Marc Maron on the Interview Show and at Mayne Stage
The veteran comedian, podcast star, and new public radio show does five shows, starting tonight, in two different venues on a whirlwind tour of Chicago.
Year: 2011
Who Deserves Credit for the Rookery?
THE WRIGHT QUESTION: The answer depends on whom you ask
Chicago Map Baby Quilts
Chicago Home + Garden contributor Susan Victoria turned us on to these adorable Chicago baby quilts by Haptic Lab, a Brooklyn firm lead by Emily Fischer, who recently won the inaugural Carol Sedestrom Ross Award for artisans at the New York International Gift Fair…
The Volatility Index and the Dow Drop
When the market is feeling ill, look around for the VIX: the CBOE index that charts fear—or maybe just sensible pessimism—in the marketplace.
Kraft Klefts, Market Jumps
The food colossus announces a surprising split, dividing its legacy grocery division and its growing snacks and international divisions—led in part by soap salesman turned international marketer Sanjay Khosla.
Parking It at The Garage, the Far Northwest Side’s Undiscovered New Biker (Kinda) Bar
Much to my mother’s chagrin, I am a sometime passenger on the back of The Creative Director’s motorcycle, so I was heartened last night to find a row of hogs parked outside my destination: The Garage, a brand new bar in the Gladstone/Jefferson Park area, just a few blocks south of Superdawg. “These are my people,” I thought, having barely recovered from a numb posterior brought on by last weekend’s cruise to summer camp in Elkhorn, Wisconsin…
Sepia’s New Party Space, Little Independent, Haute Sale
We’ve applauded the imaginative and dramatic interiors that Gary Lee Partners created for Sepia restaurant before, and now the team is back with an elegant encore presentation. The Michelin-starred resto has taken over the former Maria Pinto boutique…
Rage Against the Application of Ketchup to Hot Dogs
Chicagoans have reason to reject ketchup on their hot dogs, but still need to appreciate the condiment as a near-perfect creation and its role in the education of one’s palate.
The Man Who Witnessed the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The last living witness to the Lincoln assassination tells all, or at least all that he can remember, on the mid-century game show “What’s My Secret?”
Ald. Burke and the Case of the $600k Security Detail
The BGA manages to get the total bill for the police detail that the veteran alderman and, uh, Finance Committee chair has had since the Council Wars years. It’s even more than you might have guessed.