Neighborhood
Brother Tim’s Veggies
There are two types of vegetarian restaurants. The first type tops things with sprouts and tosses around words like seitan and tempeh. The second type pretends it isn’t a vegetarian restaurant. Brother Tim’s, situated near 87th and Stony Island in Calumet Heights, is the second kind. Their menu, which proffers “vegetarian fast food,” is... »
Dat Donut
Rainbow sprinkled, toasted coconut, Boston cream pie, strawberry glazed, chocolate cake: these are only a portion of the twenty-five flavor spectrum of donuts offered at Dat Donut. With a red sign rivaling the size of its donut selection, the outpost is easily visible at the corner of 83rd and Cottage Grove. Rows and rows... »
Clear Boundaries
Walking into the Ridge Park Field House, there is a sense of dusty grandeur juxtaposed with the everyday. Climbing a flight of stairs up to the Vanderpoel Gallery—housed on the field house’s second floor—art enthusiasts pass colorful fliers advertising exercise memberships and ballet classes amid the sounds of sneakers pounding on treadmills and squeaking... »
Playground Poets
On April 10, in the mezzanine of the South Shore Cultural Center, an unusual partnership was formed between Ed Borstein and Noah Emmanuel. Ed is a lanky 25-year-old University of Iowa graduate and drummer for the Chicago punk band T’Bone. Noah is a sixteen-year-old South Shore resident and avid Drake fan. The pair spent... »
Coming to Terms
“It’s complicated.” That was how Bryant Jackson-Green, chairman of the libertarian UofC student organization Students for a Free Society, summed up his position on the Occupy movement for an audience member as he made his way up to the podium at last Thursday’s debate. Billed as a discussion on what role Occupy should play... »
Poetic Justice
The auditorium at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen is a prettily decorated room. Black and white photographs adorn black and orange walls, while silver papel picado glitters from the ceiling. On the auditorium’s stage on April 17, award-winning poet turned award-winning peace activist Javier Sicilia stood at a plain wooden podium... »
A Conservative Prognosis
Short, round in the middle, and balding on the top, William Kristol resembles nothing if not an aging torpedo. A torpedo that is, perhaps, past its aerodynamic prime, but still not something you want fired in your direction. As his introduction noted, Kristol has, in a variety of capacities, been involved in “every political... »
Slow-Motion Emergency
Everyone was well fed—Diane Adams made sure of it. The 56-year-old ran back and forth across the Woodlawn Mental Health Center so fast her red and orange outfit blurred into a comet. »
