Story highlights from the January/February 2011 issue of Chicago Home + Garden magazine, including best of the new on the design scene, simply stunning global style, and dreamy modern kids’ rooms.
Two of Chicago magazine’s 2010 Chicagoans of the Year, Dr. Daniel Ivankovich and Neli Vazquez-Rowland, stopped by WGN Midday News to discuss their organizations and how they are impacting on the Chicago community and beyond.
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for January, in order of buzz
Our top five for New Year’s Eve: No plans? No problem. We’ve rounded up big nights out of all stripes, with tickets still available.
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Get a breath of bracing air at the Arb . . . take Dad for a beer at the Hideout . . . compare Maxwell Street Torahs and tacos . . . plus, what the director of the Gene Siskel Film Center is doing this weekend
Marisa Wegrzyn and Tracy Letts launched their careers a generation apart, but they’ve got a city in common. We asked Wegrzyn, 29, a founding member of Theatre Seven, and Letts, 45, a Steppenwolf ensemble member who appears in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in December, about their adamant allegiance to making Chicago their artistic home. … Read more
Story highlights from the January 2011 issue of Chicago magazine, including the latest developments in women’s health research and a guide to Devon Avenue.
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Kurt Elling, The Bad Plus, and Willie Pickens save (Christmastime) jazz. . . . Sing your own heart out at the Music Box. . . . Plus, what the Waco Brothers’ Jon Langford is doing this weekend
Guess who? Scroll down to see who has what it takes to fill the Queen of Media’s shoes.
A LIFE IN SHADOW: The North Shore families who hired Vivian Maier as a nanny came to know a kind but eccentric woman who guarded her private life and kept a huge stash of boxes. A chance discovery after her death by a man named John Maloof has spotlighted her secret talent as a photographer and led to a growing appreciation of her vast work.
