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Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sad but true: A lot of people seem to be perpetually in a state of wanting what they don’t have and not wanting what they actually do have. I’m begging you not to be like that in the coming weeks, Aries. Please? I’ll tell you why: More than I’ve [...]
The Windy Midrealm: The Society for Creative Anachronism Keeps Medieval Times Alive
By Caylie Sadin “I’m just checking Twitter for updates on the tournament,” a Medieval maiden says. This maiden is a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a group dedicated to researching and recreating the arts, skills and traditions of pre-seventeenth-century Europe “as it ought to have been.” In other words, they enjoy the [...]
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In North America, a farmer who grows wheat gets only five percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop. When my band recorded an album for MCA, our contract called for us to receive just seven percent of the net profits. [...]
New Year’s Eve Events 2011
A selection of New Year’s Eve festivities. By Caylie Sadin FILM S. S. Poseidon For the fourth year, Camp Midnight will present “The Poseidon Adventure.” Embark at 11pm for the pre-show by Hell in a Handbag Productions. Wear your best because there will be a costume competition. An interactive guide for the movie will inform [...]
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): This would be an excellent week to head down to Pucón, Chile and hire a daredevil to fly you in a helicopter into the caldera of the active Villarrica volcano, whereupon you would bungee-jump out of the copter down to within 700 feet of the molten lava. If [...]
Presents: Where to Shop Local
By Sarah Louise Klose Gayety’s Chocolate and Ice Cream Company Dashing through the snow, to Chicago’s Soldier Field, over Lake Shore Drive we go, with a football that looks real! But don’t throw a pass with this delectable delight—it’s molded from pure chocolate melted in cast iron kettles. Toffee, almond clusters and pecan caramel candy [...]
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing,” said rocket scientist Werner von Braun. I think it’s an excellent time for you to plunge into that kind of basic research, Aries. You’re overdue to wander around frontiers you didn’t even realize you [...]
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you have been resisting the command to go deeper, now is the time to surrender. If you have been hoping that the pesky little voice in your head will shut up and stop bugging you to get more involved, you’d better stop hoping. If you’ve been fantasizing [...]
Brain Gain: Six Ideas Chicago Should Steal from Other Cities
By Sam Feldman They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Chicago’s received its fair share. We pioneered the steel-frame skyscraper, the Ferris wheel, and the electric blues, all worldwide hits. We started studying the idea of turning the abandoned two-point-seven-mile Bloomingdale Line into an elevated park in 1998, a year before the [...]
Cycle of Regeneration: A bicycle store dies, a bike shop café is born
By John Greenfield Chicago just lost one of its coolest bike shops, but we’re gaining one that may be even cooler. Last week Dutch Bike Co. abruptly closed its Chicago location, only three months after relocating from Lincoln Park to Wicker Park. Founded in Seattle, the company opened its only satellite store three years ago [...]
