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Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 13, 2021
A new Zoom opera honors the health-care workers fighting COVID

Plus: Country cat Lawrence Peters leads a workshop for aspiring record collectors, and rapper Defcee drops an expanded version of his latest EP.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Bellissima Opera, On Call: COVID-19, Working in Concert, Christine Steyer, David Shenton, Carl Ratner, premiere, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Lawrence Peters, Lawrence Peters Outfit, Country, My Way, Lumpen Radio, Golden Horse Ranch Band, Old Town School of Folk Music, record collector, So, You Want to Be a Record Collector, Defcee, Ceenick, Nick Arcade, Rich Jones, Add-2

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 23, 2020
Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, and Open Television throw a three-night virtual Pride party

Plus: Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow assembles a massive compilation to benefit the fight for racial justice, and rapper Roy Kinsey teases a new single with an all-star cast of Chicago women.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, Kristen Kaza, Elijah McKinnon, Open Television, OTV, #4theQulture, 4theQulture, Leaders for a New Chicago, Pride, Lucy Stoole, Drea the Vibe Dealer, Mother Nature, DJ Duane Powell, Thair, Avery R. Young, Brent Gutzeit, TV Pow, Building a Better Reality, Bandcamp, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Black Lives Matter, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Ken Vandermark, I Kong Kult, Al Margolis, Azita Youssefi, Fire-Toolz, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Gel Set, Nick Mazzarella, Tomeka Reid, Joshua Abrams, Michael Zerang, Roy Kinsey, Kinsey: A Memoir, She/Her, remix, Tweak G, Cali Hendrix

Music, Music Feature Jun 17, 2020
Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?

Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Feature, Spotify, Bandcamp, Amazon Music, Pandora, Sirius XM, Google Play, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube, YouTube Content ID, streaming, royalties, digital music, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, Sooper Records, Numero Group, Glenn Curran, Rob Sevier, Matt Pakulski, FPE Records, Dave Rempis, Aerophonic Records, Doug Kaplan, Hausu Mountain, Jessi Frick, Father/Daughter Records, Open Mike Eagle, Why? Records, Joshua Virtue, Trichordist, Taylor Swift, Scottie McNiece, International Anthem, RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America, Nnamï, Black Plight, Jackie’s House, Midia Research, Mark Mulligan, ASCAP, BMI, Copyright Royalty Board, National Music Publishers’ Association, Nashville Songwriters’ Association International, pro rata, user-centric, Joe Rogan, podcast, Frances Farlee, Artist Fundraising Pick, Matt Muse, Josh Kim, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Jordan Reyes, American Dreams Records, Cavanaugh, Quarantine Recordings, Serengeti, Art Is Love Vol. 1, Wyatt Waddell, Fight!, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Saint Icky, Black Skin, Assata’s Daughters, EAT Chicago, Healthy Hood Chicago, My Block My Hood My City, Quarantine Concerts, Do Division Street Fest, livestream, GLOhan Beats, D2X, Experimental Sound Studio

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 9, 2020
Wyatt Waddell drops a single to rally the fighters for Black lives

Plus: Femdot’s nonprofit begins free food deliveries on the south and west sides, and Nnamdï gives away more than $10,000 in “Bandcamp day” revenue.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Wyatt Waddell, Fight!, George Floyd, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Femdot, Delacreme Scholars, food distribution, Nnamdï, Black Plight, Bandcamp, Rage, Assata’s Daughters, EAT Chicago

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 27, 2017
Video
Original Rap Karaoke makes a comeback at Township

Plus: Evil bands play for good causes at the Mousetrap, and Berlin hosts Big Dipper’s LaCroix Boi: The Party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Original Rap Karaoke, Jerry’s Sandwiches, Township, comeback, Ground Lift Media, Psalm One, Mousetrap, Planned Parenthood, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Ozzuario, Lowhangers, Stardust, Berlin, LaCroix Boi: The Party, Big Dipper, Pride, Lorena Cupcake, Scott Cramer, Fee Lion, Teen Witch Fan Club, [X]P, Benji, DarkDynazty, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2016
Canstruction Chicago, Rockin' Lobster Bash, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Chicago Jazz Festival and other happenings from August 29-September1.
- By Sara Cohen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Laugh Till You're Winded, Michael Alexander, Tyler Ross, Ladylike, Melody Kamali, Stephanie Weber, Becca Brown, Gena Gephart, Deanna Ortiz, Kristen Toomey, Canstruction Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Moth Story Slam, Rockin' Lobster Bash, Rebecca O'Neal, Congrats on Your Success, Uncharted Books, Chicago Jazz Festival, Brown in Bronzeville Effect, Obert Davis' Soul Migration, Dan Trudell Trio, Charlie Haden

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
Pride Parade, Bob Dylan, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Pride Parade, a sausage fest, a vegan fest, and eight more cool things to do in Chicago this weekend.
- By Sara Cohen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Food & Drink, Music, Sara Cohen, Weekend, Logan Square Arts Festival, Logan Square, Xenia Rubinos, Screaming Females, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Ravinia Festival, Vegan Food and Drink Festival, Mic. the Vegan, Radius & Dia.L, Arcadia, Rai, Oshwa the Band, Grant Park, Field Museum, Field Market Days, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Hunger Walk, Jackson Park, Hollywood Beach, Transmale Beach Party, Pride Weekend, Evanston, Fountain Square Art Festival, The Flat Cats, Chris Greene Quartet, The Hat Guys, Trippin Billies, Joe Policastro Trio, Classical Blast, Elston Avenue Sausage and Music Fest, Glam Camp, Murder by Death, Gold Web, HoneyHoney, B96 Summer Bash, Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, Calvin Harris, Puth, Mike Posner, Daya, Chicago Pride, Pride Parade, Monica Raymund

Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2016
Chiditarod hits the streets, the Interview Show celebrates eight years, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Waffle Fest 6, Gilmore Guys, and more happenings from March 4-6.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Interview Show, Hideout, Hebru Brantley, Chicago DanzTheatre, Bindis and Bruises, Chiditarod, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Bulk Up, Swedish American Museum, Chicago Market, Waffle Fest 6, Empty Bottle, Jeremiah Jae, Battle of the Balls, Formento's, Gilmore Guys, Thalia Hall

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2014
Kasonja Holley is feeding the Loop's homeless on her lunch break

One of Glamour's 50 Women of the Year, Chicagoan Kasonja Holley spends her lunch break hand-delivering sandwiches to people who need a meal.
- By Megan Thielking
- Tags: Do This, Neighborhoods, News, Love in Motion, homelessness, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Kasonja Holley

Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2012
On the scene at Cranksgiving Chicago, the annual "food drive on two wheels"

The bike race/food drive showcases the generous side of the bike-messenger subculture
- By Nyki Salinas-Duda
- Tags: Poverty, Two Wheels, Food & Drink, Adrian Gonzalez, Cranksgiving, Nico Deportago-Cabrera, Four Star Courier Collective, Devin Dizzle, Taylor Garbin, Adam Walsh, Marie Snyder, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago Cuttin' Crew, cycling, food drive

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2012
This week's food and drink events, from Bulls schmoozing to truffle making

Austria Uncorked, Hoops for Hunger, a truffle-making party, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Austrian Bakery and Deli, Porkchop, Vivo, Hacker-Pschorr, Cactus Bar and Grill, Hacker-Pschorr, 2 Sparrows, Few Spirits, E-Dogz Mobile Culinary Community Center, E 2 Tha Z 2, Eric May, Jonathan Zaragoza, Katherine Anne Confections, Priscila Satkoff, Salpicon, Greater Chicago Food Depository, West Town Tavern, Gale Gand, Chef Gale Gand's Brunch!: 100 Fantastic Recipes for the Weekend's Best Meal, Hearty, Bob Love, Sidney Green, Bill Wennington, Benny the Bull, Luvabulls, Roka Akor, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Derrick Rose, Marigold, 5 Rabbit, Spotlight Chef, Argent Restaurant and Raw Bar, Rodelio Aglibot, Jackie Chen, Francois-Xavier de Saint Exupery, Chateau de Tiregand, The Little Prince, House of Glunz.

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2011
In Cook County, one in six is "food insecure"

One in six Cook County residents is "food insecure."
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Clout City, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Greater Chicago Food Depository, One City, One Food Drive

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature May 26, 2011
With food policy a plank in Rahm Emanuel's new platform, neighborhood food councils are starting to organize
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Mayor Emanuel, Logan Square Farmers' Market, Chicago Public Schools, Matt Sussman, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Logan Square, Little Village, Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council, Erika Allen, Growing Power, Mark Winne, Community Food Security Coalition, Wicker Park, Humboldt Park, Bettina Tahsin, Greater Chicago Food Depository, North Lakefront Council, Northwest Food Council

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An ancient beer tasting, a chili cook-off, a paella party, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Fernando Beteta, If It Grows Together It Goes Together, wine dinner, Fox & Obel, Empty Bowls, Lillstreet Art Center, First Slice Pie Cafe, CHIRP Radio, art auction, food drive, the Publican, Hannah's Bretzel, Three Floyds Brewing, Blackbird, Avec, La Taberna Tapas on Halsted, National Paella Day, Enrique Cortez, paella, chili cook-off, Chicago Fire Department, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Rock Bottom Brewery, the Bluebird, ancient beer, Greater Chicago Food Depository

News & Politics, Feature Aug 5, 2010
Enriched

To explore the gap between wheat as commodity and wheat as food, artist Sarah Kavage bought—and took possession of—1,000 bushels.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Feature, Roots and Culture, Sarah Kavage, Industrial Harvest, William Cronon, Nature's Metropolis, Chicago Board of Trade, wheat futures, agricultural futures, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Merc, Mercantile Exchange, Nance Klehm, Urban Homestead, The Food Bubble, Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, Port of Chicago, Greenfield Mills, Dave Rinkel, organic food, CME, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Sunday Dinner Chicago, Slow Food

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2009
On the Topic of Wish Lists
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: RE Gift, Chicagoland, Gapers Block, Greater Chicago Food Depository

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2009
Soup and Bread at Home

The cookbook companion to the Soup and Bread series at the Hideout is available at holiday sales and online.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: RE Gift, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Soup and Bread, Martha Bayne, Sheila Sachs, cookbooks, food gifts, blogsherpa, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Hideout, holiday sales

Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2009
This week's food and drink events

WhiskyFest, edible books, the last Soup and Bread of the season, and more.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Twisted Spoke, Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Hideout, Book Cellar, Sepia, Martha Bayne, Vermont Butter & Cheese, Soup and Bread, blogsherpa, Kendal Duque, Kelly Donlea, 70 Meals, One Trip to the Store, Rogers Park Dinner Crawl, free tastings, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Lush Wine & Spirits, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Edible Books Show & Tea, Columbia College School of Book and Paper Arts, Marion Street Cheesemarket, Allison Hooper

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2009
Soup stampede?

The Hideout's free bread-and-soup event debuts tonight. Oh, you've heard?
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Hideout, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread, Tim Tuten, Phil Vettel, The Stew

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2009
Soup and Bread at the Hideout

Soup and Bread at the Hideout this Wednesday
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Hideout, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread, Celestial Kitchens, Celeste Dolan, Anastasia Davies Hinchsliff

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2007
This weekend and beyond

This weekend's talks and tastings
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Scylla, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Tohu Winery, Chicago Turkish Festival, Chicago Botanic Garden, Hunger Awareness Month, Nickâ€™s Fishmarket Grill, Osteria di Tramonto, Fixture

Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2007
This weekend and beyond

This week's selected talks and a tastings.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Alpana Singh, Carlo Petrini, Slow Food, Gourmet Wine Cellar, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, The Drinking & Writing Brewery, Beerfly Alleyfight, Rock Bottom Brewery, Bobtail, Adam Seger, Osteria via Stato

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Plus: Country cat Lawrence Peters leads a workshop for aspiring record collectors, and rapper Defcee drops an expanded version of his latest EP.

Plus: Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow assembles a massive compilation to benefit the fight for racial justice, and rapper Roy Kinsey teases a new single with an all-star cast of Chicago women.

Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.

Plus: Femdot’s nonprofit begins free food deliveries on the south and west sides, and Nnamdï gives away more than $10,000 in “Bandcamp day” revenue.

Plus: Evil bands play for good causes at the Mousetrap, and Berlin hosts Big Dipper’s LaCroix Boi: The Party.

Chicago Jazz Festival and other happenings from August 29-September1.

Pride Parade, a sausage fest, a vegan fest, and eight more cool things to do in Chicago this weekend.

Waffle Fest 6, Gilmore Guys, and more happenings from March 4-6.

One of Glamour's 50 Women of the Year, Chicagoan Kasonja Holley spends her lunch break hand-delivering sandwiches to people who need a meal.

The bike race/food drive showcases the generous side of the bike-messenger subculture

Austria Uncorked, Hoops for Hunger, a truffle-making party, and more.

One in six Cook County residents is "food insecure."

An ancient beer tasting, a chili cook-off, a paella party, and more.

To explore the gap between wheat as commodity and wheat as food, artist Sarah Kavage bought—and took possession of—1,000 bushels.

The cookbook companion to the Soup and Bread series at the Hideout is available at holiday sales and online.

WhiskyFest, edible books, the last Soup and Bread of the season, and more.

The Hideout's free bread-and-soup event debuts tonight. Oh, you've heard?

Soup and Bread at the Hideout this Wednesday

This weekend's talks and tastings

This week's selected talks and a tastings.

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