Gnome for the Holidays: European travelers visit Lincoln Square
The gnome sports electric lime-colored shorts, chunky hiking shoes, binoculars and a rifle. He is an explorer, transported from Germany’s Black Forest to Chicago’s Lincoln Square. Like the garden gnome...
View ArticleBohemian Rhapsody: University of Chicago profs study the migration of...
By Sean Redmond Entering Wicker Park by the Blue Line, you emerge into the intersection of Damen, North and Milwaukee to a long-familiar sight. There’s the Double Door across the street, Flash Taco...
View ArticleBowling for Eats: A few tips for catering your Super Bowl party
By Michael Nagrant Unless you want to be branded a Detroit-Lions-like Super-Bowl-party-throwing loser, you better stay away from the powdered French-onion soup-mix dip this year. Sure, all your friends...
View ArticleHang Loose: Loose Leaf Tea Loft loves its books
Nailed firmly to almost turquoise walls are box-shelves made of unfinished wood that hold pots, moleskin journals and books ranging from Sartre to “House of Leaves.” A tranquil mood is set by slow...
View ArticleWell Whatevs: Modern Life with Eugene Mirman
The Book Cellar is packed, with room only left to stand, for comedian Eugene Mirman’s first-ever book reading. His book, “The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life,” is something that spawned from an...
View ArticleWhere Dreams Lie: Inside the strange compelling worlds of Jesse Ball
By Tom Lynch Growing up in Long Island with a father in social service and a librarian mother, Jesse Ball was a hyperactive kid. He was held back in kindergarten as a result—yet, because he showed...
View ArticleRace Review: Ravenswood Run (April 27, 2014)
RECOMMENDED RACE Breakdown: Just before the starting gun went off on the eighteenth annual Ravenswood Run—a neighborhood favorite that, judging by the fact that it sold out last week, clearly attracts...
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