At least one Chicago teenager believes that aluminum foil is a fine substitute for a condom. more ›

Spanish-language radio station La Ley (“¡cientosietepuntonuevelaley!”) some months ago put up racy ads all over the city that skate close to the line and might even go right the hell over it. Dawn Turner Trice at the Trib wrote about the ad and the fall-out yesterday. Chicagoist is humbly reproducing La Ley's ad here: You can also see a copy of the Trib's photo of a billboard featuring the ad here. And, why, yes, you’re... more ›

Some arty-farty Chicago stories we’ve been checking out on the internets today: * The National Endowment for the arts awarded $1.1 million in grants to various people, places and things that make life worth living in Illinois. Recipients include some Chicago heavyweights like the Lyric Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the Mexican Fine Arts Center and Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice. To our mind, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association is putting... more ›