Can it be eight years already that the Merchandise Mart has given Chicago designers pie-in-the-sky budgets to create fantasy rooms for its DreamHome installation?... Read more
The second epic season of Showtime’s lavish Renaissance series The Borgias starts up on Sunday, and I can’t think of anyone who isn’t excited about hooking up with that crazy back-stabbin’, arsenic-sprinklin’ papal family for round two (other than a few Medicis and Sforzas, perhaps)... Read more
The countrified goods at Andersonville’s Roost vintage shop have always seemed to be bursting at the seams of its two jam-packed storefronts... Read more
You can shop India Shannon’s online stock of handmade housewares, vintage furniture, and quirky gift items any time of the day or night, or make an appointment to visit her space... Read more
I was really into the late-1980s art scene in Chicago, working in galleries and gadding about, so checking out the MCA’s current show, This Will Have Been: Art and Politics in the 1980s, was high on my to-do list... Read more
The collective group of artists that goes by the name of Pearl was so pleased with the success of its fall pop-up art show and market in Blue Island that it’s at it again this weekend... Read more
If you’ve had your eye on any of the big-ticket furniture items at Haymaker (5507 North Clark Street), this weekend is the very best time to shop Read more
For a big-box furniture store, West Elm does a pretty good job of showcasing artists and marketing their original works, which is admirable considering that’s not exactly the side of its bread that’s buttered... Read more
