Bay Area magician Christian Cagigal performs small-scale sleight of hand that's magnified by video projection in this evening combining tricks and storytelling.

This new play by Andrew Burden Swanson and Chance Bone explores 1950s paranoia via a military radio host hiding his past. Jonathan Berry directs Jackalope Theatre Company's production.

Here's something we keep saying each with each Laura Marling release: It's a modern classic, her best yet. The intense, radiantly lovely young English singer plays behind Once I Was an Eagle, her just-released fourth album…

Scott Cramer's freaky party goes late and features nightlife superstars from the past and present. It's a bit like Warhol's Factory resurrected. Cheap drinks abound, and the regulars come to dance and schmooze with host Trannika Rex…

Skip the traipsing from one neighborhood to the next in search of amazing vintage pieces. Instead, dedicate a few hours this weekend to shopping the recurring vintage sale at Heaven Gallery, featuring a dozen local vendors. Proceeds benefit the art gallery.

The guys behind this place (and also Chicago Cut Steakhouse) must know that it looks like a commonplace restaurant in the Hilton Suites Hotel…

Restaurateur Keene Addington sold Flat Top Grill to open Tortoise Club, and it’s clear from the plush leather chairs and wood-paneled walls that he sunk a lot of money into it…

The ladies who lunch have seriously been holding out on us: This restaurant on the second floor of Chicago’s most exclusive boutique is a gem…

There’s no pleasing some people if you’re Dale Levitski—the divisive celebrity chef has one camp that loves him, and another that only wants to slam him on Twitter. This bistro-by-night, crêperie-by-day won’t quiet either camp…

If the weather is cool, City Tavern is a worthy respite. The weathered-wood look of the place is a charming take on turn-of-the-century taverns—the kind usually pictured in the dead of winter, with a fire roaring in the corner…