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It's a time for partying - eating and drinking special food and drinks - before the traditional penance-heavy period of Lent.

A 10-year veteran with the Chicago Police Department was killed after a police chase that started in a south suburb ended in a crash just off the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side early Friday, police said.

With the recent struggle between Russia and Ukraine in the headlines lately, sometimes we forget that there are many people affected by it in our own backyard.

Aye, it's been one tough winter and it seems as if the wind chills might always be whipping at our backs.

Buzz22 Chicago has announced that the Professional World Premiere production of Laura Jacqmin's "Ghost Bike," directed by Co-Artistic Director Sara Sawicki opens tonight, March 13 at 8 PM.

The Irish Castle was built between 1886 and 1887 under the guidance of Robert. C. Givins.

Tahitah Myles attends Ronnie Chamber's funeral in Chicago last year. He was the father of her son and a victim of gun violence.

If you're sick of hearing about South by Southwest I recommend checking out a flyer lo-fi pop musician Jimmy Whispers made for his headlining show at the Hideout on Friday; he's calling the show the "Mid by Midwest Interactive Festival," and Whispers's artwork pokes fun at the rampant corporate #branding taking over SXSW.

The museum announced Wednesday that Susan Abrams has been appointed to lead the center, located in the Chicago suburb of Skokie.

The special cruises are taking place both before and after the St. Patrick's Day Parade allowing you to enjoy both Chicago traditions.

Saint Patrick's Day is being celebrated throughout the Chicago area on the weekend of March 15, 2014.

Pileups on the Ohio Turnpike involving at least 50 vehicles killed two people and seriously injured a state trooper on Wednesday as a late-winter storm swept through the Midwest and the Northeast, ending a fleeting spring-like thaw.

Jayson "JC" Brooks, Harmony France, Sydney Charles and Steven Perkins with the cast of Bailiwick Chicago's production of DESSA ROSE, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, directed by Lili-Anne Brown with music direction by James Morehead.

Tragedy struck the family of a longtime Chicago chef late last month. On February 13, Dean Zanella-who's best known for his years as chef of 312 Chicago in the Loop-and his wife, Mary Bridget Reidy Zanella, welcomed twin girls, Anna Grace and Nora Joan.

Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N Southport Ave., announces that The Hypocrites' production INTO THE WOODS, directed by Geoff Button * with Musical Direction by Matt Deitchman , has been extended through Saturday, April 5. The production was selected as a Critics' Pick by Time Out Chicago and has hailed as "Beautiful" and "A wonder! Terrific! ... (more)

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.