Green restaurants: Serving up sustainability and savings
By Jasmine Sanborn Businesses like Piece Brewery and Pizzeria and its sister restaurant, Brobagel, serve up mainstay menus in Wicker Park as they have for 13 years. Environmental sustainability is another cornerstone built into the business model. “The main thing, we already had built in [is] we brew our own beer. There is less distribution and we […]
VIDEO: The coach
By Mathias Meier In a neighborhood widely portrayed as a hub for drug trafficking and street violence, one coach is making a difference. Mathias Meier takes us to Little Village and the basement of a community church where boxing and dreams collide.
Anatomy of a body of work at the surgical museum
By Lucy Vernasco The International Museum of Surgical Science’s new Anatomy in the Gallery exhibit feels more like an immersion into the study of physiology than a walk through a classical art show. This is because the art displayed in Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Art Studio, on view until Friday […]
3D printing just became more delicious
By: Lucy Vernasco 3D printing is more delicious than ever. With more than 1,000 Kickstarter backers, PancakeBot is the world’s first 3D pancake printer. “It’s a project I did for my kids to get them inspired. It’s a family project,” Miguel Valenzuela said about his invention. Valenzuela is a civil engineer, inventor and father living […]
OPINION: Sharp rumors hurt everyone involved
By Ryan Lund Patrick Sharp is a hard man to dislike. With a winning smile unblemished by a 13-year NHL career that landed the high-scoring winger on the cover of Chicago Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans” issue in 2011, Sharp is an instantly recognizable face on a team that seems to deal almost exclusively in […]
In a TIF: Chicagoans angry about obscure funding method
By Meredith Wilson Thanks to this year’s elections, Chicagoans looking for an explanation for the city’s financial woes are turning an eye towards an opaque form of municipal funding. TIF, or tax increment financing, has been vaulted into public consciousness as the city struggles to elect a mayor and find a solution to Chicago’s rising […]
Creative. Energetic. Talkative. Narcoleptic?
By Priyam Vora “It was what everybody jokes about when somebody falls asleep somewhere in a chair at a holiday party like you know ‘Oh you must be narcoleptic,” said Regis Watson, Annie’s mother. “I mean it was always a joke.” Annie was diagnosed with narcolepsy when she was 6 years old, a long painful […]
Jails lack resources to care for heroin addicts, experts say
By Dani Anguiano Sonja Radtke, 30, a recovering heroin addict, says experiencing heroin withdrawal feels a lot like going through hell, but it is much worse in jail where treatment is limited. “Like, I throw up blood and have seizures when I get sick, but [jail staff] really don’t do anything,” Radtke said of her […]
Presbyterians approve same-sex marriage amendment
By Ellen Kobe The largest Presbyterian Church denomination, PC(USA), approved an amendment to its Book of Order that recognizes same-sex marriage in the church Tuesday. As approvals needed to vote in favor of the 14-F Amendment steadily increased this winter, those in the Chicago Presbyterian community reflected on what this change means for the Presbytery of Chicago, […]
Illinois unemployment hits 6-year low in January
By Jin Wu Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in January, according to a release Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Illinois reports an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent, the lowest since 2009. [field name=”Unemployment”] Illinois unemployment rate has been dropping for six consecutive years, reaching 6.1 percent in January. (Bureau of […]