Brought to You by the Letter M

Our top five picks for things to do this week: M is for . . . Mary, the MacArthur genius . . . Michele, the voice of All Things Considered . . . Mitchell, Nicole, our guest weekend planner . . . and, of course, Muppet

One for the Ages

Our top five picks for things to do this week: the guiltiest of musical-theatre pleasures . . . a f*#@ing Mamet doubleheader . . . free Muti . . . Carlyn Berghoff’s weekend plans . . . and more

Head of the Class

These four designers are making names for themselves in New York, Paris, and Milan—and they all trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Auction Preview: Eunice Johnson's Couture Collection at Leslie Hindman

Eunice Johnson knew how to make an entrance. The wife of Ebony publisher John H. Johnson, Eunice was the first to bring haute couture to the black community—with the Ebony Fashion Fair in the ‘50s and again with Fashion Fair cosmetics in the ‘70s. Johnson was also one of the first black women to visit the couturiers of Paris…