If you have ever played any form of pinball, you will recall the distinct sounds as the ball bounces around. The pinball machine — a steel ball rolling on a sloped wooden surface — has switches and ...

Chicago — Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude ...

William Pietri, owner of the Chicago Pinball Museum, joins John Landecker to talk about the museum’s move from Pilsen to the Loop. William also shares the deep history of pinball in the city.