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Amalie Drury
The Glory Days: The ’85 Bears Relive Their Moment at Bull & Bear on Sunday
By Amalie Drury
It’s been a quarter-century since the 1985 Chicago Bears enjoyed what’s been called the greatest season in NFL team history. The Super Bowl Shufflers still spark the imaginations of sports fans everywhere, and this Sunday, you can meet some of the players—Steve McMichael, Shaun Gayle, Dennis McKinnon, and Otis Wilson—at the River North bar Bull & Bear, where they’ll be signing autographs starting at 7 p.m.... Read more
Holiday Entertaining with Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez: Party Elements
By Amalie Drury
Stationery, etc. All printed items—invitations, menus, table-tent labels—are from Paper Source. “It’s faux woodgrain printed with an ink-jet printer,” Surratt says. Vintage attire Every guest wore at least one item of clothing or an accessory from the 1950s or ’60s. Surratt completed her ensemble with period costume jewelry and a retro updo; Hernandez’s vintage cuff links, tie clip, and black wingtip shoes gave his look Mad Men–esque appeal. Read more
Felicia Ferrone at Volume Gallery
By Amalie Drury
Don’t even think about plopping a skinny floor lamp down in the middle of this marble and granite Shift end table by Chicago designer Felicia Ferrone... Read more
Peter Wirtz Talks Landscapes at IIT
By Amalie Drury
When an unfamiliar New York publicist called last week and asked if I knew who Peter Wirtz was, I could only guess he had something to do with the Blackhawks-owning beverage family... Read more