Oooh, it sure was fun. Sustainable chef Sean Sanders of Browntrout cooked for Chicago Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, Michelle Boone, Check, Please! Executive Producer, David Manilow, Sun Times Daily Splash editor, Susanna Negovan and host Elysabeth Alfano. Over food, wine pairings from Cuzumano and Lungaratti, chocolate from Vosges, Twitter and a surprise performance by Nicholas Read more…

David Manilow is the Creator & Executive Producer of Check, Please!, the multiple award winning television show where regular people recommend and review their favorite restaurants.  Check, Please! is now in six different markets: San Francisco, Miami, Kansas City, Phoenix and Seattle.  He started his television career at SportsVision, a cable TV sports channel in Read more…

Academy Award winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard sits down at The Hideout with Fear No ART host, Elysabeth Alfano, and opens up about his early days as a street musician, his experience with Marketa Irglova on the film, Once, connecting with an audience and the creative process of songwriting. Hansard quit school at age 13 to Read more…

Check out one of the two dishes that Chef Sean Sanders of Brown Trout is making for the October 29th Dinner Party in the video above.  In addition to enjoying Chef Sanders’ appetizers and entrees, audience members of The Dinner Party will also partake in wine samplings of Langarotti and Cusumano and Chocolate tastings by Read more…

Susanna Negovan, the editor who launched Michigan Avenue magazine and put it on the Chicago media map, is returning to the newspaper where she began her career. After four years as editor-in-chief of the glossy upscale publication, Negovan has been hired to develop and oversee new media projects for Wrapports LLC, which owns the Chicago Read more…

Michelle T. Boone is the Commissioner of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which presents and promotes high-quality free festivals, exhibitions, performances and holiday celebrations each year in parks, the historic Chicago Cultural Center, and other venues throughout the city. She was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel May, 2011. Prior Read more…