You see? That is just like you, Chicagoist. You post things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you. more ›

It’s taken us a week of mourning, but we’re finally able to talk about the death of Chicago jazz vocalist Anita O’Day, who suffered cardiac arrest last Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 87. more ›

This is usually the place where we’re supposed to tell you what excellent bands or movies are playing on New Year’s Eve. But you probably already have your plans sketched out, right? You don’t? Dear God! Don’t you know you HAVE to have major plans on New Year’s? It’s the end of the year! Therefore, you have to be at some huge party with lots of people, find someone to kiss at midnight, and have... more ›

Most people think of as a New York movie, but it kicks off in Chicagoist's own back yard: the University of Chicago campus. You can't pull your car up to the gate from the opening scene anymore, and they're driving the wrong way on Lake Shore, but still. more ›