A Little Less Hope

Why did Cook County Jail mysteriously close downa successful Christian rehabilitation progam?

Oh, Man

New Address, Same Old Market

No Shrugging Matter

Entrepreneurs: Soul Food Salvation

A StreetWise vendor turns chef.

Let the Games Begin/Berny's Boy Knows How to Pick 'Em

The question isn't whether the public will pay--it's how the city will hide the amount.

The Treatment

News of the Weird

Beat the Bastards

On the pleasures of watching your team play someone you can really hate

The Straight Dope

Lean and Mean

Is the new Art Chicago too good for some of the locals who helped revive it?

Savage Love

Jesu

KURT ELLING

This Moment in Black History

Sharp Darts: Say "Fuck It," Then Rock It

Garage punks CoCoComa on the secret to their idea of success

Mia Mora

European Union Film Festival

Janice Dutts Goes to Life Camp

Another Day in the Empire

My Favorite Year

Gerrymander

The Sifters

Culture Clash

East meets West within the confines of a Chinese household in David Henry Hwang's Golden Child.

How to Act Around Cops

The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow

Cooioo

On Death and Gardening

Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra

Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group

Field Music

Lexie Mountain Boys

Baby Teeth

Sebadoh

Golden Child

Mitsuko Uchida

Corrina Wycoff

Holly Golightly

The Namesake

DATAROCK

Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)

Going Wide

Chris Rock's gag-comedy remake of an Eric Rohmer classic isn't the career milestone he wants it to be.

Two Takes on Yucatecan Cuisine

Beyond the Burrito

Pas de deux for one

Baryshnikov brings intriguing new act to Chicago.

"Kenny, you're gonna get guys hurt"

White Sox general manager Kenny Williams tried his hand at managing in Friday's spring rematch between the Cubs and Sox.

Benga blast

A terrific new album by Opiyo Bilongo of Extra Golden introduces Americans to the pleasures of Kenyan benga music.

Are nukes inefficient?

Another reason to think twice before reviving the nuclear industry.

LA in 2016? I Don't Think So

Chicago's inside edge for the 2016 Olympics

Better Red than dead

RedEye isn't so much a cancer on journalism as hair loss from the chemo.

Worldly woman--ugh

Brazilian singer Luca Mundaca transcends the touchy-feely slime of a recent Putumayo compliation.

From the files of Ivan Brunetti

An online archive of Ivan Brunetti's genially brutal comics.

Pickle me this

More workshops on wild fermentation and other natural processes from Nance Klehm.

Local palates on parade

Sustain hosts the third annual Family Farmed expo.

How much did they take?

The government says Conrad Black took a lot of money but isn't clear about how much.

Better the IOC than me

One alderman's explanation for why he voted in favor of the $500 million Olympic financing plan

First Look: Ninefish

An early report on Evanston's new Ninefish.

Around the web: Chris Ware does This American Life TV, James McManus on Laura Bush, and more

Chris Ware does This American Life TV, James McManus on Laura Bush, and more

When making a river run backwards just isn't enough

Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Pig farmers try harder

Smithfield Foods vows to treat pigs better.

Stanley over the Smithereens

Monica Kendrick: A new release you need and one you probably don't.

SXSW day 2

Day two of South by Southwest

Conrad at the Frog

The Conrad Black trial puts a famous New York restaurant back in the spotlight.

Touching down at SXSW

Miles Raymer's first entry from SXSW.

Simeon: a Rose, by any other name

Simeon becomes the first Public League basketball team to win back-to-back state championships

SXSW in review

More Austin late-nighters with the Pack, Fucked Up, and more

America's most particular tastemaker meets the "blogs"

Anna Wintour does not like the word you use to describe the thing you are about to read.

Never forget that Barack Obama is a Chicago politician

Don't forget where "Obambi" cut his teeth.

SXSW day 3

Day 3 of South by Southwest

Marnie Van Halen?

New York's Marnie Stern spins a heavy-metal cliche into gold.

Around the web: the New Yorker on Fall Out Boy, Coudal's swapmeet, and more

The New Yorker on Fall Out Boy, Yuval Taylor on authenticity, Coudal's swapmeet, and more.

Regina Carter--busting free?

Regina Carter plays at Symphony Center on Friday--will she break free of studio shackles?

NYT Book Review anoints Joshua Ferris

Joshua Ferris's debut novel, set in a Chicago ad agency, is the book of the moment.

Locavoracious

The 100-Mile Diet, coming soon to a bookstore near you.

Learning from libertarians

Rethinking the madness of campaign finance reform.

It's not an endorsement, OK?

49th Ward alderman Joe Moore has appointed former aldermanic challenger Jim Ginderske to his zoning advisory committee.

The Trib is lovin' it

The Trib gives McDonald's "Director of Culinary Innovation" a smooch.

Other voices, other blogs

Issues of cinema, history, language, and cyberspace arising from a symposium in Mar del Plata

Beard Award finalists

Nominees for the James Beard Awards announced today.

Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate

WLUW is throwing a gospel-music benefit.

Conrad Black 24/7

There's now a blog just for fans of Conrad Black.

Around the web: surly bonds of earth edition

A big plane electrifies the city, Patrick Fitzgerald gets dissed by the Justice Department, and more.

More exotic sculpture at Millennium Park

The latest addition to Chicago's sculptural theme park.

Does the constitution apply in DC?

The District of Columbia is a state when it comes to the Second Amendment. So where are its two senators?