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Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Elizabeth Dunlop Richter
“I have no idea how you thumb through opportunities and make decisions. You just do it!”
-Nancy Stevenson
Nancy Anderson Stevenson will turn 90 this October. Her first mystery book will be published this summer. She is just beginning one of the most interesting decades of her life, but she has already had more interesting decades than most, thanks to her own energy, adventurous spirit, curiosity and dedication to public service.
Stevenson has been in the public eye for over 50 years. The wife of the late U.S. Senator from Illinois, Adlai Steven ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Judy Carmack Bross
Ballet dancer Misty Copeland, left, DDP Board Chair Erica Edwards, who is Executive Director of Giordano Dance Chicago, and Liza Yntema in March 2017.
(Editor’s Note: In January 2019 we profiled Liza Yntema when she launched the Dance Data Project (DDP), predicting that it could not only transform the ballet community and impact the national and international arts environment but also change philanthropy for women. In marveling at her impactful results today, we recently asked Liza what it took and she said ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Francesco Bianchini
In frequenting cafés, I have come to the realization that not every establishment lends itself to creating a special bond with its clientele, in building lasting habits, or becoming laboratories of flavors, smells, and memories. The storied cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Près in Paris, for instance, seem now to be monuments taken by storm rather than places for solitary reverie and creative concentration. During the months I spent in Paris, I preferred to take long walks in the parks and sit in the sun on the green enamel chairs that the c ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Judy Carmack Bross
Author Hal Rubenstein welcomes Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum
“For 70 years television has been our in-house pro bono stylist, cajoling and inspiring us. –Hal Rubenstein, the longtime fashion director and author speaking on the most stylish TV shows at a recent sold out luncheon hosted by the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum.
Hal Rubenstein with event guests
Pop culture soupcons from his recently released Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows, kept the chic ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Adrian Naves
Steve McMichael with the Chicago Bears.
With the announcement of Steve “Mongo” McMichael getting the call to be enshrined in Canton into the NFL Hall of Fame. McMichael is fondly remembered for his time playing with the Chicago Bears and winning a Super Bowl in 1985. On and off the field, McMichael was an energetic and captivating person, with a knack for entertainment. Once McMichael hung up his cleats for good in 1994, didn’t stop him from being in the spotlight – Stepping into the world of professional wrestling in 1995.
St ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
5d ago
By Emma Muhleman
Stephanie Kuehnert
Oak Park native Stephanie Kuehnert’s third book, Pieces of a Girl is a memoir about the messiness of growing up, surviving substance and relationship abuse, and picking up the pieces and making yourself whole again after trauma. Drenched in 90s nostalgia and told in a variety of narrative styles and mixed media elements, the content has a wide range of appeal for the unflinchingly honest way girlhood is portrayed.
With such a vulnerable piece of work where Kuehnert bears all the pieces of her soul, she says that due to the amount of time ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
1w ago
Dr. Rob Murphy is Professor and Executive Director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University; he is a physician at Northwestern Medicine. You may have seen him on WGN-TV morning news in recent years, where he gave daily updates on COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. While he calls Chicago home, Rob also spends time in Paris, where he has lived on and off for the past 20 years including full time as visiting professor at the Pierre et Marie Curie University. He has met many other Chicagoans who are living and working in the city. Rob will introduce us to ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
1w ago
From Retail to Residences
Potter Palmer’s “Castle” dominated and set the tone for his second real estate tour de force.
By Megan McKinney
Potter Palmer’s first slice of the city was the northern three-quarter mile of a formerly squalid Indian trail of ratty buildings he bought up and replaced with appropriately elegant stores in 1867, turning the old trail into State Street (that great street) , the city’s premier shopping stretch. In doing this he also reoriented the center Chicago’s downtown from the east-west Lake Street to the new, elegant s ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
1w ago
By Judy Carmack Bross
The Physician Magician Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz
“Doctors are masters at transformation, and magic is not about deception or tricking people, but about giving hope.”—Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz
It is no illusion that whether he is on stage at his Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park or in a Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine classroom, neonatologist Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz proves why magic matters. Known as the Physician Magician, he not only performs his all new illusions on stage at the Rhapsody Theater, but also brings i ..read more
Classic Chicago Magazine
1w ago
By Bob Glaze
Between my many recent trips, I have made it a point to get out and try the new and recommended restaurants here in Chicago. Here is a list of my favorite new spots since my last article last September:
I highly recommend my latest find, Loba Pastry + Coffee at 3600 N. Lincoln Ave. Opened in May 2023 this is the new location of this Latina owned business. Owner Valeria Velazquez Lindsten had worked at Charlie Trotter’s and Blackbird and was able to raise enough money through crowdfunding to open her dream cafe. The focus is on her excellent pastries, bars, sc ..read more