Week of 03/17/10

Vintage Posters, Brit Invasion, Great Grills

The International Vintage Poster Fair is rolling into Chicago again this weekend at the Chicago Cultural Center, and this year there will be more than 10,000 vetted art nouveau, art deco, and mid-century modern posters on display and available for purchase from worldly dealers including our own Poster Plus and the Chicago Center for the Print. A feature exhibit within the exhibit is “The Art of Persuasion: 100 Years of Propaganda Posters,” exploring advertising and promotional posters designed to persuade...

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Week of 03/10/10

Antique Glass, Lillstreet Classes, Indoor Farmer's Market

The 20-30-40 Glass Society of Illinois has put together what looks to be a smashing exhibition of historic American-made glass for its 37th annual Antique American Glass Show and Sale at the Midwest Conference Center in Northlake this weekend. The society was founded...

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Week of 03/03/10

Smart Home Redux, Design Star at Colori, Hortons Has an Outlet

The Museum of Science and Industry’s popular Smart Home exhibit is unveiling its totally revamped interiors tomorrow, and if this chic sneak of the dining room is any indication, I think I’m going to heart Smart Home 3.0—seriously, what’s not to like about this room? (Although one of those “pops” of color...

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Week of 02/24/10

Vintage avec cocktails, Hindman's new venture, farewell to Moser

Like resale bargains with hipster cred, but not the schlepping all over town, from parks Wicker and Rogers to Andersonville, to peruse the inventories of our dozens of dealers? This Saturday is the first of Katherine Raz’s (left in pic) and Libby Alexander’s (on the right) pop-up flea markets, called The Vintage Bazaar, with more than 40 invited...

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Week of 02/17/10

Sprout’s new fleurs, funky art glass, and everywhere a sale!

It’s out with the ox and in with the tiger, Chinese New Year–ically speaking, and to celebrate, Pagoda Red’s owner Betsy Nathan has generously extended a grrrrrrrrreat offer for the rest of the month. Anyone who mentions Domestica at either the Bucktown or Winnetka locations of this Asian...

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Week of 02/10/10

A-Maze-ing Winnetka, Revision's Open House, Galerie du Maroc Sale

After a soft launch in December, interior designer Cindy Bardes Galvin’s Winnetka home store, Maze, is now officially open for business at 735 Elm Street, in the posh suburb’s East Elm business district. Galvin moved to Winnetka in 1980 and started a design firm, Bardes Interiors, out of her own home...

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Week of 02/03/10

Fun in Lake Geneva, the “Hef” Loveseat, Connecting Dots

Baby, it’s cold outside, but that’s no reason to hibernate. How about a road trip? There’s big doings going on this week at Winterfest in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (about 75 miles from downtown Chicago), a popular vacation spot which has recently spawned a surprising number of home design stores and galleries. Philip Sassano, of Chicago’s Refined Rustic design studio, recently hung a shingle in the 262 area code, and is excited...

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Week of 01/27/10

Dilly Lily, Studio Murmur, Guided Art Tours

Christine Noelle, who owns the sweetly chic Lincoln Park flower and gift shop Dilly Lily with her sister, Melissa, is not one to rest on her florals. The pair opened Dilly Lily in 1996, and it’s blossomed into a popular go-to florist for creative weddings and events, as well as a source for unusual candles, tableware, and stationery. I’ve gotten several gifts and arrangements from DL over the years, and the packaging and presentation is amazing. Christine has just opened...

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Week of 01/20/10

Blackbird's Salon Series, a New Crate, Fired Up

Artists and restaurants have always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship—free rotating interior embellishment for the establishment, free exposure, sales opportunities, and maybe an occasional slice of tiramisu for the creator—but it’s not all that often that diners have the chance to meet, greet, and eat with the artists in situ. The upscale, esteemed Blackbird is continuing its Salon Series dinners in the private upstairs dining room next Wednesday, January 27, with a showing...

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Week of 01/13/10

West Elm arrives; a new color for the new year

I was driving down North Avenue the other day and noticed the birth announcement of a West Elm home store, sprouting up at North and Sheffield, in the old Whole Foods space. The modern furniture chain has planted the seeds for its first Chicago branch, opening February 3, and creative director Alexandra Bates is pretty excited about it. “We are thrilled to be expanding into the Chicago market,” shae says, “especially with the success...

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