August 25, 2011–Nearly 1,100 supporters attended this year’s 27th annual American Craft Exposition Preview Party, presented by The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem at Evanston & Glenbrook Hospitals. The event benefits pioneering ovarian cancer research.
September 15, 2011– Common Threads’ culinary fundraising event raised $28,000 to benefit health and nutritional education programs in Chicago to low income youth and their families. Local chefs participated at Fulton’s on the River to create and serve their favorite cook-out themed dishes within four categories–in a glass, on a bun, in a shell, or on a stick. Guests sampled each dish and voted for the top in each category. The winning chefs of the night were: Chao Thapthimkuna of Union Sushi + Barbeque Bar for In a Glass; David Blonsky of Public House and Mike Bellovich of Hub51 for In a Shell; Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia for On a Bun; and Scott Halverson of Prasino for On a Stick.
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Fermilab’s particle accelerator goes offline today, after a ceremony that you can watch online. It’s about 41 years since Weston, Illinois, the small farming community that used to be where the Tevatron sits, went offline to make way for Fermilab.
It would be a strange existence to live in Lake Point Tower, I’ve always thought. I love admiring the gently curving building from vantage points along LSD, but imagine going home to it: What would you call that little slice of non-neighborhood?…
Your sitting room becomes your safari with the incredible Animal Chair Collection from Spanish artist London Design Festival last week. Riera built the majestic structures true to size of the animals they mimic, using 3-D computer imaging, mechanized sculpting tools and hand-finishing, including leather upholstery and carving the compressed foam to superbly detail the animal … Read more
On last night’s historic baseball action, “Catching Hell,” the 2003 NLCS, pitch counts, mob mentalities, and the wonders and terrors of sports.
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural shortlist for October, in order of buzz
I know we haven’t known each other very long, Yearbook, but I’m already enrolled in your fan club and hope we’ll be BFFs. This frosh new Forest Park vintage shop and design studio has opened with validation from mayor Anthony Calderone, extra credit from home-savvy headmasters, and hip-hip-hurrahs from shoppers…
List Price: $2.35 million
The Property: At the end of a long private drive through an enclave of notable Wheaton homes stands this columned, ivy-covered manor. Although it looks as if it might have been picked up from some historical setting, it’s just 20 years old. It borrows, however, from the traditions of country homes in the United Kingdom and some of the grand Georgians in Virginia…
