Ricky Hanft is the sausage king of northwest Indiana. Currently in the case at the Wurst—his Griffith, Indiana, butcher shop—he’s stocking 30 different varieties of encased meats: among them French morteau, Ukrainian kovbasa, Vietnamese cha lua and cha bo, Armenian sujuk, Irish black pudding, North African Merguez, and Cajun boudin. There not a single jalapeño-cheddar […]
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Cloakroom tap into their dreamier side on Dissolution Wave
On the untouchable 2017 LP Time Well, Cloakroom dialed in and perfected their take on modern slowcore, blending Hum-flavored space rock and atomically heavy walls of guitars with syrupy, dreary, and heart-wrenchingly sad vocal melodies. The Northwest Indiana trio have since undergone a lineup shift, and some members have also spread their wings in other […]
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La Armada return with an overdue album of Dominican-born hardcore
La Armada return with an overdue album of Dominican-born hardcore, awesomely trashy Indiana punks the Fritz celebrate their debut record, and more.
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Rauner reaches a compromise with officials on school funding ahead of State of the State address, and other Chicago news
Also, speculation is growing that Paul Vallas will run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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Letters and Comments, February 10, 2011
Sorry, Neighbor Re: “Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana” by Lloyd DeGrane and Kari Lydersen, February 3 Northwest Indiana encompasses FIVE counties with a population of almost one million people. To lump all of NW Indiana in a few photos of Gary, East Chicago, and Whiting is a disservice and a disgrace to the rest of […]
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Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana
Photography by Lloyd DeGrane. Text by Kari Lydersen.
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Northwest Indiana Photo Tour
“It is a region that has worked hard and sacrificed much over the decades, the city’s blue collar underbelly, the engine that drove Chicago to its industrial peak, only to be abandoned and neglected when US industry began collapsing.” Robert Powers, on his wonderful A Chicago Sojourn blog, has a gorgeous photo set from the […]
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Subliminal defeatism?
Mark Brown sounds surprised the Sun-Times continues to be read somewhere.