Dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day started with a simple idea hatched by two influential friends in the ...

The weekend before St. Patrick's Day means a pair of parades and the annual dyeing of the Chicago River to turn it bright ...

As Chicago prepares for the St. Patrick’s Day parade, it's that time of year when members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 dye the city’s river green.

Residents will turn out in droves on Saturday to mark St. Patrick’s Day weekend with a dyed-green Chicago River and a parade, ...

Ahead of dyeing the river green for St. Patrick’s Day, we look back at what has made the river healthy again since its ...

Stephen Bailey was a Bridgeport native, and longtime friend of then-Mayor Richard J. Daley. After his discovery, he gave the mayor a call. Together, the pair started one of Chicago’s most popular ...

The Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day means green will be seen all around the city — including the Chicago River. Here’s what to know.

Jason Lesniewicz, Choose Chicago’s Senior Director of Cultural Tourism joins Wendy Snyder, in for John Landecker, to talk all ...

Chicago’s founding as a city has been historically attributed to Jean Baptise Pointe du Sable. His home and his business, a trading post, were situated at the mouth of the Chicago River in what is now ...

Though the first ever St. Patrick’s Day celebration occurred in the 1600s, the New York City event in the 1700s really turned ...

Wednesday to pay $280,000 to activist Miracle Boyd, who was struck by a Chicago police officer during a protest in Grant Park ...

Over 31 million Americans claim Irish ancestry, driving the widespread celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, with Boston, MA, ...