the house, photo by Lorenzo Tassone It was a dark and stormy night and the steak was the right amount of bloody. How did we prepare such tender and delicious octopi? Chef Nikki Stanger sauteed the brined squigglies in olive oil and garlic, with a lemon juice finish. Thanks to members of Pillars and Tongues for providing sounds. We were at the historic Keith Mansion, now home to the Prairie Avenue Gallery.  The current show features local artists:  Elizabeth Buchanan, Yvetter Kaiser Smith, Karen Wohlberg, Elke Klaus, ... Read More

Local designer, Anke Loh, revealed her latest work, Urban Identities, a new group of garments based on her research and experimentation during a visiting fellowship at the Research Center for Fashion, Body, and Material Cultures, London. Anke Loh lives in Chicago, where she works as a designer and assistant professor in the Department of Fashion at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The whole thing went down at Carnival Foods, a corner grocery in Lincoln Park. Our menu was served in various spots ... Read More

We are always curious about the daily lives of people around the globe. What do they eat? What do they drive? Do they play and work as hard as us? This curiosity sparked pen-pals networks, international social-networking, and now the Global Lives Project. The Global Lives Project is a collective effort of more than 150 volunteer filmmakers, artists, architects, programmers and everyday people from around the world to build and display a video library of human life experience. We dined our way through "A Day in ... Read More

Twas a great night of food and music. We served up some Championship pulled pork samiches, the stuff that won the Bronze in Memphis. Thanks to Chicago's own Tangleweed and also Deano Waco w/ members of the Meat Purveyors for some great performances. [gallery slide="1"] Read More