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Heroes for Our Times

In Plane Sight

Defining DeMar • What a great article [“DeMar DeRozan’s Discomfort Zone,” November]. I quickly learned to love DeMar DeRozan the player last season, but I’ve become a bigger fan of DeMar DeRozan the person.

Your Best Coffee Photos

Talking Points • This month’s conversation starters

Too Much to Bear? • A new football stadium and mixed-use complex could be a boondoggle rather than a boon for Arlington Heights.

Architects of Hope • In their new book, Blair Kamin and Lee Bey ponder how building equitably can better shape this city.

HBO’s South Side • Here’s what you need to know about the Englewood-set comedy before the new season drops this month.

Modern History • In Bronzeville, a piece of 19th-century architecture has been updated for the 21st.

Where It’s @

Where She Wants to Be • Elizabeth Moen seeks a place of her own on her new album and tour.

Emerald Visions • Artist Max Guy is off to see the Wizard with his first solo show.

AGENDA • Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month

Midwest Spirit • Avondale’s new Judson & Moore Distillery gives the region a whiskey of its own.

Southern Soul • At Daisy’s Po-Boy and Tavern, Erick Williams serves New Orleans cuisine with Hyde Park heart.

Fun Dip

Short and Sweet

The Hot List • 10 places everyone’s talking about (in order of heat)

Stable Relationship • Jerry Springer’s “I Married a Horse” episode promised to be an outrageous bit of television — and the author’s big break. It didn’t go as planned.

Bashir Salahuddin • IN A FRAUGHT TIME, THESE FIVE HONOREES DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE OF EMPATHY — AND SHOW WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT.

Megan Jeyifo

Chez Smith

Tony Priolo

Nick Cave

THE DAY A 737 CRASHED INTO WEST LAWN • Fifty years ago this month, a jet fell from the sky into the Southwest Side neighborhood. Here’s what happened, in the words of those who were there.

Valentine’s Day • HE BECAME A DIVISION I HEAD COACH BEFORE HE TURNED 30. NOW, AS HE STARTS HIS SECOND SEASON AT LOYOLA, DREW VALENTINE IS READY TO PROVE HE BELONGS.

The NIGHT Hawk • FOR PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE JORDANO, CHICAGO’S STOREFRONTS ARE BEST SEEN AFTER DARK.

Holiday Gifting, Chicago-Style • This year, keep things close to home with stylish presents made or designed locally.

Phil Ponce • The former Chicago Tonight host, 73, on growing up poor, quitting acting, and dealing with anxiety