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June 2011
Summer Lovin’ 2011
June 17, 2011 --- Chicago magazine and the Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital celebrated Chicago magazine’s 20 most eligible singles in Chicago with the 11th annual Summer Lovin’ event. Over 1,000 guests gathered to enjoy an evening complete with tasty hors d’oeuvres from 15 of the city’s hottest restaurants, an array of signature cocktails, a silent auction, a Hawaiian vacation raffle, a photo booth, green carpet, dancing, and much more. All proceeds from the 2011 event support research and therapies for stroke patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Read more
New Chicago Blogs of Note
By Whet Moser
Grid Chicago reports on sustainable transportation in the city; The Steppes of Chicago takes an on-the-streets look at Chicago architecture. Read more
Chicago Crime Roundup
By Whet Moser
The cost of wrongful incarceration and the city's immense legal-settlement costs; Chicago's new gun law seems as ineffectual as the gun ban that preceded it; a Sun-Times reporter gets caught in the line of fire and returns to figure out why; and more Read more
Where to Go This Weekend: Racine, Wisconsin
By Catey Sullivan
For more than a century, the self-made billionaire scions of the SC Johnson company, made their home in Racine, Wisconsin. The Johnson family’s Racine association started with Samuel Johnson, who moved to Racine in 1882 and, six years later, began mixing up batches of floor wax in his bathtub... Read more
Weekend Photos: Stereo
Lines of would-be clubbers outside, rows of sparkling shot glasses inside: This is Stereo, the Belmont-Cragin nightclub formerly known as Jedynka and 123 Disco that reopened last week with a new name and a fresh new interior but that still harks back with gusto—lasers!—to its disco-glam roots... Read more
Art Addiction
By Gina Bazer
Art Addiction is a cool corporate-art company that caught my eye at NeoCon... Read more