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Home » Vol. 38 No. 25

Tag: Vol. 38 No. 25

Issue of Mar. 12 – 18, 2009

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3/21-3/22 — Maple Syrup Festival

by Julia Thiel March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

The annual Maple Syrup Festival is this Saturday and Sunday at the North Park Village Nature Center.

Posted inBlogs

Heads Up: 3/26

by Julia Thiel March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

This week’s talks, tastings, and events.

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The BPA ban is back

by Mick Dumke March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

A proposed ban on children’s products using the chemical BPA resurfaces in the City Council.

Posted inBlogs

Ian Svenonius, Steve Albini, and Mick Collins all in one room

by Kevin Warwick March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

Ian Svenonius of the Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up will interview Shellac’s Steve Albini and the Dirtbombs’ Mick Collins on Tuesday, March 24, at the Logan Square Auditorium.

Posted inBlogs

Bass greats Richard Davis and Henry Grimes salute Fred Anderson tonight at the Velvet

by Peter Margasak March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

Fred Anderson’s 80th birthday celebration continues tonight with performances by two of jazz’s greatest bassists, Richard Davis and Henry Grimes.

Posted inBlogs

Olympic March

by Ben Joravsky March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

The opponents to the Olympics plan an April 2 march on City Hall.

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Nothing to see here, move along, peons

by Whet Moser March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

The Chicago Tribune officially and kindly asks that you lay off the geniuses at AIG who just blew up the world and their just compensation for being much smarter than you.

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3/19 — Fair trade chocolate and wine tasting

by Julia Thiel March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

Fair trade chocolate and wine tasting Thursday at the Greenheart Shop.

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So now we wait…

by Michael Miner March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

The hearing is over, and a bankruptcy judge says she’ll decide in the next several days whether CEO Ben Eason or Atalaya Capital Management gets to run Creative Loafing Inc.

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Kidz in the Hall for Reebok

by Miles Raymer March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

asdf

Posted inBlogs

iCream humans tame rebellious machines

by Mike Sula March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

A first taste of iCream, the high-tech Wicker Park ice cream shop that’s trying to make a go of it after a disastrous short-lived opening last August.

Posted inBlogs

So wildly inappropriate that it’s actually kinda appropriate

by Miles Raymer March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

Now that the Sears Tower is being renamed the Willis Tower, a Facebook group has formed to make sure we’re all talking about the right Willis. Hint: No “Diff’rent Strokes” reference is involved.

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Nick Shuman

by Michael Miner March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

When Marshall Field sold the Chicago Sun-Times, Nick Shuman was the editorial writer who called him out.

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Free screening of Malkovich movie The Great Buck Howard tonight

by Ed M. Koziarski March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

Free passes here for tonight’s screening of The Great Buck Howard starring John Malkovich at Landmark.

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The last days of Valentino

by Heather Kenny March 18, 2009August 19, 2021

The new Valentino documentary “The Last Emperor” addresses the clash between art and commerce.

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