Tonight at 8 PM, Fizz Bar and Grill (3220 N. Lincoln) hosts a free beer tasting with brews from Great Lakes Brewing Company, including Commodore Perry IPA, Eliot Ness Amber Lager, Burning River Pale Ale, and Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. The drinks come paired with snacks like homemade potato chips and onion dip, caponata, sausage and eggs, and chocolate mousse, all of which are on Fizz's new "Beer Nosh" menu.
Artist and environmental activist Jenny Kendler makes complex work about the weird relationship between humans and the natural world. And she has just found a bigger platform as the first-ever artist in residence for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
A bean-to-bar chocolate company and confectionery is expanding for the fourth time in seven years, and owners Sara Miller and Mary and Michael Ervin have big plans for the new space.
Citing "outrageous" cruelty to chickens, a nonprofit launched a public campaign in Chicago this week that targets the fast-food giant in its own backyard.
Abigail Glaum-Lathbury promotes conscious fashion with her unisex and multipurpose jumpsuit, a special edition of which will soon be made from discarded Ivanka Trump-brand garments.
The red-shirt-wearing teacher activists from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Oklahoma obviously learned a thing or two from Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.