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- Día de los Muertos Is Coming to Rogers Park — Here's What's Happening This Weekend and Beyond
Rogers Park neighbors, Halloween falls on Saturday this year — and the neighborhood is already looking ahead to what comes next. Businesses
- Roscoe Village Is Already Planning Its Holiday Season: Winterfest Returns December 5–6 and a New Design Studio Opens Its Doors November 14
With Halloween landing this Saturday, Roscoe Village is already setting its sights on what comes next — and the calendar ahead looks good. T
- Happy Birthday, Orange Line: The Train That Connects Archer Heights Turns 33 Today
Every Halloween in Archer Heights, the neighborhood celebrates more than just costumes and candy. Today, October 31, 2026, marks the 33rd an
- Washington Park's Upside Down Halloween Parade Is Back Today — and It's the 7th Year Running
Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, and Washington Park is making the most of it. The 7th Annual Upside Down Halloween Parade takes over
- Whole Foods Is Coming to Logan Square — and the Farmers Market Is Moving Indoors: Your Neighborhood's Big Weekend Headlines
Logan Square is waking up on Halloween morning to grocery news that neighbors have been quietly hoping for: a Whole Foods Market is coming t
- Portage Park Has a New Kind of Neighborhood Bar: Fork & Coin Is Open — and It's Unlike Anything on the Northwest Side
Portage Park's dining scene just got one of its most distinctive newcomers in years. Fork & Coin, a self-described "American izakaya" servin
- Bricktown's Milwaukee Mile Bounces Back: Chicago Pickle Eatery Eyes Avondale Return as Little Lark Quietly Opens at Guild Row
Two Milwaukee Avenue food stories — one a comeback, one a quiet debut — are giving Avondale residents fresh reasons to walk the corridor thi
- New Homes, a New Hospital Tower, and Día de los Muertos: Streeterville's Transformation Keeps Building
Streeterville's reputation as one of Chicago's most actively evolving neighborhoods got a fresh round of reinforcement this week, with a con
- Ravenswood Goes All Out for the Montrose Monster Mash — Plus a November Kickoff Worth Marking on Your Calendar
Halloween has fully taken over Ravenswood, and tonight the neighborhood closes out its spookiest month with one of its most beloved annual t
- Devon Ave Gets Cuban, Sheridan Gets Persian, and Rivers & Roads Is About to Become a Block: Edgewater's Fall Restaurant Wave Just Got Bigger
If you've been watching Edgewater's food scene fill in storefront by storefront over the past year, this week handed you two more pins to pu
- The Salt Shed Wants to Build a 15,000-Person Outdoor Amphitheater Next Door — and Wicker Park Is Paying Attention
One of Chicago's most talked-about music venues has its sights set on something significantly bigger. The Salt Shed, the concert venue that
- West Town Couple Gets a Street Named in Their Honor — Plus a West African Fusion Restaurant and Speakeasy Are Coming to Chicago Avenue
West Town had a genuinely feel-good week, and the news breaks in two directions at once: a longtime neighborhood couple was honored with a s
- Galewood's 'Jaw-knee's Beef' Halloween Display Wins Chicago Sun-Times Citywide Spotlight
Galewood has a Halloween reputation to protect — and one couple on the Northwest Side just made sure the whole city knows it. The Chicago Su
- West Ridge's Autumn Leaves Fest Just Happened — Here's Why Neighbors Are Still Talking About It
Fall in West Rogers Park has had no shortage of reasons to get outside this season, but last Friday, October 24, the neighborhood added one
- A Grocery Store and Chicago's First Pita Inn: Jefferson Park's Commercial Gaps Are Closing Fast
Jefferson Park neighbors who have long lamented the neighborhood's thin grocery options and its shortage of sit-down dining on the Milwaukee
- South Loop Has a Say in Chicago's Festival Future — and a New Tower Just Broke Ground on S. Wabash
South Loop neighbors, two pieces of news landed this week that speak directly to the neighborhood's identity — one about the land you've alw
- Ballots, Laughs, and River Rangers: McKinley Park Closes Out October With a Week Built for Showing Up
McKinley Park's final stretch of October 2026 is packing in more than pumpkins and candy corn. The last days of the month are delivering a g
- Poke Poké Is Coming to Hyde Park, the Harper Theater's Jordan Peele Series Rolls On, and the Hyde Park Art Center Gala After Party Is Two Weeks Away
Hyde Park neighbors, with Halloween now one day away, the neighborhood's cultural calendar is already pivoting toward November — and there a
- Southport Grocery Closes After 23 Years, and New Spots Apothecary Lounge and Oak & Honey Bring Fresh Energy to Lake View
Lake View neighbors, three stories are on the neighborhood radar this week — a bittersweet farewell to one of the corridor's most deeply roo
- A $4 Million Afro-Caribbean Restaurant and Event Space Is Coming to West Pullman — Here's What Residents Need to Know
West Pullman is on the cusp of welcoming a landmark new dining and community destination, and the project is moving closer to reality. Ethol