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With sleet and sun on the forecast this weekend, Chicago has events and activities to brave both.

The annual ‘One of a Kind Show’ is starting up at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart this week, and NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has more on the show helps shoppers, and the city’s creative community.

Portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, are being projected over the 2.5-acre building, theMART.

The Obama Portraits and Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait will be showcased over the summer at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.

Art on theMart, the digital art projection show on the front of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, will open its 2021 season this week with planets and stars.

There’s still time to see a holiday light show before the season comes to an end and 2021 begins.

Though the coronavirus pandemic has changed the look of the holiday season, there are still plenty of activities to enjoy around the Chicago area this month.

Collisions between CTA trains are rare, NBC 5 Investigates has found, with just four in the past 18 years and none in nearly six years. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey Investigates.

Collisions between CTA trains are rare, NBC 5 Investigates has found, with just four in the past 18 years and none in nearly six years. Until Tuesday.

A 57-year-old woman died after falling from a swing Tuesday afternoon at the NeoCon show held at the Merchandise Mart in River North.

A proposal for a permanent art and light display on the Chicago Riverwalk was unveiled Sunday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Massive crowds of Chicago Transit Authority riders were forced out into city streets trying to board busses or find alternate transportation as a police investigation halted several lines at the Fullerton stop Tuesday morning.

Massive crowds of Chicago Transit Authority riders were forced out into city streets trying to board busses or find alternate transportation as a police investigation halted several lines at the Fullerton stop Tuesday morning.

Philip Tadros, the owner of Bow Truss coffee shops, among other ventures, is suing Crain’s Chicago Business for defamation and infliction of emotional distress.

A $25,000 reward is being offered for the safe return of an antique clock stolen last month from an antique show at the Merchandise Mart.

A rare clock worth nearly half a million dollars was stolen Sunday afternoon from an antique show at the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Police are investigating a theft at that reportedly occurred at the Merchandise Mart on Sunday afternoon.