Finish this Sentence: Lance Lawson of Space519

By GINA BAZER

Lance Lawson, owner (with Jim Wetzel) of Space519, has all sorts of thoughts on stylish living... Read more

Jeanne Gang Breaks Open the Bungalow to Save Cicero's Housing

By Whet Moser

Studio Gang was invited to address the housing crisis in Cicero. Following the lead of its immigrant residents, Gang and her team (which included Theaster Gates) broke up the bungalow into its component pieces and re-envisioned it as the Recombinant House. Read more

Rodkin on Sellers’ Unrealistic Prices

Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Bradley asks why some North Shore home sellers aren’t pricing their homes realistically for the 2012 market. Read more

Black Composer Florence Price, Rediscovered Again

By Whet Moser

The New Black Music Repertory Ensemble of Columbia College plays the work of Florence Price, the first black woman to have a composition performed by a major symphony orchestra. Read more

Tabula Tua’s Warehouse Sale ‏Arrives One Month Early

By Bridget Maiellaro

Topsy Turvy
The home furnishing shop Tabula Tua (1015 W. Armitage Ave.; 773-525-3500, tabulatua.com) will hold its annual warehouse sale a month earlier this year to make way for its spring inventory... Read more

Mapping Lies and Truthiness on Twitter

By Whet Moser

Indiana University researchers develop Truthy, a system that follows Twitter memes with an electronic eye towards what's fake and what's real: sort of a CDC for viral media. Read more

Week 21: Broom of The System

By Jeff Ruby

Scientists believe that pregnancy affects spatial awareness. A woman’s pinballing hormones temporarily shrivel her hippocampus, turning the brain region that’s responsible for memory and spatial navigation into an entity roughly as reliable as a stylist at SuperCuts... Read more

House Tour: Sustainable living in Downers Grove

By KRISTEN WEGRZYN

Imagine being able to reduce your energy consumption more than 700 percent while still living comfortably in the Chicago area... Read more

Traffic and Class Conflict: The Rich Are Worse Drivers Than You or Me

By Whet Moser

A study out of Berkeley's Institute of Personality and Social Research set out to look at social class and unethical behavior. So they started with how we drive. Read more

Where to Go This Weekend: Medora, Indiana

By Catey Sullivan

You’ll find a sweet deal in Medora, Indiana this weekend as the southernmost state in the U.S. maple belt celebrates the fine art of turning sap into syrup. Indiana is home to about a hundred or so maple syrup producers and Medora’s festival is billed as the first national event of its kind... Read more

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