Ninety-nine percent of Chicago’s art and design community is rallying behind the symbiotic pairing of the SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art) and Intuit (Folk and Outsider) art fairs going on at the tip-top of Navy Pier this weekend…
The other day I was driving along Wrightwood in Lincoln Park and: wait, what’s that? A home décor outlet shop I don’t know about?!…
List Price: $2.595 million
The Property: Designed by the architect Benjamin Marshall and completed in 1912, the brick and limestone confection that is 999 North Lake Shore Drive set the tone for what would become one of Chicago’s most elegant neighborhoods: East Lake Shore Drive…
As winter prepares to descend on Chicago, there’s pushback against city cuts to services for the homeless, but the state cuts remain dramatic. Plus: Leveraging street charity, then and now.
The Chicago-born fashion designer, who visits the city this week for a showing of his spring designs, talks about business, tailoring, where he’s from, and puppies.
Chaos at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Wall Street, and the Illinois farm boy-turned-Wall Street titan who caused it.
Interpretive History
“I kind of thought I would do this my whole life,” says Rachel Dennis, referring to fulfilling her goal of opening her eclectic-rustic restaurant Lake Street Kitchen + Bar…
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has had some ugly squabbles with Rahm Emanuel—the longer school day battles, for starters, including his recent charge that the union is “cheating children out of an education”—and, in my opinion, she has often emerged the loser. Last week, she filed the CTU’s latest coverage of their public argument … Read more
September 8, 2011–The Find Antiques opened their second location in West Town after seven years on the North Shore. The Find and Chicago Home + Garden partnered together to officially open the store to the public. Attendees were able to enjoy hors d’oeuvres from Hell’s kitchen, view beautiful floral arrangements by Art Quest, and check out all the new treasures in store. Check out The Find, located at 1819 West Grand Avenue.
LESSONS LEARNED: Across metropolitan Chicago, private elementary schools offer options for students and their parents seeking an alternative to the public-school model
