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Viet Hoang and his friends, Lauren Li and Ken Hoang, huddled near each other, clinging to life in the frigid Chicago River on that January night, assuring one another they would not die this way.

Los Angeles record label Stones Throw Records is the subject of a new documentary, Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records .

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 09--When the Chicago Fire Department scuba team arrived on the south side of the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue just before 5 a.m. Dec. 17, fresh snow blanketed the ground, covering any footprints where a woman had slipped into the frigid water.

In this play'A A s most famous speech, the world'A A s a stage while we'A A re merely players.

Full Segment: He's played superheroes, villains, and even himself. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for Billy Zane, who joins us to talk life, rumors, and his new indie thriller "The Kill Hole."

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

Ah, St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. If you've already seen the river turn green and aren't heavily into the parade scene, pick a place to settle down instead and enjoy some Irish food and drink specials.

Responding to a call around 7:30 a.m. of a dog on the ice off the lake near North Avenue, Chicago firefighters spotted the pooch about 100 yards offshore.

There's been a lot of concern about that, with St Patrick's Day getting close and Chicagoland still in the deep-freeze.

It's close to Kat's birthday now, so it's only natural she would walk around gift-wrapped herself, with a pink bow right on top of her head.

CHICAGO, March 7 -- The Association of Forum of Chicagoland issued the following news release: Association Forum of Chicagoland's Board of Directors announced today that Christie A. Tarantino, FASAE, CAE, has resigned as president and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 15, 2014.

In addition to hosting Chicago premieres from internationally lauded filmmakers, every year the European Union Film Festival spotlights active directors who aren't especially well-known here because their work is either too modest, too strange, or too culturally specific to attract U.S. distributors.

When was the last time you grabbed a beer in the Printer's Row area? If you don't live in the area, it's probably been a while, but with Villains Chicago that's about to change.

The recent Chicago barbeque boom is getting a new entrant from the empire state.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens as Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks at a press conference on September 10, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

You don't have to be a physicist to enjoy the energy, camaraderie and giddy thrill of discovery that radiates from this documentary about the search Liam Neeson must stop a series of murders on an airplane.

By now, Streetsblog readers know all about how the Illiana Tollway, a proposed highway that will see little use and cost taxpayers $500 million, has messed up our regional plan.

The August Wilson Monologue Competition, sponsored by The League of Chicago Theatres, Goodman Theatre, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and organized in Chicago by Derrick Sanders, will hold the Chicago Finals on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 6:00pm at the Goodman Theatre, 170 North Dearborn St - the first theatre in the world to produce all ... (more)

On March 4, 2014, in a huge victory for animal rights, Chicago's city council voted 49-1 to ban the sale of pets that come from mills in Chicago pet stores .

The Irish have a long and storied history in Chicago. The Saturday before St. Patrick's Day is the day that all of Chicago's Irish and I suspect a lot of non-Irish pretending to be Irish come out to celebrate Ireland.