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High-Tech Health: 11 Best Health-Related Mobile Apps

Apps that help you lose weight, track blood pressure, find physicians, and more—all approved by our roster of tech-savvy Chicago doctors. Click the thumbnails to see the list.

By Karen Springen

8 Great Last-Minute Ski and Surf Escapes

WHERE TO GO—NOW!: Feeling boxed in? Visit one of these eight destinations, each perfect for a mood-lifting spur-of-the-moment getaway

By Elaine Glusac and Nina Kokotas Hahn

Chicagoans of the Year 2011

HEROES AMONG US: Our honorees include an ambassador to the Americas, a globe-trotting educator, an idealistic impresario, a workaholic do-gooder, a taxman with a heart, and a silenced movie critic...

Gangs and Politicians in Chicago: An Unholy Alliance

LAWBREAKERS, LAWMAKERS: In some parts of Chicago, violent street gangs and pols quietly trade money and favors for mutual gain. The thugs flourish, the elected officials thrive—and you lose. A...

By David Bernstein and Noah Isackson

Lincoln Park Scores Big with Barrelhouse Flat

PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE: The neighborhood gets a winner with the bar's craft cocktails and speakeasy vibe

By Amalie Drury

Mansion Foreclosure Sells For Less Than Land

An unfinished 15,000-square-foot home goes for less than the cost of the site

By Dennis Rodkin

West Loop Condo Gets Help

Developer’s improvements assist him and current condo owners

By Dennis Rodkin

How to Flip a Foreclosure

Two investors recast a boom-years ploy for today’s down market

By Dennis Rodkin

Library Restored in George Maher-designed House on Hutchinson Street

BRING BACK THE BOOKS: Homeowners remove hot tub in $5 million Uptown home

By Dennis Rodkin

The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in January—in order of heat

Chicago's most-buzzed-about restaurants this month

By Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby

A Guide to Bridgeport: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play

INSIDER'S GUIDE: From contemporary art to craft beer to upscale Chinese food, this Near South Side neighborhood offers plenty of local color

By Jennifer Wehunt

Jodi Kantor Goes Inside the Obamas' Marriage in New Book

INSIDE THE EAST WING: A new book pulls back the curtains on the First Couple

By Carol Felsenthal

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The endless potential for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to monetize our underutilized public spaces

By Paul Hornschemeier

Lovie Smith on Keeping His Cool

THE QUIET MAN: Bears head coach Lovie Smith doesn’t shout or otherwise show emotion, which may be why Chicago fans haven’t warmed to him. But being the anti-Ditka has its advantages

By Jonathan Eig

Gold Coast Shopping: What’s New and What’s Coming

SHOPPER: The Gold Coast took a hard fall with the economy, but now the high-profile openings show no sign of stopping. Chicago’s toniest shopping district has officially picked itself up and...

By Beth Wilson

Intelligentsia Co-CEO Rob Buono’s Favorite Things

CRAFTS MAN: The stylish new co-CEO of the beloved coffee company tells us about items he loves—some of which he owns and others he is coveting right now.

By Heiji Choy Black

5 Questions for Carlos Nieto

A chat with the chef and restaurant owner

By Penny Pollack

Where to Get Nonalcoholic Drinks in Chicago

MOCKTAIL CULTURE: The Shirley Temple has grown up: Four spots with virgin drinks for adults

By Graham Meyer

Chris Nugent's Goosefoot Opens

What’s in a name? This one must be code for “Eat Here”

By Jeff Ruby

'Chicago's Classic Restaurants' Unearths City's Dining History

With an assist from Chicago magazine’s dining editor, Penny Pollack, who wrote the foreword, the authors have amassed an irresistible document.

By Jeff Ruby

Arun’s in Albany Park: The Accidental Masterpiece

Charting one restaurant's winding path from birth to legend to forgotten treasure

By Jeff Ruby

What’s Coming and What’s Cheap in Chicago Dining

Toni Patisserie & Café, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, and Storefront Company

By Joanne Trestrail and Carly Boers

Leslie Hindman on Buying Art and Antiques

WHAT THE PROS KNOW: Leslie Hindman, CEO of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, on what she has learned over decades in the business about spotting trends, what to invest in, and how to get the most for...

Are Police Sketch Artists Becoming Obsolete?

THE EYES HAVE IT: If police sketches help nab crooks, why are they a dying art? And how do sketch artists make heads or tails of witnesses’ memories anyway? I launch an investigation to find out

By Jeff Ruby

Court Theatre Scored the Stage Debut of Invisible Man

SEEN AT LAST: We chat with the show's director and an Ellison scholar to find out how Court bagged the production

By Catey Sullivan

Hubbard Street's Penny Saunders on Her New Choreographer Role

MAKING THE LEAP: In a season that features choreography by bold-face names such as Twyla Tharp and Alonzo King, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago stages a premiere (untitled at presstime) by the...

The Making of a Font: Jackson Cavanaugh on Harriet

G WHIZ!: A local typographer talks us through the making of a font

By Jennifer Wehunt

Five Best Things to Do in January

THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from this month's culture calendar

By Graham Meyer

Rachel Bertsche Seeks Bosom Buddy in 'MWF Seeking BFF'

FRIEND REQUEST: New book on finding a best pal has already been optioned for TV

By Selena Fragassi