(A)Part: A Recipe Guide-book to Chicago (if you will) is meant to introduce the reader to different restaurants, recipes, neighborhoods, and cultural landmarks through the eyes of 27 different Chicagoans.
Tag: City Life
Posted inMusic
It’s quiet around here until it’s not
“It’s always quiet around here until it’s not,” said my neighbor from down the street, petting her big dog’s head. Her dog was sitting contentedly in the grass near the lagoon in Sherman Park, near my house in Back of the Yards. It’s often silent there, unless there’s a flock of geese fighting—or unless a […]
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One-stop Senegalese shop
Come for the colorful textiles and raw black soap at Gorée Shop, stay for the food.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note from the editor
As the first snowfalls of winter pummel our work-weary faces, it’s difficult to keep in mind that Chicago can be a safe haven, a destination for refugees, a warm and comforting environment for folks escaping the ravages of poverty and government oppression and war. Some felt it viscerally this week, as American border officials fired […]
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Pick up the redesigned Chicago Reader on newsstands today
Check out the Reader‘s fresh, new look in print.
Posted inMusic
Gossip Wolf: A booker shakeup at Beat Kitchen and Subterranean
A booker shakeup at Beat Kitchen and Subterranean, new music from Sea of Shit and the English Softhearts, and more
Posted inBlogs
On puppetry and paper hats: Behind the scenes of The Paper Hat Game
Torry Bend talks about how she created her new multimedia puppet show based on a real story from the el.
Posted inBlogs
I can’t believe people bike through blizzards
Chicago’s high-intensity cycling culture