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SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
| THIS WEEK'S ISSUE |
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- Web Special
- New Orleans Is Gone, a dispatch to altweeklies.com from our friend Michael Tisserand, editor of Gambit Weekly
- SECTION 1
- COVER STORY
- End Game
- Gary Stern is the only guy in the world still making pinball machines.
- By Seth Porges
- DEPARTMENTS
- Letters
- "Jeremy Hammond trumpets himself as being the defender of the 'free Internet.' What he seems to mean is that the Internet should be 'free' as long as he agrees with the content in question."
- Hot Type
- The story behind the story of the Kodee Kennings hoax
- By Michael Miner
- The Straight Dope
- How do karate guys break those boards?
- By Cecil Adams
- The Works
- Even if the Park Grill ends up paying property taxes, it still has a ridiculously good deal.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Chicago Antisocial
- Hey, thanks for the fetus.
- By Liz Armstrong
- The Sports Section
- It took a losing streak to get Sox fans to show some emotion.
- By Ted Cox
- Architecture
- Mies van der Rohe's gloriously simple Crown Hall isn't just restored--it's improved.
- By Lynn Becker
- OUR TOWN
- Ivan Brunetti Gets Happy
- With a little help from Buddha and Chris Ware, a classic sad-sack comics artist succeeds in spite of himself.
- By Susannah J. Felts
- REVIEWS
- Movies
- Alex de la Iglesia's El crimen perfecto
- By J.R. Jones
- Theater
- TimeLine Theatre does Michael Frayn's Copenhagen.
- By Justin Hayford
- Books
- What's My Name, Fool? by Dave Zirin
- By Ann Sterzinger
- PLUS
- Ink Well
- This week's crossword: Crossing the Finish Line
- By Ben Tausig
- Complete Section 1
- (10.2 MB)
- SECTION 2
- The Business
- A new book by a former New Yorker staffer and a baby diva's triumph cap a very good year for the Lyric Opera's elite training program.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Restaurants
- What's New
- Chocolate bread at Swim Cafe, house-smoked pork at Parlor, and a Francesca's specializing in small plates
- By Susannah J. Felts and Chip Dudley
- Art
- Large-format works by Eirik Johnson at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
- By Fred Camper
- SECTION 3
- The Meter
- Chris Mills had big ambitions for his latest album but only three days to record it.
- By Bob Mehr
- Chicago Jazz Festival
- The Reader's guide to the 27th annual Chicago Jazz Festival
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Neil Tesser
- SECTION 4
- Savage Love
- An unreasonable friend, an insufferable twat, a real-life never nude, and more
- By Dan Savage
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