Buy a Duplex in the Marshall Field, Jr. Mansion For $1.4 Million
The roughly 3,200 square foot duplex listed in mid-October; act fast and you might get in before the New Year.
Issues: October 2014
What to Know About Tomorrow’s Rugby Match at Soldier Field
A quick & dirty guide to the USA Eagles’s matchup with the New Zealand All Blacks.
What to See at Chicago Humanities Festival Week 2
Hear Sasha Frere-Jones, Jesmyn Ward, Anya von Bremzen, and more riff on this year’s festival theme, journeys.
Scallops at Aquitaine
See these scallops with pancetta and risotto? It’s an appetizer! Quite nice before the curtain at Victory Gardens. Aquitaine, 2221 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln Park, 773-698-8456
What Happened in Chicago Culture This Week
Patti Smith is coming to town, bopping gets the documentary treatment, and why you should see The King and I
What Will Be the Most Common Costume in Chicago This Halloween?
Some local costume shop–owners share what’s been flying off the shelves in advance of the big weekend.
How the Chicago Tylenol Poisonings Almost Destroyed Halloween
When a still-uncaught perp killed seven Chicagoans with cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982, Halloween was nearly fear-mongered out of existence.
Rauner and Blacks—More than a Marriage of Convenience?
A look at the candidate’s ties with Illinois’s black community reveals relationships that long predate his campaign.
This Week’s Top Local Shopping Events
A marvelous new market, plentiful trunk shows, and deals so spooktacular you’ll scream
How Much Poverty Could You Cure by Curing the ‘Culture of Poverty’?
At the mathematical limits of it, most poverty would vanish. But under merely generous assumptions, not as much as you might think.