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Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 23, 2019
Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, ACRE Projects, ACRE, art residency, art galleries, zombies, Halloween, disco, Ariel Zetina, Gabba Ghoul, Cqqchifruit, Allen Moore, Pluto, Pilsen, artists, fundraiser, benefits, skeleton

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2018
Should Chicago cops have to pay for their own misconduct insurance?

Misconduct settlements have cost the city $800 million since 2004, a new report found. Should taxpayers be on the hook?
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Criminal Justice, Chicago Police Department, CPD, police misconduct, liability insurance, police insurance, indemnification, Robert Rialmo, Bettie Jones, Quintonio LeGrier, Michael LaPorta, Patrick Kelly, ACRE, Action Center on Race & the Economy, Fraternal Order of Police, FOP, police union, Cato Institute

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2013
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Metropolitan brews a ruthlessly fresh summer lager: Zwickel Flywheel

If you drink a pint of Zwickel Flywheel on Monday night, it'll be just six days out of the bright tank.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Metropolitan Brewing, Flywheel Bright Lager, zwickelbier, kellerbier, Zwickel Flywheel, Acre, Hopleaf, Fountainhead, Bavarian Lodge, Tracy Hurst, Baroness, Isak, Red Album, Generator, doppelbock, lager, Iron Works, altbier, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 8/3: Geronimo!, Bon Festival, and art that skews perception

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 3
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Geronimo!, Quenchers Saloon, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Bon Festival, the Mission, Parallels, ACRE

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2013
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On tap: Solemn Oath's Ravaged by Vikings

A zingy, fruity double IPA, Ravaged by Vikings, from Naperville's tap-only brewery Solemn Oath
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Solemn Oath, Ravaged by Vikings, Jourdon Gullett, Naperville, Acre, Martin Langrall, Kidnapped by Vikings, Bathory, Enslaved, Amon Amarth, Ragnarok, Video

Music, Three Beats Oct 8, 2012
Three Beats: Yakuza keeps spreading out on Beyul

Plus: The Spektral Quartet gets cozy with the U. of C., and the Captcha label helps beef up the sound program at ACRE
- By Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Three Beats, Yakuza, Beyul, Bruce Lamont, Helen Money, Tim Remis, Angela Mullenhour, Mars Williams, Dave Rempis, Spektral Quartet, University of Chicago, Captcha, ACRE, Swan King, Night Terror, Michael Vallera

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures May 18, 2012
This week's Culture Vultures recommend:

Theaster Gates, Acre restaurant, and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
- By Kelsey Gee
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Regina Taylor, Crowns, Goodman Theatre, Theaster Gates, Craig Fass, Carlos Ysaguirre, Horacio Nieto, Alexander McQueen, The Bad Apple, Acre

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2012
Small plates, big difference: this week in Food & Drink

Mike Sula reviews Bar Ombra and RPM Italian, and Giuseppe Tentori cooks with bee pollen
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mike Sula, Bar Ombra, RPM Italian, Melmans, Giuseppe Tentori, GT Fish & Oyster, Boka, Acre, bee pollen, Key Ingredient, Paul McGee

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, best new restaurants, food trucks, Phillip Foss, Meatyballs Mobile, Matt Maroni, Gaztr-Wagon, Arami, Balsan, Big Star, Paul Kahan, Branch 27, John Manion, Girl & the Goat, Stephanie Izard, Henri, Kith & Kin, the Purple Pig, Ria, Sprout, Ceres' Table, Chilapan, Franks 'N' Dawgs, Gilt Bar, Ruxbin, the Southern, Vincent, Saigon Sisters, Key Ingredient, chef's challenge, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, geranium, Pollock's Cod, Acre, Pasticceria Natalina, Natalie Zarzour, Pipeworks Brewing Company

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, European Imports, Pipeworks Brewing Co., Belgian Wit, Smoked Porter, Pastrami on Rye, beer tasting, warehouse sale, Quince, Scott Quint, Northwestern University Robert Launay, Ivory Coast, African luncheon, Washburne Culinary Institute, Sikia, African cuisine, Kansas City, Missouri, Boulevard Brewing, Kitchen Chicago, Kendall College, Angie Jackson, Have Yourself a Very Whiskey Christmas, Koval Lion's Pride Organic Dark Rye Whiskey, Cabin Fever Maple Whiskey, Rowan's Creek Bourbon Whiskey, When Oysters were Kosher, Jame Ziegelman, Bertha Kramer, Aubt Babette's Cook Book, Reform Judaism, Jewish cuisine, Spertus Institute, Black Beer Night, winter solstice, Acre, black beer, Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers, Southern Tier Choklat Stout, Half Acre Big Hug Imperial Porter

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2010
110 Tasty Things From 2010

What I ate this year that I can't forget.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Owen & Engine, Balsan, Branch 27, Sun Wah, Sprout, Cafe LaGuardia, Henri, Armi, Vincent, Kukulu Market, La Boulangerie, City Provisions Deli, Fina Estampa, J.P. Graziano, Pork Shopee, Lillie's Q, Meatyballs Mobile, Black Dog, Girl & the Goat, Ruby's Fast Food, Ruxbin, Buen Sabor, La Lagartija Taqueria, Taco Chino, Del Seoul, George's Kabab. Danny's Restaurant, Shawarma Inn, Taza Bakery, Kith & Kin, Sanabel Bakery, Ba Le, Roelli Cheese Haus' Dunbarton Blue, Cumin, Cookie Bar, Mapo Restaurant, Baylor watermelons, Floriole, Aripo's, Sable, The Whistler, The Drawing Room, Kovel Distillery, Aldino's, Jibek Jolu, Acre, Gilt Bar, Tao Ran Ju, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Pollo Vagabundo, Burton's Maple Syrup, Mick Klug Farms, Revolution Brewery, Longman & Eagle, Custom House, Ceres Table, Nella Pizzeria Napoletana, Phillip Foss, Lokal, Mac and Min's, Hearty, Chad Doll, Clint Rogers, Matty Eggleston, Eric Hay, Upland Cheese Company, Bar Deville, Avli Esiatorio, Torishin, Merla's Kitchen, This Little Piggy, Mama Bazell's, Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream

Food & Drink, Morsels Dec 16, 2010
Astir in Andersonville

Behind Pasticceria Natalina's closing, and why our Acre review is already outdated. Plus: kickstarting a brewery.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Morsels, Acre, Anteprima, Pasticceria Natalina

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink

What's in this week's expanded Food & Drink section
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl, Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History, recommended restaurants in the Loop, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Chinese black beans, Acre, Longman & Eagle inn, free bread delivery

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 9, 2010
Acre: easy does it

In place of Charlie's Ale House, an ardently seasonal spot that shares a chef with Anteprima
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Acre, Charlie's Ale House, Andersonville, Marty Fosse, Tim Rasmussen, Carlos Ysaguirre

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Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.

Should Chicago cops have to pay for their own misconduct insurance?

Misconduct settlements have cost the city $800 million since 2004, a new report found. Should taxpayers be on the hook?

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Metropolitan brews a ruthlessly fresh summer lager: Zwickel Flywheel

If you drink a pint of Zwickel Flywheel on Monday night, it'll be just six days out of the bright tank.

Reader's Agenda Sat 8/3: Geronimo!, Bon Festival, and art that skews perception

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 3

Video
On tap: Solemn Oath's Ravaged by Vikings

A zingy, fruity double IPA, Ravaged by Vikings, from Naperville's tap-only brewery Solemn Oath

Three Beats: Yakuza keeps spreading out on Beyul

Plus: The Spektral Quartet gets cozy with the U. of C., and the Captcha label helps beef up the sound program at ACRE

This week's Culture Vultures recommend:

Theaster Gates, Acre restaurant, and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Small plates, big difference: this week in Food & Drink

Mike Sula reviews Bar Ombra and RPM Italian, and Giuseppe Tentori cooks with bee pollen

This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

This Week's Food and Drink Events

An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.

110 Tasty Things From 2010

What I ate this year that I can't forget.

Astir in Andersonville

Behind Pasticceria Natalina's closing, and why our Acre review is already outdated. Plus: kickstarting a brewery.

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What's in this week's expanded Food & Drink section

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This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.

Misconduct settlements have cost the city $800 million since 2004, a new report found. Should taxpayers be on the hook?

If you drink a pint of Zwickel Flywheel on Monday night, it'll be just six days out of the bright tank.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 3

A zingy, fruity double IPA, Ravaged by Vikings, from Naperville's tap-only brewery Solemn Oath

Plus: The Spektral Quartet gets cozy with the U. of C., and the Captcha label helps beef up the sound program at ACRE

Theaster Gates, Acre restaurant, and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Mike Sula reviews Bar Ombra and RPM Italian, and Giuseppe Tentori cooks with bee pollen

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.

What I ate this year that I can't forget.

Behind Pasticceria Natalina's closing, and why our Acre review is already outdated. Plus: kickstarting a brewery.

What's in this week's expanded Food & Drink section

In place of Charlie's Ale House, an ardently seasonal spot that shares a chef with Anteprima

Other Searches