- Issue of
- May 15-21, 2008
- Vol. 37, No. 34
Food & Drink
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- Food & Drink Column
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Omnivorous: On the Trail of the Delta Tamale
Southern food sleuths take on the murky origins of the mother-in-law sandwich.
- Restaurant Review
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Restaurants: More Bliss on a Bun, May 15, 2008
Fourteen places for hot dogs and sausages
Arts & Culture
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- Book Review
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Meta Man
Aleksandar Hemon's latest takes his usual themes on a trip through time with a true-crime twist.
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- Performing Arts Review
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Absence as a Presence
Loss and longing costar in Julia Cho's family road-trip drama Durango.
Columns & Opinion
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- On Culture
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The Cherry Orchard's Next
The Victory Gardens board makes a swift, quiet deal to sell the Greenhouse to one of its own.
News & Politics
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- Feature
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A Commission of Puppets
Why the people charged with protecting Chicago's lakefront have a hard time saying no to the mayor
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- Our Town
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A Conservatory, a Zoo, and 12,000 Corpses
An artist digs for the truth about Lincoln Park and the Chicago City Cemetery.
- Media
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The Editorial Page as Suggestion Box
The Trib's asking readers where else to put the Children's Museum.
Film
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- Movie Review
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Back at Fighting Weight
Mamet's Redbelt is a return to form.
Music
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- Music Column
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Sharp Darts: Kids With Contracts
For better or for worse, Columbia's student-run record label is actually run by students.
Blogs
- Bleader
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Sadies Surprise Sunday
The Sadies play a surprise afternoon show Sunday at the Hideout.
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The Dick Mell Wants His Guns Back Ordinance
You live, you learn, you rewrite the law.
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The Whole Hog Project: let's do some numbers
The Whole Hog Project: A prominent new book on heritage breeds is way off on its mulefoot count.
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- Bleader
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We like to watch... ourselves
What do Chicagoans look for in a movie rental? Chicago.
- Bleader
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On the clock
Richard M. Daley: as good at time management as he is at governing.
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: "the vocabulary of excretion has sneaked in and taken the taboo place previously held by religious words"
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Planned Parenthood tests new law
A suit against Planned Parenthood in Aurora may turn on Illinois' new Citizen Participation Act.
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Don't be told what you want; don't be told what you need
God save the Mayor, God save your mad parade.
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- Bleader
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McCain's Black hand
Will McCain's terrorist-sympathizer political aide get the Bill Ayers treatment? Any day now, I'm sure.
- Bleader
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Numero Uno
Numero Group: the new Harry Smiths.
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Archival films of our "Year of Confrontation"
The Chicago Film Archives presents a free screening Friday night of four films examining the city's upheaval in '68.
- Bleader
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The Trick She Turns
A Flowering Tree has song, dance, and story, but it's the orchestra that blooms.
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Gay marriage? Would never be too soon?
Trib columnists Steve Chapman and Dennis Byrne scold the California Supreme Court for its gay marriage ruling.
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A little too long on the shelf
The New York Times on Three Oaks, Michigan--as it was a year ago.
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The latest Chicago business-mag-cover-story award winners
Threadless brings another biz mag-award to Chicago.
- Bleader
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I will show you the life of the mind
What I'd shove down your throat if I was mayor.
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(D-I-S) R-E-S-P-E-C-T
A Q & A with 49th Ward alderman and mayoral nemesis Joe Moore.
- Bleader
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Calling the New York Times
New York Times voice mail is standing by . . .
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The societal cost of predatory lending
The high cost of housing in Roseland.
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The triumphant march back into Guyville
An exile returns to 'Exile.'
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: It translates literally as "grief bacon."
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Chicagoist vs. Il Kasstrato
Coming up from the shipwreck, making as if to say....
- Bleader
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Apocalypse later
Has the R. Kelly trial coverage been shockingly tasteful and muted, or is it just me?
- Bleader
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"In the Family" screenings
Two free screenings of "In the Family," a new documentary about genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer
- Bleader
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Professor, beware
Dark Matter brings the seamy side of academics to the screen.
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That's what you call a public protest
The Woodlawn Organization, which bused people to Thursday's Plan Commission meeting to cheer on the Chicago Children's Museum, has one significant source of revenue: you, the taxpayer.
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Doggy's S.S. Soul Eatery: quietly excellent on the west side
Who is the gifted nocturnal cook at Doggy's S.S. Soul Eatery?
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The future
Green roofs? Why stop with the roof?
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That'll show ya!
The foie gras and Wal-Mart bans -- two years later.
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Sonic terrorists
Provocative New York duo Talibam! is in town to bum some trips.
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West side bluesman Eddie C. Campbell in concert
Chicago bluesman Eddie C. Campbell plays a free show tonight at the Old Town School.
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature
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The last time the meteors came, we thought the sky was on fire. Naturally, we blamed the Irish.
The Trib enemies list continued: this time it's the Germania Club, or something.
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I think they're confusing the Decembrists with the Decemberists
It will be too late by the time we learn what these cryptic symbols mean.
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Unni Løvlid's Rite
A new album by Norwegian folksinger Unni Løvlid plays masterfully against type.
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Crack of the bat
Jason Giambi's slump-breaking regimen puts the White Sox (and himself) to shame.
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Don't stop now
Keeping up the fight against the independent-promoter ordinance
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Par for the course
Yep, Lil Wayne's still completely bonkers.
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Kayaking lessons
Kayaking lessons
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You Shoot: Bohemian National
You Shoot: Bohemian National
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Happy Birthday Studs
Celebrate Studs Terkel's birthday on WFMT.
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Iced coffee
Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee
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The first rule of Fight Quorum
Creative quorums from the city council.
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Chicago 2018 watch
Chicago moves closer to scoring a very important athletic event.
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Hyde Park: Movin' on up with the Solstice
Hyde Park ultra-gentrification update.
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With lazers
The christening of lazer bass
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Alderman Allen speaks
Alderman Tom Allen takes on TIFs and the Chicago Children's Museum deal.
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Is the gas pump half-full or half-empty?
Don't drive around looking for cheap gas--just move your frame of reference.
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Heads we lose, tails we lose
The legal costs of the Latin School Soccer Field keep adding up.
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Barely legal
A free taste of foie gras two years after the ban
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The only interesting thing I read about McDonald's this week
More interesting news about McDonalds than whatever style they claim their chicken is.
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Obama, through The Wire
Why's Obama into Omar?
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Free soft serve for expectant women
Expecting? Baskin-Robbins wants to give you free soft serve.
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We've got our fingers on the pulse of America
Fast Company loves us, and Des Moines.
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It wasn't a rock . . . it was a rock lotto!
The Girls Rock! Chicago Rock Lottery benefit show
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If the Times couldn't hear the voice, how does it know there was only one?
R. Kelly takes notes and the New York Times gets maximum mileage out of it.
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Yes. Yes we do.
Salient observations from Todd Stroger's PR army.
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