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- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Sep 4, 2019
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Eat Free Pizza spreads the oven-fired word
An enterprising trio turns to Instagram to perfect their pies for the hungry masses.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Aug 14, 2019
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Not-so-easy riders
What can cities do to make e-scooters safer?
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 11, 2018
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Joyride Records leaves Ukrainian Village, destination unknown
Plus: The original Mannequin Men reunite to celebrate the band’s 15th anniversary, and sound artist Jeff Kolar pipes music into pedway phone booths as part of the Short-Cuts series.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Sep 18, 2018
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Jessica Hopper’s memoir Night Moves pays homage to a bygone era in Chicago—the aughts
On being young, ambitious, and falling in love with the city, block by block, on a bicycle.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
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Anastasia Chatzka vows to return after closing her Ukie Village boutique
"The idea of a regular boutique almost seems just as passe as malls are becoming," says the erstwhile shop proprietor, who plans to reopen with a different business model.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2017
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Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee
“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2017
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What will the closure of Permanent Records’ Chicago store mean for the local music community?
Ukrainian Village's beloved Permanent Records will close in September, and its full-time employees—including Moniker Records founder Robert Manis—will move to LA to work at its west-coast shops.
- City Life, Space Dec 7, 2016
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Inside a puppeteer-novelist’s at-home creative workshop
Mary Robinette Kowal makes puppets and writes in a 1913 building in the Ukrainian Village.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2016
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Police have taken almost 2,900 illegal guns off the streets this year, and other Chicago news
Also, a former state champion wrestler coached by Dennis Hastert says he feels betrayed.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2016
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At Fernwey Gallery, abstract quilts convey the art of the archaeological dig
Christalena Hughmanick's "The Fish Don't Talk About the Water" makes a connection between 21st-century textile art and the remains of ancient civilizations.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2015
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Things the Winchester learned in the fire
Ukrainian Village's the Winchester is trying to come back from a fire by being a better neighborhood restaurant.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 22, 2015
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Boeufhaus steaks a claim in Ukrainian Village
Chefs Brian Ahern and Jamie Finnegan come out of nowhere with a knockout French-German brasserie.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2014
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Ron Swanson is the spirit animal of Whisk
Brothers Rick and David Rodriguez are doing brunch, burgers, and breakfast for dinner in Ukrainian Village.
- City Life, Space Nov 10, 2014
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Peek inside the fantastical Ukrainian Village home and studio of artists Jared and Jessica Joslin
Surreal artwork transforms the couple's home into a dreamscape.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 16, 2014
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Street artists peek out from the shadows
Creators of some of the city's most ubiquitous sidewalk images tell their stories.
- City Life, Space Apr 27, 2014
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Alan Lake's casa de soul in Ukrainian Village
The musician, chef, and author's apartment is bursting at the seams with art, cookbooks, and percussion instruments from around the world.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 5, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: A new app uses your movement to make music
Plus: Soul singer Doug Shorts returns to the studio, and Cousin Dud loses a drummer
- City Life, Space Oct 14, 2013
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A Ukrainian Village recording playground builds a memorial
Founded by the late Jay Bennett, Pieholden Suite Sound occupies a former rec center that's over the years become a Chicago icon in its own right.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2013
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The art-gallery bar: A bright idea?
Bar-level lighting and art exhibition go hand in hand at Fame and Gallery Bar
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 28, 2013
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One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars
A forthcoming Logan Square venture from two Violet Hour vets is about to open in a neighborhood that’s looking increasingly like Wicker Park.
- City Life, Space Aug 16, 2013
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Nineteenth-century weirdness meets Hawaiian flair in Ukrainian Village
There's something old and something tropic in Laura Moeller and Todd Hembrook's eclectic apartment.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 24, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: People-watching at Pitchfork
Plus: New material from the reunited Pezband and a farewell to Emily Cross of Cross Record.
- Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 19, 2013
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Best Local Alternative to Urban Outfitters
Study Hall
- Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Wed 5/29: Sexomedy, Roots Handmade Pizza, and Lunch Talks @ CAF
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 17, 2013
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Two Logan Square chefs pay homage to Lula
Matthias Merges of Billy Sunday and Yusho and Jeff Mauro of Jam meet for lunch at the neighborhood trailblazer.
