Peek inside a riverfront townhouse designed by the architect behind the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist and the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
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A bathroom with a glass wall, handgun art, and more surprises from boutique rental company Bangtel
Liz Klafeta’s company offers vacation rentals with styles to stun.
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A Wrigleyville decorator’s Halloween party is truly a three-ring circus
A costume party doubles as a fund-raiser for the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival.
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Wesley Willis’s brother is among the disabled artists working at Project Onward in Bridgeport
The nonprofit supports and exhibits artists with mental and developmental disabilities.
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Design agency Someoddpilot’s Wicker Park office isn’t just another sleek branding studio
The Chicago-based branding agency forgoes the glossy interior of most design studios.
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Our photo recap of Riot Fest 2015
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Art and social justice converge at David Weinberg Photography
Community organizations communicate through art at a River North gallery.
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Freedom Boat Club’s floating party dock brings live music to Montrose Harbor
The members-only floating stage already has a fan in Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder.
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How a Chicago master gardener transformed her yard from bleak to bountiful
Musician and gardener Ellen Bunch turned her Irving Park backyard into an organic garden.
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M1 Interactive creates digital environments in this real environment on the Near West Side
The M1 Interactive firm gives a tour of the space where its designers create immersive digital environments.
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Silent Funny hosts Luftwerk’s latest display of water and light
New West Humboldt Park art space Silent Funny showcases Luftwerk’s water-and-light installations.
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Living off the grid in a yurt on abandoned Chicago land
A twentysomething squats in a yurt on abandoned Chicago land.
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At Department of Curiosities in Logan Square, the slow pace is by design
Fashion designers Jamie Hayes and Gerry Quinton run Department of Curiosities, a new “slow fashion” boutique in Logan Square.
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Midcentury modern vintage store An Orange Moon glows in Humboldt Park’s ‘WOW’ district
Humboldt Park furniture shop owners Ty and Lynne McDaniel are fostering a business community west of Western Avenue.
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A makeshift tiki hut in a Mayfair attic gives Lost Lake a run for its money
An old attic gets a tiki makeover thanks to Vince Cerasani and Martina Sheehan.