Chicago Sinfonietta Music Director Mei-Ann Chen's name means beautiful tranquillity, however, she promises that's not what Naperville audiences are going to see this weekend. "I guess my parents didn't quite know me when they named me, because I h...

Grant Hudson was only 13 when he attended his first meeting of the Illinois chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects five years ago, but he went in fully prepared. “He comes to the meeting with a portfolio. He has hand sketches an...

History shows that community college enrollment skyrockets when the economy tanks. That's never been more true than over the past few years, as students across Illinois flooded their local campuses in record numbers. This fall semester, however, sch...