Dock 6 Collective is a group of independent furniture and cabinet makers, including Carson Maddox Studios, Lagomorph Design, zakrose (whose dresser is pictured here) and -ism furniture (check out our January/February 2011 story about them), who like to party... Read more
Some people do triathlons. Others do 5Ks. Personally, I like a nice kitchen walk. If you do too, check out the 27th Oak Park and River Forest Kitchen Walk Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.... Read more
Can it be eight years already that the Merchandise Mart has given Chicago designers pie-in-the-sky budgets to create fantasy rooms for its DreamHome installation?... Read more
The second epic season of Showtime’s lavish Renaissance series The Borgias starts up on Sunday, and I can’t think of anyone who isn’t excited about hooking up with that crazy back-stabbin’, arsenic-sprinklin’ papal family for round two (other than a few Medicis and Sforzas, perhaps)... Read more
The countrified goods at Andersonville’s Roost vintage shop have always seemed to be bursting at the seams of its two jam-packed storefronts... Read more
You can shop India Shannon’s online stock of handmade housewares, vintage furniture, and quirky gift items any time of the day or night, or make an appointment to visit her space... Read more
I was really into the late-1980s art scene in Chicago, working in galleries and gadding about, so checking out the MCA’s current show, This Will Have Been: Art and Politics in the 1980s, was high on my to-do list... Read more
The collective group of artists that goes by the name of Pearl was so pleased with the success of its fall pop-up art show and market in Blue Island that it’s at it again this weekend... Read more
