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  Life before Google: The Chicago Public Library Information Service, 1993

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  How would you settle a bet over how many career triples Pete Rose had? Or what’s the primary export of Peru? Where would you go to find the answer? These days, we’d just turn to the internet, where almost all of recorded human knowledge is collected and readily available at our fingertips. The prevalence of things like iPhones and Google have drastically changed our ability to find and research even the most trivial of topics, so it’s almost astonishing to […]

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  “Walking Down the Line” with Ed Holstein, 1993

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  Although not as well-known as his late brother Fred, Ed Holstein has been an important figure in Chicago’s folk music scene ever since folk first took root in the late 1960s. After getting their start in clubs like The Earl of Old Town and Somebody Else’s Troubles, Ed and his brothers Fred and Alan opened their own club, Holsteins’, which drew prominent performers until it closed in the late 1980s. Considered one of the greatest finger-picking guitarists in Chicago, Ed […]

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  John Reilly, 1939-2013

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  On July 28, 2013, video pioneer John Reilly died at the age of 74, but his contributions to independent video nationwide will live on. Back in 1969, Reilly and Rudi Stern co-founded Global Village in New York, one of the first places to watch independent “underground” video. It eventually expanded into an annual video festival that lasted 15 years. Reilly produced and directed several video documentaries; two of the best-known are “The Irish Tapes” (1971-74) with Stefan Moore and “Waiting […]

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  Raising and lowering Chicago’s bridges

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  For many of us, Chicago’s bridges are just an everyday part of life, rarely considered outside those unfortunate and annoying moments when we find ourselves waiting for a bridge to lift to let boats pass. It becomes so easy to forget how impressive these bridges are, not only as amazing pieces of complex engineering, but also as a defining part of what makes Chicago unique. Chicago is reputed to have more movable bridges than any other city in the world, […]

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  Happy Birthday, Irv Kupcinet

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  Today would have been the 101st birthday of the Chicago legend Irv Kupcinet (1912-2003) Thanks to Robert Feder for alerting us. More Kup at Media Burn.

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  Gyros: a Chicago fast food tradition

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  First introduced to the U.S. in Chicago the mid-1960s by Greek immigrants, the gyro quickly became a popular dish. Although the sandwich’s appeal has since spread throughout all the United States, it nevertheless remains a distinct part of Chicago cuisine. In 1993, videographer Andrew Jones went to Zeus Carry-Out in Chicago’s Greektown to get a behind-the-counter look at how gyros are made. The footage was originally recorded for the show Chicago Slices, but never used until now. It’s another local […]

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  Taste of Chicago, 1993

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  If you still need a reason to join us at our free screening tomorrow, listen to what WBEZ had to say about it on the Morning Shift: https://soundcloud.com/morningshiftwbez/mj-film-fest   Out of Bounds: In the Shadow of His AirnessSaturday, July 13 at 7pmSouth Side Community Art Center3831 S. Michigan Ave.Free admissionPresented by South Side Projections Featuring: The Other MJ (Tom Weinberg, 1999, 28 min., DVD) + More Than a Game (Joe Angio and Joel Cohen, 1992, 48 min., DVD) Joel Cohen, […]

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  7/13/13: In person: Michael Johnson, from 1999 doc “The Other M.J.”

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    Michael Johnson in “The Other M.J.” (1999) Out of Bounds: In the Shadow of His AirnessSaturday, July 13 at 7pmSouth Side Community Art Center3831 S. Michigan Ave.Free admissionPresented by South Side Projections Featuring: The Other MJ (Tom Weinberg, 1999, 28 min., DVD) + More Than a Game (Joe Angio and Joel Cohen, 1992, 48 min., DVD) Joel Cohen, Michael Johnson, and Tom Weinberg in person! A message from Tom Weinberg August, 1996.  Democratic National Convention. Chicago redux. United Center. […]