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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 25, 2021
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Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana
The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 22, 2020
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Tiger King of the midwest
Before there was Joe Exotic, there was Roy Boy Cooper.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 27, 2020
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Slide guitarist John Littlejohn brought Mississippi country blues to Chicago
His raw style grew from the same soil that produced Elmore James, but he never became a star outside the Windy City.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 13, 2019
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Daredevil producer Jlin survives her own trial by fire
The Indiana-based beat wizard returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 20, 2017
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The best new Chicago restaurants of the year
Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 12, 2017
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Chicago hip-hop mourns musician and designer Quincy ‘Q’ Easton Kelly
Plus: Joyride Records throws its first plugged-in show.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 11, 2017
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Balkan Grill Company is the king of road food
Long-haul truckers from across the country know to pull off on Exit 9 in Gary for a taste of home.
- Music, Music Feature May 24, 2017
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The poop scoop on festival season
Service Sanitation porta-potties have become a ubiquitous sight at Chicago’s outdoor concerts. And even if you don’t think you want to, you’re about to learn about the business that put them there.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 29, 2016
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Donald Trump staged his mid-90s comeback in Gary, Indiana. What did Gary get in return?
The city's investment in the casino mogul didn't go according to plan.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 9, 2015
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Can Chicago artists salvage Gary, Indiana?
A pair of cultural development projects, driven by artists Jan Tichy and Theaster Gates, look to reactivate one of the rust belt's rustiest cities.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 23, 2010
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Now Playing: The Jackson Find
In 1967, Larry Blasingaine played on the first studio recording by the Jackson Five. The tape was lost for 42 years. The song still hasn't been released. But now he can finally listen to it.
- Music, Music Column Jul 15, 2010
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The Self-Made MC
How Freddie Gibbs went from pimp to Pitchfork
- Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2009
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The Jackson Find
This was supposed to be the story of the Jackson Five’s first single, cut in Chicago in 1967. But while writing it, Jake Austen picked up the trail of a tape nobody knew existed: the earliest known studio recording of Michael Jackson and his brothers.
- News & Politics, Media Jul 16, 2009
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As the Sun-Times Media Group Prepares to Sell, Employees at Indiana's Post-Tribune Try Once Again to Buy
Who wants to be a newspaper owner? They do.
- Music, Music Column Jul 2, 2009
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Sharp Darts: Learning to Mourn Michael
A trip to his boyhood home makes the world’s most alien superstar seem human again.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2009
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Morning mourning: a couple more notes on Michael Jackson
What really broke my heart about Miles Raymer's dispatch from the Michael Jackson vigil in Gary.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2009
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This week in Sharp Darts
Michael, Gary, and how a little house makes a big star feel more real.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2009
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We shoot: Last night's vigil at the Jackson home in Gary
Gary, Indiana, loses an icon.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2008
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Potato chip heaven: video of the Peerless Potato Chip factory
Tour the innards of the Peerless Potato Chip plant
- News & Politics, Neighborhood News Jun 29, 1989
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Now comes Miller's time: An island of integration and natural beauty in Gary, Indiana
These Parts--Gary, IN
