3/5 — Free Mr. Beef sandwiches
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 23
Issue of Feb. 26 – Mar. 4, 2009
The “Keep Mr. Beef Alive” campaign
Mr. Beef facing foreclosure; local ad copywriter campaigns to save the restaurant
Number crunching in the Wall Street Journal’s new sports page
True to its editorial traditions, the Wall Street Journal expands its sports coverage by sticking close to the numbers.
The Watchmen, reviewed
The Watchmen: “The result is oddly hollow and disjointed; the actors moving stiffly from one overdetermined tableau to another.”
The eternal Westboro dilemma
Ignore the Westboro Baptist Church–except for the BBC documentary on the subject.
Whose pants are you wearing?
A little Hollywood fairy dust falls on local designer Anne Novotny.
Michelle Obama: or Gap?
The White House press office says only Michelle Obama’s special occasion duds are worthy of their notice.
That designer you’ve never heard of again
Local designer-to-the-elite Sam Kori George wins a people’s choice vote sponsored by the Oscars.
I dreamt of a house, haunted by all you tweakers with your hands out*
As foreclosure sweeps Chicagoland, expect more stories about party-house terror.
Welcome to the Reader’s Fashion blog
What we’ll be talking about when we talk about fashion.
Creative Loafing cuts exec salaries
Creative Loafing Inc., owner of the Chicago Reader, cuts its top-level salaries.