Fall’s Best Week Yet

What to do this week: The days are getting shorter, but the stuff to do just keeps getting better. Highlights include Old Town School of Folk Music’s theatrical debut, Laurie Anderson at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and Lucinda Williams in the burbs … plus, weekend plans from the MCA’s Naomi Beckwith and where to see Jolie Holland for free Read more

The Interview Show

By GINA BAZER

Do you have plans this Friday night? If you don’t, come out to The Interview Show at the Hideout, where Jan Parr and I will be “on the couch”... Read more

Rosemont-based Riddell Seeks to Build a Safer Football Helmet

By Jonathan Eig

DAMAGE CONTROL: As evidence of the toll taken by head injuries in football continues to mount, the high-tech quest to create a better helmet advances, little by little, in the lab Read more

Lincoln Park Makes Way for Another Megamansion

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2.85 million
Sale Price: $2.55 million
The Property: Four 1980s townhouses in Lincoln Park have been sold to a developer that hopes to build a single megamansion on the site... Read more

What's Coming and What's Cheap in Chicago Dining

By Joanne Trestrail, Carly Boers, and Penny Pollack

Vera, Yusho, and Market Bistro at Fox & Obel Read more

Tony Mantuano on Bar Toma

By Jeff Ruby

A conversation with the Spiaggia chef, who is preparing for the 250-seat restaurant Read more

Trend: Burger Madness

By Jeff Ruby

Recently opened or lauching soon: The Burger Point, Burger Joint, Burger Boss, The Burger Philosophy, Butcher and the Burger, and more Read more

Ryan Poli's Tavernita to Open in December

By Jeff Ruby

This must be the place Columbus was looking for Read more

Theurer-Wrigley House in Lincoln Park Up for Sale

By Dennis Rodkin

A STRANGE BREW: Suggested once as a residence for Chicago's mayors, the home is on the market for $9.5 million Read more

Rodkin on the Mortgage Balance Left Unpaid in a Short Sale

Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Barry asks for advice on the potential liability to repay the difference between the short-sale proceeds and mortgage balance due. Read more

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