Club Blujazz on the eastern edge of Bucktown-Wicker Park last Friday. The couple run a recording label, also called Blujazz, and are drawing on their experience both behind the scenes and onstage ("We've been performing forever, and I'm old enough to say forever," Delin says)..." /> Club Blujazz on the eastern edge of Bucktown-Wicker Park last Friday. The couple run a recording label, also called Blujazz, and are drawing on their experience both behind the scenes and onstage ("We've been performing forever, and I'm old enough to say forever," Delin says)..." /> Club Blujazz on the eastern edge of Bucktown-Wicker Park last Friday. The couple run a recording label, also called Blujazz, and are drawing on their experience both behind the scenes and onstage ("We've been performing forever, and I'm old enough to say forever," Delin says)..." />
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March 2010
Weekend Photos: Club Blujazz
"Chicago is too vibrant a town not to have more performance venues," says the jazz violinist Diane Delin, who, with her husband, the jazz guitarist and singer Greg Pasenko, opened Club Blujazz on the eastern edge of Bucktown-Wicker Park last Friday. The couple run a recording label, also called Blujazz, and are drawing on their experience both behind the scenes and onstage ("We've been performing forever, and I'm old enough to say forever," Delin says)... Read more
Heads Up, Jetsetters!
 

The German design house Vitra, which is represented locally by Manifesto just opened the doors to the amazing VitraHaus, a showcase for the company’s home furnishings collection, on the Vitra campus in Will am Rhein, Germany. Even though it’s very far away, we can still marvel at this amazing design by Herzog & de Meuron. See more photos on the Vitra website.

—GINA BAZER

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'The Celebrity Apprentice,' Episode One: Blago Squeaks Through—Barely
By Marcia Froelke Coburn
Since being ousted as governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich has been mostly unemployed. What the future holds for him is unclear—and it certainly won’t be determined until after his upcoming trial for corruption—but if last night’s premiere episode of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice is any indication, Blago should cross “waiter” off his list of potential future jobs. . . . Read more
Nobelist’s Prairie Home in Hyde Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1,050,000
Sale Price: $975,000
The Property: One of five Prairie-style townhouses on a corner in Hyde Park, this home originally belonged to Robert A. Millikan, a University of Chicago physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on electrons and on the photoelectric effect. Read more
Coming Next Monday: Hot, Fresh Blag
By Marcia Froelke Coburn
Welcome to BLAG!, our once-a-week recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 2010, this season featuring Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’s ousted governor, currently awaiting trial on corruption charges. Airing at 8 p.m. (central time) Sundays on NBC-TV, this reality show pits formerly semi-famous (or in Blago’s case, infamous) celebs against each other to win the approval of mega-mogul Donald Trump and his daughter... Read more
Tale of Two Daleys
By Jennifer Tanaka
The longtime political reporter Ben Joravsky didn't think much of Evan Osnos's profile of Mayor Richard M. Daley in the March 8th issue of the venerable weekly as evidenced by this reaction piece, which posted yesterday at the Chicago Reader's website... Read more
St. Pat's Preview: Guinness's nearest and beerest hits Chicago tonight
By Amalie Drury
There's a competition for everything, I guess—ugliest dog, extreme ironing, worm charming—but it never crossed my mind that somewhere, some people are going head-to-head over beer pouring. Tonight, that somewhere is Chicago, as the St. Patrick's Day festivities swing into action and Guinness brewmaster Fergal Murray presides over a "pour the perfect pint" competition at Grace O'Malley's in the South Loop... Read more
Bridal Bliss

For tabletop settings, there is no place like Tabula Tua. Owner Grace Tsao Wu has an amazing eye-just look at the mini works of table art shown above, which she created. On March 14 from 1 to 4 p.m., she will host a bridal event at her store featuring the settings above, in addition to others inspired by some of Chicago's most iconic landmarks, including the The Art Institute and Millennium Park. Other event participants include florist Heffernan Morgan, caterer Calihan Catering, wedding cake designer Bittersweet, and invitation designer Sarah Drake Design. Admission is $35. To buy tickets, go to Tabula Tua's website.

-GINA BAZER

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