Tory Burch has landed in Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Oprah Winfrey's heart. Her genius? Retooling classic American sportswear by adding vintage bohemian details. Read more
Forty years later, through writing The Defiant Muse, Chicago playwright Nicholas A. Patricca has finally accomplished his goal of getting to know Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Read more
Hillary Clinton might be the Dems' presidential front-runner, but the trip to the White House makes a stop in Obama Country. Can the hometown girl beat the state's favorite son on what's now his home turf? Read more
Tom Higgenson, guitarist and lead singer for the rising Chicago punk-pop band Plain White T’s, who open for Fall Out Boy on Oct. 20th at Allstate Arena Read more
Last year, Americans spent $15 billion on bottled water. Turns out, the joke’s on us: Not only are top sellers Aquafina and Dasani just bottled public water, but the wasteful plastic packaging will still be lingering in the year 3000. But do water snobs have a valid argument that private water tastes better than tap? Read more
He weeps, he insults, he builds lavish projects, and Mayor Roger Claar sees in his own journey—from chubby outsider to powerful Republican—a parallel to the booming emergence of his town. Read more
Black women in Chicago are far likelier to die of breast cancer than white women, resulting in a disparity that's nearly double what it is nationally. This pattern of racial inequality shows up locally with other diseases—evidence that Chicago is failing at narrowing its racial divide in health. Why? And what must be done? Read more
