The Next Restaurant 'Childhood Menu' Trailer
Regress with Grant Achatz and Dave Beran as a menu teaser takes you inside Next, previewing its upcoming menu for the kid in you.
Year: 2011
Q & A: Timothy Long Talks 'Charles James: Genius Deconstructed'
Timothy Long, the curator of the new Chicago History Museum exhibit “Charles James: Genius Deconstructed,” discusses the famous Chicago designer and his fashion innovations.
Weekend Photos: Costume Ball Celebrates Opening of Charles James Exhibit at the Chicago History Museum
Chicago’s fashionistas and fashionistos donned their designer duds for an exclusive peek at the Chicago History Museum’s latest sartorial extravaganza…
Mariani Landscape’s Stunning Lake Forest grounds
ON GOLDEN POND: The grounds of a grand home in Lake Forest take full advantage of their picturesque setting…
Occupy Chicago: Arrests, Student Loans, and John Carlos
The Olympics great, human-rights activist, and track coach stops by Occupy Chicago during an eventful weekend for the protest, as its message seems to get traction at the highest levels.
Will Guzzardi: 24, Ivy League-Educated, and Running Against Joe Berrios's Daughter
Guzzardi Maria Antonia “Toni” Berrios, the daughter of Joe Berrios, the machine-backed, old-school winner of the 2010 race for Cook County assessor. Toni, the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives, is in her fifth term representing the Northwest Side district that currently includes such neighborhoods as Logan Square and … Read more
A Record-Setting House Sale for Park Ridge
List Price: $3.95 million
Sale Price: $3.19 million
The Property: Frank Calabrese, a longtime owner of thoroughbred horses with impressive records at Arlington Park and in Florida, has sold his custom-built 15-room house in Park Ridge for $3.192 million. According to Midwest Real Estate Data, that’s the highest sale price on record for that northwest suburb—and Calabrese’s agent, Danny McGovern, says that the buyers paid cash…
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Last week during Design Chicago I went to hear my favorite design personality, designer du jour Martyn Lawrence Bullard…
Infographics of Old Chicago from Dean Cornwell
“This Is Chicago”: Churches, taverns, foot sizes, gallons of coffee, and more—the Windy City as it was in 1914, at the dawn of the infographic era.
Chicago Gangs and the 'Interrupters' of the Past
Three great reads on three late-sixties attempts to integrate members of the Blackstone Rangers and the Vice Lords into Chicago, academia, and the local art world.