Category: Events, entertainment
Save the date for Cloud Gate
It's official -- the ribbon-cutting dedication ceremony for Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is set for 11 a.m. on Monday, May 1 [...]
Marshall Field's: a tour by any other name won't sound as sweet
Now may be a good time to sign up for the Marshall Field's on State Street walking tour led by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, as there are only [...]
Bronzeville's Hansberry Square breaks new ground
This morning, Yo attended the ground-breaking ceremony for Hansberry Square, a 238-unit phase of Legends South, Bronzeville's massive new mixed-incom [...]
Charlie Trotter in the kitchen at Gold Coast high-rise
Ok, last word on 50 E Chestnut - the one and only Charlie Trotter also was at last night's promotional event, supplying delectable appetizers and sign [...]
Design event of the spring: Great Chicago Spaces and Places
The city will sponsor Great Chicago Spaces and Places on the weekend of May 19-21, an exploration of the city's architecture and design that takes in [...]
Immigration rally draws massive turnout, mixed coverage online
Estimates are that anywhere from 400,000 to well over half a million marchers gathered in downtown Chicago yesterday to lobby for a kinder, gentler [...]
Nova Art Fair turns el train into run(a)way fashion show
Just because most el trains smell faintly of piss doesn't mean they can't be the hot new spot to debut fashion. This evening Nova Art Fair is hosting [...]
Designing your week: you got your Mies in my peanut butter!
From the magnificence of Caldwell to the minimalism of Mies (say that fives times fast), it's a big week in Chicago architecture. YoChicago's architec [...]
Mmmm, Mozart
The Sherwood Symphony concludes its 2005-2006 season on Friday, May 5 with a mostly Mozart concert at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron (3 [...]
Mexican cooking class in hot Streeterville
Streeterville has had one of the hottest markets for new homes in the city lately, with a spate of high-profile high-rises, but upscale grocery and pr [...]
Lincoln Park luxury home for auction
If you're in the market for an ultra-luxury single-family home, Sheldon Good & Company will accept sealed bids for 1909 N Mohawk St until May 16. The [...]
Designing your week: Booth Hansen on Shubert renovation
Looking forward to restoration efforts after Hurricane Katrina and looking back on the history of Chicago's first subsidized housing, it's a big week [...]
Designing your week: IIT prof presents "The Archeworks Papers"
YoChicago's architecture journal, City spaces, highlights a couple of events exploring urban architecture and development:
Illinois Institute of Tech [...]
Keeping an open mind about opening day, Wrigley renovations
It's the day before opening day here in Wrigleyville, and the YoChicago staff is all aflutter. The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the hot [...]
From City spaces: Steven Ehrlich lectures on Multicultural Modernism
It's a big week in architecture for the city, according to "City spaces, city places," YoChicago's new journal of architecture and design. Architect S [...]
Another unjustified "Thank you, Chicago!"
It happened again. Last night I was in Tower Records at Clark and Belden to return a movie (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe -- don't bother), when [...]
"Sex" star in Cradle of Man
Come on, admit it -- you loved "Sex and the City." Now, instead of going to a Lincoln Park bar to sip Comsos and paint your nails during re-runs, you [...]
Celebrate Algren's birthday, Chicago in Wicker Park
We try our best to document Chicago's neighborhoods at YoChicago, but on that score, no one can come close to Nelson Algren, who did for Chicago what [...]
Urinetown continues to run
The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit "Urinetown the Musical" runs through June at the Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport (773-325-1700) in the Lakeview [...]