Risking citations and sudden downpours, the scrappy shopkeepers of South Ashland take their business to the street–the only place they can hope to get noticed.
Author Archives: Jeffrey Felshman
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Could a Gun-Loving Libertarian With No Campaign Budget Beat Jesse Jackson Jr.?
Not even if she were a Kennedy. But Stephanie Sailor’s not trying to win–she’s just trying to get heard.
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What the –?
Photographer Lloyd DeGrane and his son, Sam, came well armed when they put in to the Illinois River at downstate Havana. Silver carp–which along with bighead carp floated out of agricultural ponds in Arkansas into the Mississippi River during the floods of the 90s and have been multiplying northward ever since–get riled at the sound […]
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A Fast Woman
Divorce makes some women want to cut their hair or lose weight. It made Juliann Pokorny want to drive through cones at 70 miles per hour.
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One-Way Window
Age: 30 Occupation: Fund-raising executive Apartment: Seven rooms plus balcony and deck. Rent: $1,900 Location: Ukrainian Village How long in the apartment: One year. His first apartment in Chicago. African masks: Got his first one seven years ago and now has 33. Functional collectibles: Chinese wedding cabinet conceals an entertainment center; 19th-century African granary bowl […]
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Diving The Golden Dumpster
Age: 48 Occupation: Career counselor Apartment: Four-room condo. $200 monthly maintenance fee, includes cable. Location: Ravenswood How Long in the Apartment: Moved in in 1999 after a gut rehab. Building previously had been Section Eight housing. “The only thing that’s original is the floor.” Oldest Objects: Gifts from an elderly neighbor in his hometown of […]
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The Trash Man Cometh
This week outsider artist Derek Webster has more work around town than any insider.
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Chi Lives: making a killing off John Wayne Gacy
When Shane Bugbee peered inside the large metal box, he knew he’d found the mother lode. Among the contents were the leather jacket John Wayne Gacy was wearing when he was arrested, a ring of keys including a handcuff key, and Gacy’s wallet, which contained his driver’s license, his Social Security card, and his membership […]
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My Own Private Radio
Joe Gentile, the “Baron of Barrington,” puts his mouth where his money is: WJJG, 1530 on your AM dial.
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My Own Private Radio
Joe Gentile, the “Baron of Barrington,” puts his mouth where his money is: WJJG, 1530 on your AM dial.
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The Cell
Age: 40 Occupation: Meatpacker Rooms: Three. Rent: $500 Location: Bridgeport How long in the apartment: Two weeks. On parole from state prison, where he spent most of the past eight years for burglary. Housewarming Gifts: Lawn chair from his sister. Computer from a friend of his mother. From his mother, the VCR he’d given to […]
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He’ll Take It
Junk man Larry Gorski picks up where the grim reaper leaves off.
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In Performance: how Carl Ratner made himself heard
As a child in Memphis, Carl Ratner liked to to sing along with records, but not the Elvis Presley discs that were the rage among his peers. Belting out arias and lieder, he dreamed of growing up to be a classical performer. This Sunday he’ll give his professional solo recital debut at the age of […]