Vanessa Carlton is a sincere songwriter – it’s one of the primary reasons fans perpetually gravitate towards her with each beautiful album – and with lyrics that are steeped in poetry, her firsthand experiences often get overshadowed by the greater human emotions that she taps into. Her live shows give her the chance to share […]
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Second Annual Chicago Feminist Film Festival Runs March 1-3
The Chicago Feminist Film Festival is back and now in its second year—from March 1-3, Columbia College Chicago will feature 55 films and shorts from countries around the world, providing a medium to showcase documentaries, comedies, romance, horror, experimental work and more from a collection of different voices. “Our festival is bigger this year, and […]
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Body Love: Body Positivity in Yoga with Instructor & Activist Dianne Bondy
I cried immediately after my first yoga class. It was 2008, and my teacher was so fit I swear he’d had a previous career in Cirque du Soleil. He wasn’t the only one. The class consisted of mostly women, and everyone was no larger than a size 2. I—decidedly not a size 2—struggled through poses, […]
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Review: Kathy Griffin Shares Trump Tales & Other Celebrity Run-Ins in Hometown Show
“The world is ending – f*ck it,” Kathy Griffin said on Feb. 18 near the top of her late set at the beautiful North Shore Center for the Performing Arts before sharing countless “wrong, but hilarious” stories about her interactions with celebrities from the A-List to the D-List. One of the comedian’s goals with this […]
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Interview: Cathy Schenkelberg Trades Scientology For The Stage
Scientology is no laughing matter, yet writer/performer Cathy Schenkelberg found enough humor in the topic to parlay her 20-year ordeal as a Scientologist into the one-woman show “Squeeze My Cans” currently at Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater. Although I didn’t squeeze Schenkelberg’s cans, as the show’s title instructs, I did bend her ear with a few questions. […]
Posted inBeauty Rebelle
Eye Got It with Eyebobs!
With the sun sneaking in more often in the winter months, I really am a fan of Eyebobs’ new collection of eyeclips that turn your stylish pair of glasses into sunglasses. Julie Alinson is the founder of Eyebobs, and her entire collection of sunreaders and reading glasses are super stylish. As she would say, these […]
Posted inCycle Chic, Travel
A Cyclist’s Paradise: Three Reasons to Bike in Mallorca
I waited on a remote Spanish country road with about 20 spandex-clad strangers ranging broadly in age. Our shorts were equipped with built-in padding, a style that is attractive on approximately no one. We introduced ourselves and discovered that everyone was from either the U.S. or Canada. Meanwhile, a young local guide adjusted our rental […]
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Run to Catch ‘Never Caught’ About George Washington’s Runaway Slave
“Never Caught” by Erica Armstrong Dunbar c.2017, Atria $26/$35 Canada 254 pages Run, run, run. Some days, it feels like that’s all you do. Run the kids to school, dash to work, rush with errands, and run yourself ragged before bed. You’re always on the go, always moving, and in the new book “Never Caught” […]
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Get Personal with Kiehl’s
If you’re like me, your skincare requires a special unique touch. Not every product will do the trick for you. Kiehl’s is aware of this, and with all their products, they want to make sure that you get the best ingredients that will actually do what they are supposed to do. Last October, they launched […]