5 Good Reads About Bill Cellini
Well, four good reads and a video on the veteran downstate power broker and his web of connections throughout the state. Plus: his patent for a “shower enlarger.”
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This Week in Bike News
Good developments on the Bloomingdale Trail; should bikes be licensed?; our fairly obvious law on texting while biking; and more.
Adam Greenberg Dreams of Making It Back to the Majors
UNBROKEN: Five years after a bean ball ended his big-league career on the first pitch of his first at-bat, the former Cub still yearns to fulfill his big-league dream
TIFs in the Spotlight: After School Matters
Chicago’s inspector general finds that the charity founded by Da Ex-Mare’s wife got $915,000 in money donated by recipients of tax increment financing, through an opaque process that generated $3.7 million for various public and private organizations.
The Sticky Business of Playing Amateur Beekeeper
THE SWEETEST THING: One man’s life-changing summer among the hives
Joel Pollak on Anthony Weiner, Andrew Breitbart, and Why Sarah Palin Could Be the First Jewish President
When I called Joel Pollak on Wednesday, he was back home in Skokie for the Jewish holidays—visiting from his new home in Santa Monica. He moved there to work as an in-house counsel and editor-in-chief for conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart, famous most recently for bringing down Acorn and Rep. Anthony Weiner…
Common Threads’ First Annual Cook-Off
September 15, 2011– Common Threads’ culinary fundraising event raised $28,000 to benefit health and nutritional education programs in Chicago to low income youth and their families. Local chefs participated at Fulton’s on the River to create and serve their favorite cook-out themed dishes within four categories–in a glass, on a bun, in a shell, or on a stick. Guests sampled each dish and voted for the top in each category. The winning chefs of the night were: Chao Thapthimkuna of Union Sushi + Barbeque Bar for In a Glass; David Blonsky of Public House and Mike Bellovich of Hub51 for In a Shell; Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia for On a Bun; and Scott Halverson of Prasino for On a Stick.
The Tevatron's Final Hours, Live
Fermilab’s particle accelerator goes offline today, after a ceremony that you can watch online. It’s about 41 years since Weston, Illinois, the small farming community that used to be where the Tevatron sits, went offline to make way for Fermilab.
The Wild Card Race, Steve Bartman, and the Terrors of Sports
On last night’s historic baseball action, “Catching Hell,” the 2003 NLCS, pitch counts, mob mentalities, and the wonders and terrors of sports.
Chicago: The Nation's Worst Commute, Best Commute, and 11th Most Frustrating Commute
Chicago remains among the worst cities in America in “lost time and wasted fuel” because of our congestion. But we spend less time in the car than many of our metropolitan peers, which is great… but that short time is spent seething.