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Art Imitates Meatnew
Sculpture pays the bills on Rogelio Tijerina's free-range cattle ranch, where he casts his finest animals before they're processed.
Chicago Reader |
Burt Michaels |
10-02-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Party Cabbienew
If you're just looking to get from point A to point B, John Rees is not the taxi driver for you.
Chicago Reader |
David King |
09-18-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Atlantis Ho!new
David Hatcher Childress has traveled all over the globe in search of lost cities, but Kempton, Illinois, is where he has chosen to build his empire of the improbable.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
09-11-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
The Politics of Braidsnew
Braiders are now required to spend thousands of dollars on beauty school, where they must learn to cut, dye, and perm -- services they never wanted to provide. Instead they're going underground.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
09-05-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Make 'Em Squirmnew
For Fred Armisen, the comedy is in the discomfort.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
08-29-2006 |
Performance
Tags: performance
A Music Box of His Ownnew
Organist Mark Noller spent $50,000 converting his garage into a replica of his weekend workplace.
Chicago Reader |
Andrew Schroedter |
08-21-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Wanna See Something Really Weird?new
One of the country's largest collections of freak-show oddities is housed in an unassuming town home in Chicago's western suburbs.
Chicago Reader |
Susannah J. Felts |
07-31-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Denying Our Own Eyesnew
Sportswriters knew what steroids were doing to baseball long before we were willing to admit it.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
07-24-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Overeating for Fun and Profitnew
One day culinary student Pat Bertoletti hopes to run his own restaurant -- but he may never be as famous for his cooking as he is for stuffing his face.
Chicago Reader |
Kabir Hamid |
06-30-2006 |
Food+Drink
