Where the Wild Things Are: A Field Guide to Our Urban Fauna
Seth Magle of the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo helps us identify the animals that live among us.
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Howard Tullman’s Flashpoint Academy: A Digital-Arts Alternative to the Four-Year College Degree
MR. NONSTOP: Chicago’s hardest-working serial entrepreneur—the man who remade Kendall College and gave Rahm Emanuel a place to call home—is busy creating a digital-arts alternative to the four-year college degree
Pie in the Sky
When Kraft and California Pizza Kitchen meet to design a new frozen pizza, the negotiations can get subtle and intense: Cut down the oregano, bring up the Parmesan, add zingy...
The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Restaurateur
Our writer dices the thoughts and works of Richard Melman, the impresario of the Lettuce Entertain You dining emprire, to discover the secrets of his success in and out of...
Never Send Résumés
A shakeup at Playboy left the managing editor jobless after 16 years. Now he's exploring the world of the newly unemployed.
Friendly Persuasion
As one of the city’s most successful agents of high-end house and condo sales, Janet Owen knows the art of the real-estate deal.
Techno-Chefs
They’re young. They’re smart. They’ve got impeccable restaurant pedigrees and imagination to match. And now three talented Chicago chefs are leading a science-based culinary revolution from their lab-like kitchens.