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Brindille is a refuge from frightening surroundings
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
Brindille: A refuge from frightening culinary surroundings by Mike Sula In the evening, if you stand on certain corners in River North and take in the spectacle unfolding around you, you have to resign yourself to an inevitable, unhappy conclusion: "This is why the French hate us." It's our willingness to accept and support the nightlife equivalent of the zombie apocalypse.…
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Fin de siecle Chicago for dummies
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
A new edition of Chicago by Day and Night is a guidebook to fin de siecle Chicago. by Jerome Ludwig "Chicago has been called, in its time, the wickedest city in the world, and somehow or other (in exactly what manner it matters not) the impression has gone abroad that it is really a very wicked place indeed." And yet: "It is possible for a perfectly moral person, one used to all the refinement and peace of the most law-abiding and self-respecting of communities, to spend any length of time in Chicago without being contaminated by the evil that may be found easily enough if sought.…
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Abelardo Morell's light in the darkness
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
The Art Institute opens a retrospective of work by Abelardo Morell, known for his camera obscura images. by Aimee Levitt The basic contract of photography is that a viewer will agree to see only the three-dimensional image on a sheet of photo paper, not the two-dimensional piece of paper itself. Abelardo Morell's camera obscura photos, though, are about both the images and the surfaces.…
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Zoom in: Avondale
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
Hector Alvarenga transformed his Avondale home into an art installation of mostly discarded junk. by Gwynedd Stuart To Hector Alvarenga, nothing is garbage. Well, some things are probably garbage, but as a scrap collector and professional welder, he sees potential in other people's trash.…
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Show Us Your . . . Roto-a-Matic
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
Rotofugi showed us its Roto-a-Matic, which cranks out original works of plastic art. by Aimee Levitt Like many visitors to Chicago's museums and zoos, Kirby Kerr, co-owner of the Rotofugi Gallery in Lincoln Park, and Joe Somers, head honcho at the product development company Squibbles Ink, were enchanted by the Mold-a-Rama vending machines, which produce plastic models of kangaroos and coal cars and dinosaurs that are sometimes more fun to look at than the originals. Four years ago, the pair had the brilliant inspiration to buy a vintage Mold-a-Rama machine and fix it up to feature an ever-changing assortment of original molds created by their artist pals.…
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This week's Chicagoan: Rosita Arvigo, master herbalist
Chicago Reader Politics - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:00
This week's Chicagoan is Rosita Arvigo, a master herbalist. by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "I left Chicago during the Vietnam War and went to Mexico for seven years.…
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Antibiotics in livestock raising concerns up the food chain
Chicago Tribune Local News - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 05:00
Citing danger to humans, health groups challenge widespread use; FDA resisting demands for change
While Sam Spitz's friends were loading up on pizza for lunch, the Whitney Young High School sophomore opted for a chicken Caesar salad.
Another concern: Drug residues in meat
Chicago Tribune Local News - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 05:00
Although much of the alarm over the use of antibiotics on livestock focuses on its contribution to bacterial resistance, the presence of drug residues and other chemicals in U.S. meat is also causing concern.
Every day is Memorial Day for vet who lost comrades in copter crash
Chicago Tribune Local News - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 05:00
Former pilot continues to recover at Chicago-area VA hospital while mourning 5 killed on Afghanistan mission
Anthony Simone doesn't remember much these days. The effects of a traumatic brain injury are so severe that he refers to his iPod as "my brain."
What would our war dead think of the freedom for which they died?
Chicago Tribune Local News - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 05:00
A tour of America today might leave the warriors wanting a drink
This weekend's Memorial Day proclamation from President Barack Obama was like so many other gracious sentiments commemorating America's war dead.
9-year-old wows crowds, YouTube while fighting for his school
Chicago Tribune Local News - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 05:00
Third-grader's rousing speeches credited with helping get Garvey Elementary off CPS' closings list
Just 4 feet tall, the tiniest student protester stands on a chair to reach the lectern. The microphone is adjusted so he can speak to the crowds of people, who are sometimes stunned for a second — who is this kid? — and then electrified.
Two freight trains collide in Missouri, seven injured
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 11 hours 35 min ago
(Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.
Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 12 hours 9 min ago
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.
Roseland Hospital cuts staff, salaries to keep doors open
Chicago Sun Times - 12 hours 58 min ago
As it waits to hear if it’ll receive a $7 million bailout to stay open, Roseland Community Hospital laid off almost 70 employees and other hospital employees will take a pay cut.
Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military, Hagel says
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 13 hours 9 min ago
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers.
British police arrest man after spy claim in soldier case
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 13 hours 34 min ago
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested a man under anti-terrorism laws at BBC headquarters after an interviewee said security services tried to recruit one of the two men arrested after a soldier was hacked to death in a London street.
Coast Modern charts a history of open spaces
Chicago Reader Politics - 13 hours 44 min ago
Tonight at 7:30 PM Chicago Filmmakers kicks off a new ongoing series of documentaries about architecture and technology called REdesign. First up is Coast Modern, an hour-long piece about modernist architecture as it developed on the west coast of North America.…
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What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 15 hours 33 min ago
HONOLULU (Reuters) - The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.
Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 15 hours 42 min ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security forces.
Arizona jury foreman says believed Jodi Arias was abused
Chicago Tribune Nation and World - 16 hours 5 min ago
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The foreman of an Arizona jury that deadlocked over whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend believes she was mentally abused, but said on Friday that had not been enough to excuse her crime.