Week 39: The Call

By Jeff Ruby

I was at work when the call came, though I wasn’t sure it was The Call at the time. All I knew was the kids were having a double-playdate in our apartment, the dog was going crazy, and Sarah was so miserable she wanted to send them all to Anchorage. I hopped in a cab immediately and made my way home... Read more

Dish Flash: Homestead, Seasonal Restaurant with Large Rooftop Farm, to Open in July

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

The adjective “farm-to-table” usually elides a significant distance between the farm and the table. Homestead (1924 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone), a restaurant opening in July on the second floor above Roots Handmade Pizza, collapses that distance to only a few feet... Read more

Vintage Bazaar Finds a Permanent Home

By AMANDA KOELLNER

The Vintage Bazaar is a 150-vendor affair that’s been held at random warehouses and storefronts, as well as at Logan Square’s Congress Theater, for the past two years, but the eclectic event has finally found a permanent home at Uptown’s historic Aragon Ballroom ... Read more

Walter Paepcke, Founder of the Aspen Institute and Chicago Patron of Mid-Century Modernism

By Whet Moser

The second-generation Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke not only ran one of the city's largest companies, he introduced advertising's factory town to modernism and founded the country's most famous big-ideas festival. But he couldn't have done it without his wife, her diplomat brother, and a trio of University of Chicago intellectuals. Read more

The Savoy, Oyster-Seafood-Absinthe Restaurant and Bar, Scheduled to Open in Wicker Park in July

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Ricky Moore will open a welcoming, relaxing, quiet place with Brian Greene as chef... Read more

Five Things to Do This Week

On your agenda: The Paris Opera Ballet glides across the Harris stage… Aretha Franklin’s pipes fill McCormick Place … free music from Eighth Blackbird… plus, the weekend plans of the artist Jessica Stockholder. Read more

Chicago Pot Decriminalization Ordinance Puff-Puff-Passes Over Tokin' Resistance

By Whet Moser

After months of discussion and weeks of debate, Chicago's move to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession sails through City Council with virtually no dissent. Read more

The Geography of Chicago Schools, Homicides, and Poverty

By Whet Moser

A look at how CPS school performance, socioeconomic data—compiled by CPS to help determine selective-school placement—and 2012 homicides are distributed across the city. Read more

Is Jesse Jackson Jr. Resting at Ron Burkle's Home in Beverly Hills?

By Carol Felsenthal

Monday’s news that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the subject of a congressional ethics investigation related to the Blago corruption case and the alleged sale of President Obama’s senate seat, is suffering from “exhaustion” and resting at an undisclosed location, caught political reporters by surprise... Read more

Finding an Affordable Home Near a Good School

By Dennis Rodkin

There are many nice homes for sale or rent in Chicago, and there are some high-performing schools. But finding a home in the district of a good CPS school was a little like playing chess on two different boards at once—that is, until the introduction of SchoolSparrow... Read more

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