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Everyone knows local food is fresher food, but now Chicago chefs are finding a way to find local food right outside their kitchens. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
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Everyone knows local food is fresher food, but now Chicago chefs are finding a way to find local food right outside their kitchens. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
Rain was a problem for the three-day music festival for the previous two years, causing major damage to the grass at Grant Park.
The network has announced that the series, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name, has been renewed for a second season.
It's not every day Oprah Winfrey returns to the big screen. Tuesday night, the stars were out in Chicago for the debut of Oprah's big new movie, "The Butler."
Kanye West is giving back to the youth of his hometown, Chicago.
David Rice and Alison Vesely started First Folio Theatre as a backyard summer theater company.
A famous Chicagoan now has a street in her name: Chaka Khan Way.
Experts say the problem drugs are Ecstasy, a combination amphetamine and hallucinogen, and its sister drug, "Molly." CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
While doing an interview with WXBR 1460 AM, Ted Nugent had more than a few things to say about Stevie Wonder's recent boycott of Florida over the George Zimmerman verdict, along with the number of homicides in Chicago.
If you ever doubted the chemistry between Justin Timberlake and Jay Z, the nonstop performance last night at Solider Field proved that they are a perfect entertainment match. Two of the biggest stars in pop and hip-hop performed about 35 songs back-to-back, and it was just the right balance of both genres of music.
Like his boss, Grant Achatz, in the culinary field, bartender Charles Joly is becoming a star in bartending circles.
The principal violist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago was one of 142 people who became an American citizen today and she was part of the naturalization program, playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Pitchfork music festival, now in its eighth year, is produced by the people behind the indie-rock bastion Pitchfork Media—essentially, a music festival put on by people who frequent music festivals. Held in Union Park, a small patch of grass on Chicago's north side, a few dozen carefully selected bands are spread out over three days on three stages. The collection of pop and indie pretty accurately encompasses the music website's taste, while indie clothing retailers and a vinyl record tent represented its lifestyle.
Dennis Farina, a former Chicago police officer turned actor, has died, the Associated Press is reporting.
Ellen Shepard from the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce says the neighborhood that stages the popular Midsommarfest every year decided to develop a new festival dedicated to all things local.
