- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Fred Sasaki, the poetry promoter
'It seemed to me the perfect scene of a literary fantasy'
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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The People Issue
Twenty-nine fascinating Chicagoans, from community organizers and environmental activists to alternative healers and alternative porn stars
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Jamil Khoury, the theater activist
'We love the art form, but that's not where we're coming from. It's the desire to impact change.'
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Victor Mejia, the vendor
'Sometimes the police give me a hard time. I keep moving, corner by corner.'
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Christy LeMaster, the indie film maven
'I'd been dreaming for a long time of starting my own little spot where I could show experimental and emerging work'
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Iliana Regan, the forager
'How can I serve things in my my home that people compare to some of the best restaurants in the world?'
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Charles Coleman, the celluloid adventurist
'One thing being lost is the art of conversation, of people seeing a movie and then actually having a good talk afterwards'
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Kelly Williams and Dan Abbate, the burlesque producers
'There's so many funny female performers. Now find the funny female performers who are willing to take off their clothes.'
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Fred Wood, the karaoke keeper
'It's a much better crowd than out in the suburbs. They're definitely more with it.'
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Andrea Jablonski, the doom-metal bassist
'My first show, I totally sucked the biggest I-don't-know-what and was terrified out of my mind'
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Rick Snyder, the actor's director
'I never kinda said, "I'll be an actor." One thing just kind of led to another.'
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Brian Posen, the comedian trainer
'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Rick (just 'Rick'), the valet
'Life is a roller coaster. When you're on the bottom you can only go up.'
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Mike Reed, the improviser
'You find a bunch of people who aren't really "fitting in" and they've got their own ideas'
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Psalm One, the MC
'Rapping was definitely not in the books'
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Lori B. Andrews, the bioethicist
'The body's become the last bastion of control'
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Dr. Titus Chiu, the healer
'I have to say, love is the most powerful medicine there is'
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Zoka Zola, the architect
'I shift the norm just enough to move or provoke our thoughts and the way that we live'
- Galleries & Museums, Art Review, Dec 22, 2011
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Jake Nickell, the entrepreneur
'I don't have a business degree. I think a lot of the time innovation comes from amateurs.'
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Adolfo Mondragon, the candidate
'When I reflect upon this journey from Back of the Yards to Yale, I think it's the journey that's one of the things I love about this country'
