If you were looking for some new books to cuddle up with for the oncoming winter, the Chicago Book Festival is here to help. There's an events booklet available at libraries and bookstores and a PDF online. Much of the information is on readings in the city that happen anyway, but we are excited about the extra discussions for this fall's One Book, One Chicago, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which we haven't read since high... more ›

Today's New York Times has a piece on Chicago's "emerging fashion scene," interviewing boutique owners and fashionistas about the trends and the "self-doubt that has plagued Chicagoans for generations." Aw, thanks. more ›