More Eco Goods in Bucktown
Live Green, Young Grasshopper Grasshopper 510 (1944 N. Damen Ave.; 773-292-0510), a new lifestyle and gift shop in Bucktown, takes its name from the green insect and pairs it with...
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The Man with the Golden Pen
Never a Lovely So Real Outsiders, derelicts, and other members of the urban underbelly may never again find a spokesman like Nelson Algren, but the prolific writer’s voice of the...
Shopper: Jill Alberts Jewelry
With her jewelry retailing around the world, the celeb-favorite designer opens a store to stay close to home
Sales Check
A roundup of sales, store openings, and shopping news in June 2008
New Dress Boutique in Wicker Park
Dress It Up Who among us hasn’t waited until the last minute to find a dress to wear to an event or wedding, only to run to a department store...
Get Out!
Alfresco Fanfare for Free Call it a lesson in carpe sunny diem: If we’ve learned anything this spring, it’s that winter lurks around almost every corner. So if the weather...
A Taste of Brooklyn
A Store Grows in Wicker Park Brooklyn Industries (1426 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-360-8182, brooklynindustries.com), recently opened its first store outside New York, offering T-shirts, totes, messenger bags, and other casual...
All Aflutter
Eighth Wonder of Chicago Chicago’s globe-trotting, Grammy-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird wraps up a much-lauded tour, including an acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall, back on home turf, 7:30 p.m. Thursday the...
New Shoes in Roscoe Village
Shoe Me the Way Newly opened À Pied (2037 W. Roscoe St.; 773-281-2210), which means “on foot” or “by foot” in French, fills a sorely empty niche in Roscoe Village....
Sales Check
A roundup of sales, store openings, and shopping news in May 2008