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May 2012
Dock 6 Collective Open House
By Gina Bazer and Alice Oglethorpe
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
Tiptoe Through the Tulips in River Forest
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.195 million
The Property: The tulips bloomed and faded a little early this year, but at one house in River Forest, they’re in perpetual bloom. The home is the design of Robert Spencer, a Prairie-style architect whose handprints are on one of the city’s prettiest public spaces: the south lobby of the Cultural Center, which is filled with glittering tile mosaics... Read more
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: An arts and local-business fest dubs Bridgeport the community of the future … The Art Institute remounts the photographer Dawoud Bey’s ’70s street portraits … The cabaret chanteuse Spider Saloff plays eight characters in one show Read more