Christie’s Steven Zick on $18 million Monets, thrifted highboys, and the parrot who makes him laugh every single day.
Loyola classicist John Makowski on Homer’s epic, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s new film adaptation.
Two days aboard the Gold Leaf dome car from Vancouver to Banff — bagpipers at departure, a grizzly named The Boss, and the spiral tunnels that conquered the “Big Hill.”
Gilded porcelain, a shattered mercury clock, and the Japanese art of golden repair — Jill Lowe on why a broken treasure can become even more beautiful than before.
A candy-colored sign, a Little Dipper rollercoaster that found a new home, and a Costco where the rides used to be — remembering the Melrose Park amusement park that closed in 2009.
A record-breaking 12-day canicule, an aversion to air conditioning, and a presidential candidate’s “grand plan de climatisation.”
Chicago’s Chinatown, Dining Under a Tiepolo Sky, Spark! Raises $5 Million, Calypso and the Cabana Club, Global Purr-spective: Cats Around the World, Man Overboard, The Reading Room, and more.
About the Town: July in Chicago, Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund, Corn Highlights, Lincoln Park July 4, Chicagoans at Versailles, Dispatch from Paris, R.S.V.P. to Enchantment, and more.
Rush Hospital Luncheon with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Today in Chicago History, Visiting Riverside, Ciorba de Perisoare, The Art of Style, Glessner House Gala, Poems for Summer, and more.
San Miguel de Allende Part II, Magic of Chicago, Peony Party, Music Institute Gala, Heritage Auctions Americana, Wellesley Reunion, Do Division Fest, Connective Threads, and more.
