See A Night to Remember tonight at the Portage Theater. more ›

More than 70 passengers on the Titanic had ties to Chicago and the Midwest. Here are some of their stories. more ›

Arrr, avast ye swabbies in Chicago, yesterday another ship was sent to her watery grave off your treacherous shores. The M/V Buccaneer, a 96’ former WWII vessel and cruise ship now rests under 70 feet of lake water 10 miles out from downtown. more ›

The Dark Knight sold a humongoton of tickets over the weekend. $155.34 million is the estimated three-day haul, beating the previous three-day record set last year by Spider-Man 3. Despite the bad economy (or perhaps because if it, if you go for dime store psychology), the multitudes descended on the multiplexes, braving sold-out screenings and power outages. more ›

History + The Weather Channel = Nerd Nirvana. As part of their new series, When Weather Changed History, The Weather Channel is recreating the sinking of the Titanic "on a boat and in a pool" and they need your help, Chicago. A casting call has gone out looking for an "older male-Captain Smith-40's-60's preferably with a White Beard" and "5 females and 5 other males to be the officers of the boat and passengers." We'd go but we're still haunted by our own experiences as extras in films (including a Lindsay Lohan movie), so it's up to you, readers, to answer the call. Let us know if you get picked. more ›