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As many movie theaters struggle to attract audiences in the age of streaming, Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is preparing to double its screen count. The arthouse cinema announced last week that it has acquired The Heights Theater just outside of …

Philip Larkin’s poem “Toads Revisited” opens with the line, “Walking around in the park Should feel better than work:” After I retired two years ago, I decided to see if the English poet and novelist was right. So I set …

Like any Chicagoan, I am in favor of the City Council finding new and creative ways to fund the city services we all rely on. But I have to speak out against the proposal by Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) to …

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a narcissist for 28 years. He has gaslighted me for our entire 30 years together. He has had a “work wife” and a flirtation with the next-door neighbor hottie, and he paid for two …

One of the downsides of top forward prospect Anton Frondell playing in Sweden this season is that the Blackhawks can’t directly control his usage. The top priority of Frondell’s Swedish team, Djurgarden, is winning, not development. That’s different from AHL …

Los fiscales federales en Chicago afirman que un oficial de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) cometió múltiples “agresiones sexuales a punta de pistola” contra cuatro mujeres en los suburbios, quienes le ofrecieron dinero y mencionaron a sus …

Cientos de católicos participaron en una procesión por la calle 26 en La Villita el martes, marcando el inicio de las festividades en honor a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. La mini-peregrinación, que refleja celebraciones a mayor escala que se realizan …

Una ciudadana estadounidense que en octubre fue arrastrada de su vehículo SUV por agentes federales de inmigración en el vecindario de West Town testificó ante un foro público del Congreso en Washington el martes que ha experimentado ataques de pánico …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: A Sun-Times review of more than 100 lawsuits against Illinois’ new prison health care provider shows a recurring pattern — people in prison repeatedly complain about a health issue, they are ignored by correctional and …

As a former guest engagement employee at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, David Dowd was on the “front line.” Greeting customers and giving tours was fun, he said, but it was also challenging. He had to navigate different …

A motorist who tried speeding away, allegedly dragging an officer who was trying to pull him from the vehicle was fatally shot by police Tuesday night in West Ridge. Around 10:25 p.m., tactical officers were investigating a parked and unoccupied …

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has donated $29,300 — the entirety of campaign contributions from Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar — to immigrant rights groups, his Senate campaign said on Wednesday. Krishnamoorthi’s decision came after the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday …

A power outage at Navy Pier Wednesday morning affected the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ newsroom. The disruption halted WBEZ’s morning broadcast and forced the radio station to air BBC programming as ComEd worked to restore the power. ComEd said the …

Bears coach Ben Johnson said Wednesday that nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon’s groin injury “didn’t look good” and the team is unsure whether it will get him back this season. If he goes on injured reserve, he would be out the …

With confidence, one could say college football’s bowl season is less relevant than ever. The playoff leaves little oxygen for every team that’s not in it. Just ask Notre Dame. Or Iowa State, Kansas State, Florida State, Auburn, Rutgers, Baylor …

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams comforted himself after Sunday’s game-sealing interception by quoting a Michael Jordan Nike commercial that’s older than he is. “I feel like the ball should be in my hand,” Williams said Wednesday, three days after he left …

A federal grand jury refused to indict a manager of a Lake View comedy club who’s now been cleared of charges that he assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent involved in this fall’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago. Assistant U.S. …

A City Council majority determined to block Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed corporate head tax got the ball rolling Wednesday on their alternative spending plan and their bid to avert an unprecedented shutdown of city government, handing the mayor an initial …

Police are looking for a silver car after someone opened fire from it — toward two Cook County sheriff’s deputies early Wednesday outside Mount Sinai Hospital on the West Side. No one was shot during the incident, which happened as …

Snow is expected to continue falling into the weekend as subzero temperatures threaten to move through the Chicago area. The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous conditions, including temperatures as low as 9 degrees below zero and wind chills …