Blog Profile / The Chicago Weekly
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| Filed Under: | United States / Chicago | |
| Posts on Regator: | 896 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.4 | |
| Archived Since: | June 16, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Lost in Transition - At a women’s shelter in?West Englewood, residents and staff struggle to make ends meet
Clara Kirk’s West Englewood United Organization had begun with two feet firmly planted in the community, and maintained a good reputation across Chicago. Yet the very force that propelled the organization from its founding—its neighborhood spirit—may have been its downfall. Read more ?
The Meaning of Israel - Rabbi Capers Funnye shapes a faith
Rabbi Capers C. Funnye, leader of the Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, shapes a faith. Read more ?
The Dogs Are All Right - In search of the perfect hot dog joint
If searching for encased meats along the streets that made Upton Sinclair famous for "The Jungle" seems counterintuitive, I don't care. They taste too good. Read more ?
At Home in the Theater - Front-row access to Chicago homes
The Home Theater Festival, which has just wrapped up its inaugural year in Chicago, consists of a two-week long series of gatherings in which a variety of art, music, and dance performances are staged in homes throughout the city. Read more ?
Odd Man Out - “The Misanthrope” at Court
"The Misanthrope" kicks off a Molière Festival at Court Theatre. Read more ?
Fairly Muted Charisma
Measured self-effacement has become a sort of unwritten code for writers of a certain prominence, and Jeffrey Eugenides—bestseller, Pulitzer winner, and Oprah’s Book Club inductee—seems to have gotten the memo. Read more ?
Caught in The Web
The Fifth House Ensemble pairs music with film at a Washington Park performance. Read more ?
A Confusing Calamity - Thomas Wolfe's "Calamity" takes over the Chicago Art Department
Thomas Wolfe mixes more than media. His collages conflate preying birds and preening beauties, substitute blossoms for bullet-broken plywood, and suggest something strangely glandular in irises and bull's-eyes. Read more ?
The Forty-Year Fight
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's diminutive stature was dwarfed by the marshals that surrounded her as she made her way down the main aisle of the University of Chicago Law School auditorium Saturday afternoon. Read more ?
Dance, Chance, and Possibility
At the start of Dance 4 Peace last Saturday, the spacious auditorium of the Gary Comer Youth Center, so usually bathed in light coming through its glass walls, went slowly dark in anticipation for the night’s first dance act. Read more ?
Empty Faces - Sculpture, performance, and power fill Slow Gallery
"Runs and Goses" opens at Slow, pairing Julie Potratz with Carol Jackson and Hillary Clinton with Angela Merkel. Read more ?
In Gamelan, a Group Effort
The Friends of the Gamelan (FROG) held their annual spring concert last Saturday afternoon at Hyde Park Union Church. Read more ?
Cut Out - Unwelcome expansion into Englewood
As families are forced out, Englewood comes to terms with a neighbor intent on expanding its rail yard operations. Read more ?
How Far Will They Go - CPS's smallest school closing has big implications
Kate S. Buckingham Special Education Center serves thirty-nine students with severe emotional disorders. If the school closes, it's students will face a fourteen mile move to their new school, a trek many argue isn't safe for them to make. Read more ?
In Search of Yak - Nepal House in the South Loop
Chicago, for all its huffing and puffing about being a “global” city, has long lacked contact with the good denizens of the Himalayas and their tasty cuisine. Nepal House aims to change that, currying flavor one meal at a time. Read more ?
Lifeways - At Mather's More Than a Café, old age made new
Like most people, Annie Robinson says she “used to see aging as a decline." Now, however, she’s learned to look forward to growing old—"it’s a sort of renaissance,” she says. Read more ?
Spectral Recitations - The ghostly confessions of Spoon River Anthology
"Spoon River Anthology" opens at Provision Theater, populating the stage with a pageant of unquiet spirits. Read more ?
Disarming Feminism
Angela Davis called for a new, expanded conception of feminism that would incorporate more inclusive imaginings of gender and race and challenge systems of mass incarceration. At times, however, Davis' enthusiasm for expansion threatened to dilute the force of her speech. Read more ?
After the Dust Settles - Alison Ruttan asks "What is it good for?" at HPAC
In her latest installation, "A Bad Idea Seems Good Again," Alison Ruttan bridges the gap between home and the battlefield through a collection of small-scale clay replicas of buildings damaged in conflict. Read more ?
Jane’s Dance - Learning sidewalk "ballet" in the South Loop
As Chicago holds its first-ever "Jane's Walk," the South Loop opens itself up. Read more ?