Tracheal Diverticulum, mixed media on paper by Laura Olear, part of The End of the 80s, a show of work by SAIC alumni on display through 8/31 at Avram Eisen Gallery, 5202 N. Damen, 773-271-3008.
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 46
Issue of Aug. 6 – 12, 2009
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This week’s food and drink events
Taste of the Nation, a talk by Jennifer 8. Lee, North Coast Brewing Night at Quenchers, and more.
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Lotion Makes a Little Pynchon Go a Long Way
So way back in the olden days of 1996 a New York band called Lotion, who had one good song whose title I can’t remember, put out a record called Nobody’s Cool with liner notes by Thomas Pynchon—which was a pretty big deal, given that Pynchon, one of the best novelists of the past century, […]
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“The Gambler King of Clark Street”: The 19th century origins of the city’s Democratic machine
Tonight at 7:30 at the Elmhurst Public Library, historian Richard C. Lindberg discusses The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine. As Mick Dumke points out, it’s a compelling new interpretation of the prehistory of the machine: “Most people attribute the formation of Chicago’s Democratic machine to […]
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This Is Your City on Drugs: How to get pols into marijuana legalization
Mick Dumke suggested recently that the city get behind marijuana legalization in some form. Which is ok with me, but how do you enthuse our fuddy, not-particularly-libertarian powers that be?
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Chicago Air & Water Show
The 51st annual Chicago Air & Water Show hits downtown (we hope figuratively) on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Reduced to two days from last year’s three, the annual spectacle/military recruitment stunt features everything from bi-planes to Thunderbirds. Unlike G.I. Joe, it’s completely free. The action takes place over Lake Michigan […]
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Budgetary Roundup
Good stuff on the city and state budget front today: * At Gapers Block, Ramsin Cannon looks at TIFs and the effectiveness of the state’s FOI laws. * At Progress Illinois, Josh Kalven reports on a new study about “Mayor Daley’s House of Cards,” i.e. the city’s dependence on revenues from asset privatization, which will […]
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At the Tribune Company, Inquiring Union Minds Want to Know
The Tribune Company has always managed to keep the Newspaper Guild out of its newsroom, but some other papers in the far-flung Tribune empire haven’t been so fortunate. And in Delaware, a federal bankruptcy judge just ruled that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild must be told some of the details of the company’s $70 million executive […]
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230 Gasless Miles in 40-mile Chunks
General Motors got our attention Tuesday by making a boast about its not-yet-on-the-market Volt automobile that I bet GM expects no one to take seriously. The AP story began:
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It’s That Time of the Week
“Property tax hike likely to pay for public schools”– 8/11/09 This is your weekly scheduled reminder of why property taxes go up. NB: assessments are going down, not that it matters too much.
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“I’m from Florida, and they call me ‘West Palm b—-.'”
Great article about Chicago native Nicole Bobek, the figure skater who’s now looking at a 10-year sentence for meth dealing.
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Morning Art: Redefining the Medical Artist
Surgical Retractors, by Nathan McSpadden, part of the show Redefining the Medical Artist by members of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Biomedical Visualization program, on display through 10/17 at the International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr., 312-642-6502.
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Man Fights Horse
Oh man, Pitchfork just made me LOL for the first time since I’m pretty sure ever with this headline: “Man Arrested for Punching Police Horse After Lollapalooza.” Maybe it’s the non-sequiturness of the phrase that I find so hilarious. Or maybe it’s just funny because it reminds me of this: I don’t want to sound […]
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But we’re very good at making our own
Pat Ryan on why we’ll get the 2016 Olympics: “we happen to be unique that we don’t have a lot of natural disaster”