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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, under the artistic direction of Glenn Edgerton, and Kathryn Humphreys, Director of Youth, Education and Community Programs, announce two Adaptive Dance Programs: The Autism Project, for youth with autism spectrum disorder in grades 1-6; and Physically Integrated Dance, for neurotypical youth ages 8-16 with physical ... (more)

Chicago has used several land title systems. These systems were used to secure titles to the ownership of property.

Lincoln Park just got a new salon. Nichole.Beck Hair Boutique , now open at 1130 West Diversey Parkway, is the passion project of friends and stylists Jana Hutmacher and Sarah Gutierrez .

It's practically impossible to miss the parallels between August Strindberg's The Dance of Death and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf -and somebody's sure to point them out to you if by chance you do.

Seriously, you're not going to believe this: Chicago- home to the Magnificent Mile, countless high fashion stores and endless opportunities to drain your bank account- is apparently frugal.

The competition and pressure students place on themselves to gain enrollment to the magnet high school of their choice can often be daunting.

A woman was sexually assaulted in the 3500-block of North Halsted Street in Boystown, in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.

A man suspected in six bank was arrested in the Near North Side this afternoon not long after robbing a bank in the Loop, authorities said.

A priest has been reinstated to a parish in the Lakeview neighborhood after an investigation concluded that an allegation of sexual misconduct against him "was unfounded," according to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Navy Pier has had many incarnations. It has been a Naval training center, a school and a big empty, unused space.

The Chicago Home Theater Festival has set its dates for May 1st - 25th, 2014. An opening party will be held April 30th at Hyde Park Art Center.

Aja was a true vision as she sashayed down Milwaukee Avenue on a breezy Friday night.

If there were a Chicago food "establishment," its debutantes' ball would be the list of the best restaurants published by Chicago magazine around this time each year, trotting out the latest all-dressed-up progeny from distinguished families such as the Mergeses and the Nahabedians, the One Off Hospitalitys and the Element Collectives.

Discovery Entertainment Series showcase sponsor and the one and only BBQ boss of sauce, himself, Curtis Briggs.

As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects-and now successor Rahm Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.

When you only have one weekend to explore a new city, it's important to make every moment count -- but at the same time, you don't want to run yourself ragged.

Chicago Slam Works combines the art forms of poetry, comedy, storytelling, music and creative non-fiction into one action-packed slam competition - "The LitMash".

Yellow corn for delivery in July fell 0.4 percent to 2,208 rand a metric ton by the midday close on the South African Futures Exchange.

The team behind the book Chicagoisms: The City as Catalyst for Architectural Speculation have brought their ideas to life in "Chicagoisms."

Jeffrey Renard Allen, Tim Kinsella, and other writers with spring books coming out discuss combating writer's block and more.