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A Cruel, Cruel Fall

Good Vibrations

Durk’s Downfall • Great article [“The Tragedy of Lil Durk,” October]. Complicated character. The author points to Durk recently marrying his longtime girlfriend as a positive step, which it is, but then notes that she is the mother of one of his eight kids. @CD44_ via X

CITY OF BIG QUESTIONS

Talking Points • This month’s essential cocktail party fodder

The Vanishing Mayor • With Chicago now on its second consecutive weak leader, the City Council is growing in power.

The Golden Girl of the Avant-Garde • A new book explores how early 20th-century editor Margaret C. Anderson outraged the literary establishment. Here’s what we learned.

So We Meet Again, Packers • A hater’s guide to hating Green Bay

The Relief Corps • Northwestern’s Steven Cohen went to Ukraine to study amputee soldiers and learn about pain.

Publisher’s Pad • The former home of a textbook exec is ready for its next chapter.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD PORTAGE PARK • COLLABORACTION ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANTHONY MOSELEY RECOMMENDS THESE FOUR SPOTS IN HIS HOOD.

Sarah Spain • ESPN personality, former heptathlete, Grand Canyon hiker

The Root of a Word • A new stage version of the classic noir Gaslight illuminates how people cope with manipulation.

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

The Epicurean Guide to Chicago’s Airports • Our food writers offer their picks for what to eat at O’Hare and Midway.

A Bold New Bistro • Creepies, from the Elske team, still needs some refining, but it’s already the city’s most exciting place to eat.

Polished Up

Black Magic

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

Punk Meets Country • In an excerpt from his new memoir, a Bloodshot Records founder recounts the birth of a genre-defining label.

Chicagoans of the Year • FROM EVERYONE’S FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR TO A CERTAIN HOLY FATHER, THESE HONOREES BROUGHT PRIDE TO THIS CITY IN A TUMULTUOUS TIME.

Leo High School Choir

Rachel Cohen

Earl Abernathy

Maureen Graves

Doug McConnell

Pope Leo XIV

The Making of Risky Business • FORTY-TWO YEARS AFTER THE FILM’S RELEASE, THE CAST AND CREW RECALL THE CREATION OF A NORTH SHORE COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC — AND THE BIRTH OF A HOLLYWOOD MEGASTAR.

Scenes From the Occupation • AS THE FEDS CRACKED DOWN ON IMMIGRATION IN CHICAGO THIS FALL, FILMMAKER CARLOS JAVIER ORTIZ’S CAMERA WAS ROLLING. THESE STILLS FROM OCTOBER SHOW A CITY IN CRISIS — AND A CITY DEFIANT.

Holiday Gift Guide • 13 IDEAS WITH HOMEGROWN SPINS

Heather Headley • The Grammy and Tony winner, 51, on adulation addiction, performance jitters, and suburban life