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Tag: Vol. 37 No. 44
Issue of Jul. 24 – 30, 2008
Posted inBlogs
P & P BBQ Soul Food
Mike Gebert pinch-hits for Food & Drink with the tale of Humboldt Park’s P & P BBQ Soul Food.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Recyclable House
If Ken Ortiz has his way, no one in Chicago will ever simply “demolish” a building again.
Posted inNews & Politics
Libations: Little Beer
Metropolitan Brewing, a tiny operation drawing its pours out of a double-decker Craftsman toolbox retrofitted with a tap.
Posted inMusic
Sharp Darts: It’s All World Music Now
How technology is turning the tables on the Westernization of pop
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Got a Permit for That Painting?
The city makes it easier to panhandle on downtown streets than to sell art on them.
Posted inNews & Politics
Magic Beans
The mayor’s new Olympic Village plan would bet taxpayer dollars on risky real estate speculation.
Posted inNews & Politics
Letters
“Not only has it not worked, it has sucked—and sucked the life out of the very entity that made it possible (WBEZ).” Radio Gaga Re “A Sound Experiment?” by Michael Miner, July 17 The mess over there is even bigger than this article makes out. The staff at BEZ tend to make less money than […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Omnivorous: Double Threat
Found: the rare soul food/barbecue place that does both right
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Savage Love
QI’m a 22-year-old female, and the older I get, the more often I am ridiculed by straight men for being ugly. Just last night, a man asked me if I was jealous of my pretty friends and if I wished I could look like them. I know I’m unattractive, but I’ve met wonderful girls who […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Restaurants: In the Neighborhood, August 24, 2008
Eighteen restaurants in and around Humboldt Park