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Bob Mould
Posted inMusic

The Square Roots festival offers a diverse mix of music to replenish your soul

by Jamie Ludwig July 5, 2022July 6, 2022

If you’re as allergic to crowds as I am, Chicago’s many neighborhood music festivals can be a mixed bag. But one event I unequivocally associate with a certain kind of chill is the Square Roots festival in Lincoln Square. And that low-stress atmosphere seems likely to be by design. Launched in 1998, the weekend-long festival, […]

Posted inMusic

Disharmony at the Old Town School

by Mark Guarino November 5, 2020August 18, 2021

The Old Town School’s new union fears the administration is treating teachers like commodities, not inspirations.

Posted inArts & Culture

Fading Memories of Germany

by Jeff Huebner August 27, 2020August 18, 2021

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

by Leor Galil January 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Michael Gaertner wants his new record store to be a place where people can talk about strange music.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Staff Pick: Best Greek Restaurant

by Mike Sula November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Psistaria Greek Taverna

Posted inFood & Drink

Himalayan Sherpa Kitchen goes deeper into Nepal

by Mike Sula August 15, 2019August 18, 2021

The Lincoln Square spot draws on the country’s regional and ethnic specialties.

Posted inArts & Culture

Leave the flatlands behind in Savanna and Galena, along the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi

by Ted Cox May 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Head west for quaint townships and lush landscapes.

Posted inFood & Drink

The Warbler sings its song for every kind of eater

by Mike Sula March 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Emily Wasielewski May 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Trixie Mattel, the Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more happenings from May 30-June 1.

Posted inBlogs

The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century

by Leah Pickett February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inArts & Culture

The most amazing tricks for sale at Magic Inc.

by Becca James October 26, 2016August 18, 2021

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

by Mike Sula June 6, 2016August 18, 2021

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?

by John Greenfield May 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Residents fear limited hours of operation during a pilot program don’t bode well for a permanent return of the routes.

Posted inBlogs

The Sixth is the cocktail bar Lincoln Square has been waiting for

by Julia Thiel February 19, 2016August 18, 2021

With a menu of exceptionally composed cocktails from the Berkshire Room’s Benjamin Schiller, the Sixth is a welcome addition to the neighborhood.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Sixth brings quality cocktails to Lincoln Square—finally

by Mike Sula September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

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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