Lissie's Hit List
The Rock Island native won’t be a wallflower when she comes home to play this weekend’s fest
Year: 2011
Lollapalooza Weekend Celeb-Spotting
STAR CROSSING: A guide to where the A-listers are likely to hang out
Folk-Rock's Troublemaker Lissie Returns Home to Play Lollapalooza
GROUNDED FOR LIFE: The singer talks about her musical influences, growing up in Rock Island, and more
Lolla 2011 Acts, Live in Concert
Get yourself in the festival mood with videos of some artists who will be performing at Grant Park this weekend.
The Dismal Science: Unemployment Rates, Suicide, and Traffic Deaths
Two studies, one by the CDC and another by a Loyola prof, find that suicide rates correlate with U.S. unemployment rates and mass layoffs, respectively. A third has similar findings for Europe, but also suggests traffic fatalities decrease during times of economic hardship, which may explain local trends.
The Morning After: Randy Hultgren Discusses His 'No' Vote on Debt Ceiling
While Rep. Randy Hultgren thinks Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants did a masterful job in this messy debt-ceiling debate, in the end, the freshman Republican congressman didn’t vote Boehner’s way—he was one of five members of the Illinois delegation who voted “no” on the legislation…
One Hoarder’s Last Hope: Asking a Stranger to Move In
1-800-CLUTTER-BUST: Attention hoarders, pack rats, nostalgists: Help is here, and she’s coming to live with you.
Half of Chicago Traffic Aides Kicked to the Curb
The ranks of the city’s TMA take about a fifty-percent cut. It’s a dangerous job and a scorned position, but is it worth the money? No one seems to think so, but no one seems to know, either.
BoConcept Brights
BoConcept is putting a twist on its sleek, modern inventory this season with accessories in playful brights…
Local Boutiques Unite via New Online Shop
Sales Only
Get ready for some competition, eBay and Amazon. Lesley Tweedie, owner of Roscoe Village Bikes, recently launched an online marketplace of sale-only items from independent boutiques. Appropriately named Little Independent (littleindependent.com), the site is dedicated to helping shop owners better market their hard-to-sell items…