Sheila Haennicke was woken up around 2 AM on November 16, 2021, by an Oak Park policeman who informed her and her husband that their 29-year-old son was found unresponsive and his body was at Ascension Resurrection Hospital. In the hours before, Sheila Haennicke’s son, David Haennicke, died of an accidental overdose on the CTA […]
Tag: addiction
Posted inCity Life
When does drinking to cope become drinking too much?
Examining and altering our pandemic-induced substance habits nearly one year in
Posted inFilm
Feel Good honestly explores bad times
Stand-up Mae Martin’s new series gets heavy, but there’s always a laugh waiting around the corner.
Posted inMusic
Sanction master ear-shattering metalcore on their debut full-length Broken in Refraction
In physics, the term “refraction” refers to the deflection of a wave, such as light or sound, as it passes through a medium. It’s a phenomenon Sanction aim to replicate with their ear-shattering metalcore. In 2017, these Long Island natives—vocalist David Blom, guitarists Mike Marino and Andrew “Lumpy” Wojcik, bassist Ryan Stephenson, and drummer Dillon […]
Posted inFilm
BoJack Horseman’s penultimate episode secured its legacy
Netflix satisfyingly sends off everyone’s favorite half-horse half-man.
Posted inArts & Culture
Alexis J. Roston fully inhabits Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Congo Square Theatre’s revival paints a vibrant portrait of Billie Holiday.
Posted inArts & Culture
Erasing the Distance puts its magic on display at the inaugural Sparkfest
The 12-year-old theater company aims to “disarm” the stigma of mental illness through art.
Posted inBlogs
Proposed law would classify attacks on police as “hate crimes,” and other Chicago news
Plus, drug maker Pfizer agrees to truth in opioid advertising.
Posted inBlogs
Meet David Ellis: lawyer by day, writer of legal thrillers by night
The Chicago author/lawyer has two new books out this month and is running for appellate court judge.
Posted inFood & Drink
Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?
Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?
Posted inNews & Politics
Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago’s crippling dependence on firearms?
Posted inArts & Culture
They took the blue pill
Kathryn Born’s dystopian new novel, The Blue Kind, tracks a trio of immortal junkies
Posted inFood & Drink
How I learned to stop worrying and drink coffee already
A caffeine newbie tries not to lose his mind as he navigates the wide world of coffee
Posted inArts & Culture
Gimme back the pure stuff
Theater Wit stages Trainspotting U.S.A., based on Irvine Welsh’s novel about heroin addicts