Cindy Dampier – Page 17

Taking flight at the AF Vandevorst Haute Couture collection.

Chicago singer Ravyn Lenae Washington talks singing secrets, vintage shopping

May 10, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Ravyn Lenae Washington R&B singer, student at Chicago High School for the Arts If you think Ravyn Lenae Washington looks as though she might burst into bloom at any moment,...

Reflect on industrial past with reclaimed mirrors

May 23, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

The industrial revolution, the dawn of machine-made everything, had a long reach along the arc of design history. Factories brought design — in everything from easy chairs to Chevys —...

Ditch dirt, disarray with a custom doormat

May 30, 2019 at 1:13 p.m.

The roughly 4-foot square area just inside our entry teeters on the brink, a minefield of dirty footprints, stray leaves and stuff the dog dragged in. Judging strictly on visual...

Eric Robinson shows his certificate to his mother, Denise Robinson, moments after graduating from the French Pastry School on Dec. 16.

How grit, determination, friends rescued one homeless teen

June 8, 2018 at 1:14 p.m.

"After school was the worst time," says Eric Robinson. "Sometimes I would just take long walks and breathe, and take long, deep breaths because I wouldn't know what I was...

Aniyah Arias, left, and Cristina Vasquez.

7 million books and counting: One man’s fight for literacy among city’s at-risk kids

May 9, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

It's a Tuesday morning at Rowe Elementary, a charter school on the city's North Side, and in Ms. Voigts' third-grade class, the students are wide-eyed, clinging to the edges of...

Multitasking through the holidays, with Blu Dot’s friendly modernists

May 23, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

Sure, lines to see Santa are long, and getting a perfect gift for your cousin is tricky, but nothing triggers more anxiety come holiday time than the thought of guests....

Wish fullfillment: A simple, modern holiday ornament

May 23, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

Christmas is almost here, and your sister-in-law has had her tree up since Halloween. Down at the big-box store, you need Google Maps to wend your way through all the...

Anthony Bourdain participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the online film series "Raw Craft" at AOL Studios on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in New York.

President Obama tells Anthony Bourdain like it is: Ketchup is never ok on a hot dog

June 2, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Given the chance to break bread with President Obama, what would you ask the leader of the free world? Easy, says chef and TV food personality Anthony Bourdain: "I said...

Recognize this rental? You might if you watched The Rachel Zoe Project. Designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent (who appeared on the show and revamped the home for Zoe during the show) are now renting the former Zoe pad in Los Angeles.

Nate Berkus plans your smart, chic holiday

May 10, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Nate Berkus is looking out his window, and all he sees is sunshine. Which seems right, given that he is, in fact, Nate Berkus. "It can be a little disconcerting,"...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Chance the Rapper’s pre-election concert moved to Grant Park

June 9, 2018 at 4:17 a.m.

Chance the Rapper's pre-election early voting party is on the move. Response from those planning to attend tonight's event, sponsored by Virgin Hotels and Chance's SocialWorks organization, was so large...

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