Demanding their constitutional right to free assembly, the crowd of about 150 non-violent demonstrators waited patiently for the slow moving police procession to reach them.

Six weeks after the end of the seventh annual Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago's prestigious "front yard" still has not been restored to its condit...

As happy as Chicago may be to find a break in the sweltering heat this week, seasoned pros know the blustery breezes of fall foreshadow the creeping a...

The desecrated Grant Park looks like a rock 'n' roll battlefield -- the fields are muddy and bare, waste is strewn about and a stench of stagnant wate...

While this year's Taste of Chicago festival, the first managed by the city's Park District, lacked some of the chaos that peppered last year's event, ...

The new non-profit organization grabbing the reins of Navy Pier as of July 1 on Thursday unveiled their plans for a $155-million facelift to the facil...

With today's announcement of the day-by-day, hour-by-hour schedule Lollapalooza 2011, festival-goers finally have the opportunity to plot their plan o...

After a long and dramatic journey, Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emanuel was sworn in Monday. Chicago residents gathered in Millennium Park on an unseason...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Rahm Emanuel was sworn in Monday as Chicago's first new mayor in more than two decades, a historic power shift for a city where the re...

In 2008, the Chicago City Council approved a controversial measure to move the city's Children's Museum from its current home in Navy Pier to a mostly...

Remember Lollapalooza? Ok, it was just a few weeks ago--but it seems like ancient history, and many are already speculating about Lollapalooza 2011. ...

Independence Day roundup and text courtesy of Citysearch. July 4th, summer's quintessential party, is upon us. Find out where in Chicago to get all-...

Obviously, most people battle the crowds and heat at the annual Taste of Chicago for the food, but the musical lineup always attracts a crowd as well....

Though the lineup isn't officially announced until April, The Daily Swarm claims to know who is headlining Lollapalooza this year--and considering the...

We do know a little more than three million people have come out to enjoy the food fest over the past 10 days. And that number is down by about half a...

Because some things are better from afar, here's a slideshow of the food, crowds and fun (?) at Taste of Chicago. If you're actually heading to Grant ...

CHICAGO - A Cook County judge has found that Chicago officials acted properly when approving a plan to relocate the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant...

Outer-neighborhood Chicagoans tend to think downtowners suffer through our central-city lives. It's hard to describe the devotion some of us feel for our high-rise 'hood.

A Cook County Circuit Court Judge on Tuesday could rescind the Chicago Children's Museum's ability to build a new two-story home in Grant Park....

I'm grateful to Obama supporters who didn't trumpet their insiderness and perks to everyone within earshot. Gratitude is one thing. Tolerating one-upsmanship another.

Barack Obama, whose hair is slightly grayer now, was elegant and majestic as he delivered his acceptance speech; the victory was and is ours.