It all started with a pair of red shoes. What if a business could take a simple pair of mass produced shoes and turn that into knowledge, into a way to track a customer’s desires? These are the questions that Jeremiah Green, CEO and founder of Purely Fashion asked on a shopping trip he took on Michigan Avenue. Jeremiah noticed a huge problem in retail, which is that once a customer leaves a store empty handed, the retailer loses all the data on that person. What if that could be changed? Enter Purely Fashion.

You Don’t Have to go to LA to Find Filmmaking Talent There is such a wealth of filmmaking and acting talent right here in Chicago. I have paired up with my producing partner Scott K. Foley to put all that talent to work. This summer in Chicago we will be making the feature film Jessica.

When is the last time your Wiffled? As in...played wiffle ball? Join Kerry Wood and his celebrity friends for a weekend of wiffle ball and fun to celebrate and support The Wood Family Foundation.

One of my favorite events of the summer is this Thursday, July 11th! This marks the 8th annual Gaming for Green fundraiser, a poker and casino night benefiting Chicago Gateway Green, the organization dedicated to greening and beautifying Chicago & behind the biggest charity of the summer Green Tie Ball!

Billy Dec visits Jonathan Brandmeier at WGN Radio to talk about the Annual Piven Theatre Gala he's hosting with Joan Cusack, July 13th! Support art and theatre in Chicago with a dinner at Sunda at 6pm, then a party at Rockit Bar & Grill at 8pm.

Hey Chicago, it's Kendall again! Let me just tell you that there is nothing better in the summer than relaxing with a nice cocktail. Actually, what's even better than that is relaxing...in the summer...with a nice cocktail...and having it benefit a GREAT CAUSE, especially one that benefits HIV/AIDS!

It’s summer beach bod season and Alex Vasileski of A Mind Body and Total Fitness is hosting his second workout from his fun, weekly summer workout series at Ohio Street Beach this Saturday, June 29 from 9:30-10:15 a.m.

Don't miss Wavefront Music Festival, Chicago's first and only EDM festival on the beach, featuring the world's best electronic music artists right here in the home of house music! House comes home on July 6, showcasing a stage dedicated to Chicago's heritage as the birthplace of house music, featuring Chicago legends Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, and much more.

After great success here last August, Indochino, an online custom menswear house out of Vancouver BC, has returned to Chicago and opened its Traveling Tailor Pop-Up Shop at 7 N. State Street through Sunday, June 30th. Hours are: 8am-8pm weekdays, Saturdays 9am-7pm and Sundays 10am-7pm. Appointments can be made at: www.indochino.com/Chicago.

A defensive tackle, a pro soccer player, and a scientist walk into the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago…there’s no punch line, it just gives you a taste of the lucky people selected as Chicago magazine’s Most Eligible Singles! Meet them on Friday, June 21, from 7 – 10:30 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago when The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Chicago magazine present Summer Lovin’, the single best event of the summer!