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Various authorsThe Food Issue
Rare pigs, vexing cheese, heirloom grains, black pepper gelato, farming for the city, and the best new restaurants of 2009
Fashion Vintage Clothing Auction at Leslie Hindman This Weekend
Posted by Deanna Isaacs on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Yes, I want the red, strapless, deep-V-waisted Jean Desses Couture silk chiffon dress that is on the cover of Leslie Hindman's current vintage clothing and accessories auction catalog, even if they call it coral and even if it does come with numerous stains and loose stitches.
Crickets / Music / Free Shit MV + EE Light Up the Barn
Posted by Bill Meyer on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- MV + EE
Music / Post No Bills Mexican Pop Sophisticate Natalia Lafourcade Plays Chicago
Posted by Peter Margasak on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM
- Natalia Lafourcade
Lit & Lectures Chicago Art Deco Society Discussion on Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home
Posted by Jerome Ludwig on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:22 PM
From the book's press release: "Edgar Miller was a Chicago artist who used recycled material to turn old homes into works of art. He called it a "social adventure.'"
From the Reader archive: "[Sol] Kogen and Miller collected funky stuff and salvaged scrap and crafted what they needed to create a crazy quilt of materials and form. Larry Zgoda, a local stained glass artist who met and worked with Miller in the 1980s, says Miller 'lived a life drenched in art, and he created . . . romantic, creative places that are drenched in pattern and color and the texture of their elemental materials.'"
The Sexist Advice Columnist Tells Victim She Wasn’t Actually Raped (And That She Should Have Aborted Her Not-Rape Baby)
Posted by Amanda Hess on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Daily Telegraph advice columnist Lesley Garner is faced with quite the conundrum this week: A situation so horrible that it could only possibly be made worse by . . . the recommendations of Daily Telegraph advice columnist Lesley Garner!
The situation: "Eva," a married woman, is raped by her boss on a business trip. She becomes pregnant. She decides to get an abortion. Her husband is supportive of the abortion, but not of Eva—-"He drove me to a clinic for a consultation and waited outside in the car because he 'didn't want to hear me talk about conception dates,'" she writes. Eva later decides not to go through with the abortion. Her husband leaves her. She raises a beautiful baby boy on her own. Now, seven years later, she wants to reconnect with her ex. But there is a complication: "What happened on that trip wasn't quite rape but I wasn't exactly willing either. The man was my boss and he was very drunk and forceful. I tried to push him away without upsetting him, but he was too strong and I didn't fight him."
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Ink Well
Your City Council Now more than ever, it's important to follow what our 50 aldermen are up to. Are our representatives up to the task of telling the mayor "no" once in a while, or, better yet, of coming up with an alternative vision of Chicago government? Read our guide and decide for yourself what their prospects are.
Neighborhood Guides
The List: November 12-18, 2009 Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Devo, Girls, Don Byron, Shrinebuilder, the Reigning Sound, Brother Ali, and more
Local Release Roundup A hip-hop response to Derrion Albert's death, a mix tape from "the future of rap," power pop from a garage great, and more
Festival of New Spanish Cinema New narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental films from Spain, at Facets November 13-19
Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival Week Two: Selected reviews
The Food Issue Rare pigs, vexing cheese, heirloom grains, black pepper gelato, farming for the city, and the best new restaurants of 2009
The Food Issue: The Best New Restaurants of 2009 From Browntrout to Zebda
The Food Issue: Meet the Mangalitsas Local chefs invest in a rare breed of pig said to be the Wagyu of the pork world.
The Food Issue: Ambassador of Pepe Nero A gelato-smitten entrepreneur brings the unconventional Paciugo chain to Chicago.
The Food Issue: My Mozzarella Fast, easy, inexpensive, and delicious to make at home? I beg to differ.
The Food Issue: City Farm From a Chicago couple, a Wisconsin organic farm that understands its urban customers
The Food Issue: From Amaranth to Job's Tears On local menus: creative preparations of rare and unusual grains
Bah Mitzvah The 13-year-old at the center of the Alan Gross's High Holidays shouldn’t be.
Isadora at Dinner A review of Timeline Theare's production of When She Danced, a play about Isadora Duncan by Martin Sherman.
Chicago Humanities Festival The 20th edition, with the theme "Laughter," runs through November 15.
Vintage Clothing Auction at Leslie Hindman This Weekend Preview Saturday, November 15; auction Sunday, November 15.
The Reader's Guides
Chicago 101
A city guide for newbies and lifers alike
Environment Archive
Field & Street: A selection from our reporting on the natural world
Ukrainian Village/East Village
Fourth in a series of special issues focusing on Chicago neighborhoods.
