I don’t like to play games. I don’t even like to play video games. But this past April, I got an X-Box. Oh, wait, not an X-Box, but an EX-BOX [.mp3]. I recorded this story with my gal-pal Jenny and Shantell of Vocalo.org 89.5FM a few months ago. And, if you liked this story, you … Continue reading The Ex-Box: Hear it Live 7 PM Tonight, Simone’s in Chicago
World leaders and their entourages, protestors and activists from all causes and sides of the political spectrum, and countless journalists converge today in Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. I wanted to write a thoughtful, measured post about these events: what are the contexts, histories, faces and consequences of particular actions and inactions. … Continue reading A Chicagoan’s Incomplete Guide to the 2012 NATO Summit
You’re gonna have to drive down here or endure the slow boat to China AKA the #8 Halsted bus. Or maybe bike all the way down the Halsted bike lane! Good news: it’s right off the Expressway in the gallery-laden east Pilsen, or what some call the Principality of Podmajersky. But I digress.
When you see this sign, pull over immediately.
Continue reading “Brunch Here: Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted, Chicago 60608”
On May 1, 2012, at the intersection of Des Plaines and Madison Streets in Chicago, 3,000 protestors of all stripes – undocumented immigrants and allies, labor unions, Occupiers, peace activists, socialists, anti-nuclear energy, anarchists, gay rights activists – knelt and fell silent. Continue reading “May Day Protest and Street Art: This is What Democracy Looks Like in 2012, 1980 and 1886”
