
There is a soft rumble of conversations that fills the restaurant bar and the soft clinking of glasses that interrupts the sounds. Tuesday evenings do not ward people away from Blue Line Lounge and Grill in Wicker Park. People come to unwind from their day or start their night of bartending. In a U-shaped booth off […]
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Although Athens is nearly 5,500 miles away, the effects of the economic crisis in Greece reach all the way to Chicago in a variety of forms. Family, friends, dual citizenship and financial interests keep the eyes and ears of American Greeks turned anxiously east. When asked if she had family or friends in Greece, Kyriaki Rotta, […]
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Maggie Martin stood behind a mass of microphones and throngs of media at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wacker Drive and spoke about one of the most personal and heartbreaking experiences imaginable. While serving in the U.S. Army Third Infantry Division from 2001 to 2006, she, like many women soldiers, experienced hardships and bigotry due […]
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Whether you have a green thumb, or have never watered a plant you didn’t kill, this site will connect you with your inner gardener. From houseplants to perennial gardens, from composting to water gardens, the extension service provides simple, clear advice and directions on how to get started or how to make your established garden […]
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Steven Acheson, 27, said he was trained to hate Iraqis when he joined the service to support and defend his country. The Iraq Veterans Against War member went to basic training in February 2004 at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. “I watched the second plane hit the tower on 9/11 live on TV in [my] American […]
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