saturday before the Irish saint's official date.

The recount of the Stonewall Riots, "Hit the Wall," originally produced by The Inconvenience, will return to Chicago with the majority of its original ensemble cast and artistic team in a triumphant remount presented by the Chicago Commercial Collective, running April 22 to June 29 at the Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue.

The Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant chain plans to open its next location in Chicago in what will be the Syracuse-based company's first eatery outside the Northeast.