The Art of Style: Meet the Met’s Costume Institute Conservator Sarah Scaturro
By Emma Sandler “Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style” showcases the French countess’ couture wardrobe through February 21 at the Metropolitan Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. De Ribes, 86, remains a Parisian fashion icon and the exhibit features approximately 60 haute couture and ready-to-wear ensembles, primarily from de Ribes’ personal archive, from 1962 […]
Can Loyola win back-to-back state championships?
By Maddie Lee The night of Nov. 28, coach John Holecek stood in front of his kneeling team in the postgame huddle and raised his voice above the screaming fans to tell his players they had achieved something special. Not only did Loyola Academy (14-0) win the state title that night, it did so on […]
Tzedakah and Sadaqah: Charity tradition gets Jews and Muslims together
By Yingxu Jane Hao This year on the eve of Hanukkah, Oak Park Temple in the western suburbs hosted an intersection of three major Abrahamic religious traditions. Families from the Muslim Leadership Academy of the Islamic Foundation Mosque joined families from the Religious School of Oak Park Temple on Saturday, Dec. 5. for an evening […]
City divided: Should Emanuel resign?
By Steve Musal The two weeks since the city released the Laquan McDonald shooting video have been filled with protests, resignations, promises and apologies. However, Mayor Rahm Emanuel adamantly maintains he will not resign. The citizens are divided in opinion, with 51 percent of Chicagoans in favor of his resignation, according to an Illinois Observer […]
Signed, sealed, delivered: LT Distributing solving Chicago’s receiving dilemma
By Arionne Nettles Package receiving services are in hot demand, something LT Distributing owner Thomas Demme quickly discovered after becoming the first U.S. company to sell lockable parcel delivery boxes, called iBins, designed to thwart thieves. Within a matter of weeks, Demme’s St. Charles, Illinois-based business expanded to include a receiving center that can hold customers’ […]
Company founded on talking and tweeting sees early success
By Antea Gatalica There’s no shame in crashing at Mom and Dad’s after graduation if you’re Taylor Gaines, a 23-year-old entrepreneur who has successfully launched a full-service social media agency. Founded just two years ago, Chicago-based TNT Digital Media now sees steady revenues of approximately $10,000 each month.
Disney investors unmoved by ESPN subscriber loss
By Alex Valentine Investors in Walt Disney Co. seem to be shrugging off concerns about the growing number of Americans cutting the cord on ESPN and ditching their cable subscriptions. Shares of Disney plummeted in August when the company acknowledged on a conference call that ESPN had lost 7 million subscribers in the last two […]
Fracking is possible solution to Clean Power Plan, experts say
By Madison Hopkins Illinois environmental leaders delivered nearly 35,000 petitions last month to Gov. Rauner’s office, urging him to support President Obama’s controversial Clean Power Plan, which is being hotly contested in Congress and across the country. As the future of the plan remains uncertain, as does the potential paths Illinois could take to reach […]
Northwestern students revolutionize speaker design with start-up Audiovert
By Ariana LaBarrie Three Northwestern University students are taking their love of music and technology to the next level with their audio speaker start-up called Audiovert. Instead of the usual black box speakers, Audiovert offers as much personality as the music people play . Customers can customize the basic hexagon-shaped speakers by deciding how many panels […]
An artist’s eye on fashion
By Lily Singh Tucked behind a gray fedora, Rosemary Fanti’s eyes floated between her subjects and her canvas as she crafted her live fashion illustrations of customers in the fragrance department at Bloomingdale’s on Michigan Avenue. As Fanti illustrated, person after person stood by to admire her work. Shoppers who may have otherwise been in a […]