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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.

BaderbrA u/Atlas/Radler Collaboration Atlas Brewing Company , 2747 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago 773-295-1270 BaderbrA u has teamed up with Atlas Brewing Company and The Radler , the modern day German beer hall in Logan Square, to create Tricycle , a limited edition German ale.

According to Leor Galil, Ty Dolla $ign's singing and rapping talents may just overshadow his dirty lyrics-his "golden voice and smooth, intoxicating delivery make his words seem less raunchy, and he's so flattering and matter-of-fact about his propositions that it's easy to forget that he's operating outside just about every human female's comfort ... (more)

Mayor de Blasio is headed to Chicago on Thursday to hobnob with other prominent mayors in his second out-of-town appearance since taking office.

Bailiwick Chicago will launch its 2013-14 season with the Chicago premiere of the thrilling musical drama DESSA ROSE by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty , the Tony Award-winning team behind Ragtime, Once on This Island and Seussical!, directed by Artistic Director Lili- Anne Brown with music direction by Collective Member James Morehead.

A new study analyzing the origins of the adipose fin, thought by some to be vestigial, finds that these fins arose repeatedly and independently in multiple species -- a striking example of convergent evolution.

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)

A four-month-old baby gorilla at Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago now has a name after the public cast thousands of votes.