“It feels like you’re not even entertained as a dating option when you’re in one, unless you’re redonkulously hot or the guy is a fetishist,” says Linda Cassady.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 52
Issue of Sep. 24 – 30, 2015
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It’s not a wedding without a Polish meat hut
The Polish Highlander wedding tradition features a profusion of protein.
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Pac-Man meets a Donkey Kong potato at Level 257 in Schaumburg
The classic mall arcade this is not. It’s also not a very good restaurant.
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A Vie chef ferments his own tepache, a classic Mexican pineapple drink
Challenged to create a dish with the Mexican fermented pineapple beverage tepache, Dan Compton of Vie buys it, makes it, and then makes wings and fried rice with it.
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What people were wearing at Expo 2015
Street View, featuring the most stylish attendees at Expo Chicago 2015
Posted inArts & Culture
A conversation with Jeff Koons: ‘For me art has never been about money’
The SAIC alum discusses balloon dogs, art forgery, and exploring Chicago’s low life with Ed Paschke
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Freak show—the sisterhood of the Chicago Tribune and LA Times
At Tribune Publishing, LA can’t abide Chicago.
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Causings come to town with abstract free improv you can call on the phone
Brooklyn-based collective Causings play a “call-in” show on WHPK on Friday and a more conventional concert at Elastic on Saturday.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
What to do when the friend with benefits sleeps with the BFF
Roommate + longtime drunken lay = trouble. Plus: What does it mean when you find a pair of tit clamps in a dresser?
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Will we find our next police force on Craigslist?
Mercenaries could save Chicago money.
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How to kick drugs while also surviving a hostage crisis, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inArts & Culture
Porchlight revives the two-time Broadway flop Side Show
But even improved, Henry Krieger’s musical about conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton remains pedestrian.
Posted inFilm
In Captive, a drug addict taken hostage finds the will to quit
Kate Mara and David Oyelowo star in this faith-based drama.
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The Tempest works some real magic
Chicago Shakespeare’s star-powered production is even more than its celebrated parts.
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Behold the mother of all cheese cakes
The Great American Cheese Collection will customize a cheese cake for any occasion.