Grant Achatz announces two new projects: Next Restaurant and The Aviary.
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 32
Issue of Apr. 29 – May. 5, 2010
QOTD: “Market” is the New “City”
Ebert: “When TV people tell me ‘I came here from the Atlanta market,’ I keep my thoughts to myself.”
Chicago Free Press Going Under, Says Managing Editor
The managing editor of the Chicago Free Press says it will no longer publish.
Illinois Gubernatorial Election Prediction
We’ll have Scott Lee Cohen to kick around, at least for a while
All-Star Comics Talk and a Hegewisch Pub Crawl
Two unusual and unusually good events this Wednesday, 4/5.
The Most Useful Post You’ll Read All Week
A Violet Hour fakebook, courtesy Toby Maloney.
Surprising Fact of the Day
Illinois is tied with Utah for third-lowest gas consumption per capita in the United States.
An Interview With Tom Campesinos!
A talk with Tom Campesinos! before the Los Campesinos! show Friday at Metro
Cliff Doerksen With His Beard
Cliff Doerksen takes home the James Beard award for best newspaper food feature for his Reader cover story on mince pie.
Looking for Democracy
Theophilus Jamal’s “American Flag” and the other two winners of the Looking for Democracy Film Contest screen Monday 5/3 at Columbia College
5/1: Free Barbez show at Chicago Cultural Center
Art rock combo Barbez plays the Chicago Cultural Center.