Destination: Beverly
It’s the perfect destination for a Saturday stroll. Make a night of it: stay for dinner and a show.
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The Short List
The Tao of Common; Opera Idol; Humboldt Park decadence; a great massage deal; and more for May
You Should Know…Jeff Mills and Yoko Uozumi
The renowned DJ and his wife set up shop on Division Street.
Terms of Endowment
Dr. Sheldon Burman was a pioneer in the practice of phalloplasty—surgery to enlarge the penis. He says he was simply giving patients what they wanted. But some of them say he left them scarred and deformed.
The $18-Million Dollar Headache
Seven years ago, Alex Snelius won big in the lottery—and things went steadily downhill from there.
Should He Run?
We asked local politicos, prominent commentators, and leading Democratic strategists whether Senator Barack Obama should take a shot at the White House in 2008.
The Strange Case of the Dentist and the Pimps
With the right kind of porcelain, the right shade of pearly translucent white, the thinnest of veneers can dazzle away the realities of the most troubled of teeth. Until the day the feds came to take him away, Gary S. Kimmel’s life gleamed with just such a cosmetic smile’s luster. Fifty-six floors above the Loop-in … Read more
Crusader for Cures
Chicago businessman Lou Weisbach—once a major player in Democratic fundraising—has turned his persuasive skills to a new project: creating a medical research institution dedicated to ending chronices diseases.
The Nightmare: A Look at the Riley Fox Case
Five months after three-year-old Riley Fox of Wilmington was brutally murdered, her father, Kevin, confessed following a long night with Will County detectives. He recanted almost immediately, but spent eight months in jail before DNA evidence led to his release. For the first time publicly, Kevin and his wife, Melissa, talk about their ordeal, an account of pain, mystery, and undying faith, wrapped around an enduring tragedy
The Quiet Billionaire: Morningstar CEO Joe Mansueto
After an idyllic Midwestern upbringing, Joe Mansueto founded an enormously successful financial information company on the simple premise that people might like an easy-to-use guide to mutual funds. Now, the Morningstar CEO is turning his skills to the risky world of magazine publishing. Can he succeed again?