Our top five picks worth leaving the house for, once the snow starts to slow: two jazz greats at the Green Mill . . . setting the table for comedy at ATC . . . what Amy Dickinson would be doing this weekend, if it weren’t for that darn blizzard . . . and more Read more
Chicago's senior editor Nora O'Donnell attended the Lyric Opera's announcement yesterday. Here, we bring together her tweets from the event with some great links to more information. Read more
The new IFC series Portlandia by Fred Armisen makes sport of those relentlessly earnest hipsters in the Northwest... Read more
Miguel del Valle doesn’t have much money—peanuts compared to Rahm Emanuel and Gery Chico, and way less even than Patricia Watkins and Carol Moseley Braun. When I asked him yesterday afternoon if there would be runoff on February 22nd, he answered, “My guess is Rahm is going to buy one of the spots; as for the second, I hope I’m that person... Read more
A Flower Blooms on Division Street
Wicker Park’s latest shop, Trillium (1744 W. Division St.; 773-698-8162, trilliumchicago.com), brings the city a fresh, eclectic selection of casual tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories for men and women... Read more