Income inequality is on the rise in the U.S.—just as it is in the U.K. and Canada. It’s a subject that’s getting a lot of attention, but just as interesting is the massive collapse in inequality during World War II, and the following “Great Compression.”
Did you know that hip-hop saved cognac? I never thought about it until I Googled “cognac” and came across this recap of Kanye West’s appearance at the 2009 VMAs (the same year as the Taylor Swift diss) with his date—a bottle of Hennessy…
Last fall’s first-ever Chairs for Charity event lured more than 200 fun party people to the Tile Gallery, and raised about $10,000 for Designs for Dignity…
List Price: $525,000
The Property: Set in a small tower atop a five-story loft building in Armour Square, this three-story loft sits among some of the Near South Side’s most interesting neighborhoods. The dining, shopping, and culture of Chinatown, Pilsen, and Bridgeport are all in easy reach—and they can all be seen from the loft’s four different balconies…
The other day as I was picking up and turning an armchair in my living room so that it once again faced the sofa…
(North) Shore Fire
With M, Benjamin, and two cupcake shops already opened in the past year, suburb-of-the-moment Highland Park added 2nd Street Bistro…
The Pullman State Historic Site partners with Chicago Artists Month to celebrate the Day of the Dead and to benefit the renovation of the 1881 Hotel Florence in Pullman.
The Obama administration’s new push to reduce student loan debt and simplify the process of taking it on and paying it off is… inevitably, impossibly complex. Here’s a start to understanding it.
Four UIUC students present a method of “rendering synthetic objects into legacy photographs.” The short of it is that it’s mindblowing.
What to do this week: The music of Queen + the characters of Alien = a live-action Halloween mash-up we can get behind. Plus: spine-tingling theatre, a Día de los Muertos altar walk, glow-in-the-dark art … and one paranormal enthusiast’s weekend plans
