Here’s what happened while Obama turned 46 and you were rocking your ass off: The Sunday Trib assessed McCormick Place’s new West Building, which opened Thursday. Blair Kamin deems the monstrously huge space a success, citing its flexibility and openness to its neighbors. The list of August dance festivals keeps growing, sort of. Reasons for Moving, an Interdisciplinary festival presented by Striding Lion features theatrical work incorporating movement, text, and music, starts August 9 at... more ›

1990s. Join us here in the 21st century. Everybody knows the hip thing in the 20-aughts is the suicide bomber. But maybe you were celebrating Chicago history—some people do say that drive-by shootings got their start here in Chicago during the Race Riot of 1919. more ›