Category: Events, entertainment
Designing your week: Chicago Antique Market and Indie Designer Fashion Market
Because it's West Loop week here at the Yo, and because the onslaught of summer festivals is nearly upon us, we thought we'd point you toward the four [...]
Check out small, cool Chicago apartments
Apartment Therapy, one of our favorite blogs, is having a nationwide contest for the smallest, coolest apartment of 2007. Several finalists are from [...]
Putting the "old" in the Old Town Art Fair
The 58th annual Old Town Art Fair, which sets up camp among the tree-line streets and brick-paved sidewalks of the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, is [...]
Designing your week: all night in the Loop, all day at the river
This weekend ought to be great for insomniacs. As you're no doubt aware, Looptopia kicks off this Friday - the overnight festival in the Loop with a p [...]
Old Town Art Fair a tradition in the Triangle
Even if you've never heard of Old Town Triangle, chances are you're familiar with the Old Town Art Fair, the outdoor festival that's been held there [...]
Registration starts today for Great Chicago Places and Spaces 2007
Registration starts at noon today for Great Chicago Places and Spaces 2007 - which looks like a must for Chicago architecture lovers. The event kicks [...]
Art – and condos – galore tonight in River North
If we piqued your interest in River North with our recent focus on the neighborhood, tonight's the night to satisfy your curiosity. Artropolis and A [...]
A Wright house in Beverly
Beverly boasts architectural gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and Daniel Burnham. This Wright house (photograph by Dan Williamson, [...]
Eight steps to finding the true Beverly
Sure, Beverly is a quiet community with a nice, comparatively affordable housing stock, but how do you really get to know the neighborhood? I'm glad y [...]
Chantico celebrating Cinco de Mayo with mural unveiling
Developer Steve Lipe has been acutely aware of the fact that builders aren't always given a warm welcome in Pilsen - thus the name of his latest res [...]
154 Lofts on West Hubbard to get arty during Art Chicago
Art mania hits River North on April 26, when Artropolis and Art Chicago come to the Merchandise Mart. A River North loft conversion is getting in on [...]
Clock ticks on Olympic nod
As you've no doubt heard, the United States Olympic Committee announces tomorrow whether Chicago or Los Angeles will join the international competit [...]
Decaying Wrigley will make or break neighborhood
Hours after news broke that Sam Zell would take the helm at the Chicago Tribune, speculation began that the real estate mogul would sell the Cubs but [...]
Shopping in Woodlawn could make you an NPR star
If you're shopping for a place to live in Woodlawn, the producers of Eight-Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio's highly-regarded segment, might be inter [...]
Designing your week: Chicago Modernism Show and Sale
Lovers of 20th-century design can feast their eyes this weekend at the Chicago Modernism Show and Sale at The American Institute of Architects, 1422 N [...]
Friday night gallery hopping in River North
So, here it is, Friday, and like us, you're probably a little depressed about River North week wrapping up at the Yo. We know, we know, seems like it [...]
River North week – Tour Perimeter Gallery in River North's gallery district
Frank Paluch, director of Perimeter Gallery in River North, takes Yo on a tour of its collections. The AIA-award-winning, Brininstool + Lynch-design [...]
Art Chicago to be held again in Chicago's River North neighborhood
For the second year running, Art Chicago will take place at the Merchandise Mart in River North. Last year, union problems and a cashflow shortage a [...]
Designing your week: "Rock the House" at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple
Edward Lifson, host of Hello Beautiful on Chicago Public Radio, and Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the city of Chicago, will discuss the connec [...]
SoNo tries for a splash with swimsuit models
We made an early stop Thursday night at "Splish Splash," Smithfield Development's attempt to sell condos at its SoNo project by harnessing the sex [...]