The recent implementation of a 4.5 percent tax on Airbnb and other share transactions hasn’t satisfied the hotel industry.
Author Archives: Patrick Sisson
Catching up with the Danny behind Danny’s in Bucktown
Struggling 80s rocker Danny Cimaglio turned a former bookie joint into a Chicago nightlife institution.
UIC students take a class in Kickstarter
Local designer—and crowd-funding success story—Craighton Berman gives young designers a hands-on lesson in self-promotion in the new Entrepreneurial Product Development class.
The Frankie Knuckles Foundation kicks off Sunday with a showcase of house-music royalty
David Morales, Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, and more play Smart Bar on Sunday night to celebrate what would have been the house-music legend’s 60th birthday.
Are eSports the next big thing in college athletics?
Robert Morris University leads the charge from the confines of its eSports arena.
A new light installation illuminates the Farnsworth House
Luftwerk’s light show turns Mies van der Rohe’s iconic home into a transfixing piece of art.
The time David Bowie called Chicago home
The artist’s monthlong stint in Chicago in 1980 provides some insight into his career and the MCA’s blockbuster retrospective.
A couple of UI students are taking on campus crime
A student hardware start-up is prototyping a campus-safety device and app called Shadow.
Bit Bash puts Chicago’s indie-gaming scene in the spotlight
“It’s not all Call of Duty.”
Chicago stories in the New Yorker archive to read right now
The New Yorker opened its archives and it’s a longread lovers dream come true.
‘Picturing Logan Square’ showcases turn-of-the-(last)-century images
Logan Square—forever changing
Nymphs, pigs, and Mayor Daley for Thanksgiving: The radical art of Chicago Seed
Movements, mantras, and, yes, hallucinogens were all cover subjects for Chicago’s own 60s community paper.
The ultimate Chicago bike, revealed—meet the BLACKLINE
Chicago’s entry into the Oregon Manifest bike design competition was revealed on Friday night.
‘This is the bike for Chicago’
The worst winter in decades inspired a design firm and frame builder to fashion a bike tough enough for this town.
A Millennium Park in Logan Square? Three guys have a plan
The Bicentennial Improvements Project aims to get people talking.