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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Broken News Tamms prison employees getting pink slips
Posted by Sam Worley on 05.22.12 at 03:04 PM
- -Tripp-
- Pat Quinn
Quinn's plans received support from the prison watchdog group the John Howard Association, which cited the adverse effects that confinement at Tamms has on inmates' mental health. In a new report the JHA writes, "Most inmates spend 23 to 24 hours alone in their cells without social interaction, human contact, or sensory stimulation. This state of isolation can extend for months, years or indefinitely. Some Tamms inmates have spent more than a decade in this isolation . . . In observing, visiting, and communicating with Tamms inmates, JHA found evidence of inmates suffering deleterious effects to their mental and physical health related to long-term isolation."
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Broken Food Chain Politics Food & Drink Logan Square Kitchen to close next month
Posted by Julia Thiel on 05.16.12 at 12:48 PM
- Logan Square Kitchen
- In a couple months, this will be gone
In 2010 Martha Bayne chronicled LSK's ongoing battle with city bureaucracy in a Reader article that also touched on the trials and tribulations of other local shared kitchens like Kitchen Chicago. Logan Square Kitchen's main issue at the time was that the city wanted to classify the business as a banquet hall (there's an events space in the back of the building), which would have required it to provide parking. Murray submitted her case to the zoning board of appeals in November 2010 and won, but the problems apparently didn't stop there. Murray writes:
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Broken Media Whore! Make more noise why don't you!
Posted by Steve Bogira on 05.08.12 at 11:29 AM
- quinn.anya
- Good earplugs make good neighbors
Reader alum Tori Marlan recently contended with an odd neighbor in Montreal, where Marlan now serves as our Special Unpaid Canadian Correspondent. Marlan thought this year's ShortDocs challenge, sponsored by Third Coast International Audio Festival, would help her squeeze some good out of her trials.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Broken Politics News May Day: take this job and (expletive) it
Posted by Sam Worley on 05.01.12 at 11:33 AM
- US Social Forum
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Broken Things I Hate Sports It's the Derrick Rose injury report!
Posted by Tal Rosenberg on 04.10.12 at 10:57 AM
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Broken Food Chain Food & Drink What happened to the Abbey Pub?
Posted by Mike Sula on 04.04.12 at 03:16 PM
- Mike Sula
- Pretzel McJenga
Have you seen the Spike TV reality show Bar Rescue? I'm not surprised if you haven't, so here's the pitch: a bloviating Gordon Ramsey-esque bar consultant sweeps into a struggling waterhole and, in the name of maximizing profits, scrubs and genericizes whatever makes the place quirky or unique, while humiliating owners and staff for dramatic effect. That's what happened to the venerable Abbey Pub last year when the show's producers transformed it into a dime-store Hard Rock Cafe, hanging incongruous gimcracks on the walls (Van Halen-autographed Stratocaster?), and shit-canning a server for eating a potato chip.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Broken Seriously? Do I have Kramer living above me?
Posted by Kate Schmidt on 03.26.12 at 11:16 AM
A few years ago Mick Dumke wrote a feature, "Have a Green Day," that gave us 24 tips to help the environment daily, from dawn to the wee hours. One was taking quick showers: they can take ten to 25 gallons of water every five minutes. This means my upstairs neighbor, now nicknamed "Shower-man" for his 35- to 40-minute showers, is using between 70 (about how much one bath uses) and 200 gallons of water every day. What the heck is he doing?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Broken Dim the Lights Music Comedy Back to the closet
Posted by Miles Raymer on 03.21.12 at 05:00 PM
I spent an entire bus ride to the Genius Bar and back today pondering exactly that. Below the jump are some of my guesses. Note: though these are like 98 percent jokes, there's still part of me that wonders if, given an entire 32 more chapters, we might end up seeing at least one of these.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Broken Gross Music SXSW day one: Oh the insanity
Posted by Miles Raymer on 03.14.12 at 05:00 PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Broken Media Let me entertain you
Posted by Steve Bogira on 03.13.12 at 04:05 PM
- forwardstl
- A beat to avoid
FYI, Michael Ferro, I kill on entertainment news. Or could, if asked. I watch TV all the time—big fan of West Wing, though, straight-up, haven't caught an episode lately. Pig-out on Vogue whenever I'm in the dentist's waiting room. Took in a bodacious bluegrass concert Saturday at an American Legion hall in Evanston. Saw The Artist at a theater Friday night, and can beat out an expose on the bogus price of popcorn. Would keep it short-form, no worries. Race, poverty, politics—that shit is tired.
