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2014 - Issue 7 - November

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photography by Duffy © Duffy archive & the DaviD bowie archive (bowie); anjali pinto (rpM); toDD rosenberg (Maestro) Follow me on Twitter at @JP_ Anderson and at michiganavemag.com. // this issue // on my r adar Autumn has kicked into high gear, and with it so has the city's new cultural season. These are my ultimate musts for November in Chicago. 1. The exhibit "David Bowie Is" is a mesmerizing multimedia extravaganza—and it's making its only US stop right here in Chicago at the MCA. 2. RPM Steak's people-watching is over-the-top, but the coal-roasted king crab is just as memorable. 3. Maestro Riccardo Muti led the CSO in a truly rousing Tchaikovsky's 4th to open the season, which continues at Symphony Center this month. Celebrating this year's Primo Classico d'Europa with tennis legend and one of my childhood idols, Jimmy Connors, a corn-fed guy himself from the southern Illinois town of Belleville. When people describe us chicagoans, the term "corn-fed" tends to get thrown around a lot. It may sound like a backhanded compliment, but I love the phrase, if only because it's true: We may be sophisticated city dwellers, but for many of us Windy City types, our roots are in the small towns of the Midwest, where the farming industry is still a huge part of people's livelihood. I also think it suggests a wholesomeness, friendliness, and healthiness that conjures up Tommy Hilfiger-esque visions of fresh-faced cheerleaders and ruggedly handsome quar- terbacks that those on the coasts can only dream of. If anyone has represented the epitome of that fresh-faced beauty over the last 30 years, it's been our cover girl, supermodel Cindy Crawford. Fittingly from DeKalb, Illinois—a town world-famous for its corn production—Cindy was discovered in high school during her summer job detasseling, you guessed it, stalks of corn in the local fields. It just doesn't get any more corn-fed than that. Like any true Midwesterner, in her interview Cindy proved herself to be just as unassuming, modest, and down-to-earth as any small-town girl can be. It was a delight to reunite her with photographer Victor Skrebneski for an affectionate, story- filled chat about family, new projects, and the modeling life then and now. Cindy was our first cover star back in 2008, and we're thrilled to feature her on our cover six years later as she returns to Chicago to promote her home design partnership with Art Van. Her home may now be with her husband and two children in Southern California, but she'll always be a Midwesterner at heart, and we'll always take pride in her as one of our own. 1 2 3 j.p. anderson 26  michiganavemag.com Letter from the editor-in-Chief

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