The mayor goes with the University of Chicago's elite private school, getting testy when asked about it... and perhaps reveals his greater political ambitions. Read more
Sherle Wagner is a very upscale to-the-trade showroom at the Merchandise Mart that is now being represented—in the bath department, that is—at Hydrology... Read more
NOAA takes the long view of the heat wave; the CTA buckles under the heat, causing Red Line delays; and a brief discourse on heat wave denialism with regards to sabermetrics. Read more
Illinois's unlikeliest House rep has put himself front and center in the high-pressure debate over the debt ceiling and budget cuts. But by pulling his colleagues to the right, is he guaranteeing that a less conservative solution will pass? Read more
Attention, beer geeks: You now have yet another reason to head north. Just a few blocks from Half Acre Beer Co. and not so far from Metropolitan Brewing, the friends and business partners Jared Saunders and Whit Nelson are opening Brew Camp, their temple to homebrewing tucked into a cozy North Center storefront, today... Read more
When President Obama’s re-election team released the list of his top campaign fundraisers last week—about 20 were from the Chicago area—I noticed that Mesirow Financial Vice President Les Coney was back on this year’s roster of big bundlers. Here, an edited transcript of our conversation, where he talks about meeting Obama, fundraising for the president... 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
