Limited choices, but cheap, huge, portions at this Somali cabbie joint in Lakeview
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 29
Issue of Apr. 9 – 15, 2009
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Meet the new Todd Stroger
The new Todd Stroger welcomes questions from the press, fires patronage employees, and favors lowering tax rates. Sounds like someone’s running for reelection.
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A line of African-inspired clothing that helps actual Africans
Suno, a new line of modern separates made from Kenyan textiles by fair-trade workers in Kenya, debuts locally at Ikram.
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Jerry Weller, the gift that keeps on giving
The former congressman was a friend to fishing tackle-box makers.
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4/16 — Free champagne and doughnuts at Barneys
Free doughnuts by Mindy Segal and champagne tomorrow at Barneys New York
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Can this handsome plaque be redeemed for food stamps?
How many journalists, like the Chicago Tribune’s Susan Chandler, are contending for awards this spring but have already lost their jobs?
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Today in alt-rock, hip-hop, and good ideas
Bleu Collar and Old Money get weird with samples from Portishead and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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A free preview of King Khan & the Shrines’ “What Is?!”
The new King Khan & the Shrines album doesn’t come out in the States till April 21, but you can stream the whole thing for free right now.
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StreetWise in trouble
Chicago’s street newspaper, Streetwise, warns it could soon go out of business.
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Alderman Cochran’s TIF
Alderman Willie Cochran needs to learn the first lesson of TIFs in Chicago: it’s the mayor’s money to spend as he likes.
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Words fail me
Apropos of nothing, here is a strange hip-hop video that will make you feel . . . something.