Hef Travels West: Playboy's Decline and the Dilemma of Aspiration
Playboy’s leaving Chicago for the sunny climes of Los Angeles. It’s been a long time coming, as the magazine left the Second City in spirit long, long ago.
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Reindeer Gone Wild
Top five things to do this week: Vampire reindeer or White Christmas? Your choice … plus, The Bad Plus, an all-out Hanukkah jam, and what Eighth Blackbird’s Tim Munro is up to this weekend
Chicago magazine's January 2012 Issue: Top Doctors
Story highlights from the January 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Marshall Field, the First PR Man, and a Civil War Vet Create an Epic Transportation Travelogue
One of the Field Museum’s first ventures was an extraordinary journey across Africa, Russia, and Oceana to document the way man traveled at the end of the 19th century—led by a railroad publicist and a great Old West photographer.
Three Words: Tracy. Letts. Speedo.
On your agenda this week: Tracy Letts, pantsless … David Fray, smoldering … Bon Iver, cooing … plus, free stuff to do and Nicole Cabell’s weekend plans
Threewalls Program Features Art on the Cheap
PAINT BY NUMBERS: Strapped for cash? You can still afford great original works, thanks to an innovative nonprofit
Describing Chicago in a Single Word
Prompted by Daniel A. Bell’s new book, The Spirit of Cities: Why the Identity of a City Matters in a Global Age, we asked readers to describe our fair city in a single word or a phrase. Here’s what they had to say.
Things to Do This Winter in Chicago: Calendar of Events
An antihibernation guide to cultural happenings during the drab months
Things to Do This Winter in Chicago: Expand Your Mind
Lectures, classes, movies and smart activities for your kids
Top Five Things to Do This Week
What to do this week: Jane Birkin plays the Portage … Stew stirs up SPACE … punk rock and demons invade the U. of C. … you crash a free holiday party