By the time Jerry Whirley heard that a $9 billion quantum-computing campus was coming a few blocks from his South Shore home, most of what he actually needed from his neighborhood, like ...

In a world where inflation has us all checking our bank accounts before buying a pack of gum, there exists a retail unicorn in Chicago that feels like stepping into a bargain hunter’s fever dream.

The Skokie location is the first of four new Barnes & Noble stores set to open in Illinois this year. A new store in Hyde ...

Nonprofit Ginkgo Bookshop on Elliewood Avenue gives new life to a decades-old business, Heartwood Books, that had planned to close.

What began as a mission to keep books out of landfills has grown into Books for Cause in Avondale — Chicago’s first free bookstore, changing lives one page at a time.

The bookstore Barnes & Noble will open at University Place in Chapel Hill later this year, the shopping center said in a ...

Barnes & Noble said the Skokie location is one of four to open in Illinois this year. A location is also opening next month in the Hyde Park neighborhood, specifically in the Hyde Park Shopping Center ...

The shoe department presents footwear in a democratic fashion that high-end retailers would never dare attempt. Italian ...

Philip Zinckernagel proved to be one of the best value MLS signings in 2025, and Chicago Fire FC supporters are looking forward to what he'll do for an encore.

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W hen the Brandenburg Gate reopened after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Daniel Diermeier was in the throng, celebrating and sipping sparkling wine.

Subscribe to Newcity Today here. “The fiber arts have gained more popularity, particularly after the pandemic, as the trend ...