Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Dark Days

By Steve Rhodes

Once one of the most promising politicians in the nation, Jesse Jackson Jr. has seen his career go horribly wrong—marked most recently by his mysterious disappearance and the revelation that he’s suffering from bipolar depression. What happened to Junior? Read more

Playwright Neil LaBute’s North Barrington “Sanctuary”

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $835,000
The Property: For a man whose plays and movies often show the dark and ugly side of human nature, Neil LaBute sure has a light and pretty home... Read more

Tavi Gevinson, the New Queen of Media?

By Meribah Knight

The teenage blogger, style icon, singer, and magazine editor eyes a new target: Hollywood. Read more

Tavi’s ‘Rookie’ Road Trip

By Meribah Knight

A look at the coast-to-coast tour aimed at promoting the magazine and a new book. Plus, more on the Oak Park girl who started it all Read more

Pieces of Historic Glencoe Mansion Hit Auction Block on Saturday

By Dennis Rodkin

A historic mansion on Glencoe’s blufftop whose asking price was cut down by over $3 million is itself now getting ready to be taken down—and fans of architectural salvage will get a chance to haul home pieces of it this weekend... Read more

Avant-garde Home of Lukas Machnik and Lonney H. White III

By Gina Bazer

ARTS EFFECTS: A gallery becomes the perfect space for living, working, and being curatorial Read more

Be It Ever So Humboldt

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $879,000
The Property: Stately older homes line several blocks of Humboldt Boulevard, one strand of Chicago’s “emerald necklace.” Notable among them is this brick house... Read more

Dish Flash: Six Questions for Iliana Regan

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Regan, 33, plans to open her restaurant, Elizabeth (4835 N. Western Ave., no phone yet) on September 19. The ambitious project is gunning for the highest echelons of fine dining and growing out of the underground-dining series, One Sister, through which she made her name... Read more

Garry McCarthy: Playing the Long Game Against Chicago Crime?

By Whet Moser

Chicago's top cop has cited the work of former University of Chicago law prof Tracey Meares as an influence, in particular her concept of legitimacy, as an influence on his thinking. It might help explain a lot about the latest news in Chicago crime. Read more

LM Owners to Take Over Premise Space in Andersonville to Open Brasserie 54 by LM

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

LM = Lots More
You could be excused for thinking that Brasserie 54 by LM enumerates how many restaurants the owners of the LM brand, Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, have by now. The total is four, a number that has grown exponentially since they opened their first LM in March... Read more

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