The James Beard Awards are in town. Here are seven events for foodies.
This weekend brings some of the nation’s top culinary professionals to Chicago. Here’s how to get in on the action.

The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ spent months investigating how the closing of 50 schools in 2013 — the nation’s largest number of public schools shuttered in a single action — changed the city, the school system, the children and their families.
The Sun-Times and WBEZ found that school officials failed to protect these welcoming schools and the $155 million invested in them over time.
In the 1960s and ’70s, martial arts schools in Chicago were locked in bloody rivalries. The man at their center was known as Count Dante.
The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.
If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who snagged tickets, or you are and want to start the party early, here are a few ways you can celebrate this week.
Examining the places we stay and what keeps us there, plus we’re joined by travel blogger and beauty strategist Shadai Brunjes.
Billionaire James Crown is asking CEOs to find jobs for thousands of people in the most dangerous parts of Chicago in an effort to cut the city’s murders to fewer than 400 a year within five years.
The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, claims the land is meant for public housing and protocols weren’t followed before the deal was inked.
The new report spells out the disparities Black residents face in the city when it comes to health, wealth, education and more.
The money will be used for staffing, food and other resources for migrants being bused to Chicago from other states.
The influx of asylum-seekers is putting additional strain on a system that is under-resourced and unreliable, WBEZ analysis shows.
If it passes, the proposed debt deal would set the date for federal student loan repayments to resume. The pause’s end will affect some 43 million borrowers, but, in effect, it’s not a big change.
The up-and-coming artist discusses being emotionally vulnerable in his lyrics, the city’s music scene and more ahead of Thursday’s show at the Epiphany Center for the Arts.
The City Council’s License Committee unanimously advanced Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to make permanent an al fresco dining program that helped many restaurants and bars survive during the pandemic.
As asylum-seekers arrive in Chicago nearly daily, two local organizations are designing a recycled bike pipeline to help provide reliable transportation.
A new study suggests dozens of U.S. cities are at risk for mpox outbreaks this summer. Health officials say they are working to prevent the scale of infections.
Promontory Point, nestled between 54th and 56th streets along the lakefront, received landmark status last month to help preserve its limestone revetments and promenade.
For a $100 stipend, some Chicagoans who are statistically among the most at-risk of gun violence are working to change themselves and their neighborhoods.
The Democratic-controlled legislature sent a slew of bills to the governor showing their priorities for the state, in addition to the $50.4 billion spending plan. Here are some highlights.
It’s summer festival season. Go for the headliners, but stay for these local up-and-comers worthy of their own spotlight.