Plus: Sunspot images, “The New Optimism,” means of determining the optimal baseball batting order, and a forthcoming social-services finder for Chicago.

The following items were taken from Naperville police reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of ...

BRIGHTSIDE THEATRE TO PERFORM BROADWAY TUNES. BrightSide Theatre will present free shows featuring Broadway hits at several Naperville parks this summer. The first of the series, ...

Obstreperous, loud, and unscripted, the Chicago Teachers Union president led the city's public school teachers to strike against Rahm Emanuel’s reform agenda—and became a national figure overnight.

Chicagoan Adam Levin’s new book is a different type of fiction from his debut novel, 2010’s The Instructions, which clocked in at 1,030 pages and took a decade to write.

He modernized Chicago’s emergency-response center, served as Mayor Daley’s chief of staff, and led (albeit briefly) the CTA—all before his 38th birthday. Now Ron Huberman, the Israeli-born gay ex-cop, ...

High Wattage Hip Hop Live + Reel rolls into the Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago Ave.; 312-397-4010) Friday the 25th with a full weekend lineup of performance and ...

A warm summer night A young couple strolling south down Southport Avenue with a plan to see a movie at the Music Box, a ...

For Jason Lever, patriotism is not just confined to some red, white and blue bunting across the porch railings of his home on Biltmore Circle in Aurora. Every summer the Fox Valley contractor ...

No necklace or earring that Shannon Carney (shannoncarney.com) crafts is perfect, and that’s just fine with the Chicago jewelry designer. “When things come together naturally, that’s much more ...

On the surface, "Sound Opinions" on WXRT-FM (93.1) is a talk show about rock 'n roll–about bands that rule and bands that suck; about albums great and awful; about the ...

DARK VICTORY: Three years ago, Baskis, then a 22-year-old U.S. Army infantryman, was permanently blinded by a bomb while serving in Iraq. Since then, his life has been a series ...