16. Crain’s Chicago Business
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 649-5200
Description: This business insider pub is one of more than 30 business, trade, and consumer magazines published by privately owned Crain Communications Inc. Together, the print and online editions provide targeted, valuable data and often breaking news for the business community. Crain’s is available by subscription.
17. Newcity
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 243-8786
Description: Staking claim as Chicago’s “only locally owned and operated cultural weekly,” the free Newcity magazine has been going strong for more than 22 years. With irreverent attitude, it covers art, film, literature, music, theater, and bars and restaurants.
18. Timeout Chicago
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 924-9555
Description: Debuting in Chicago in 2004, TimeOut Chicago was pretty much an immediate success, earning praise for its intelligent, off-beat, and interesting articles on everything from sex and dating, to opera and classical music, to gay and lesbian arts and culture. The London-based Time Out publishing company has since expanded in Chicago, launching a highly touted TimeOut Kids, a TimeOut Chicago Student Guide, an Eating and Drinking Guide, and smaller annual guides to the summer festivals, fall festivals, home design, and holiday gift-giving. TimeOut is available for purchase on newsstands and by subscription.
19. Windy City Times
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (773) 871-7610
Description: Winner of multiple awards, including from the American Civil Liberties Union and The Human Rights Campaign, Windy City Times covers gay and lesbian issues and interests. It’s owned by the Windy City Media Group, which also publishes the news and entertainment outlet Queercast (www.windycityqueercast.com), and the glossy four-pager about the LGBT entertainment scene called Nightspots.
20. Chicago Magazine
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 222-8999
Description: After several owners, Chicago has found a worthy publisher in the Tribune Company, which bought it in 2002. In 2004, the magazine received an award for General Excellence from the well-regarded National Magazine Awards. Top-notch writing features topics from the superficial—hot new lipstick colors—to the serious—the recession’s effect on Chicago’s architecture industry—and popular best-of issues highlighting restaurants, bars, elementary schools, doctors, and more.
21. Chicago Parent
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (708) 386-5555
Description: Growing and changing (always for the good) for the past 25 years, this award-winning publication is distributed for free in Chicago and beyond. It addresses topics that interest, surprise, and motivate parents. It lists events throughout Chicagoland and features resource guides for essentials like birthday parties and schools. The website is a wealth of information as well.
22. The Chicago Reporter
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 427-4830
Description: A bimonthly publication of the Community Renewal Society, the Chicago Reporter has prided itself on high-caliber investigative reporting focusing on race and poverty since its founding in 1972.
23. CS
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 274-2500
Description: Painting the town red with its high-society and high-style perspective, CS is one of the glossiest of free publications in town, featuring celebrity profiles, artsy fashion spreads, and coverage of openings and hot spots. In Chicago, Modern Luxury also includes Men’s Book Chicago, CS Brides, CS Interiors, and Front Desk (for the visitor market).
24. Michigan Avenue
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 753-6200
Description: Upping the upscale factor in Chicago, Niche Media LLC launched its freebie Michigan Avenue magazine in 2010 and it’s been getting plenty of attention for its flashy style, celebrity covers (think Robert Redford and Jennifer Hudson), society pages full of pretty people attending fund-raisers around town, and an insider look at lifestyles of Chicago’s rich and famous.
25. Mindful Metropolis
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 281-5199
Description: Get your green culture roundup, eco-friendly event details, and environmentally conscious info here. Provided free at more than 600 locations around Chicagoland and by subscription.
26. Today’s Chicago Woman
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 951-7600
Description: Launched in 1982, TCW is a free publication aimed at professional women in Chicago and its wealthy North Shore suburbs. Features, columns, and departments cover jobs and money, beauty and fitness, fashion and style, and wining and dining.
27. 91.5 FM, WBEZ
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 948-4600
Description: The second venture from New York’s http://gothamist.com, Chicago’s blog explores the city’s arts, food, culture, controversies, and quirks.
28. Channel 2, WBBM
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (312) 899-2222
Description: The second venture from New York’s http://gothamist.com, Chicago’s blog explores the city’s arts, food, culture, controversies, and quirks.
29. http://chicagoist.com
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Description: The second venture from New York’s http://gothamist.com, Chicago’s blog explores the city’s arts, food, culture, controversies, and quirks.
30. http://gapersblock.com
City: Chicago, IL
Category: Relocation
Description: Named for Chicago’s term for traffic delays caused by accidents, this well-organized and daily updated blog encourages readers to “slow down and check out all the cool things in the city.”