Challenged to create a dish with jellyfish, Lula Cafe chef Sarah Rinkavage pickles and fries it.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 15
Issue of Jan. 8 – 14, 2015
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How many Chicago mayors have graduated from a Chicago public high school?
Our mayors’ experience with CPS has rarely been firsthand.
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Honey 1 Barbecue is moving to Bronzeville and taking Chicago’s barbecue heritage with it
The only south-side style barbecue on the north side is heading down south.
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Local indie-pop duo Project Film return with the polished, nostalgic Different Rooms
Project Film’s sophomore album illustrates the two longtime friends’ growth during young adulthood.
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Listen to funked-up Turkish pop from Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfes
The musician’s Subtropic Arkestra reimagines a disparate array of global tunes on its superb new album.
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Did you read about depression, Coca-Cola, and the death of postmodernism?
Also the military-cotton complex, inner-ring suburbs, a viral-content specialist, TV credits, and Panda Bear?
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What if Donald Trump were Batman?
Maybe Chicago would’ve felt differently about his tower.
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The Adventures of Augie March vs. I Sailed with Magellan: Greatest Chicago Book Tournament, round one
In a contest between work by two Chicago masters, our judge decides that one is great while the other is a great cure for insomnia.
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The best of Jean-Luc Godard in the 60s
Five in the wave: The top five early Godard films
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Peek inside an Airstream trailer on a rooftop in Ravenswood
A Ravenswood architecture firm has had an Airstream trailer perched on its roof for 25 years.
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A Texan Lolita is all keyed up
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View featuring a Lolita at the Menil Collection in Houston, TX.
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Frank Capra: Miserable cynic, 1930s celebrity, and a man for our time
The Music Box Theatre’s current weekend matinee series revives six films Capra made at the height of his popularity.
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Uptown Records uncovers essential early work by pianist Lennie Tristano
Previously unissued live recordings from the pianist and his band sparkle.
Posted inFood & Drink
Lost at sea at Fahlstrom’s Fresh Fish Market
The return of a popular fish guy is less than triumphant.