Inside a new exhibition that looks at the art and legacy of the founding fathers of the museum.

After more than six months of anticipation, the former “Week in Review” host throws out the ceremonial first pitch as the White Sox took on the New York Yankees.

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Charles White is being recognized with the first major retrospective of his work since 1982. 

Ivanka Trump splits with her father over his attack on journalists. Is the president’s rhetoric increasingly dangerous?

A new law aims to make it easier for state agencies in Illinois to donate leftover food, which advocates say will help reduce waste and feed hungry residents.

Even if family separations are temporary, “the psychological effects of separation reverberate throughout the community for a long time,” said Dana Rusch, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

A studio performance with harmonica hero Howard Levy and Chicago folk legend Bonnie Koloc.

Some have called the Leopold and Loeb case “the murder that wouldn’t die.” A new book fans the flames of our obsession with this baffling and sensational crime. A conversation with author Nina Barrett.

East meets West in an art show that began with a collection of photos found at an estate sale 27 years ago.

Broken souls grasp for meaning and connection in Samuel D. Hunter’s intense play that unfolds in a dreary church basement in the small town of Idaho Falls, Idaho.

A local institution holds handwritten lyric sheets belonging to the biggest-selling music artists of all time. We get a peek at this collection of cultural artifacts.

Some 20 years after they stampeded along Michigan Avenue, Chicagoans are still moo-ved by the memory of Cows on Parade. Geoffrey Baer revisits the 1999 art project in this encore edition of “Ask Geoffrey.”

Archaeologists are nearing the end of a monthlong dig in the city’s Old Irving Park neighborhood. What they’re looking for – and what they’ve turned up.

A massive music festival, local talent, craft brews and thought-provoking plays usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.

The annual music festival gets underway Thursday in Grant Park. Why this year’s four-day event comes with tightened security measures.

What a leading paleontologist in Chicago is doing to help the country of Niger save and display its rich cultural heritage.