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“What’s your secret?” my friend asks me.“Probably that I steal people’s pets and then return them for the reward money,” I reply.“No,” he says. “I mean, what’s the secret to your easygoing, worry-free, almost criminally naive outlook on life?”“Oh, that’s easy,” I tell him.

A chapter of history largely unknown in the U.S. is being featured in an exhibit on Chicago's Southwest Side. The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture tells the story of Lithuanians deported to Siberia.

There are signs of distress in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side: boarded-up corner shops, beauty salons, and foreclosed homes.

The Chicago Opera Theater has selected a new general director. Andreas Mitisek will replace the current director, Brian Dickie, who brought international attention to the city's second opera company.

Frank Lloyd Wright certainly left his mark on architecture. He also had something of a reputation for being inflexible on matters of design. But there’s at least one house where he let the client define the process.

Chicago was warm on December 7, 1941--warm for December, with a high of 39 degrees. It was Sunday. With the stores closed, people had a chance to take the day off from Christmas shopping.

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