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For the past 20 years, the nonprofit Neighborhood Writing Alliance has run writing groups in city neighborhoods, mostly in branch libraries.

Chicago - -- A U.S. Coast Guard ship loaded with more than 1,200 Michigan Christmas trees has arrived in downtown Chicago.

Northwestern University announced today that Perkins+Will has won the job of designing the biomedical research building that'll replace Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital.

After Nelson Mandela died yesterday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement : "The world is sadder now because he has died; but we are comforted knowing that the world is better because he lived.

Now through the 31st, enjoy twelve holiday-inspired beers . If the entire list is consumed by New Year's Eve, a keepsake pint glass will be awarded.

We recently fell hard for a Moncler coat that was-yikes-$1,500. So this news makes us more than a little jolly: The brand of almost-never-on-sale outwear opened a shop at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago just under a week ago.

This winter, the Chicago Cultural Alliance presents a multicultural exhibit sharing ethnic holiday traditions including crafts, decorations and ceremonies from first voice perspectives with pop-up window displays and galleries in the Loop.

At least five people have been wounded in shootings on the West and South sides since late Thursday morning, authorities said.

That's according to the Chicagoland Radio and Media website. The FCC alleges the Chicago cluster failed to comply with EEO rules nearly three dozen times over a two-year period.

Tree Farm: Settler's Pond Christmas Trees Hours of Operation: Open Nov. 29 through Dec. 23, daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Location: 1301 E Offner Rd, Beecher, IL 6040 Details: The Pond was established in 1998 by Roland and Pinky Janota.

Editor's note: Curious City is embarking on a new podcast lineup in early 2014, and this story will be among the first stories featured.

Nelson Mandela, whose death at age 95 was announced today, created quite a stir when he visited Chicago back in 1993.

Two people have been charged with the Wednesday bank robbery that resulted in a standoff with authorities in south suburban Homewood.

Grammy Award winner, Mark S. Doss, returns to one of Chicago's favorite holiday traditions as the bass soloist for Handel's Do-It-Yourself Messiah.

In September, when I talked with the folks behind Chicago Commercial Collective about their remount of TimeLine Theatre's Julia Child play, To Master the Art , they said they'd soon be rolling out a midwest college circuit tour for some other Chicago shows.

The restoration and preservation of Walt and his brother Roy's birthplace and home officially got underway today, on Walt Disney's 112 th birthday, at a press conference held at the historic site.

As you well know, PAWS Chicago is our city's largest No-Kill humane organization.

Wells, a young doctor in training at Springfield's Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, wanted to add obstetrics to the skills she could offer her future patients.

For 45 years, the Frankfort-based Phillips Chevrolet has expanded its presence in Illinois, and the awards lately are a testament to that: It's the No.

CHICAGO _ Chicago's Daley Plaza, long home to privately maintained Christmas and Hanukkah displays, now has a giant letter "A" representing the atheist and agnostic community.