Robert Loerzel
The blues legend is cruising into retirement with a headlining set at Chicago Blues Fest this weekend. But his influence on the city, and the genre, is undeniable.
The Ike was the city’s first superhighway. In this special presentation, people affected open up about how it scattered ethnic neighborhoods and changed many lives forever.
A rising population, developing landscape and evolving entertainment all helped form a need for the Chicago music venues we know today.
It’s sung everywhere from summer camps to soccer games. We dig into the song’s contested origins, and how it became such a hit.
Did you know you can’t perform in a window or dye a baby chick? We feature nine of Chicago’s most obscure laws.
The Ike was the city’s first superhighway. In this special presentation, people affected open up about how it scattered ethnic neighborhoods and changed many lives forever.
An audio exploration of 1910 Chicago’s hottest tourism destinations — from omnibus tours of Lake Shore Drive, an African-American owned theater, and the city’s notorious red light district, the Levee.