At the Obama Victory Party, Moving Forward (to the Oldies)
The newly re-elected President Obama took the stage shortly after midnight, but music and dancing began long before that. Here’s a playlist of songs we heard at the Obama victory rally.
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Adlai Stevenson, Early Victim of Terrible Political Advertising
The brainiac Illinois voter faced down Ike and his Madison Avenue minions, relying on Americans’ interest in 30-minute Stevenson infomercials to carry the day. Obviously, he lost coming and going, but not before leaving a trail of failed pandering.
Drinking With… Richard Babcock
The former editor of Chicago previews his new book, Are You Happy Now?, at local watering hole John Barleycorn
Cassie Walker Burke on Good Day Chicago
Cassie Walker Burke visited the set of FOX’s Good Day Chicago to discuss 50 Best Sandwiches, as featured in the November 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Behind the Decision to Deny Prentice Landmark Status
Why the double vote? We look inside the decision to demolish Prentice, the shortest-lived landmark in the city
A Timeline of the Fight Over Prentice Hospital Building
In advance of Thursday’s meeting on Prentice Women’s Hospital landmark status, here is a rundown of how the fight over the Streeterville space got to where it is today.
Five Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Ada St. and Facets Multimedia team up… the Chicago Humanities Festival begins in earnest… a free poetry reading, plus the weekend plans of The Onion’s senior writer Seth Reiss
From Street Fair to Board Chair: Helen Zell's Art Collecting Journey
Sam and Helen Zell made a splash in the Chicago art world Wednesday by donating $10 million to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Watch an insightful 2011 video of Helen Zell talking about how she went from being a street fair buyer to one of the most influential art supporters in the city.
His Kind of Our Town: Thornton Wilder and Chicago
Penelope Niven’s new biography of Thornton Wilder explores the literary giant’s life in Chicago
A Little Chicago Close-Up Magic for Halloween
The great close-up magician Ed Marlo, one of the pioneers of Chicago’s legendary bar magician scene—and the trick that makes one of his many, many sleights of hand possible.