Lollapalooza is about a lot of things. Primarily music and booze. Secondarily (at least this year) excellent locally sourced grub. Dancing hippies. And kickball. more ›

The Blago Trial gets underway once more today after a four-day break and we thought we'd get back into the swing of things with this animated clip which uses actual wiretap excerpts from the trial (so language is NSFW). The theme? A dreaming Blagojevich playing kickball which we now know from personal experience is something the ex-gov does like to dabble in with his spare time. more ›

The night before a big event - be it job interview, a wedding, or, say, a federal corruption trial - we know one way to get rid of a case of nerves is a run. And that's exactly what former governor Rod Blagojevich was thinking earlier this evening as he went jogging across Winnemac Park. But on his sojourn, he encountered a kickball league in a break between games. The participants hollered at Blago to come back and try a kick and take a picture. Never one to say no to a camera, he obliged. But how did he do kicking? We'll never know: just as the ball approached home plate, he took off, still jogging jogging jogging towards freedom, proclaiming he had to get home for "very important appointments" (we assume to watch the Blackhawks game). more ›

Left Field is a documentary about a very adult version of kick ball played primarily by folks from the old school crustier side of the Wicker Park rock and/or roll bar scene. (There are no hipsters to be found in these reels.) The debut screening is tonight at The Portage Theater, and is sure to be attended by most of the film's subjects, so expect a rowdy showing. more ›