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Posted inFood & Drink

If you teach a girl to pickle

by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Food has been the thread, through hope and grief.

Posted inBlogs

Sons of the Silent Age honored David Bowie’s life and death by playing his Berlin trilogy

by Brianna Wellen January 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Saturday at Metro, actor Michael Shannon joined Sons of the Silent Age for yet another demonstration of the lasting impact of Bowie’s work.

Posted inBlogs

ACLU of Illinois sues for federal oversight of CPD reforms, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Blackhawks allowed Bryan Bickell to retire as a Blackhawk with a one-day contract.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois school funding bill waits on Rauner’s desk after house and senate pass it, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan sues the city to enforce police reform.

Posted inBlogs

Terminal cancer—and the band Toto—is bringing my family together for my parents’ last date

by Ryan Smith June 22, 2017August 18, 2021

A Toto show in the Chicago suburbs has become my dad’s “wake before he sleeps,” now that he’s been diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer.

Posted inBlogs

The Illinois senate is racing against time to reach a ‘grand bargain’ budget deal, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Pat Quinn returns to the state capitol for the unveiling of his official portrait.

Posted inBlogs

Kim Foxx makes big change days after being sworn in as Cook County state’s attorney, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, a CNBC host and entrepreneur has purchased a majority stake in Bow Truss coffee.

Posted inMusic

Overlooked guitar god Harvey Mandel borrows Ryley Walker’s band for his new album

by Steve Krakow November 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Forty-seven years after Harvey Mandel played Woodstock with Canned Heat, Snake Pit could be the record that finally gets the guitarist his due.

Posted inBlogs

Dennis Hastert gets 15 months in prison, confesses to molestation, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd April 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago Public Schools might cancel finals if the teachers strike.

Posted inNews & Politics

In Illinois, a cancer diagnosis doesn’t guarantee access to medical marijuana

by Brianna Wellen April 13, 2016April 8, 2022

Doctors statewide have been reluctant to prescribe medical marijuana—even to patients battling serious illnesses.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dating during chemotherapy isn’t easy

by Brianna Wellen February 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Trapped in a failing body, a single white female twentysomething cancer patient joins Tinder.

Posted inBlogs

What a cancer survivor learned from Chicago’s first medical marijuana dispensary

by Brianna Wellen November 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Andersonville’s Dispensary 33 hires patients to help others navigate the new rules.

Posted inBlogs

The time I almost found a show that explained my cancer perfectly

by Brianna Wellen July 24, 2015August 18, 2021

But then Chasing Life ended up doing anything but.

"The only way to dispel myths about poly people and poly relationships—poly people are all burners, poly relationships don't work out for the long term—is for poly people to come out when and where they can."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

I’m poly and happy—do I have to come out?

by Dan Savage November 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Savage on closeted poly folks, exes and open relationships, and a threeway-or the-highway fiance.

Posted inBlogs

The flu is worthy of our respect but not our headlines

by Michael Miner October 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Risk isn’t necessarily newsworthy.

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