Chicago Travel News

The choices for how to spend your time away from the ProMat show floor can be overwhelming.

Chicago theatregoers get an intimate look at the plays of Neil LaBute when the playwright takes part in an evening at Profiles Theatre Company Jan.

In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two Irish plays, one in Chicago and one off Broadway .

Rising temperatures are expected rescue motorists from the sheet of ice that blanketed the road and caused multiple crashes on Chicago area roads and expressways early Friday.

Photo: Valerie Gstalder, center, holds up her children, Julie, 10, right, and Mathilde, 7, as they slip and slide on an icy sidewalk in New York, Monday, Dec.

The Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe, remained open during its two-year, $170 million restoration, which just concluded.

Christmas shopping in this economy Muscatine mall doing well despite empty storefronts Now through December 20th the Muscatine mall is giving away tickets, allowing anyone to come enjoy a free movie at the ...

Fresh from college, Paul Slade Smith knew he was an actor and a singer. He suspected he was a playwright, he says, but there was no way to be sure.

A A The Week in Pictures From a community effort to put out a fire to snow-covered vineyards, a look at some of the weeka TMs most compelling images.

Today is the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, and forecasts call for plenty of folks to mix it up in stores across the country -- even in this cruddy economy.

The Obama media love-in continued unabated this week as the President-Elect held his second, third and fourth press conferences, all in the Chicago Loop at the Chicago Hilton on Michigan Avenue.

Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be over and everyone will need a drink. Or three.

Three Clowns welcome the audience into a musical celebration of action-based performance and improvisation that would make Fezziwig proud, complete with a holiday toast, gift-giving and original live music ...

When it's cold and snowy during the month of November in Northwest Indiana, warm and sunny July days seem far away.

If you're looking for a bustling, festive city Christmas on a budget, Chicago offers tradition and fun for all ages - and it is possible to do it without emptying your wallet.

Linc oln Park Zoo: 2200 N. Cannon Drive , Chicago; 742-2000. Celebrate the Year of the Frog.

Nov 19, 2008 10:33 pm US/Central Reporting Anne State In the midst of the economic downturn, business is booming at thrift stores where sales are up by as much as 35 percent in 2008.

Is Tina Fey a BoDeans fan? Probably not if she thinks they're from Chicago. Published Nov.

I'll cut to the chase: Macy's State Street has cost-cut its Chicago Loop holiday windows and Christmas tree so deeply this year, I personally don't believe it's worth bothering to make that time-honored family ...

First, they don their comfy walking shoes and uncomplicated clothes, easy to slip on and off.