Lincoln Park, Old Town

A Pilsen Malört Fest, Asian film festival, Madison Row block party and a tour of Avondale-Logan Square thrift shops are also on deck.

Participants will be able to try wine and food from several Lincoln Park businesses, with pedicabs and child care available.

PHOTOS: The all-ages Pride festival featured drag makeovers, house music dance lessons, LGBTQ+-owned vendors and other activities.

Steppenwolf Theatre laid off 13 full-time employees and closed seven open positions as the theater company faces declining revenue streams.

You can hike native Illinois prairies with bison, search for microbes in the Chicago River or kayak for free at Bubbly Creek.

The Chicago Jazz Festival, Taste Of Polonia, Fiesta Boricua and rescheduled Queer Fam Pride Jam are also on tap.

New York has a Rat Czar. Other cities are trying new trapping methods. But the “rattiest city in America” can’t keep up with skyrocketing rodent complaints, data shows.

Long waits for food and insufficient crowd control led to some people abandoning TV personality Steve Dolinksy's food fest on Saturday — despite dropping $100 on tickets. But by Sunday, things ran smoothly, others said.

The Lincoln Yards Pickleball Pop-Up, 1685 N. Throop St., will be open 8 a.m.-9 p.m. daily through the end of November.

Caché's owners promise the cocktail lounge will be a low-key environment for business professionals to hang out, but neighbors worry it will exacerbate Wells Street's problems with drunken unruliness.

Celebrate the end of August with Pizza City Fest at the Salt Shed, the Thalia Hall Block party, Cultivate Festival, a Hyde Park flea market, a Humboldt Park salsa band concert and more.

The yet-to-be-named foal, part of an endangered population of Grevy's zebras, was born Monday and is the zoo’s fourth zebra.

The cost of food, staff shortages and other issues are forcing restaurants to make tough choices, owners said. "It's a constant battle."

The red-sauce joint takes over the old Four Farthings Tavern space across the street from Gemini, Ballyhoo’s flagship restaurant.

The owners of Caché say it will be a low-key lounge, but Ald. Brian Hopkins said another tavern would add to problems with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. A community meeting is scheduled for Thursday.

This is the final zoning approval needed for Marigrow to operate a dispensary in the former Salt n' Pepper Diner. The company still needs construction and occupancy permits before it can start renovating.

The store is collaborating with multimedia company Doodles on an interactive exhibition that begins behind a “Magic Door” inside the flagship location.

Neighbors have fiercely opposed plans to replace the closed theater with a nine-story apartment building, but local businesses and nearby Steppenwolf Theater have endorsed the project.

Chance the Rapper fans will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Acid Rap, and the Jollof Festival, froSkate pop-ups and a Pilsen walking tour are also on deck.

Owner Ari Levy assured neighbors the famed hot dog stand won't play music outside except on days it has a permit to do so, but neighbors now want the business to stop all special events with loud music.