Chicago Youth Combat Violence with Campouts and Community-Building
“This is what happens when you not only give young people a place at the table, but you have them lead the conversation,” one organizer says.
Issues: July 2017
You Don’t Have to Move to Europe to Live Like an Italian Royal
This enormous Oak Brook estate has manicured grounds and palatial two-story rooms.
Drink Like a Movie Star at BLVD
The old-Hollywood vibe makes your cocktail feel way classier.
Secret Supper at Proxi
On July 24, Chicago magazine hosted 115 guests at Proxi for the third Secret Supper of 2017. Executive Chef Andrew Zimmerman served an exquisite five-course meal complemented with Diageo cocktails and 90+ Cellars wine. The exclusive VIP cocktail reception, held at The Roof Crop, featured specialty cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a mixology demonstration, and an optional … Read more
On The Autobiography, Vic Mensa Comes Home
The South Side rapper doesn’t erase his troubled past, but invites us to see his complex world of vices, insecurities, and death.
What You Need to Know About Chicago’s Cat Cafe Drama
Protests are planned this weekend at Tree House’s new adoption facility. What went down with the city’s first cat cafe?
Here’s Some Advice from Mick De Giulio, Kitchen Whisperer
Plus, a local jewelry designer expands to home goods, a huge lighting sale, a class in floral design, and more
Bucktown Has a New Hotspot for “Clean” Beauty
Plus, major discounts at Nordstrom, a high-end pop-up shop in the Gold Coast, and Randolph Street Market goes tropical.
When America First Realized It Had a Problem With Health-Care Costs
A group of experts gathered in Chicago 85 years ago to figure out how to pay for health care. The fight was nasty then, and it’s only gotten nastier.
How Pokémon Go Fest Turned Into a Pokéflop
Watch these Pokémon Go fans go from ecstatic to despondent when technical issues brought the fest to a halt.