Whether you're making a full day of your visit or looking to wander a bit beyond the Obama Presidential Center's campus, here are a few spots around Woodlawn worth exploring.
As the first season of Downton Abbey wraps up, Mary and Matthew realize they have feelings for each other while war approaches and the staff fears losing their jobs.
China is the second-most populous and third-largest country by area in the world, so its cuisine is amazingly diverse. You can find many regional Chinese dishes and restaurants around Chicago, with the help of our guide.
One meaning of chaat is "to lick," and this recipe for a mixture of spiced vegetables and legumes will make you want to do just that after eating it with your fingers.
One hundred and three years ago, on July 24, 1915, more than 800 people lost their lives in Chicago's deadliest tragedy, when a top-heavy boat rolled onto its side in the Chicago River only twenty feet from the shore. Watch an archival Chicago Stories episode about the Eastland Disaster.
When Marcus Samuelsson visits the Mexican community of Chicago in No Passport Required, he meets several Chicagoans WTTW knows well. Further immerse yourself in the Mexican community with videos, profiles, and recipes from the chefs and others in the show.
"Nobody needs a book much, do they?" It's a surprising sentiment to hear coming from a writer, but in this 1981 interview with WTTW's John Callaway, John Updike discusses his impressively humble views on literature, his existential anxieties, and his goals as a writer.
