Chicago is certainly a big sailing town. But if you have a disability, you may think that you can’t participate — except as a passenger. Several years ago, I met some people who would like to prove you wrong. They’re at the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program in Burnham Harbor.
Judd Goldman Sailing Center is located at Burnham Harbor (one block West of Planetarium), 1362 S. Lynn White Drive, in Chicago.
The tattoo on Regina's back used to be the name of her abusive boyfriend. Now it is roses and tinkerbell.
We go behind the scenes of the popular NPR show, Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!
Dave Beckham thought that cafes had a much too liberal bent. So he created one in Crown Pointe, Indiana where he and fellow conservatives could feel at home. It's called the Conservative Cafe. They offer four signature blends: -Liberal Blend: a Columbian decaf with no substance -Moderate Blend: Guatemalan coffee -Conservative Blend: Kenyan, more robust -Radical Right: Strong Sumatran for a powerful jolt of caffinated whupass.
Few traditions are more beloved than the Nutcracker, performed everywhere in December, from the Joffrey Ballet to ice rinks to horseback. We meet an Evanston choreographer who wanted her young dancers to try something new.
A Chicago woman transforms a tragic loss into a unique mentoring program for adult students.
This is an account of a 1908 murder in Chicago. But is also the story of what may be the most bizarre newspaper photo ever published (that's Averbuch's corpse in the photo at left). Lazarus Averbuch was an 18 year old immigrant from Ukraine. One morning he went to the home of Chicago's police chief. The police chief shot the young man dead in his doorway. Was it self defense, as the chief claimed?
The City of Chicago as seen through the lenses of homeless photographers. I met them through a Catholic Charities program called "Visions of my Life."
Vivian Maier was a Chicago nanny whose masterful street photography appeared only after her death. Some 100,000 negatives were purchased by Chicago realtor John Maloof.
A Chicago man is determined to get ping pong out of our basements and onto ESPN.
Bob Herskovitz is the guy who runs 21 miles to work once or twice a week, despite the disease he contracted during the first gulf war.
