"Zara, the international apparel powerhouse, has launched its line of equally fabulous housewares in America via www.zarahome.com. And we are welcoming it with open arms." Read more
Few American journalists know the Middle East better than Rajiv Chandrasekaran; he gives us a preview of his Chicago Humanities Festival talk, from the perspective of an insider on the war on terror. Read more
The Obama campaign knows who you are and what you like—and they're trying to figure out what that means now, and in the future. They're way ahead of journalists, and the public, on how voting is done in America. Read more
List Price: $669,000 The Property: Milton Schwartz was a modernist Chicago architect best known for later buildings like the Hotel 71 (formerly the Executive House) on Wacker Drive and the now-demolished Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas... Read more
On Tuesday night, CNN’s Candy Crowley became only the second woman to moderate a presidential debate. The first? Native South Sider Carole Simpson, who talks to Carol Felsenthal about Tuesday night town hall meeting. Read more
Poli Position
“It’s about time we start spreading our horizons beyond Latin and Spanish cuisine. It’s the right step for the future, for us,” says the chef Ryan Poli about Little Market Brasserie...Read more
"This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ray Eames’s birth and, to celebrate, Herman Miller is releasing three special-edition Eames Wire Base Low Tables (Eames LTR Tables). Originally introduced in 1950, these tables are cute, practical, and provide a pop of primary color." Read more
On your agenda: Kurt Elling returns to Chicago… The Joffrey explores the dark side… free art, the weekend plans of the WBEZ broadcaster and culture blogger Alison Cuddy. Read more
