Chicago-Based FutureSports Brings Novel Concept to Markets
When Your Lawn Ornament Is an Airplane…
There are flamingoes and gnomes and reflecting balls, but in the San Juan Islands in Washington’s forested Puget Sound, there’s no more arresting lawn ornament than an airplane.
Phatic Communication, or Small Talk — Our Social Lubricant
Small talk gets a bad reputation — but Jill Lowe makes the case for it as essential social glue.
Judith Guest on Ordinary People
Marking the 50th anniversary of Ordinary People, Scott Holleran corresponds with author Judith Guest in her first public statement on the novel in over 25 years.
Sweet Memories and Cookies
From Proust's madeleine to Purim's hamantaschen: Sigalit Zetouni traces a Parisian exhibition on the novelist to Chicago's own "Not Your Bubbe's Hamantaschen."
The Griffin Museum
A visit to the Museum of Science and Industry's moving Anne Frank exhibition, plus vintage trains, a coal mine, and Main Street.
Hello Yesterday, Meet Today. It Turns Out You're On the Same Team.
What does 40-year-old nostalgia have to do with The Village Chicago's upcoming Retro Celebration? Laurel Baer traces the psychology of looking back — and why it helps us move forward.