My Life Without Makeup: Alicia Keys Won't Regret Her Decision By Carol Felsenthal On Alicia Keys' no-makeup pledge, my own 50-year boycott, and vanity on the campaign trail Read more
What to Eat and Drink in Chicago This Week By Carrie Schedler Get summer tomatoes in while you can. Read more
Hamilton Inspires These Fresh Looks for Fall Photography by Nigel Barker; Styling by Michael Favia; Produced by Katerina Bizios Ruffles, bell sleeves, military coats—famed fashion photographer Nigel Barker captures this year’s trends. Read more
A Field Guide to Jefferson Park By Joel Reese Yeah, you can find pierogi aplenty in this North Side neighborhood. But its cultural mark goes way beyond its Polish heritage. Read more
The Five Hottest Bars in Chicago Right Now By Carly Boers Five places where everyone wants to raise a glass in September Read more
Through Chemo and Divorce, Gina Frangello Still Delivers on Third Novel By Claire Zulkey Every Kind of Wanting is about three couples who have a "community baby" through gestational surrogacy. Read more
The Array of Things Is Coming to Chicago (and the World) By Whet Moser The first two nodes of the open-source environmental monitoring network are live, with hundreds more to follow; other cities in the U.S. and abroad will be installing their own networks. Here's what it does (and what it doesn't do). Read more
This Week’s Top Sales and Local Shopping Events By Jenny Berg Olivia Palermo gets ready to visit Chicago, a ZipFit Denim pop-up, a sale at the Gucci store at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago, and more Read more
This Week’s Top Design News and Shopping Events By Helena Kim French antiques, Jonathan Adler sale, and handmade woven goods Read more