The Top Private Schools in Chicago and the Suburbs: Methods and Sources
Where we got the data and how we prepared our charts
Year: 2011
Fall’s Best Week Yet
What to do this week: The days are getting shorter, but the stuff to do just keeps getting better. Highlights include Old Town School of Folk Music’s theatrical debut, Laurie Anderson at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and Lucinda Williams in the burbs … plus, weekend plans from the MCA’s Naomi Beckwith and where to see Jolie Holland for free
The Interview Show
Do you have plans this Friday night? If you don’t, come out to The Interview Show at the Hideout, where Jan Parr and I will be “on the couch”…
Rosemont-based Riddell Seeks to Build a Safer Football Helmet
DAMAGE CONTROL: As evidence of the toll taken by head injuries in football continues to mount, the high-tech quest to create a better helmet advances, little by little, in the lab
Lincoln Park Makes Way for Another Megamansion
List Price: $2.85 million
Sale Price: $2.55 million
The Property: Four 1980s townhouses in Lincoln Park have been sold to a developer that hopes to build a single megamansion on the site…
What's Coming and What's Cheap in Chicago Dining
Vera, Yusho, and Market Bistro at Fox & Obel
Tony Mantuano on Bar Toma
A conversation with the Spiaggia chef, who is preparing for the 250-seat restaurant
Trend: Burger Madness
Recently opened or lauching soon: The Burger Point, Burger Joint, Burger Boss, The Burger Philosophy, Butcher and the Burger, and more
Ryan Poli's Tavernita to Open in December
This must be the place Columbus was looking for
Chicago Law Enforcement Roundup
A marijuana-ticketing ordinance is due to City Council tomorrow; a four-part series on pot; a multi-part series on international fugitive suspects; America’s two great crime waves; and more.