Chicago’s premier footrace, now called the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, celebrates its 25th anniversary and 25th running Oct. 13. This is the eighth in a series about the race’s past champions.

In June of 1984, Chicago hosted a pair of gatherings that emphasized pop’s bright digital future. Early that month at the Westin Hotel-O’Hare, some 1,000 engineers from around the world attended the ...

Joe Losurdo directed this 2007 documentary on punk rock in Chicago, featuring Naked Raygun, Big Black, Strike Under, Articles of Faith, Rights of the Accused, and the Effigies. We need to be upfront ...

"Yearbook" is Pitchfork's new five-episode mini-series highlighting music in Chicago. Each episode takes on one significant year in the city's music history, as well as Chicago's contributions to the ...