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News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
Stop complaining about Chicago’s weather

We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.
- By Edward McClelland
- Tags: Worst of Chicago, Weather complaints, Worst of Chicago, Tom Skilling, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Houston, Great Lakes, L.A. Story, Steve Martin, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Ellsworth Huntington, Civilization and Climate

News & Politics, Feature Nov 15, 2017
Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois

The animosity between Illinois's largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
- By Edward McClelland
- Tags: Feature, Illinois, Downstate, bicentennial, Pat Staab, Adlai Stevenson, Abraham Lincoln, Decatur, Bill Mitchell, Moline, John Deere, Peoria, Caterpillar, George Halas, Chicago Bears, Staley, City Council, Forgottonia, George Ryan, Nathaniel Pope, Springfield, Barack Obama, Ameya Pawar, Lake Michigan, Illinois history, Chicago history, Great Lakes, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Little Egypt, Cairo, eclipse, Metropolis, New Columbia Bluffs, Massac County, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Edgar, Edgar Fellows Program, East Saint Louis, Freeport, Galesburg, Maytag, Tate & Lyle, Vienna, James Krohe Jr., Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves: A Plain-Spoken History of Mid-Illinois, Richard C. Longworth, Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism, REO Speedwagon, Michael Madigan, Bill Clinton, Nile Delta, Herald & Review, Firestone, Donald Trump, NAFTA, Bernie Sanders, Macon County, Archer Daniels Midland, Alan Dixon, Paul Simon, secession

Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
Chicago’s famous flatness is important (and not always true)

Pancake-flat topography made the city a center for engineering innovations.
- By Bill Savage
- Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Flatness, topography, Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Sanitary and Ship Canal, Great Lakes, flat, Illinois and Michigan Canal, hills, skyscrapers

Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2014
Swimming in the muck (of Chicago politics)

Suddenly it's election season again—and swimming season too.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Sports, News, campaign donations, campaign finance, drug arrests, drug war, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, locks, mayor, mayoral race, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, school closings, sewage, swimming, war on drugs, Water Quality

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2013
Video
Oktoberfest shootout: Metropolitan, Revolution, and Two Brothers

Some of the best Oktoberfest beers available in Chicago were brewed right here.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Oktoberfest, marzen, Revolution, Two Brothers, Atom Smasher, Metropolitan, Afterburner, Ayinger, Left Hand, Sam Adams, Victory, Great Lakes, Leinenkugel, Atomsmasher, Plotkin, Witte, Speedranch, Boris, Pink, the Swan King, Pay to Pray, Flood Tactic, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2013
Chicago moves to ban plastic shopping bags—if Rahm's willing

As aldermen push their own environmental plans, will Mayor Emanuel really stand on the sideline?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Eco, Politics, News, Recycling, environment, Rahm Emanuel, Proco "Joe" Moreno, aldermen, City Council, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago City Council, Ed Burke, George Cardenas, plastic bags, plastic plague, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Tanya Triche, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2013
Not two peas in a pod: Deschutes Inversion IPA and Class of '88 Porter

A collaboration with Great Lakes and a flagship beer from Deschutes.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Deschutes, Great Lakes, Class of 88 Imperial Smoked Porter, Class of 88 collaboration beer, Inversion IPA

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2012
Mash Tun Oktoberfest and other food and drink events

Craft Spirits Week takes over Chicago's food and drink event scene, with still more Oktoberfests, beer festivals, wine festivals, and dinners paired with spirits and ciders
- By Meg Pier
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Absinthe, Deidra Hay, Great Lakes, North Shore, St. George, Oktoberfest, Mash Tun, Duck N' Roll, Brand BBQ, Michael Kiser, Flesh for Food, Red Line Coffee Crawl, Intelligentsia, Ch'ava, Metropolis 2 Sparrows, Craft Spirits Week, Gregory Ellis, Argus Brewery, Golf Open, Pullman State Historic Site, Chicago Beer Festival, Metropolitan Brewing Company, Shock Top, Union Station, Mokena, Greg Hall, cider, Virtue, Harmony Grill, The Savoy

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Cocktail List Rooted in Midwestern Pride

Watershed
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2012, Watershed, local liquor, Great Lakes, Great Lakes watershed, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2011
Lake Michigan politely returns our trash
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Environment, Clout City, Eco, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, litter, garbage, pollution, swimming, Pratt pier

News & Politics, Mudville Aug 11, 2011
The depths of urban living
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Mudville, Albion Beach, Water Quality, Asian Carp, Great Lakes, swimming

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2011
Invasion of the Rusty Crayfish

If you've taken a walk along a Chicago beach recently, you may have noticed all the claws. They've washed up everywhere—evidence of the presence of rusty crayfish, an invasive species.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Environment, News, Eco, Lake Michigan, claws, crayfish, rusty crayfish, invasive species, Shedd Aquarium, Kurt Hettiger, Great Lakes, fish

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Delilah's, holiday beer tasting, Christmas, Three Floyds, Logan Square Kitchen, Christmas market, Mayana Chocolate, Celestial Kitchens, Flour Cake and Pastry, Floriole Bakery, Sweet Miss Givings, Tinycakes, Defloured, Fritz Pastry, ChicaGourmets, Jam, Jeffrey Mauro, Antonin Rodet, Seifried, Check, Please!, Cheese, Please!, Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe, Alpana Singh, Alpana Pours, Gale Gand, Chocolate and Vanilla, Corner Cooks, Uncommon Ground, Half Acre Beer Dinner, Gossamer Golden Ale, Half Acre Beer, Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Dietzler Farm, Thunder and Sons Brown Ale, Slagel Family Farm, Louis John Slagel, Markethouse, Scott Walton, the Bluebird, Coniston, Meantime, Dark Hose, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2009
Morning news roundup

The news you might've missed: while James Meeks floated another school funding proposal, former city clerk James Laski weighed in on the president's reform credentials.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Climate Change, Barack Obama, James Laski, James Meeks, School Funding, Great Lakes, Daley administration, garbage collection, waste management, sales tax loophole, corporate subsidies, tax breaks, City of Toledo

Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2008
Green schemes

Business groups around the Great Lakes region collaborate on a plan to spur a new green economy.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, City Council, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Great Lakes, green economy, sustainable business, Jerry Roper

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2007
Our Precious Essence

Either you bring the Great Lakes to the desert, or you bring the desert to the Great Lakes.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Great Lakes, water, southwest

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2007
The Great Lakes, slightly less great than usual

The Great Lakes are leaking!
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Global Warming, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2007
Two can play that game

Making mercury warnings just a little better.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, British Petroleum, pollution, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan

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We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.

The animosity between Illinois's largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.

Pancake-flat topography made the city a center for engineering innovations.

Suddenly it's election season again—and swimming season too.

Some of the best Oktoberfest beers available in Chicago were brewed right here.

As aldermen push their own environmental plans, will Mayor Emanuel really stand on the sideline?

A collaboration with Great Lakes and a flagship beer from Deschutes.

Craft Spirits Week takes over Chicago's food and drink event scene, with still more Oktoberfests, beer festivals, wine festivals, and dinners paired with spirits and ciders

Watershed

If you've taken a walk along a Chicago beach recently, you may have noticed all the claws. They've washed up everywhere—evidence of the presence of rusty crayfish, an invasive species.

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.

The news you might've missed: while James Meeks floated another school funding proposal, former city clerk James Laski weighed in on the president's reform credentials.

Business groups around the Great Lakes region collaborate on a plan to spur a new green economy.

Either you bring the Great Lakes to the desert, or you bring the desert to the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes are leaking!

Making mercury warnings just a little better.

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