I stopped by the grand opening of A’ville’s newest grocery and retail destination, Urban Orchard (at 5212 North Clark Street, the old Urbanest space) last weekend, and it was a bustling scene... Read more
Kelly Rauch’s interior design studio Twice is typically open only by appointment, but tomorrow night you can stop by 5400 West Belmont Avenue and check out all the services and products that are offered out of the atelier... Read more
Chicagoan Karen Peterson was sick of shelling out storage fees to house the overflow of antiques, furniture, artwork, and home and garden accessories she loves to collect but had yet to find a place to use... Read more
The American Craft Exposition is returning to Evanston’s Harry Crown Sports Pavilion on the Northwestern campus this weekend for the 27th time, and it’s a splendid opportunity to view fine handmade furniture, glassware, textile art, clothing, jewelry, and mixed-media pieces by more than 150 juried artists... Read more
The entire Chicago Home + Garden team has been pulling a lot of double shifts lately to get a hot new coffee-table book ready for the printers, and the fruits of their labor are about to pay off... Read more
The Guerrilla Truck Show is always a people-watching, beer-swilling blast every year during NeoCon, so I was excited to hear about another art and design event with the same vibe, taking place this weekend in Wicker Park at 1767 North Milwaukee Avenue... Read more
We’ve applauded the imaginative and dramatic interiors that Gary Lee Partners created for Sepia restaurant before, and now the team is back with an elegant encore presentation. The Michelin-starred resto has taken over the former Maria Pinto boutique... Read more
Les Dames d’Escoffier is a global group of women in all manner of culinary professions, dedicated to celebrating feminine foodie achievements and raising money for educational programs and charities... Read more
Working with iron has cast a spell on Milwaukee sculptor Alisa Toninato, who says it’s her favorite medium, and operates an Etsy shop called MaidenFE (Fe is iron when it pulls up a chair at the periodic table). Late last year she started... Read more
I love a good home and/or garden walk, whether through insouciant artist-occupied interiors in Bucktown or the patrician stomping grounds of the well-to-do Read more
