In a blur of spandex, fishnet tights, shin-high socks and helmets, the Windy City Rollers raced around the track fighting for position and points. The organization began its sixth year at the home opener on Jan. 15 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, 525 S. Racine Ave., for a crowd of more than 4,000 people.Chicago’s WCR league consists of four home teams: Hell’s Belles was up against Manic Attackers and The F...

“Columbia’s Got Talent,” a talent show organized by the Faculty and Staff Scholarship Initiative, was put on to assist Scholarship Columbia efforts. More than a dozen acts performed at Stage Two of the 618 S. Michigan Building, 618 S.Michigan Ave., on Dec. 2 in an effort to raise money for Columbia students.Performers hoping to raise money included a juggler, poet, interpretive dancers and musicians from different depar...

The final score of the last football game played at Wrigley Field on Dec. 13, 1970 was Chicago Bears 35, Green Bay Packers 17. Thirty-nine years, 11 months and seven days later, football returned Nov. 20 to the field on Clark and Addison Streets. Northwestern University played host to the University of Illinois in the teams’ 104th rivalry meeting. This was the first time the two colleges played at Wrigley Field since 1923.The ...

In “Deathly Hallows Part I,” Harry, Ron and Hermione (played by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, respectively) are tasked with destroying what are known as horcruxes—objects that house the fragmented soul of the series’ main villain, Lord Voldemort. Once they complete the task, Voldemort can finally be vanquished and everyone can live happily ever after. The Chronicle's film critic, Drew Hunt, reviews...