Ashley Prentice Norton on 'The Chocolate Money,' Being a Rockefeller, and Returning to Chicago

By Cassie Walker Burke

Chicago-bred author Ashley Prentice Norton returns this week to promote her new novel, The Chocolate Money, out Tuesday. Chicago magazine executive editor Cassie Walker Burke spoke to the writer about the book, which has tongues wagging in North Shore and Gold Coast social circles because of its resemblance to real people and places. Read more

Magic Temple

By ALICE OGLETHORPE

"Old Temple Chicago (843 W. Van Buren St.), packed with imports from China and Thailand as well as India, Africa, and Indonesia, just opened its doors to the East in the West Loop." Read more

Poll Shows Substantial CPS Parent, Racial Divide on Chicago Teachers Strike

By Whet Moser

Another poll, conducted three days into the strike, again finds a majority in favor of the teachers—and substantial divides between CPS and non-CPS parents, which parallel the demographics of CPS students. Read more

NAEP Scores Suggest Some Progress in Chicago Public Schools Performance

By Whet Moser

On the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Chicago—like other major school districts—has made progress over the past decade. And compared to the city's peers, that progress has been above average. Read more

Candles With the Scent of Fall

By ALICE OGLETHORPE

"The changing of the season makes it the perfect time to swap out the scented candles in your home. (I’ll see you next year, beachy-scented votive!)" Read more

Bob Woodward's 'The Price of Politics' and Rahm's Behavior, Then and Now

By Carol Felsenthal

Reading Bob Woodward’s new book, The Price of Politics, this weekend—while the battle between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis raged—I was reminded that the White House Rahm who tried to bully and bulldoze Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats into supporting his boss’s agenda was essentially the same City Hall Rahm who—although not sitting at the negotiating table—was the city’s public face of the ugly lead-up to the ongoing teachers strike... Read more

What to Do This Weekend: Explore Route 66 in Missouri

By Catey Sullivan

You may have heard that there are kicks to be had driving the fabled road known as Route 66... Read more

Maria Pinto on Finding Fashion at the Field Museum

By Lena Singer

Our Q&A with the acclaimed designer, who opened a new exhibit at the Field that shows fashion through history Read more

'Paraiso': Up In the Air With Chicago Window Washers

A short documentary film by Nadav Kurtz follows Jaime Polanco, Sergio Polanco, and Cruz Guzman as they rappel down the city's buildings, keeping the skyline shimmering. Read more

Poverty and Graduation Rates in Chicago and the U.S.

By Whet Moser

Looking at Chicago Public Schools in the context of other large urban school districts: how we compare in terms of poverty, and high school graduation rates, to our peers. Read more

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