By Whet Moser
The culture vultures are underwhelmed by this year's Lolla lineup, giving more ammo to those who call it WalMart by the Lake. But it's closer to Costco, and besides: there are other, cheaper options. Read more
April 2011
By Amalie Drury
Just hours before my first unofficial visit to The Aviary (955 W. Fulton Market)—you know, the little cocktail lounge from Grant Achatz that opened next door to Next this past Saturday—a painting by the Chicago artist and gallerist Thomas Masters and his collaborator, Adrian Leverkuhn, had been installed in the main room... Read more
This Week’s Five: Royal wedding music (at a less ungodly hour) … the latest from Beautiful Person Alejandro Cerrudo … mumblecore filmmaker Joe Swanberg takes the floor … plus, what Chris Ware is doing this weekend Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
As home prices soared in the first years of the 21st century, several of Chicago’s most desirable suburbs saw their African American population decrease, according to new data from the Metropolitan Planning Council. At the same time, the African American population boomed in some of the outer-ring suburbs, where inexpensive subdivision houses were built in large numbers between 2000 and 2010... Read more
By Whet Moser
Barack Obama's release of his long-form birth certificate marks a sad day in American politics, the first since yesterday. The next one is scheduled for tomorrow. Read more
By Gina Bazer
Every so often we get a press release about a Kate Spade product and I find it interesting that while the brand Kate Spade (now owned, like many others, by Liz Claiborne) continues rolling out new stuff... Read more
By Bridget Maiellaro
Useful and Then Some
Carhartt, the Detroit-based line that launched 122 years ago as the uniform of farmers, ranchers, and construction workers, gained a pre-millennial following of rappers, skaters, and BMX bikers without altering its iconic chore coat or other brown-twill staples... Read more
Carhartt, the Detroit-based line that launched 122 years ago as the uniform of farmers, ranchers, and construction workers, gained a pre-millennial following of rappers, skaters, and BMX bikers without altering its iconic chore coat or other brown-twill staples... Read more
By Whet Moser
Cook County is the third-largest producer of CO2 emissions in the country by county, according to the Vulcan Project out of Purdue. Why? Our emissions are pretty well-balanced, but old houses and apartments mean that it takes more fossil fuels to live here than in similar cities. Read more
By Whet Moser
It's just a few hours until the Blackhawks try to complete a reverse sweep of Vancouver, and Canucks fans are starting to sound like Cubs fans. I still don't get hockey, but if there's one thing I do understand, it's losing. Read more
By Gina Bazer
I recently popped into Lillstreet Art Center to check out their newly renovated gallery area and, while I was there, got a tour of the entire building. Wow... Read more