Work by Anne Muntges, on display at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art.
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 44
Issue of Jul. 22 – 28, 2010
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Streaming Chicago Music of Note
Streaming music now: The High Confessions, Freddie Gibbs, and more
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Why I Read Obituaries, Contd.
I didn’t know the Car-X man was an accomplished photographer. The photos on his site are pretty small, but still appreciable. Previously: Pehr Bolling’s viking ship; Shelby Davis, Little Mountain Sweetheart turned jazz vocalist.
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Food Truck Ordinance Goes to Council Tomorrow
As a draft of the proposed food truck ordinance heads to the City Council, one of its architects, chef Matt Maroni, prepares to roll out his mobile Gaztro-Wagon for the first time.
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From the Archives: Falling In and Out of Love With Rod Blagojevich
Ben Joravsky, 12/10/08: In 1988, when Blago was still a young man, he fell in love with Mell’s daughter Patti. And alderman Mell fell in love with Blago. It could be that Mell saw in Blago all the things he never had—boyish charm, an aw-shucks personality, the real possibility of higher office. I remember some […]
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Some Days I Do Think The World Was Designed By A Watchmaker Deity
If Sam Adam Jr. didn’t exist, Rod Blagojevich would have invented him. Even with my personal bias aside, Michael Miner has my favorite line of the trial: “If I were on the Blago jury it would occur to me that a vote to convict him might be the last time in his life he is […]
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Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Juggalos but Were Afraid to Ask
Juggalos 101 with Derek Erdman, next Tuesday at the Hungry Brain
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Setback for a Troubled Supermax
A district court decision represents a challenge to Tamms Correctional Center
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Lee Sandlin on Alison True
One of my favorite writers on one of my favorite editors. While it may seem like inside baseball, the post explains a lot, I think, about why it’s hard to find good editors. Most of them are high-profile in name only; the details of their actual work are obscure, known only to writers and colleagues, […]
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You Can’t Take A Computer to the Senior Prom
Is it too early for end of summer cleaning? We are in the ‘dog days of summer’ so I think now is a good time to start cleaning in order to prepare for the autumnal equinox. It’s kind of nice to bag and throw away things that have collected over the year(s), kind of like […]