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The Arrival of Midwestern Cuisine

No Quiet on Set

A City Built for Kids • This whole issue is so fun [“The Savvy Parent’s Guide to Raising Kids in Chicago,” February]. There’s a lot of propaganda about Chicago, but it is absolutely an A+ city to raise a kid in and we will defend it and these kids’ futures with whatever it takes. @meredithshiner.com via Bluesky

CITY OF BIG QUESTIONS

MOVE BEYOND PAIN ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS

HOW REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IS CHANGING ORTHOPEDICS • NEW RESEARCH IS CREATING A VARIETY OF NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS TO HELP CORRECT NAGGING INJURIES

AMERICAN HIP INSTITUTE

AVOIDING PICKLEBALL INJURIES • TAKE SOME SIMPLE STEPS TO HELP YOU ENJOY AMERICA’S FASTEST GROWING SPORT

ORTHOPAEDIC AND REHABILITATION CENTERS • Personalized Orthopedics for an Active Life

DR. ANTHONY A. ROMEO

SHRINERS CHILDREN’S CHICAGO • 100 Years of the Most Amazing Care Anywhere

Too Big a Bite • Local favorite Portillo’s had ambitious plans to go national. But the restaurant chain’s rapid expansion has left it choking.

“A Voice Has to Be Raised” • Cardinal Blase Cupich on why it’s important to speak out on ICE tactics and other injustices

The Justice League of Chicago • What we learned from a new book about a vigilante group that chased down local bootleggers and extortionists in the early 1930s

Corn-Fed Football • Iowa’s bid for the Bears seems to be going nowhere, which leaves us only to wonder what might have been.

Mondo Condo • A renowned architect’s Lincoln Park aerie comes to market.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD RAVENSWOOD • MERZ APOTHECARY CO-OWNER ANTHONY QAIYUM RECOMMENDS THESE FOUR SPOTS.

Mayda del Valle • Poetry slammer, bomba dancer, acupuncture fan

Chosen-Family Reunion • Tarell Alvin McCraney crafts a new work of magical realism for his longtime friends at Steppenwolf.

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

Spanish Fiesta • James Martin’s weekend dinners at Bocadillo Market bring strangers together over a multicourse meal.

Joe Flamm, All Day • The Top Chef winner’s new breakfast, lunch, and dinner café is just the versatile place the West Loop needed.

Ask the Dining Editor

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

Easy Peasy

Found in Translation • To fully digitize its archives, the Newberry Library is tapping people who can decipher a foreign language: cursive.

A Bold New Energy • It’s been an exciting year as chefs across the cityopened out-of-the-box concepts, from a neo-bistro that honors the Midwest to a Thai eatery that’s anightly party. The 13 BEST NEW RESTAURANTS pair exceptional food with unforgettable experiences.

THE REINVENTION OF KELLY AMONTE HILL • NORTHWESTERN’S LONGTIME LACROSSE COACH BUILT AN UNLIKELY DYNASTY IN THE 2000s — AND THEN THE TROPHIES STOPPED COMING. TO TURN THINGS AROUND, SHE EMBRACED AN UNUSUAL STRATEGY: FOCUSING LESS ON WINNING.

Oh Yeah • Modernized preppy. Elevated cargoes. Classics with a techno twist. Actor Liam Oh shows off spring’s latest looks.

Floor Plans • Moira Quinn’s rugs put art underfoot.

Makers’ Market • A former teacher turns a Lincoln Park storefront into a love letter to local artisans.

Basement Dig at Una Mae’s

Flapper Chic • Style is swinging back to the Roaring Twenties.

Jane Lynch • The comedic actress, 65, on...