The recent implementation of a 4.5 percent tax on Airbnb and other share transactions hasn’t satisfied the hotel industry.
Author Archives: Patrick Sisson
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Catching up with the Danny behind Danny’s in Bucktown
Struggling 80s rocker Danny Cimaglio turned a former bookie joint into a Chicago nightlife institution.
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UIC students take a class in Kickstarter
Local designer—and crowd-funding success story—Craighton Berman gives young designers a hands-on lesson in self-promotion in the new Entrepreneurial Product Development class.
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The Frankie Knuckles Foundation kicks off Sunday with a showcase of house-music royalty
David Morales, Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, and more play Smart Bar on Sunday night to celebrate what would have been the house-music legend’s 60th birthday.
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Are eSports the next big thing in college athletics?
Robert Morris University leads the charge from the confines of its eSports arena.
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A new light installation illuminates the Farnsworth House
Luftwerk’s light show turns Mies van der Rohe’s iconic home into a transfixing piece of art.
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The time David Bowie called Chicago home
The artist’s monthlong stint in Chicago in 1980 provides some insight into his career and the MCA’s blockbuster retrospective.
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A couple of UI students are taking on campus crime
A student hardware start-up is prototyping a campus-safety device and app called Shadow.
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Bit Bash puts Chicago’s indie-gaming scene in the spotlight
“It’s not all Call of Duty.”
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Chicago stories in the New Yorker archive to read right now
The New Yorker opened its archives and it’s a longread lovers dream come true.
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‘Picturing Logan Square’ showcases turn-of-the-(last)-century images
Logan Square—forever changing
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Nymphs, pigs, and Mayor Daley for Thanksgiving: The radical art of Chicago Seed
Movements, mantras, and, yes, hallucinogens were all cover subjects for Chicago’s own 60s community paper.
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The ultimate Chicago bike, revealed—meet the BLACKLINE
Chicago’s entry into the Oregon Manifest bike design competition was revealed on Friday night.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘This is the bike for Chicago’
The worst winter in decades inspired a design firm and frame builder to fashion a bike tough enough for this town.
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A Millennium Park in Logan Square? Three guys have a plan
The Bicentennial Improvements Project aims to get people talking.