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Dybek's Back in Chicago

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:16 PDT

The Handshake interviews Stewart Dybek, now teaching at Northwestern.

The Caped Cartooner

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:25:00 PDT

A.V. Club interviews actor and comic book artist Chris Burnham, currently drawing Batman Incorporated.

Stitching His Bitching

rn — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:32:27 PDT

Want to buy an embroidered Kanye West tweet?

Your Future Union Station

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:23:21 PDT

The finalized Union Station Master Plan as been released (previously).

Batman Tumbles in Chicago

jw2 — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:03:37 PDT

Bat fans before this summer's release of The Dark Knight Rises, you can check out the movie's Batmobile (aka the Tumbler) and Bat pod motorcycle on tour today from 4-6pm at the Merchandise Mart and tomorrow at these Bat-times: 6-7am at NBC tower and 12-5pm at Navy Pier.

RIP Janet Carroll

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02:44 PDT

Janet Carroll, Tom Cruise's mom in Risky Business, passed away Tuesday. She was 71. (Thanks, Marc.)

This Sausage is Kinda Chewy

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:21:25 PDT

The Object Design League created a set of meat balloons. Sadly, they're sold out.

Your Vote Counts

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:23:12 PDT

Chicago magazine's looking for votes in its Best of Chicago Readers' Choice Awards. (Voting's still open for the Reader's Best of Chicago, too.)

Help Them to the Car

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:25:19 PDT

Toyota is running a Facebook competition called 100 Cars for Good. There are a bunch of non-profit organizations in Illinois competing for your votes to win a car, including several in Chicago: the Japanese American Service Committee, La Casa Norte, Open Books and Streetwise.

Eat Before You Leave

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:06:42 PDT

Eater shares recommendations on where to eat at O'Hare and Midway.

"Pinstripe Patronage"

ah — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:48:48 PDT

The City has paid more than $63 million in legal fees for police misconduct cases since 2003, the Chicago Reporter has discovered.

Dining a NATO Casualty

ah — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:28:00 PDT

Perhaps not surprisingly, the "OMG stay away from downtown!" hysteria during the NATO Summit hurt downtown restaurants -- as well as some far from the action.

38 Hot Looks

ah — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:04:18 PDT

Racked Chicago just released its first "Racked Indie 38" list of the hottest indie boutiques, modeled after sister site Eater's 38.

BYO BYOB App

tr — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:26:37 PDT

The Chicago version was recently released, and it's pretty much what it sounds like -- an (iPhone only, as of now) app that allows you to hunt down BYOB-friendly joints by cuisine or neighborhood. [via]

31 Days for Oscar Lopez Rivera

ah — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:27:29 PDT

From April 29 to May 29, activists and community members are participating in 31 Days for 31 Years, an exhibit commenting on the imprisonment of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera.