City's Adopt-A-Sidewalk Website LaunchesThe weather outside Chicagoist's Bridgeport headquarters. (Chuck Sudo/Chicagoist) Earlier this afternoon, Mayor Emanuel's office announced the official launch of the "Adopt-A-Sidewalk" website, part of the city's ChicagoShovels.org initiative that includes the much maligned Snow Plow Tracker. With Adopt-A-Sidewalk, you can claim a sidewalk that needs shoveling, check for sidewalks... continue reading on Chicagoist
The Friday Flashback: Jim Henson's Early Short FilmsMuppets creator Jim Henson began keeping a journal in June 1965 that eventually became known as "The Red Book." An entry from last August looks back at Henson's introduction of a new character, SAM (an anagram for "Super-Automated Machine") the Robot to Sesame Street in 1972. SAM was voiced... continue reading on Chicagoist
In Pictures: Luminous Field At Millennium ParkLuminous Field is an ambitious and stunning new art installation that officially opens tonight at Millennium Park. For the next ten days Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture and the AT&T Plaza on which it sits will be transformed after dark into a canvas of light and geometrical form, courtesy of... continue reading on Chicagoist
Midday News Links: The Rosie Show Continues To DownsizeImage Credit: Seth Anderson After downsizing to a smaller studio at HARPO Studios, producers for The Rosie Show announced they cut out the studio audience completely. [Chicago Breaking Business] Bail has been lowered from $250,000 to $100,000 for Steven Reynolds, a high school teacher in DuPage County accused of... continue reading on Chicagoist
Drink This: Marsha Mallow's Malted Milk Stout Release At City ProvisionsThese days it seems as though City Provisions' Cleetus Friedman is as much a brewer as he is a butcher, baker, caterer and candlestick maker. Local chefs collaborating with regional breweries is so commonplace these days they're akin to changing a pair of socks or underwear. But Friedman's efforts,... continue reading on Chicagoist
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