Lillstreet Holiday Show
Didn’t want to get caught up in Black Friday Madness? Well, come check out Lillstreet’s 34th Annual Holiday Show and lend your support to both handmade items and local artisans. You can shop ’til you drop–and even grab a warm and comforting bite from First Slice Cafe! 4401 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL M-Th:10-7:30 F-Sa:10-6 Su:10-5 Tagged: Chicago, gifts, handmade, Holiday [...]

Rebecca Zemans Trunk Show @ Province
Lillstreet’s own Rebecca Zemans is having a Trunk Show! When: Tuesday, November 17th from 5-7 pm Where: Province Restaurant @ 161 N. Jefferson St. in Chicago Come join Rebecca for free appetizers, drink specials, and a preview of her Winter jewelry line!

Got Gemstones?
Well, we don’t have them, but Greg King certainly does. On Saturday, November 14th, Greg will be at Lillstreet from 1-3pm, and he will have lots of beautiful jaspers, drusys, etc. Payment must be made by cash or check only. We know it’s last minute, but we weren’t able to get all of the details right away [...]

Meet: Pam Robinson
Pam Robinson rocks,  and she makes pretty things out of them as well! Pam is the director of the Lillstreet Metals and Jewelry Department (we also loan her out to Loyola University, but we’ll keep that to ourselves). We were going to interview her for the blog ourselves, but she was recently featured in an article done [...]

“The Nature of Diamonds” at the Field Museum
There is a new exhibition at The Field Museum–”The Nature of Diamonds.” This amazing in-depth look at diamonds will run from October 23, 2009 through March 28, 2010. Here’s a brief clip about it from Chicago Tonight. Well! For some reason, despite the code being available for embedding, I seem not to be able to embed [...]