Over the years, revered authors, scholars, educators and the cast of have tried to get people to stop banning books. The beat goes on. more ›

Hell may freeze over yet. After all of daddy John’s efforts to demolish old Cook County General Hospital, Todd Stroger’s leading the charge to renovate the beast. The Toddler plans to make it an agenda at next week’s County Board meeting. Preservation and renovation carry a price tag of roughly $140 million. For now, the plan is to turn the 93-year-old structure into medical office space, libraries, a day-care center and, if there’s any space... more ›

The White Sox signed infielder Eduardo Perez to a minor-league contract on Monday. Awesome because all he does is strike out or hit home runs. Who's puncturing the tires of a couple dozen school buses in the suburbs? Although the police maintain that officers acted appropriately in the shooting death of Cornelius Ware, a 20-year-old paraplegic, the city has agreed to pay his family $5.2 million. John H. Bryan and Richard Gray, who helped... more ›

Professional Lacrosse is coming to Toyota Park in Bridgeview. The Chicago Machine announced they will play their home games at Toyota Park. Although the 20,000 seat stadium was built as the home of the Chicago Fire, it is also an excellent facility for concerts and sports other than soccer. The Machine played their inaugural season at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. John H. Meister, the Machine's President, is excited about the move as it will... more ›

We absolutely love it when crazy rich people run for president for no other reason than they are rich and crazy. If you're like us and you're sick and tired of regular rich people running for prez, then you'll be happy to hear we have a new crazy dude running for president right here in Chicago! It's not really whether Gold Coast millionaire John H. Cox would be a great candidate that makes this a... more ›

Cancer is a total dick. It didn't allow the media even one day to grieve one family member's death before killing another member. It took Peter Jennings yesterday, and today it took John H. Johnson, publisher of EBONY and JET magazines. There's plenty of news about ole P.J. so we're going to stick to Johnson. more ›

Every year Chicago Magazine chooses a handful of people who they believe have made our city a better place. This year they've chosen 6 people to honor as Chicagoans of the Year: more ›

We're feeling awfully artsy fartsy today, so here are three weekend activities to cure your humanities jones. If you hate books, reading, writing, authors, drama, talking, performing, microphones, or puppets, this post is not for you. But we're curious how you get through the day and if you can offer us a few tips. more ›

Chicago historians and architecture buffs who are in a rage over the impending demolition of Cook County Hospital will be happy to know that the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the historic site to its 11 Most Endangered Historic Places of 2004 list. Well, not happy per-se, but psyched for the backup. Cook County Hospital (handy map) was built in 1913 and was home to the first blood bank in the world in... more ›