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If a plain old armchair isn’t enough wiggle room, or at least wiggle, there are rocking chairs and gliders and swivel rockers. And now there are maglev chairs. Or at least one: the Hoverit Lounger, in which you float above the floor, buoyed by magnets. The magnets have some give, we’re told, though the material — rigid clear acrylic, the better to look ethereal — does not seem exactly cushy. Take a look at the chair, as well as glass plate lighting, a self-reassembling humanoid robot and other blue-sky innovations, at the two-week WIRED NextFest exhibition at Millennium Park, presented by the technology magazine.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday through Oct. 12. Free. Millennium Park, Randolph Street at Michigan Avenue. Wirednextfest.com.
— Beth Botts
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A $50,000 kitchen re-do may seem pretty far-fetched these days. But that doesn’t mean you have to live with tired decor. Paint and flooring are among the “High Impact, Cost-Effective Projects” that Chicago-based interior designer Brice Cooper will suggest at the Old House New House Home Show in St. Charles next weekend. Cooper will speak at 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Kevin O’Connor, host of PBS-TV’s “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House,” will speak at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St. (North Avenue), St. Charles. Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28. Cost: $7; seniors and children under 18 free; printable $1 discount coupon at kennedy productions.com. Info: 630-515-1160 or kennedyproduc tions.com.
— Beth Botts
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About 10 artists and designers located in an East Garfield Park artists’ collective are cleaning out their studios (in preparation for their 9th Annual Open Studio Event on Oct. 26) and staging a Yard/Loading Dock Sale of strange and wonderful things they have collected over the years. Such as: work tools, collectibles (i.e., vintage housewares), vintage clothes, architectural artifacts, folk art, furniture prototypes, materials (sheets of mica, perhaps used to make lamps), antique quilts, etc.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 21. The sale will be held — rain or shine — on the loading dock behind the building (known as the Albany-Carroll Building) at 3039 W. Carroll Ave.
— Karen Klages
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Now in its third year, the Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show-Milwaukee is becoming the place for beautifully crafted, American-made furniture. Approximately 150 artists will attend this year, showcasing lamps, tables, chests, drawers, doors, consoles, ottomans, benches and more.
Midwest Airlines Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28. Cost: $10 for one day; $15 for two-day pass. Info: 401-816-0963; fine furnishingsshows.com.
— Shaila Wunderlich
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