Rauner Plays Down a Tax Hike, but Can the Pension Mess Be Fixed Without One? By Whet Moser Illinois is laboring to pay its bills without the revenue from 2011’s income tax increase. Read more
Appellation's Brunch Channels the Late, Great Birchwood Kitchen By Carly Boers A quality chef and quality ingredients are a recipe for success. Read more
This Week’s Design Sales and Events By Helena Kim Ideal Home Show, Unison’s White Sale, and Fredman Design Group’s new retail store Read more
Chicago’s Fashion Week Stripped of Funding By Alexandra Whittaker After 10 years the program falls victim to city belt tightening. Read more
Chicago's Top Sales and Shopping Events This Week By Jenny Berg David Yurman comes to Oak Brook, deep discounts at Rag & Bone, and a Figue trunk show Read more
Shakespeare at 400: Why Is This Dead White Man Still Relevant By Zac Thompson Chicago Shakespeare Company’s yearlong festival shows how the playwright’s themes can be adapted to all times and all places. Read more
Expect a Lot of Seafood at Billy Lawless's Beacon Tavern By Penny Pollack and Carly Boers The new spot is coming to River North in April. Read more
The Art Institute Has a New President By Matt Pollock Longtime contemporary curator James Rondeau will take over as president and director of the Art Institute February 16. Read more
Kwame Raoul Is Content in the State Senate—for Now Interview by Carol Felsenthal Obama’s successor in Springfield says he's not ready yet for more prestigious office. Read more
Is an Illinois Pension Agreement in the Works? We'll Have to Wait for the Courts By Whet Moser Even if Rauner gets on board., Cullerton’s latest legal gambit would still have to pass judicial muster. Read more
