October 2012
By Penny Pollack
By ALICE OGLETHORPE
"Kathy Hahn, the owner of Highland Park’s Adesso (600 Central Ave.), recently went on a road trip with her sisters through Indianapolis, Louisville, and their hometown of Dayton, Ohio. On their travels, the three hit up their favorite shops and antique markets and discovered some new ones." Read more
By Whet Moser
In the 1950s, the American Medical Association—with the help of the first political PR firm—launched a full-on assault against Harry Truman's national health care plan, connecting it (and all sorts of other subsidies) to the specter of socialism. But it backed an approach not unlike the ACA. Read more
October 10, 2012--Guests joined Mercedes-Benz and Chicago magazine at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to honor three influential couples in the Chicago community. The Mercedes-Benz “Power Couples” honored were Corri McFadden and Spiro Tsaparas, Ann and Fernando Beteta, and Sasha and Greg Adler. Mercedes-Benz regional marketing manager Effie Gountanis introduced the couples while guests nibbled on tasty bites and sipped Peroni. Read more
One Thousand Pieces, a work inspired by the famous Marc Chagall windows, kicks off the 35th season for the Chicago dance troupe Read more
By Whet Moser
Democrats have tried to pin Paul Ryan and Joe Walsh on the redistricted Republican freshman, perhaps the most vulnerable Republican House member not named Joe Walsh. But New York's mayor is riding to the rescue with his boutique PAC. Read more
By Whet Moser
Chicagoland's notorious rep caused a stir by saying, in his WTTW debate with Tammy Duckworth, that modern science has made it so that there's no exception for the life of the mother in the case of abortion. It's... complicated. Here's an introduction. Read more
By ALICE OGLETHORPE
"This weekend, the Woman’s Board of Winnetka Community House will once again show us how a design show is done. The Antiques + Modernism Winnetka exhibition and sale, which goes Friday through Sunday, is a chance to check out furniture, garden antiques, lighting, fine and folk art, architectural artifacts, and more." Read more
By Whet Moser
Under Cook County's proposed new 2013 budget, cigarette taxes would go up, and guns and bullets would each get taxed. It's how cities and localities everywhere are responding to the recession and the housing crisis. Read more