Cheryl Jackson

Glappitnova kicks it up with bigger showcase, new cities

May 21, 2019 at 6:12 a.m.

Glappitnova, a festival that mashes up entrepreneurial and artistic interests, is expanding its Chicago showcase event and going global with programming in San Francisco, Guatemala and Nigeria this year. "I...

Social Media Week Chicago shares how to quiet trolls and other advice

May 21, 2019 at 4:08 a.m.

The talk was all about connecting — via hashtags and tweets and Instagram and other methods marketers use to engage an increasingly mobile public — during Social Media Week Chicago....

Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination

December 24, 2018 at 7:59 a.m.

Hundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its...

New management for Hotel Sax

December 24, 2018 at 6:09 a.m.

The Hotel Sax Chicago in the Marina City complex will soon be under new management, with Las Colinas, Texas-based Access Hotels & Resorts taking the reins from Thompson Hotels. Access...

A little Hey, ya!

August 19, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

It looked a bit odd, the burly Roberto Sierra exiting the stage with a bouquet of flowers. "I think this is the first time I remember receiving flowers," said Sierra,...

Bubbles up

August 19, 2021 at 5:14 p.m.

How much do you know about champagne? "I'm fairly good. I have it once a week." --Carla Eldridge "Absolutely nothing. I'm a fan of the well-made vodka gimlet."--Brien Rullman "Little...

Oh, grow up

August 19, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

It was not readily obvious that Gina Dudek, 4, geared up as Dora the Explorer, was a big-hair band fan. At least not until she was seen ponying, shimmying and...

DANCE & CLASS

August 19, 2021 at 8:48 p.m.

Mike Lewis, 24-year-old media buyer, danced across the room of about 650 at the "Global Style" fashion show/party at Park West, stopping to say, "This party's very classy," then gliding...

VISIONARIES

August 19, 2021 at 9:23 p.m.

'I was just shopping my little heart out! I think it's fantastic," said Greg Polman, who was with seeing-eye boxer Blaze at "Party on the Spot," the preview for the...

SPORTING EYE

August 21, 2021 at 7:09 a.m.

It was a self-described "edgy" crowd of fashion's glitterati--sporting black, gray and more black--and packing the Gold Coast boutique Ikram. Hot design duo Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza...

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