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February 2011
Which Chicago Mayoral Candidate Will Get the Youth Vote?
By Carol Felsenthal
For young voters, the February 22nd mayoral primary will be the first time they’ll encounter a ballot without the name Richard M. Daley on it. One of the liveliest efforts to push this group to the polls was started last September by a 25-year-old on the day that Daley announced he wasn’t running for another term... Read more
Doctor Chooses True Love Over Kenwood Greystone That Marries Old and New
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.45 million
The Property: When Dr. Srinivas Reddy bought this 1893 greystone on Drexel Boulevard in 2002, it was empty and recently foreclosed. Its exterior urgently needed maintenance, and its three-story interior had been chopped up into six apartments that might charitably be described as shabby... Read more
Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Progressives, and the Unions
By Whet Moser
A new poll indicates that Rahm Emanuel has widened his lead in the mayoral race. There are many ways in which the former White House chief of staff looks like a successor to Mayor Daley, and now it's starting to seem like the votes may be there as well. Read more
Hubbard Inn Opens Thursday in River North
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place When brainstorming the vibe of Hubbard Inn, an 8,000-square-foot, two-floor European-inspired restaurant opening for dinner Thursday, the proprietors found a lodestar... Read more
Taste of Chicago: Forever Free, Clear, and Musical?
By Whet Moser
Taste of Chicago, in recent years, has been free to attend and has featured a deep lineup of prominent pop musicians. But that hasn't always been the case. Here's a brief history of the Taste, including its relationship to the big ChicagoFest musical extravaganza. Read more
Mohr Better Blues
Our top five picks for things to do this week Big Head Todd jumps into his way-back machine … filling the mayor’s chair: a dramatic rendering … uncovering the science of sex at Schubas … the Funk It Up cast lets its hair down … and more Read more
Che “Rhymefest” Smith’s Green Hopes for the 20th Ward
By Dennis Rodkin
In the last few hours before the blizzard hit last Tuesday, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, the Grammy-winning rapper who is now running for alderman in Chicago’s 20th Ward, drove me around his neighborhood. The ward has over 30,000 vacant lots (most of them city-owned) and hundreds or perhaps thousands of foreclosed homes (there is no accurate count available), many of them boarded up... Read more