Chicago City Council leaders on their top priorities. Are self-focusing glasses around the corner? A new direction for a former mayoral candidate. And all the food that’s fit to fry.

• City Council Caucus Chairs on Chicago’s Future
• Self-Focusing Glasses and Other News from the World of Science
• Gery Chico’s New Challenge: Uplifting Underserved Neighborhoods
• Like ‘Biting into a Band-Aid’: Malort Returns to Chicago
• Summer Reading List 2019: New and Old Books to Explore