A Naperville man was rushin' to get some lovin', but the police cockblocked him. more ›

The nation’s largest Catholic university said this week it covers contraception as part of its health care benefit package, amid mounting GOP opposition to an Affordable Care Act provision they say forces the hand of religious institutions. more ›

We received a press released a few weeks back that made us do a double take. The subject line: "Turn any Restaurant into a Breastaurant!" The release, advertising BreastaurantUniforms.com, a company founded by Terra Watson, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, promises that restaurant owners can increase traffic by putting their waitresses in sexy, revealing outfits. After some quick mocking on Twitter, we let it drop like so many other bad ideas we get in our email - but apparently it's not dead. Consumerist reports today that these establishments are growing in popularity despite the recession, and new chains are popping up to compete with Hooters, the old standard. more ›

Today Art shares with us (very adult) accounts of his acquaintance with the author of From Here to Eternity, James Jones. (Warning: Art has some frank talk about sex here.) more ›

Rare is the person that will readily admit that he or she needs a little help in the bedroom. Yet if we were really such outstanding lovers all of the time, the adult novelties business would not be the multi-billion dollar industry it is. Let's face it, whether it is in the warm up or the execution, we can all use a little extra "somethin' somethin'" once in awhile. Making love, for what the cliches are worth, really is like building a fire. Having a little extra kindling on hand is never a bad idea. Enough with the tacky metaphors though. This is a food column. Let's talk aphrodisiacs, folks! more ›

Chicago plays host to an ever-expanding lineup of niche film festivals, and this weekend's offering has its own unique bend. The traveling CineKink film festival makes its stop in Chicago this weekend for a quick, two day engagement that will screen a selection of five films at the Leather Archives and Museum in Rogers Park. more ›

Now that summer has officially started, school is out but the folks at The Pleasure Chest still want to help you get your learn on. Today through Thursday, the adult toy boutique’s Roscoe Village location is offering a series of free classes aimed at education on specific sexual techniques and upping general bedroom know-how. Sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko will lead each of the two-hour long sessions. Pleasure Chest Manager Matt Hannigan says the workshops are “mostly visual and lecture with some simulated activity. No nudity whatsoever.” more ›

A former flight attendant on Oprah Winfrey's private jet filed a federal lawsuit Friday, denying allegations she had a sexual encounter on the plane and seeking more than $75,000 in damages, the Tribune reports. more ›

We've joked that if there was an iPhone app that would allow us to have sex with ours, we'd download it in a heartbeat. But it's only a joke. Others are more serious about their cell phone use. A recent survey shows that 3 out of 10 people in Chicago would rather give up sex than their cell phones. [Chicago Breaking News] more ›

The biweekly film series Sex +++ will once again be meeting at the Hull-House Museum this Tuesday. A gathering of the sex-positive community, this week's topic (sixth in the series) is bisexuality, via a screening of the documentary "Bi the Way." more ›

After printing a salacious issue about underage encounters that identified involved students by name, a Lincolnshire high school newspaper will face more restrictions that some say are tantamount to censorship. The 3,400 copies of the Jan. 30 issue of the Stevenson High School newspaper "The Statesman" disappeared from the newsstands almost immediately, though the school says they did not remove them. more ›

Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz gave us way too much information about his apparently hot and sweaty sex life with wife Ashlee Simpson via yesterday's Howard Stern show. Some quoteable quotes: more ›

Oh, Vahzhno, we feel your pain. The eight-year-old male Siberian tiger at the Lincoln Park Zoo has been making passes at a fellow Siberian tiger, 11-year-old Molly, but to no avail. Miss Thang has been giving her younger man the shoulder (would the age difference make Molly a "cougar" tiger?) much to the consternation of zoo workers who are trying to get the two to mate. Dave Bernier, Curator of Mammals Lincoln Park Zoo, explained it like so: "We're trying to put our two tigers together for breeding. Our female Molly and our male Vahzhno. Every month or so when she cycles we introduce them together for two or three consecutive days in the hopes that they'll breed." Ah. more ›

This Monday, Oprah opened the floodgates for pushy stage moms everywhere with the “World’s Smartest and Most Talented Kids” show, featuring freakishly amazing children hand-selected from thousands of video submissions. The cute-but-tame, pint-sized b-boy and tap dancer along with the demon child hula hooper kept us entertained in the beginning, but the talent show took an awkward turn when the 11-year-old yodeling sensations took the stage. Instead of letting Taylor Ware and her Pippy Longstocking pigtails have their moment, Oprah had the yodelette give the entire audience a lesson, making the whole room “littleoldladyheewhooo” about 16 times before she cut to commercial. Oy. The absolute stunner of the show was little Connie Talbot, the seven-year-old British singing sensation, whose head shaking-induced vibrato in her rendition of “Ben” wiggled its way into our hearts. more ›

There's no denying the collective energy felt throughout Chicago after Obama's win on Tuesday night. We observed that the concentrated amount of elated emotion Tuesday night was expressed with tears of joy, mass champagne consumption, and dancing and cheering in the streets. Oh, and sex. more ›

Oh Lord here we go. The highly-anticipated “sex show” finally premiered on Monday, and we were all ready to cover our ears from Oprah’s awkward interjections of anatomical misnomers. But we admit, we sold Oprah a little short on this one. What we assumed would be a “vajayjay” festival was actually an intelligent and frank discussion about the state of sexuality in America and what we can do to improve it. Apparently there’s no time like the present, since according to Oprah’s guest, sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman (pictured right), a whopping 1 in 5 couples are in sexless marriages. If avoiding that fate isn’t enough to get you bouncing around the bedroom, consider what else we learned: sex can make you look 7-12 years younger, make your immune system 33% stronger, cause a 50% decrease in heart disease, lessen stress, insomnia, and even relieve menstrual cramps and headaches. Sign us up! Guests Tom and Debra, who win the most courageous couple on the planet award, joined Oprah to discuss their sex life dropping to absolute zero. The pair braved cameras for a few sessions with Dr. Berman, who gave them some handy tips. First, Dr. Berman encourages couples to share fantasies, but in an environment of safety and trust. That means you can’t judge your partner when he asks you to dress up as a Ninja Turtle and spank him. For women specifically, look at your vulva and identify the parts. “Love your vulva,” she told us. Ok, so there was one cringe-worthy moment. more ›

First off, if you heard "Sex Expo" and "Excalibur" and your mind didn't immediately mash them up into "Sexcalibur," well, you're just not trying. Secondly, while the idea of a Sexpo in Chicago seemed cool at first thought, after inspecting the photo section of their MySpace (NSFW!), we kinda feel like we need to take a shower. more ›

Does it Offend You, Yeah? first caught our ear with the suprema-catchy early single "We Are Rockstars" took us right back to the mid-'90s Big Beat explosion with its rock sensibilities laid like dripping blood over the dance floor. Honestly, after hearing that tune we were ready to write them off as just another dance rock band, albeit one with a slightly revivalist bent that appealed to our more sentimental nature. more ›

The Illinois Railway Musuem in Union has all kinds of vintage treasures, including dozens of old rail cars and street cars, some of which sport amazing vintage ads. more ›

The police board released documentation yesterday of officers who'd been reprimanded, one of whom is ex-Sergeant Nicholas M. Ortega, who was fired for having sex in his office and wearing his uniform in a bar. Turns out it was one big incident, and the woman Ortega slept with was a rookie cop's wife. more ›

John Edwards told to ABC News's Bob Woodruff that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter, "but said that he did not love her." Edwards denies that he's the father of Hunter's baby, though. [ABC, Slate with the background]
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An executive for the MacArthur Foundation was charged last week for taking upskirt shots of women at Frontier Days and the Fourth of July Parade in Arlington Heights. Timothy J. Hoeppner, 47, is facing at least one count of unauthorized videotaping, which is a misdemeanor. more ›

I recently found myself on a nearly-empty Brown Line car during the early evening, when I realized that a man sitting next to me was masturbating. I kicked him and yelled at him to stop, which he did, and he left the train at the next stop. My immediate reaction was to feel relieved that I had so quickly recognized and taken control of the situation. And although I was grossed out, my prevailing feeling was: Fuck you, man. Nice try. more ›

Newsflash: Teenagers like drugs and fucking! Sun hot, water wet, Jolie attractive, Hawking smart. And so on. more ›

For the second time in six months, a city worker has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex while on the job. Glendale James, who works for Streets and Sanitation, has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested on Thursday morning when the “hooker” turned out to be an undercover cop. more ›

A RANDOM THOUGHT: Introducing sex education in schools was not a bright idea. . . . it interferes and distracts a young person from thinking about education to just thinking about doing the nasty. Self-esteem classes should be taught instead.

May is National Masturbation Month, so in honor of what we like to think of as our real national pastime (plenty of people find baseball boring), we've compiled a list of things about Chicago that turn us, and the friends we polled, on. more ›

If you've been longing to hear a writer talk about ghosts, cadavers, and sex, today is your lucky day. Author Mary Roach is blessing the Chicago area with her expertise in all three arenas. more ›

George Turner was held in lieu of $275,000 bond yesterday after being charged with the sexual assault of one teenage girl and the sexual abuse of another. Turner was until Feb 29 the boys varsity basketball coach at Walter Payton College Prep. more ›

Just when it seemed like the CPD was getting its act together (atcha, J-Fed!), a local man who was acquitted of murder is now suing the police, alleging that they tried to beat a confession out him, while also soliciting his wife for sex. more ›