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By Abigail Hodgson One Chicago parish is taking Ash Wednesday outside church walls and onto the streets of Chicago. For people too busy to attend

By Abigail Hodgson One Chicago parish is taking Ash Wednesday outside church walls and onto the streets of Chicago. For people too busy to attend

By Matt Yurus President Barack Obama heads home Thursday to designate America’s next national monument: Chicago’s historic Pullman Park, a site that was home to

By Ellen Kobe Archbishop Blase Cupich presided over Mass Wednesday, giving ashes to guests at St. Peter’s in the Loop. Cupich was installed as the

By Beth Lawrence This month the Museum of Science and Industry is offering a rare and up-close look at a piece of history that’s usually

By Ellen Kobe On a Saturday evening in January, Carol Shilson, a parishioner at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Lincoln Park participated in a

By Taylor Mullaney In 2013, the Europe-based International School of Comics opened a new campus in Chicago. Six weeks after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Annalisa

By Karin Vandraiss Bravo’s hit series, “Top Chef,” wastes no time lining up new talent. On Wednesday LA chef Mei Lin won the title honors

By Kate Morrissey One year ago Tuesday, Deonta Mackey was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in the Pullman neighborhood when he tried

By Sara Freund Leafless trees stretch their branches toward the gray sky like ageless giants at the Chicago Botanic Garden . The trees appear frozen still, but they

By Elizabeth Elving The theater is a place to ask questions, and the writers in this year’s Young Playwrights Festival weren’t afraid to tackle some