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Music, Music Review Jan 22, 2021
Recommended
Crazy Doberman take us on unwieldy free-improvised journeys with Two Tales of Lost Witness Marks
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Music Review, Crazy Doberman, Two Tales of Lost Witness Marks, Aguirre Records, Tim Gick, Indiana, free-improvisation, jazz, Drew Davis, Doberman, John Olson, Tyler Damon, This Land God Has Abandoned, --- / Haunted, Non / Haunted, Recommended

News & Politics, Feature Aug 27, 2020
Outbreak in the heart of the RV industry

In Elkhart County, Indiana, Latinos disproportionately accounted for half of the positive cases early in the pandemic.
- By Lucas Robinson
- Tags: Feature, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Indiana, Elkhart, RV industry, Latino community, immigration

Music, Music Review Jul 3, 2020
Recommended
Northwest Indiana rapper Vince Ash samples hip-hop history for a distinctly heavy style
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Vince Ash, Indiana, Vito, Hammond, POW Recordings, hip-hop, rapper, rap, Three 6 Mafia, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 25, 2018
Slideshow
Sara McIntosh teaches shoemaking as a first step toward self-reliance

Here's a look at how students at the Chicago School of Shoemaking craft custom footwear.
- By Jamie Ramsay
- Tags: Feature, Arts, How To..., jamie ramsay, chicago school of shoemaking, CSOS, ravenswood, cobblers, shoemakers, shoemaking, leatherwork, shoes, artisan, handicraft, makers issue, bloomington, indiana, motif, sara mcintosh, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2018
Rauner showers praise on Mike Pence, leaving no doubt how he feels about gay marriage

"Mike Pence, along with President Trump, are doing it for every American right now," our governor says.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Bruce Rauner, gay marriage, Illinois Review, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Indiana, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Sam McCann, W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Goodfellas, Barack Obama

News & Politics, Feature Jul 11, 2018
Slideshow
Lake surfers say polluted waves are making them sick—but they love it too much to stop

One of the best local spots to surf is surrounded by a grimy industrial landscape in northwest Indiana.
- By David North
- Tags: Feature, surfers, surfing, great lakes surfers, surf, whiting, portage, indiana, lake michigan, southend, british petroleum, U.S. steel, shooters, patrick noyes, southend: the place where I go surfing, arcelormittal, surfrider foundation, rex flodstrom, burns waterway, EPA, chromium, center for disease control, erin brockovich, department of environmental management, chicago tribune, clean water act, abrams environmental law clinic, hammond, mike calabro, peter matushek, chicago, john martin, Slideshow

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 22, 2018
Take a chill ride to northwest Indiana—and its two dozen breweries

A 20-mile ride takes you to plenty of refreshment—and you can take the train back.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, indiana, three floyd's brewing company, munster, beer, south shore line, lakefront trail, wolf lake, eggers grove, bulldog brewery, marquette greenway, 18th street brewery, hammond, Erie Lackawanna Trail, Pokro Brewing Company, belgian, english, polish, New Oberpfalz Brewing, pokro, Wildrose Brewing Company, Byway Brewing Company, Millennium Station

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2018
How Dems in red states can fight off Trump’s vicious attacks

Let's hope voters in states from North Dakota to West Virginia appreciate senatorial independence from Trump.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Rich Miller, CapitolFax, Helen Shiller, Richard Daley, Sam McCann, Ken Dunkin, Juliana Stratton, Bruce Rauner, Michael Madigan, Donald Trump, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia, Uptown

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 16, 2018
Video
In 1924 Maxwell Street regular Daddy Stovepipe became one of the first bluesmen ever recorded

Bluesman Daddy Stovepipe was born during Reconstruction and lived long enough to be "rediscovered" in 1960, during the folk-music revival.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Winter Blues, blues, Daddy Stovepipe, Johnny Watson, Mobile, Alabama, Greenville, Mississippi, Maxwell Street, Rabbit's Foot Minstrels, mariachi, Cajun, zydeco, Mississippi Sarah, Sarah Watson, Vocalion, Bluebird, Sweet Papa Stovepipe, McKinley Peebles, Sam Jones, Richmond, Indiana, Sundown Blues, Stove Pipe Blues, Birmingham, Whistlin’ Joe, Whistlin' Pete, Sunny Jim, Jimmy Watson, Rev. Alfred Pitts, Blues From Maxwell Street, Tennessee Waltz, The Monkey & the Baboon, bronchial pneumonia, Killer Blues, White Lake Blues Festival, Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2017
U.S. Steel dumped more toxic chromium into Lake Michigan in October, asked state regulators to ‘keep it secret’, and other Chicago news

Also, man freed by Cook County state's attorney's office after serving 29 years in jail on two wrongful convictions of arson.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, U.S. Steel, Gary Works plant, Gary, Indiana, pollution, Clean Water Act, Lake Michigan basin, Lori Lightfoot, Police Accountability Task Force, Arthur Brown, wrongful conviction, arson, Cook County state's attorney's office, Robin Foxx, Chris Kennedy, Election 2018, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Democratic primary, Illinois governor's race, Michigan Avenue, Magnificent Mile, commercial real estate, Cushman & Wakefield, Danny Jacobson, Chicago, construction cranes, high-rises, Nighthawk: AM, the J. Fall Group, Nighthawk: Breakfast

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2017
Video
Chicago not adding more security at marathon, Cubs playoffs after Las Vegas mass shooting, and other news

Also, Robin Kelly to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Most guns used in Chicago shootings come from out of state.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, Las Vegas, mass shootings, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Rahm Emanuel, Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago Cubs, MLB playoffs, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Robin Kelly, Indiana, Wisconsin, gun control, guns, Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff's Office, Aurora University, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Luis Gutierrez, Chicago Ideas Week, Kim Kardashian West, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2017
R. Kelly is allegedly running an abusive ‘cult,’ and other Chicago news

Also, new Chicago Water Department emails show attempts at firearms deals and jokes about the city's gun violence.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Music, Chicago, Illinois, R. Kelly, R&B music, Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Water Department, race issues, racism, guns, Peter Hansen, farmers markets, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois pension crisis, state budget impasse, Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, Donald Trump, Chicago Public Schools, STDs, teen pregnancy, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan's Restaurant

Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2017
Video
So long, Peerless Potato Chips

One of the last regional chippers hangs it up.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Peerless Potato Chips, John Hogg, potato chips, Gary, Indiana, Video

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 31, 2017
Passenger rail in and around Chicago is becoming more bike friendly

Policy changes at Amtrak and the South Shore Line are making it more possible to pedal to neighboring states and take the train back.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Amtrak, South Shore Line, Indiana Dunes, Milwaukee, bike trip, Indiana, Three Floyds, Metra Electric, South Bend, Hammond, cycling, transportation, rail, trail

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2017
EPA chief Scott Pruitt visits lead contaminated East Chicago

Residents staged a boisterous rally through the abandoned streets of the West Calumet Housing Complex.
- By Kevin Stark
- Tags: Environment, News, Politics, Scott Pruitt, EPA, East Chicago, Indiana, Environmental Protection Agency, West Calumet Housing Complex, lead, U.S. Steel plant, Eric J. Holcomb

Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2017
Police are still searching for suspects in sexual assault of 15-year-old girl streamed on Facebook, and other Chicago news

Also, a kombucha bar is opening in Logan Square later this month.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, sexual violence, Chicago Police Department, social media, Facebook, gun violence, Lonnie Brooks, blues music, Chicago blues, Indiana, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, kombucha

City Life, Space Mar 8, 2017
Video
Tiki collectors escape winter in their basement paradise

Say aloha to David and Amy Carter’s Tabu Tiki Room.
- By Laura Pearson
- Tags: Space, Tiki, Polynesian, Munster, Indiana, David Carter, Amy Carter, space, Duke Carter, Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past, tiki mugs, collections, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2017
Video
Hundreds gather for ‘Not My President’ rally outside Trump Tower, and other Chicago news

Also, the grandson of Alderman Carrie Austin has been charged with first-degree murder.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Donald Trump, activism, protests, Gary, Indiana, public schools, Carrie Austin, gun violence, Louisville, Cook County Jail, A Day Without Immigrants, Chicago Public Schools, immigration issues, Cheri Bustos, Election 2018, Nancy Pelosi, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2016
Mayor Emanuel decamps for the DNC, and other Chicago news

Also, did you notice Toni Preckwinkle sitting next to Bill Clinton at the DNC?
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Michelle Obama, Illinois Democratic Party, Election 2016, Valerie Jarrett, Toni Preckwinkle, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, gang violence, gun violence, homicide rate, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Indiana, Hipster Highway, Logan Square, Humboldt Park, gentrification

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 20, 2016
A controversial Elgin mural is stranded between censorship and outrage

American Nocturne was inspired by a photo of a notorious 1930 lynching.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, American Nocturne, Elgin, Illinois, Marion, Indiana, David Powers, Milt Evans Jr., Paul Pedersen, Outdoor Exhibition Group, Joseph Vassallo, Lawrence Beitler, David Kaptain, lynchings, Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit, Thomas Shipp, Abram Smith, Abel Meeropol

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2016
Tension among Illinois Republicans heats up ahead of Cleveland convention, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago remembers Sandra Bland one year after her death.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Illinois Republican Party, Donald Trump, Mark Kirk, Bruce Rauner, Pat Brady, Election 2016, health insurance, Sandra Bland, police brutality, Mike Pence, Indiana, gun violence, Union Station

Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2016
Does the midwest still need Illinois to be its abortion oasis?

Hundreds of women flock to Illinois annually to get abortions not available in their home states. The recent Supreme Court decision could change that.
- By Anna Waters
- Tags: News, Women's Issues, Abortion, U.S. Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, pro-choice, pro-life, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 1, 2016
Get the f*ck out of here: The Road Trips Issue 2016

Doom and gloom in Bruce Rauner’s Springfield, the rebirth of an iconic Wisconsin supper club, and more stories of midwest exploration
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Feature, Road trip, Midwest, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Gobbler, Springfield, Minor league baseball, Amish, Comedy, Blessing of the Bikes, Baldwin, Metropolis, Superman, The Drop Comedy Club, The Comedy Attic, Bloomington, South Bend, Indianapolis, South Shore Line

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide Jun 1, 2016
What’s so funny about Indiana?

The Hoosier State makes a case for seeking comedy beyond Chicago.
- By Jason A. Heidemann
- Tags: Summer Guide, Indiana, Hoosier State, comedy scene, The Drop Comedy Club, The Comedy Attic, South Bend, Bloomington, Indianapolis, Milktooth, Fountain Square, Fletcher Place, Lockerbie Square, St. Joseph County Jail, Triple XXX, Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Andy Kindler, Horseshoe Hammond Casino, Persimmon Inn, Jonathan Baldizon, Zachery Boyce, Todd Barry, Natalie Jose, Kristen Toomey, Laugh Factory, Zanies, Laugh Factory, Dew Drop Inn Restaurant & Lounge

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide Jun 1, 2016
Pedaling through Indiana’s Amish paradise

The Pennsylvania Dutch eschew most modern technology, but bicycles remain an essential part of the culture.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer road trips, commuter rail, car-free road trips, Nappanee, Amish, Indiana, Acres, South Bend, farmers’ markets, South Shore Line, bikes on trains, Wakarusa

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