After Election Day, Gery Chico—who fell short of a runoff with Rahm Emanuel—stayed out of the spotlight for a while. The former Daley chief of staff, who once ran Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District, was the only opponent who had even a chance of beating Emanuel in this year’s race for mayor. Here, some highlights from our telephone conversation Tuesday, his first one-on-one interview with…
This Week’s Five: A pared-down Porgy and Bess debuts … Chicago History Museum is out and proud … our pints runneth over with craft beer … four seriously big freebies … plus, weekend plans from the Midwest Independent Film Festival’s Mike McNamara
Thanks to Lee Bey, I now know that I can lease an early Skidmore Owings Merrill house in Lake County. Coming up with the $1.6 million for restoration could be tricky, though. Plus: an art deco gem in Milwaukee.
The Good Dog Lamp—such a fun, simple design…
UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS: A look at two new bars fashioned from surplus restaurant space
Basketball allowed Derrick Rose to get out of Englewood. But it also kept him, and his family, safe. According to Rose, he was actually safer in Englewood than he would have been elsewhere, because of the game.
FUTURE IMPERFECT: Ing’s heart is in the right place, but its science is not
Steve Bogira challenges the conventional wisdom about the old “Beirut by the Lake” cliche and suggests an alternative to reflect the evolution of race and politics in Chicago after Harold Washington.
Fashion Flashback
When the Midwest native Kelsey Tanner-O’Connor moved to Paris at age 18, she fully realized her love for vintage and couture fashion. But that doesn’t mean it’s where all her money went…
Yale prof Bill Rankin uses dot maps to show the diversity and lack thereof in Chicago and the Bay Area. Chicago is as segregated as you’d expect, but the far north side along the lake looks to be as diverse as any big-city neighborhood in the country.
