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Music, Music Feature May 22, 2019
Too big to pay

Apple is so influential that it can compensate the performers at its in-store events with merchandise and exposure—and no one will complain.
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Feature, Today at Apple, Apple Store, Apple, Michigan Avenue, Loona Dae, Phoelix, Lorena Cupcake, pay, compensation, merchandise, events, performances, Chicago Music Industry Summit, Apple Watch, iPad, Apple TV, AirPods, Final Cut, Logic, the Forum

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook's undercooked plan to help underserved Chicago schools: $300 iPads; app development for all

Apple CEO Tim Cook's plan to help Chicago schools sounds an awful lot like an Apple internship program.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Technology, The Internet, Tim Cook, Apple, Chris Hayes, Kara Swisher, MSNBC, Donald Trump, Amazon, HQ2, Lane Tech High School, Al Gore

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2018
Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news

Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city's heat ordinance.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Congress, Republican Party, Bruce Rauner, taxes, Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, Kevin Graham, police body cameras, winter weather, Cinespace Film Studios, Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago filming, Apple, Fine Arts Building, manually operated elevators, Alex Pissios, Nick Mirkopoulos, Robert Berger

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2018
Report: George Papadopoulos told Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, and other Chicago news

Also, the cold caused a glass panel to crack in the new Apple flagship store.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, George Papadopoulos, Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, Russia, Hillary Clinton, Election 2016, DNC, Rahm Emanuel, Apple, Apple Store, Chicago Bears, John Fox, winter weather, Man's Country

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2017
Video
Rahm Emanuel to Stephen Colbert: Chicago is a 'Trump-free zone,' and other news

Also, Janice Jackson's rise from CPS student to CPS CEO.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Janice Jackson, Apple, Tim Cook, Chicago Public Schools, coding, Forrest Claypool, Joe Biden, Leslie Odom Jr., Bruce Rauner, Elske, Anna Posey, David Posey, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2017
Video
Amazon bid includes $2.25 billion in incentives, far less than the $9 billion offered by New Jersey, and other Chicago news

Also, Yelp names the five best Chicago neighborhoods to open a business in.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Amazon, Michael Reese Hospital, Thompson Center, tax incentives, Chris Christie, New Jersey, Newark, Tim Cook, Apple, Rahm Emanuel, Apple Store, Chicago River, Wheaton College, college football, Yelp, small business, biking, bikes, Rosehill Cemetery, Au Cheval, Small Cheval, restaurant openings, fast-casual restaurants, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2017
Video
Rauner is fighting to keep details of a lawsuit filed by former business partner under wraps, and other Chicago news

Also, the long-awaited Apple flagship on the Chicago River is opening Friday.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Harreld "Kip" Kirkpatrick III, Kirkpatrick Capital Partners Fund, Apple, retail openings, Apple Store, food deserts, The Chi, Lena Waithe, Showtime, John Lausch, U.S. Senate, Donald Trump, Senate Judiciary Committee, Kirkland & Ellis, Patio Theater, Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels, exhibit openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2017
Video
Authorities investigating viral video in the mysterious death of Kenneka Jenkins, and other Chicago news

Also, former governor Rod Blagojevich speaks about his time in prison.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Kenneka Jenkins, Rosemont, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Facebook, Rod Blagojevich, Blase Cupich, gun control, guns, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Second City, George Wendt, Gilda's Club, Chris Rock, Bob Odenkirk, David Koechner, Jeff Tweedy, Joel Murray, Andrew Alexander, Apple, store openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2017
Video
Durbin compares Trump to former governor Rod Blagojevich, and other Chicago news

Also, Apple is almost 40 percent more valuable than Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Rod Blagojevich, Robert Mueller, Russia, Bank of America, Apple, Google, Alphabet, Illinois, economics, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Missing Persons Day, missing people, Chris Kennedy, Election 2018, Merchandise Mart, Stephanie Izard, Top Chef, Iron Chef, Iron Chef Gauntlet, The Girl and the Goat, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2016
The Chicago Police Department is recruiting black and Hispanic candidates, and other news

Also, a study of local high school students shows that studying music changes the teenage brain.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, race, police issues, gun violence, Rahm Emanuel, police body cameras, Northwestern University, education, arts education, music, Apple, Magnificent Mile, retail, Water Tower Place

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2016
Not even our bookstores are safe from Silicon Valley's growing might

Amazon's brick-and-mortar store in Wrigleyville is just the latest example of tech's "Frightful Five" remaking our world.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Technology, The Contrarian, The Internet, News, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, iPhone 7, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Fox News, Megyn Kelly, McChicken, bookstores

Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2015
Video
Spike Lee says Chi-Raq will save lives on the south side—but can't say how

The director took part in a Q&A at an Apple store in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, but didn't provide a lot of answers.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Film, It's Complicated, Shots Fired, Spike Lee, Chi-Raq, John Cusack, Apple, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2015
Slideshow
See U2 bring some Songs of Innocence to the United Center

With these marvelous photos of the band's Wednesday night performance!
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Whoa, Music, U2, United Center, Songs of Innocence, iTunes, Apple, Joey Ramone, Innocence & Experience Tour, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2014
A local start-up is tackling transgender unemployment

TransTech Social Enterprises CEO Angelica Ross says: "We're here to empower."
- By H Kapp-Klote
- Tags: Technology, LGBTQ+, News, TransTech Social Enterprises, Angelica Ross, LGBTQ task force, chicago, lgbtq, transgender issues, nonprofits, technology, social media, trans 100 list, aubrey schuster, nonbinary, chicago house, Apple, Translife center

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2014
Surveying Chicago hip-hop's growing digital catalog a week after U2's ambitious album release

Let U2's Songs of Innocence guide you to discover more music, including Leekeleek's recent Still Geekin mixtape.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, U2, Songs of Innocence, iTunes, Apple, Tyler the Creator, Leekeleek, King Louie, Still Geekin, Banana Boat

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 25, 2014
Edgewater's Herb wants to 'redefine' Thai

But it can't find the right words.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Herb, Thai restaurants, Edgewater, Thai food, amuse-bouches, miang kham, peanuts, lime, red onion, chiles, coconut, Patty Neumson, Kee Chan, Mulan, Lure Izakaya, Strings Ramen Shop, service, menus, Next, soups, entrees, appetizers, starters, mango, apple, som tam, shrimp, kung chae nam pla, naked shrimp, winged beans, beans, scallops, culantro, dill, Laotian coriander, scallops, tomatoes, mushrooms, hearts of palm, sunchokes, formality, tumeric, curry, southern Thai food, tom yam, lemongrass, red snapper, fish, seafood, rice, khanom jin, noodles, microgreens, kaeng pa, smoked fish, salmon, duck, banana, grapes, blueberries, durian, tapioca, pandanus, rambutan, seasonal menus, affectations, earnestness, edible flowers

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Oct 15, 2013
A Mirman, Schaal, and Hodgman stand-up spread

The short Sandwich-to-Go Tour gives one of its dates to Chicago.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, MirmanHodgmanSchaal Sandwich-to-Go Tour, Netflix, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, Flight of the Conchords, Bob's Burgers, John Hodgman, The Daily Show, Justin Long, Mac, Apple, The Vagina Monologues, Taintalogues, Delta Airlines

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 13, 2013
The Next level of vegan

Next's Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, vegan menus, Next Vegan, Fulton Market, vegetarian menus, vegetarian fine dining, fine dining, television, vegetables, HBO, Upton's, meat substitutes, The Wire, The Handlebar, Chicago Diner, David Beran, vegans, vegetarians, Mike Sula, mushrooms, chard, douchi, bean paste, seitan, small bites, avocado puree, presentations, Aviary, scavenging, nori dumplings, leeks, banana, cider vinegar, apple, lichen, service, showmanship, Next

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2013
Mayor Rahm's school board takes a big stand!

Chicago's school-closing board once again proves it's a wholly owned subsidiary of Mayor Rahm.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, New York Times, Apple, school closings, Tax Increment Financing, DePaul basketball arena

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2013
A diet based on sacrifice

Counting carbs, but not for the reason you think
- By Christina Elizabeth Rodriguez
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, diabetic, diabetes, continuous glucose monitor, Type 1 diabetes, Champaign-Urbana, the Nile, Pokey Stix, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, carbohydrates, apple, banana, Barnelli's, rainbow cones, south side, tortillas, rice, Mexican

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2013
How to downgrade from iTunes 11 and why I did it

I'm a happier person after going back to iTunes version 10.7.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Technology, Music, iTunes, Apple, technology

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2013
Meet the model 21st-century journalist

Scott Jacobs, proof the journalist of the future can actually exist
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Scott Jacobs, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Daily News, Wheel of Fortune, Lou Grant, Stuart Gordon, Organic Theater, Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur, Kurtis Productions, Len Aronson, The Week Behind, Apple

News & Politics, Feature Dec 12, 2012
City for sale

The city has put a price tag on everything from parking meters to CTA stops, billboards to city departments. But what's the real cost of plastering our public space with ads?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago billboards, Ed Burke, City Council, public space, public-private partnerships, Reason Foundation, Skyway, parking meters, Lois Scott, Alex Holt, competitive bidding, Fresh Picked Media, Apple, North/Clybourn, city auctions, contracting, station naming rights, Chicago CFO, infrastructure trust, Interstate Outdoor Advertising, JCDecaux, Scott Waguespack, Ameya Pawar

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2012
Apple's latest gimmick: make it smaller!

Some new details emerge about the new iPad Mini
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Science, Media, iPad Mini, Gizmodo, Apple, JK Rowling, Macbook Air, iMac

Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2012
Weekend tech reading: the New York Times's "iEconomy" series

The gray lady offers up some in-depth reporting on hi-tech business
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Science, $$$, Media, News, Steve Jobs, iPhone 5, Apple, New York Times, iEconomy, Charles Duhigg, David Kocienewski

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