Bridgeport is finally getting a bookstore. At the moment, neighborhood residents like myself have to travel to Pilsen or Hyde Park to get our fix. But a month or two from now, we’ll be able to walk into a store on Halsted stocked with some 60,000 hardcovers and paperbacks, on every subject imaginable. I can’t […]
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Major food scoop in this week’s Reader
Find it in the third edition of the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion.
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Holding it together during the quarantine
The Quarantine Times is virtually helping folks keep their cool.
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Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed
A badly injured Logan Bay keeps running WLPN from the hospital, Seth Vanek moves throws The Therapy Sessions a birthday party, and more.
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Lumpen Radio amplifies voices from the margins
Bridgeport-based low-power station Lumpen Radio provides an on-air home for diversity and dissent.
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Worlds collide in the Korean-Polish street food of Kimski
The extension of Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar serves up Korean-Polish under the direction of street artist and one-time Food Network star Won Kim.
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Word-art is the word at Typeforce
The typographic-art show’s seventh year is vibrant verbiage at its finest.
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Lumpen Radio raises funds to build a low-power FM station in Bridgeport
Lumpen Radio raises funds to build a low-power FM station in Bridgeport, Jim Magas launches a new record label, and more.
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Meet Maria of Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar
Long before she became the Duchess of Bridgeport, Maria Marszewski was a churchgoing hairdresser in South Korea.
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Chicago breweries are reviving long-forgotten beers
Four locally brewed beers from a bygone era
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Marz Community Brewing launches with a small space, a big crew, a great party, and a memorable lineup
This new Bridgeport operation has a crowd of brewers on deck, and takes advantage of their varied talents to produce a broad range of solid beers.
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The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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I judged the Mash Tun Fest and lived
The finalists and winners from Saturday’s third Mash Tun Fest in Bridgeport—which is to say these are 12 beers you should definitely try.
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Best Spot for Hyper-Curated DJ Nights
Some programs hit the mark, while others might fail to draw much of a crowd into the cozy space. But the best part is that doesn’t even seem to matter.
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Version fest drops OS13
The “Urban Operating System” is the theme of this year’s Version fest.