- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 14, 2010
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The Scrabble Prodigy
Brian Cappelletto on a life behind the tiles
- News & Features, Our Town, Apr 8, 2010
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Chicagoans: Tough Tutelage
Tutor Martin Breiner will teach just about anything—his way.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jul 22, 2010
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Backing Chinatown
Invest in your community today, says former banker Ben Wong, and spend your retirement singing Elvis songs.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jun 10, 2010
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Chicagoans: How I Got Into Gore
Freelance effects artist Nora O'Sullivan on Fresh Scab, fake maggots, and the fine line between horror and glamour
- News & Features, Feature, Apr 16, 2009
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Make Friends With Brown
Nance Klehm wants humans to reconnect with the soil—in part by composting their own bodily waste.
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 30, 2008
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From the Courtroom to the BedroomHow trial lawyer Julie Koca became romance novelist Julie James
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 30, 2001
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The Last Roundup
Heather and Chris pack it up and move it out.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jun 3, 2004
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Sister in Arms
How did a Revolutionary War soldier keep such a big secret for so long?
- News & Features, Feature, Sep 27, 2007
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The Opposite of Selling Out
How a month of "Margaritaville" and a bald man with a hair dryer convinced Scott Ligon to get serious about music
- News & Features, Our Town, Feb 14, 2002
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Hit Parader
If it was on the radio, Tony has it on the brain.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 12, 2004
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Now That's a Pretty Penny
Daniel Weinberg's Lincoln bookstore does a brisk trade in all things Abe.
- News & Features, Our Town, Apr 4, 2002
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The Cupboard is Bare
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 6, 2005
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To Mordor and Back
Drugs and alcohol nearly ruined Sarz Maxwell's life. Writing dirty stories about hobbits made it worth living again.
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 3, 2002
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Cuisine Art
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 20, 2005
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Beyond the Bitch Shield
At Approach Camp it's all about self-improvement.
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 31, 2008
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Master of Markets
Photo dealer Ron Slattery shares his secrets—but not all of them.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jan 9, 2003
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Lots to Love
Stephanie Sack's got the goods for big girls.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 3, 2006
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Their Deal Is Meals on Wheels
A recent award from the U. of C. business school will help the dot-commers behind GrubHub expand their growing market share even further.
- News & Features, Feature, Jun 5, 2008
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Life Without a Script
How funnyman TJ Jagodowski fell into improv—and the mysterious affliction that keeps him from leaving it.
- News & Features, Our Town, May 15, 2003
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The Formidable Susan Abrams
The U. of C. Press editor earned her reputation the old-fashioned way: sentence by sentence.
