My August 20 column about a struggle on the board of the Saints— the volunteer organization that provides ushers for Chicago’s nonprofit theaters—drew dozens of comments both from people who identified themselves as Saints and others.
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 50
Issue of Sep. 3 – 9, 2009
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This week’s food and drink events
The TomatoFest Potluck Supper, a cachaça march, Buen Provecho, and more.
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The Future of Arts Journalism Will Not Be Announced—Yet
The National Summit on Arts Journalism (the subject of my recent column) announced today that five winning projects have been selected in the the Future of Arts Journalism contest—but they’re not gonna tell us who the winners are.
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Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6
Hardcover Fiction 1. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow 2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett3. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore 4. South of Broad by Pat Conroy 5. The Women by T.C. Boyle
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Adventures in Modern Music: Sharon Van Etten at the Bottle
Sharon Van Etten To these ears, the strongest bill top to bottom at this year’s Adventures in Modern Music festival (copresented, as always, by the Wire magazine and the Empty Bottle) is Thursday night. In this week’s paper I wrote about DJ/Rupture & Andy Moor and Hanne Hukkelberg, who play the night’s last two sets. […]
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There’s no “NAY” in “TEAM”
Critics often deride the Chicago City Council as a mayoral rubber stamp. Aldermen want you to know the critics have it wrong. “We are a team on the City Council,” Eighth Ward alderman Michelle Harris said today. “There’s nothing we can’t do with each other.” That raises all sorts of possibilities, but I think she […]
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9/12-10/12 — Free Wushu Classes
Chinese martial arts academy Chicago Wushu is offering one week of trial kung fu classes in conjunction with the opening of their new space at 4405 N. Clark. Sign up at their website or call 773-562-0473 to schedule a class between 9/12 and 10/12.
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Sun-Times Media Group Cutting Salaries of Nonunion Employees
Interim CEO Jeremy Halbreich memoed the nonunion employees of the Sun-Times Media Groupo Wednesday telling them the tentative sale of the company’s assets will require them to make a financial sacrifice, and laying out what that sacrifice will be. .
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Cheesecake Theft at the Fifty/50
Flacks for Wicker Park sporto zone The Fifty/50 sent out an APB this morning about the May 1970 Playboy that some scoundrel nicked from the bathroom wall over the weekend.
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Fashion’s Night Out in Chicago
Anna Wintour in The September Issue As hardcore Wintouristas already know, Fashion’s Night Out, “a global initiative to promote retail,” takes place Thursday in countries with their own edition of Vogue magazine—among them Italy, Brazil, and India. In this country, the event’s HQ is New York, of course. Still, a couple Chicago retailers have decided […]
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Brooklyn, not the Bronx
Ronald Lawrence and Hassan Pore take aim at hip hop’s Bronx creation story, making the case for Grandmaster Flowers, “the original grandmaster” and his colleagues as the originators of hip hop in the parks and nightclubs of Brooklyn and Queens starting in 1968. Lawrence and Pore’s documentary Founding Fathers is the opening film of The […]
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Pants Are Powerful
While we’re over here debating the merits of harem pants versus skinny jeans, Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein has been fined $200 for wearing pants (but was spared 40 lashes). Sudan is partially ruled by Islamic law, and the statute in question is conveniently vague, singling out anyone “who commits an indecent act which violates public […]
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The Sun-Times Media Group Is on Its Way to New Owners
For $5 million, financier James Tyree and the investor group he represents has taken a huge first step toward buying a local media empire — and $22 million of debt.
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Free Screening of “Twin Sisters”
Cinema/Chicago and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands present a free screening of the 2002 Dutch film Twin Sisters at 6:30 PM Wednesday at the Chicago Cultural Center (77 E. Randolph).
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Deal of the Day: Groupon for Eskell
If you’re a fan of the Wicker Park boutique and clothing label Eskell, it might be worth it to pony up for this coupon, which costs $40 but is worth twice that at the store. The deal expires at midnight but you can use the coupon until the end of 2009.