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Jesse Jackson Jr. Makes The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful List
His career may be in the tank and his White House dreams shattered, but there’s some good news for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. this week: He made The Hill’s “50 Most Beautiful People 2010” list—even cracking the coveted top ten...
Veteran Defense Lawyer: Blago Will Win Some Counts
After the closing arguments on Tuesday, I called a prominent defense lawyer in town whom I’ve known for decades. He asked not to be identified, but his insights are worth sharing as jurors begin deliberating today in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich. Caveat: His experience, legal acumen, and street smarts are from years of working as a criminal defense attorney...
Sampling Lollapalooza Cuisine with Graham Elliot Bowles
The chef Graham Elliot Bowles is the first “culinary director” of Lollapalooza, the gargantuan music festival for the masses that seizes downtown Chicago August 6th through 8th. It makes sense: The guy’s a musician, and c’mon, he even has a tattoo that references the Cali punk band Jawbreaker on his forearm...
Eight Things You Didn't Know about Robert Blagojevich
The Blagojevich defense opened its case Monday with the ex-gov’s older-by-16-months brother, Robert Blagojevich, testifying on behalf of Rod (and also himself—Rob is the alleged middle man in the plot to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat). Rob, 54, said on the stand that the siblings were close growing up, but they...
Blago Defense Lawyer: Ex-Gov 'Runs the Show'
"Quite frankly, it’s [Blagojevich’s] case, and it’s the high stakes that he’s facing, so he certainly runs the show on many of these things," says Aaron Goldstein, the youngest—and arguably the most effective—member of Blago's defense team.
Read more »The Best and the Worst of Pitchfork 2010
Pitchfork, the city’s second largest summer music event (behind Lollapalooza), drew 54,000 to Union Park over the weekend. The usual specimens were all there: the erudite indie rock fans, the gaggles of teens, the boys in moustaches, the hipster parents with their babies in headphones...
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On Groupon and its founder, Andrew MasonTHE REAL DEAL: Groupon, the social-media-driven shopping site, is the hottest Internet start-up in town. Can it become the city’s big high-tech breakthrough? |
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Rethinking the Evolution of Modern Design with Smart Museum Curator Richard BornHAVE A SEAT: We study four chairs and the designers’ influences on one another |
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Checking in with the Chicago Contingent of the Obama White HouseMIDWEST WING: Giordano’s pizza ordered from the White House? Goose Island beer at Washington parties? A crew of young Chicagoans has followed Obama to the capital. They are bringing a touch of... |
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Whole Foods Versus Shoplifters: The ConundrumTHE ACCIDENTAL THIEF: A local mom is banned from Whole Foods for life for accidentally walking out with an item she didn't buy. |
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On the Life and Work of Chicago Architect Harry WeeseRECONSTRUCTING HARRY WEESE: At his peak in the sixties and seventies, Harry Weese was arguably Chicago’s preeminent architect, a visionary whose ideas helped revive the city’s fraying downtown... |
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On the New Book, “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House”PUZZLED: A photographer and an architect team up to highlight one famous house |
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Blago Portrait Contest WinnerTHAT FACE: Our pick for the unofficial portrait of Rod Blagojevich |
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