Challenged to create a dish with the South American fruit known as the tree tomato, Bino Ottoman of the Ruin Daily keeps things simple.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 35
Issue of Jun. 8 – 14, 2017
Posted inBlogs
Get the sandwich of the summer at Daley Plaza Farmers Market
Wisconsin’s Baked Cheese Haus makes epic melted raclette sandwiches.
Posted inBlogs
The MLB is investigating domestic abuse allegations against Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, and other Chicago news
Also, actor Stacy Keach speaks after his onstage heart attack.
Posted inBlogs
Armed with new data, the Chicago Housing Authority plans to give ‘supervouchers’ another try
When the CHA scaled back supervouchers, people with disabilities were hurt the most, a new study finds.
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Vic Mensa narrows his focus on crossover pop with The Manuscript
After foregrounding his radical politics with last year’s “16 Shots,” Vic Mensa emphasizes the pop aspects of his rap songs on a new EP.
Posted inBlogs
Report: ‘The credibility of the entire property tax system is in doubt’ in Cook County, and other Chicago news
Also, the ACLU slams Emanuel’s new police reform monitor plan.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicago’s extensive, bike-friendly train network makes car-free camping a breeze
There’s no need to slog through traffic jams in order to commune with nature.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Will Rauner stick it to Rahm by favoring Karen Lewis on the elected school board issue?
As a bill that would give Chicago an elected school board moves toward Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk, he has to decide which of his adversaries he’ll smite.
Posted inFilm
The new Wonder Woman is OK with men
A blockbuster vehicle for the venerable superhero plays down her radical feminist roots.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
‘I hate how my boyfriend has sex with me’
What to do. Plus: a “GGG” clarification
Posted inArts & Culture
The gripping Bright Half Life shows small choices with cataclysmic consequences
Tanya Barfield’s clear-eyed play follows two women over the course of their five-decade-long lesbian relationship.
Posted inArts & Culture
Candide, Gidion’s Knot, and ten more stage shows to see now
A revamped version of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta and a taut, intense two-hander are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inArts & Culture
Writers Theatre’s Parade is a powerful—and surprisingly charming—musical about a rape-murder and a lynching
Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award winner gives us a love story set in hell.
Posted inMusic
At age 88, late-blooming guitarist Jimmy Johnson enters his fifth decade in the blues
Jimmy Johnson—older brother of Syl—started out playing soul, but he came into his own as a bluesman in the late 1970s.