Features
The Inn Crowd
Summer’s here and the time is right for exploring the Midwest – so we crossed seven states and three Great Lakes to find more than two dozen places for you to stay and play.
The Don
by Carol Felsenthal
Donald Rumsfeld (New Trier ’50) is serving his second stint as Secretary of Defense, but is there any reason to think he will stop there?
Heavy
by Robert Kurson
The world knew Robert Earl Hughes of Fishhook,
Enter Laughing
by Penelope Mesic
When her new play opens at the Goodman Theatre, Rebecca Gilman expects to hear more than applause.
Another Native Son
by Richard Cahan
Richard Wright’s 1940 novel created quite a commotion – but so had the brutal 1938 Chicago murder case on which, it turns out, he had based part of its plot.
Paris Match
by Christine Newman
In 1998, when Kimberly Van Kampen bought this 19th-century Gold Coast row house, it was an empty shell. Now restored, part of it looks back to the grandeur of French salons, but the four boys who live here with their mother have modern, minimalist floors of their own.
Departments
Letters
Contributors
Frontlines
The wedding band to beat all wedding bands; Naperville’s best-selling romance writer; med students’ cadaver grief; more
Style Sheet
by Stacy Wallace-Albert
Divine denim handbags, a new bloom book, a honey of a spa
Real Lives
by Marcia Froelke Coburn
The end of the adulterous affair between developer J. Paul Beitler and lawyer Suzanne de Rath is a gloves-off legal slugfest.
Consumer Retorts
by Terry Sullivan
Sumo wrestling: the new morale booster (if you can stomach it)
Deal Estate
by Dennis Rodkin
Beach Boy Brian Wilson sells his St. Charles home, while in Chicago a high-end high-rise plans to provide amenities galore.
Stage & Screen
by Penelope Mesic
Carmen Roman, a force of her own, stars in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit at the Goodman.
Reporter
by Robert Sharoff
Tim Samuelson is an architectural preservationist, a walking encyclopedia of Chicago building history and lore. But that’s not all: He’s also an expert on gadgets such as the Veg-O-Matic.
Dining Out
by Dennis Ray Wheaton
Two new spots may be French-influenced, but they’re American at heart – so we give them that au courant tag: American bistros..
Expert Witness
by Carrie Sager
Skydive Chicago instructor Rook Nelson will get you to the ground in one safe piece. Just don’t ask him to drive you anywhere.
Chicago Guides
Prime Time
In June
Michael Flatley at the United Center, Willie Nelson at the Petrillo Music Shell, and outsider art in the Far Out Show at Judy A. Saslow Gallery.
Restaurants
Real
Café Selmarie is known for baked goods, but the pan-seared tilapia is another point of entry.
Hot Dog
Introducing Hot Doug’s, a cartoonish encased-meat emporium.