The Old Town School’s new union fears the administration is treating teachers like commodities, not inspirations.
Tag: Lincoln Square
Posted inArts & Culture
Fading Memories of Germany
Lincoln Square artist Lothar Speer said he’d restore his prominent German heritage mural. But as the neighborhood has become less German and more gentrified, he wonders if anyone really cares anymore.
Posted inMusic
Interstellar Space brings far-out old records to Lincoln Square
Michael Gaertner wants his new record store to be a place where people can talk about strange music.
Posted inFood & Drink
Himalayan Sherpa Kitchen goes deeper into Nepal
The Lincoln Square spot draws on the country’s regional and ethnic specialties.
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Leave the flatlands behind in Savanna and Galena, along the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi
Head west for quaint townships and lush landscapes.
Posted inFood & Drink
The Warbler sings its song for every kind of eater
Stop the presses: there’s an interesting new spot in Lincoln Square
Posted inBlogs
Voices Against Violence, Maifest, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Trixie Mattel, the Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more happenings from May 30-June 1.
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The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century
More than a movie theater, the newly renovated “entertainment complex” will host a series of community events, including a live Oscar viewing party in support of Common Threads.
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The most amazing tricks for sale at Magic Inc.
Offering cards to coins to expert advice, the venerable store is Chicago’s one-stop shop for wannabe and veteran magicians.
Posted inFood & Drink
There’s an Argentine steak house plopped down on the stroller lanes of Lincoln Square
Mike Sula reviews the Lincoln Square Argentinian restaurant.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Did the CTA set up the Lincoln Avenue and 31st Street bus reboots to fail?
Residents fear limited hours of operation during a pilot program don’t bode well for a permanent return of the routes.
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The Sixth is the cocktail bar Lincoln Square has been waiting for
With a menu of exceptionally composed cocktails from the Berkshire Room’s Benjamin Schiller, the Sixth is a welcome addition to the neighborhood.
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The Sixth brings quality cocktails to Lincoln Square—finally
Lincoln Square’s desperate dearth of quality cocktails will come to an end sometime in the late fall, when the Fifty/50 Group and crack barkeep Benjamin Schiller open the Sixth, a bar adjacent to a second iteration of their Quad Cities-style pizza joint Roots. Schiller promises seven to nine house cocktails at $10-$12 apiece and a […]
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Baker Miller General becomes Lincoln Square’s neighborhood grocer
Former BANG BANG PIE SHOP owners Dave and Megan Miller have spent the last year milling flour and baking breads and pastries (as well as making more substantial dishes) at Baker Miller Bakery & Millhouse, which they opened last September in Lincoln Square. Now, less than a mile west of the bakery, they’re opening Baker […]