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Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 10, 2020
A challenging and memorable bike ride around Chicago’s exact city limits

Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: On Transportation, City limits, Strict Chicago Perimeter Ride, bike rides, cycling, Lakefront Trail, Uptown, Rogers Park, West Ridge, North Park, Forest Glen, Norwood Park, Edison Park, O’Hare, Dunning, Montclare, Austin, North Lawndale, Little Village, Brighton Park, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Ashburn, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park, West Pullman, East Side, South Chicago, South Shore, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas, Near South Side, Loop, River North, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Fish Keg, Novelty Golf & Games, Leaning Tower of Niles, Superdawg, Edison Park Motel, Des Plaines River Trail, Hala Kahiki, Gene and Jude’s, Home of the Hoagy, Janson’s Drive-In, Taqueria Los Gallos, Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue, Calumet Fisheries, Gorditas Adrian’s, Riverdale, Hegewisch

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 9, 2019
Picked clean on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Nashville artist Dean Tomasek.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Beverly Arts Center, Beverly, Grateful String Band, Wood Belly, bluegrass, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, skeletons, Old & in the Way, country, mountains, country-rock

City Life, Street View Apr 11, 2019
Cool jeans

This south-side children’s boutique satisfies your thirst for denim.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Street View, Shop window, denim, fashion, Beverly, Beyonce

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Aug 13, 2018
Chicago’s pilot dockless bike-share program is showing promise on the far south side

While dockless bike share is experiencing growing pains or worse in other cities, records show that DoBi providers LimeBike and Pace are doing decently.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Transportation, dockless bike share, biking, far south side, LimeBike, Ofo, Pace, Jump Mobility, Jessie Lucci, Dave Reed, Beverly, Altgeld Gardens, Hegewisch, Linda Aloia, Trumbull Park, East Side, Alfonso Gomez, Nathaniel Terrell

Arts & Culture, Comics May 22, 2018
Nick Drnaso’s second graphic novel, Sabrina, examines the perils of living too long in your own head

Are you actually deranged? Or is it the rest of the world?
- By Mark Peters
- Tags: Comics, Sabrina, Nick Drnaso, graphic novel, Beverly, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, fake news, doomsday scenarios

News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
The Chicago Authenticity Police might be worse than actual cops

These self-appointed judges of Real Chicago are true jagoffs.
- By Bill Savage
- Tags: Worst of Chicago, Authentic Chicago, Chicago Authenticity Police, Hegewisch, Edgebrook, Canaryville, Beverly, Chatham, Wrigleyville, Deep-dish, Mike Royko

Music, In Rotation Oct 3, 2017
Video
Strawberry Jacuzzi’s Shannon Candy on bratty punks who love drag and snacks

Plus: Rahim Salaam of the What About Chicago?! podcast on three labels documenting the city’s diverse DIY scene, Reader staff writer Leor Galil on the music magazine he wants for his birthday, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, The Wire, Wire magazine, Jlin, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Little Axe Records, Black Editions, P.S.F. Records, G Herbo, Street, Humble Beast, Thelonious Martin, Jawbreaker, Riot Fest, reunion, Shannon Candy, Strawberry Jacuzzi, Bernice Records and Tapes, Bev Rage & the Drinks, Peach Fuzz, Laundry EP, Elijah, Coffee & Donuts, Coffee & Donuts podcast, Tim Quinlan, Beverly, Honk If Yer Hungry, Rahim Salaam, What About Chicago?! podcast, Grandpa Bay, DIY, Nate Amos, Ryan Murphy, Marc Drake, Zach Wilson, Young Camelot, Chris Lee, Eye Vybe Records, Karissa Talanian, Sex No Babies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000 at the Vic and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

The United States of Women’s Galvanize Chicago, The Chiraq Wall closes, and other happenings from July 14-16
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, united states of women, mccormick place, galvanize chicago, benfest, mystery science theater 3000, the vic, bikes and brews, beverly, the chiraq wall, hot shot productions, david weinberg, what's real, jean albano gallery, dance in the park, city of chicago, comedy, film, movies, visual arts, photography, lectures, networking, theater, closing night

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 17, 2017
Chicago’s south and west sides offer a wealth of art galleries and museums

Feast your eyes at these spaces outside the downtown area.
- By Danielle A. Scruggs
- Tags: Summer Guide, AMFM Gallery, Blanc Gallery, Gallery Guichard, Stony Island Arts Bank, Arts and Public Life Center, Bronzeville, Washington Park, Pilsen, the Loop, DuSable Museum, Petty Biennial, Hyde Park, Beverly, Morgan Park, summer guide 2017

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2017
Illinois’s only true meadery is riding the current wave of interest in the fermented honey beverage

At Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery in Beverly, business is booming for Greg Fischer, who grew up beekeeping before he began producing mead.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery, Beverly, taproom, Greg Fischer, mead, meadery, cyser

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2016
Wrigley Field remains very expensive, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm joins Chris Christie and Martin Shkreli on an international list of "disappointing" leaders.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, MLB, Boston, Fenway Park, Chris Christie, Martin Shkreli, Rick Snyder, Rahm Emanuel, FIFA, Oak Lawn, Beverly, University of Chicago, Chicago Bulls, Scottie Pippen, Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors

News & Politics, Feature Oct 22, 2014
No money for treating the traumatized

Safe Start helped Veronica Coney's family cope with repeated exposures to violence. Why can't more families get such help?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Safe Start, violence, south side, Veronica Coney, Kate Goetz, Traci Coney, National Summit on Children Exposed to Violence, Janet Reno, Roseland-Pullman, Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Brad Stolbach, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Chicago Child Trauma Center, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Governor Pat Quinn, Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, Rush University Medical Center, Cytokine, Beverly

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Beef Melt au Jus

Top Notch Beefburgers
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, beef melt au jus, Top Notch Beefburgers, Beverly, Critics' Picks

News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2013
A new generation of activists fights injustice, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin

Activists aren't waiting for another movement (or another Martin Luther King) to push for change.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Keith Richardson, West Side, activism, activists, March on Washington, history, 1963, American Postal Workers Union, American Postal Workers Union, Chicago Local 001, murder, violence, race, crime, jobs, organized labor, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, AFL-CIO, National Action Network, Al Sharpton, Maureen Forte, churches, coalitions, poverty, Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ, Amisha Patel, immigrants, Elk Grove Village, Stanford University, Grassroots Collaborative, mental health clinics, schools, school closing, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Yondi Morris, New Freedom Movement, civil rights, civil rights movement, Beverly, Northwestern University, Aldon D. Morris, social movements, change, Bronzeville, neighborhoods

News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2013
A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, "I Have a Dream" speech, ideals, history, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, rights, race, segregation, inequality, jobs, Emancipation Proclamation, freedom, discrimination, equality, public schools, private schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, desegregation, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago, civil rights, Social IMPACT, Heartland Alliance, crime, property values, Patrick Sharkey, Milwaukee, incarceration, books, manufacturing, public transportation, suburbs, William Julius Wilson, quality of life, racial differences, unemployment, employment gap, Rahm Emanuel, social sciences, jobs, education, poverty, schools, violence, justice, Beverly, Humboldt Park, dissimilarity index, Harold Washington, Barack Obama, neighborhoods, community areas, Urban League, Hyde Park, Near South Side, Near West Side, Near North Side, Lincoln Park, Rogers Park, Uptown, urban renewal, integration, unplanned integration, South Side, West Side

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 26, 2013
Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics

Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, mental health, spin, mental health clinics, clinics, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, Woodlawn, Beverly, Humboldt Park, Allan Scholom, school closing, N'Dana Carter, Mental Health Movement, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Chicago Department of Public Health, Rogers Park, Logan Square, Auburn-Gresham, Morgan Park, Back of the Yards, insurance

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 14, 2013
A six-pack of south-side bars

Drinking below the 31st (Street) parallel
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Beverly, Pullman, Chatham, Clearing, Kitchen Sink Pale Ale, Bridgeport, Reese's Lounge, J&R Cocktail Lounge, Mr. C's Midway Bar, Horse Thief Hollow, Bernice's Tavern, Jeffery Pub, The Cove Lounge, Del Toro, Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, Martin's Corner Bar & Grill, Norman's Bistro, Simone's, Tac's Lounge, Martin's Corner

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2012
A model integrated community for Chicago to study

In Hope Meadows, a common purpose for residents—caring for each other—leads to real integration
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Segregation, News, integration, segregation, Beverly, Hyde Park, Hope Meadows, Rantoul, foster care, adoption, mixed-income housing, Brenda Krause Eheart, University of Illinois, Children and Youth Services Review, Heinz Award for the Human Condition, Heinz Family Foundation, Generations of Hope, Treehouse, Bridge Meadows, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, juvenile justice, Kartemquin Films, Black Cinema House, Chicago Public Schools, school boycott, Gordon Quinn, Peter Kuttner

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2012
Racial integration is possible in Chicago

In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Segregation, News, segregation, integration, Saul Alinsky, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Beverly, Hyde Park, University of Chicago, urban renewal, University of Illlinois at Chicago, public housing, Plan for Transformation, Robert Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens, Cabrini Green, Henry Horner, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, Whet Moser, Chicago Magazine, The 312, Natalie Moore, Linda Lutton, WBEZ, Angela Caputo, Chicago Reporter, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Rahm Emanuel, Occupy movement

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2012
Should Emanuel move to Englewood?

Rahm's desegregation plan
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Segregation, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, segregation, diversity, Englewood, Lake View, Beverly, Hyde Park, Morgan Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Rogers Park, Jane Byrne, Magnificent Mile, Cabrini-Green, unemployment rate, homicide rate, dropout rate, charters, Green Line, Bass elementary, University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago Public Schools, school desegregation, magnet schools, affordable housing, Douglas Massey, American Apartheid

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2012
Bringing Chicago together the Mayor Emanuel way

Mayor Emanuel's bad school policy brings Chicago together.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Jordan, Alderman Matt O'Shea, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, SB 7

News & Politics, Politics May 20, 2010
The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley's TIF Game

The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, TIFs, tax-increment fiancing, TIF map, West Englewood, 15th Ward, 41st Ward, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, Bronzeville TIF, 2nd Ward, 3rd Ward, 4th Ward, Chatham, Beverly, Lakeview, Rogers Park, Loop, 27th Ward, 42nd Ward, Gold Coast, Garfield Park, City Council, City Hall, Anthony Beale, 9th Ward, Roseland, Robert Fioretti, Bob Fioretti, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago Riverwalk, Brendan Reilly, Isaac Carothers, 29th Ward, Hillary Rodham Clinton Park, Prairie Avenue Historic District, Harpo Studios, MillerCoors, 250 S. Wacker, Chicago Christian Industrial League, New Ritz, Kennedy-King College, Walmart, Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, 60th and Western TIF district, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Near West TIF District, Greektown, 14th Ward, Ed Burke, 32nd Ward, Roscoe Village, Wicker Park, 32nd Ward, Scott Waguespack, 38th Ward, Tom Allen, 22nd Ward, Rick Munoz, shadow budget, TIF shadow budget

Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2009
Video
Lefty
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Todd Looby, iO, Left, Obrigado Productions, Gene Siskel Film Center, South Side Irish Parade, Beverly, Iraq War, cancer, The Blacks, Health White Baby, Brighton MA, Iowa Independent Film Festival, Video

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