Atari legend Eugene Jarvis celebrates 25 years running arcade machine company Raw Thrills in Chicago
By Conner Dejecacion Medill Reports Eugene Jarvis, 71, has worked on video games since their inception. He grew up in Menlo Park, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. As a “young, rebellious” person living in the
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Season 7, Episode 1
By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In this season’s first episode of “Chicago This Week,” reporters cover new efforts to make riding the
WATCH: Music Box Theatre succeeding — even expanding — despite national decline in movie theater attendance
By Thomas Hodgkins Medill Reports Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, an independent movie theater, is expanding despite national movie theater attendance declining. Owner and CEO Brody
The sun is Taíno: Despite extinction and erasure narratives, Puerto Rico honors Indigenous heritage
By Naisha Roy Medill Reports SALINAS, PUERTO RICO — In Puerto Rico, the symbols are everywhere. Spirals and almost-cubist faces representing the sun, the coquí frog and other pieces of
25-year-old Peter Kuli transforming Lincoln Square silent film landmark for film obsessives, casual moviegoers
By Daniela Cantu Medill Reports With the flick of a switch, Davis Theater program director Peter Kuli casts a red, velvety glow over the 276
WATCH: A ‘fresh’ future — How communities are combating food deserts
By Ellie Fideli Medill Reports More than 17 million people in the U.S. live under “food redlining” — that is, they lack nearby access to
WATCH: Chicagoans march in protest on International Women’s Day
By Morgan Hawes Medill Reports Last month, hundreds of demonstrators marched down the streets of downtown Chicago as part of a nationwide effort to celebrate International
From dry campus to ‘Drunk Shakespeare’: How Caleb Harbin found freedom
By Sydney Meyer Medill Reports Beginning in October 2024, Caleb Harbin regularly stood onstage in front of an eager audience, downed four shots of a liquor of
WATCH: Day in & Day Out — As Illinois spends $900 million on new prisons, people coming home invest in art instead
By Morgan Norris Medill Reports Henry Broomfield spent 26 years inside Stateville Correctional Center, where, according to the John Howard Association, inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings. Now free, he and others
Lessons in painting: As Wicker Park studio celebrates 5th anniversary, owner shares words, and brush strokes, of wisdom
By Phoebe Bock Medill Reports Even as a 4-year-old doodler, sitting at a picnic table and coloring with crayons, Christina Villa knew she wanted to be an
Purdue earns no. 2 seed on Selection Sunday after Big Ten Tournament Championship win, set to play in first round Friday
By Katherine Silva Medill Reports Minutes into the Big Ten Tournament championship, struggling to find his shot, Purdue’s Braden Smith tore off his No. 3
Boyd, Blackwell set program records as Wisconsin rallies past Illinois, before falling to Michigan in Big Ten Tournament
By Justin Parmer Medill Reports Despite being down by double digits at multiple points throughout Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, Wisconsin put its trust in