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At Home: Opening Up
by Christine Newman
Seeing the future in designs that look back to the city’s architectural past – five standout interiors that embrace wide-open space, individual taste, and states of grace

The Goods: Going with the Grain
by Christine Newman
Wood you care to sit? Chairs that play it straight or throw a curve

The Case of the $30,000 Bonus in the Fendi Bag
by Jonathan Eig
After fighting each other in a long and bitter divorce, Jeanne Malkin and her ex-husband Judd, the real-estate magnate, are challenging Jeanne’s former lawyer over a $3-million fee.

The 87-Year Itch
by Richard Babcock
The Cubs haven’t won a world championship since 1908 – a record of failure unmatched by any team in pro sports. Is there a rational explanation for such ineptitude? A tortured fan makes it his mission to find out.

Surreality Bites
by Ted Allen
It’s never a bad thing to be the country’s best art school, but at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, it’s never easy, either.

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City Desk
by Greg Hinz

Reporter
by Greg Hinz

Two big-city mayors talk money, sports, and Bill Clinton.

The Off Beat
by Roger Flaherty
Carting around thrones for the Catholic church kept one man’s family in beans.
Stage & Screen
by Penelope Mesic
Donna Blue Lachman hits home with a new one-woman show about family.
Real Lives
by Marcia Froelke Coburn
As the Walgreen custody case goes back to court, it’s mother versus in-laws.
Dining Out
by Dennis Ray Wheaton
Yoshi’s Café gets a face-lift, a new menu, lower prices, and cable TV.
Sullivan’s Travels
by Terry Sullivan

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