Simeon Wright visits his cousin Emmett Till’s grave at Burr Oak Cemetery. It’s achingly difficult to dig up what you have spent a lifetime trying to push down. In recent years, Simeon Wright has moved slowly, steadily, inching his way toward revelation. He has faced what he wanted to put behind him, recalling the events … Read more
In cooperation with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., we present 347 of the area’s best physicians in 57 different medical specialties.
GRAHM BALKANY Gropius in Chicago Coalition RAMSEY LEWIS Proclamation of Hope / Songs from the Heart SAM HARRIS Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center ANNETTE NANCE-HOLT & RONALD HOLT Purpose Over Pain SARA FOSZCZ Main Stay Therapeutic Riding Program There are people who talk about doing, and then there are people who get things done. … Read more
In 2008, Robyn Okrant, a Lincoln Square yoga instructor, embarked on a yearlong quest to do everything Oprah Winfrey advised. The project cost her more than $4,700 and 1,200 hours of unwavering obedience to Oprah’s mantra, “Live your best life.” Okrant’s blog, livingoprah.com, documented the whole project. Her new memoir, Living Oprah (Center Street; $24.99), … Read more
A personal odyssey from flailing rail-clutcher to competitive champ
PLUS: I Hate New York video
In January’s letters: Some good old beer and a note from an Anne Burke fan
January 2010: Josh Schollmeyer, Taylor Castle, Jennifer Tanaka, Jay Pridmore, Katrina Wittkamp
Grading the mayor’s Olympic-sized projects
December 2009: Shane Tritsch, Michael Boone, Robert Sharoff, Geoffrey Johnson, Chauncey Hollingsworth
