Though it wasn't planned this way, there's a thread through most of the feature stories in this issue that's personal for me, ...

Keir Graff has turned his Newcity story on the history of the Fine Arts Building—our longest feature ever published—into a book published by Trope, coming this June. He’ll celebrate its release at the ...

Roeper accepted a buyout from the Sun-Times in March 2025 after thirty-seven years. “Roeper first met Roger Ebert at the Sun-Times in the 1980s, and the two developed a friendship that led to their on ...