2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (415+ words) The WNBA All-Star Game came to Chicago this week, and the players held a practice on the basketball court at the Obama Presidential Center. The building's namesake came down to say hello. Sigalit writes beautifully elsewhere in this edition about…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (609+ words) Classic Chicago Magazine Art in the Sky Room, Obama Presidential Center “We also wanted this center to be a celebration of the extraordinary public servants, many of whom are here today that made this journey possible. Some of you helped…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (542+ words) Part 3 of 3 — Letter from Paris #39, July 4, 2026 In this year’s annual survey by Time Out magazine, Paris was ranked the best city in the world for museums. (The next best cities were Madrid, London, New York and Chicago.) All of these…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (885+ words) Classic Chicago Magazine My Silk Roads, Dispatch from Vienna If you read my column or have done so since I began writing it a couple of years ago, you will undoubtedly know that Vienna is my favorite city. This summer…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (132+ words) Andrea Chadwick and Whitney Huffsmith served as Co-Chairs of the Ball benefitting BGCC which has provided life-changing programs for youths for the past 120 years. Karen McEniry serves as Woman’s Board President. One of Chicago's longest-standing philanthropic events and one which…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (517+ words) On this visit, I stepped into the museum to meet someone who has devoted more than four decades to sharing its treasures with the world: Gloria Groom. Gloria is the Chair and Winton Green Curator of Painting and Sculpture of…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (491+ words) Classic Chicago Magazine Calypso and the Cabana Club: A SoiréeSensation It was a sold-out sensation for the Woman’s Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital when over 300 guests dressed in breezy Bahama-worthy garb for The Cabana Club, its annual Summer Soirée fundraiser....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (462+ words) “Man Overboard”: What you don’t want to hear this summer. Man Overboard: What you do want to read. Rooney who is the author of the national bestseller “Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk” and “From Dust to Stardust,” a fictionalized account…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (589+ words) chicagoclassicmag.com Day 2: We started out early on our daily walking tour of the City of Lights. First stop, Anthemis, a shop I’d ordered earrings from after seeing them in HTSI (How to Spend It), the Financial Times’ Weekend Magazine....

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (534+ words) Corn Highlights chicagoclassicmag.com Rooted in our lives, corn was named the official Illinois state grain on January 1, 2018. Following Iowa, Illinois is the second largest state in the USA in corn production. Throughout vast fields, Illinois grows eleven million acres…...