Near West Side

"Around the world the name "Chicago" conjures up images of the Roaring Twenties, speakeasies, cops and robbers, and "Scarface" Al Capone. In Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Chicago, author Alzina Stone Dale brings all of this-and more-to life in 10 walking tours of Chicago's neighborhoods, as described in the works of Sara Paretsky, Craig Rice, and more than 70 other mystery writers Each Walk is accompanied by an easy-to-follow map of your route, as well as recommended restaurants and places of interest along the way, presented in a style that is evocative of the great writers, books and sleuths identified with the Windy City."

Short stories from west side neighborhoods of Chicago. "The force of each writer's vision and language carries you into the living rooms and kitchens where the real folk of the West Side go about the business of living. 'West Side Stories' presents the everyday, the brutal, the glorious."

<p>Arts, education and activism in Chicago. This issue focuses on &quot;solidarities&quot; and the ways communities work together, both internally and with other communities.</p><p>Contributors continued: Josh MacPhee, Joel Waneck, John Brady, Jacques-Jean M. Tiziou, Dakota Brown.</p><p>Keywords continued: &quot;New&quot; Students for a Democratic Society Conference, University of Chicago, Keith Jackson, School Without Walls, Southwest Youth Collaboration, Access Living, Chicago Freedom Summer 2006, The Kenwood-Okaland Community Organization, Mteropolitan Area Group Igniting Civilization, Community Justice for Youth Institute, Jonathan Peck, Chicago Freedom Movement, second-generation incarceration, Girls Best Friend Foundation, civil rights, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Mariame Kaba, Steans Family Foundations, Young Woman's Action Team, Rogers Park, Jobi Peterson, Blocks Togethers, Chicago Girls' Coalition, Alternatives, Inc., Women and Girls Collective Action Network, Housing Action Illinois, Afterschool Matters, Amate Housing, Uhlich Children's Advantage Network, The African Presence in Mexico, race, racism, direct action, street theatre, sexuality, gender, National Women's Caucus Action, Cook County Hospital, lesbian, gay, queer, identity, American Medical Association, police brutality, Michael Piazza, doulas, Pilsen Open Studios, Woodlawn, University of Chicago, Kimbark Tenants Association, New Communities Program, Rainbow Coalition, Puerto Rican Young Lords, Young Patriots Organization, Black Panthers, Bobby Lee, Cuentos Foundation, environmentalism, South Austin Community Coaliition Council, Northwest Austin Council, Chicago Recylcing Coalition, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Center for Urban Transformation, urban agriculture, Stearns Quarry, Northwest Incinerator, Federation of Michoac&aacute;n Clubs of Illinois, Chicago Artists Month, Tom Hansen, IWW, Marxism, International Workers of the World, National Independent Contractors Association, Wobblies, <br /></p>