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A Chicago-based woman's health zine. "A literate companion for churlish girls and rakish women"

A huge index of bars in Chicago, with reviews and reference information.

<p>The Music Issue: Writers share their true stories about music whether through direct experience or the thoughts a song provokes.</p><p> Stories on: Loud music's comfort of an autistic child and its effect on the rest of the family, a Greek who relates better to Latinas and hip hop, the Beastie Boys and long distance running as adolescent rebellion from Catholocism seven years late, a Bryan Adams song coming on in a bar in Slovenia, starting your first band, meeting the Village People on a plane, fourth grade girls listening to Kelly Clarkson and the awkward memories of being back in grade school they inspire, two borthers growing up and growing apart to Weird Al, coming to fully understand the song &quot;Do you Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans&quot; in the wake of Hurrican Katrina, and Phil Collins as the backdrop music to prom.<br /></p>

A guide to eating out for cheap in Chicago

A vivid memoir by one of the country's best visual chroniclers of courtroom proceedings, offering glimpses of defendants like the Chicago 7 Radicals, the Black Panthers, John Wayne Gacy, the El Rukns, and various mobsters. A unique perspective on local history since the 1960s.

Listing of Marc Fischer's record collection as of Aug. 29, 2007. Listing for the purpose of inviting interested people over to listen to his LPs.

A work inspired by the author's true experience hiking the Appalachian Trail from New York to Maine with her son and daughter-in-law. Thoughts on trail food, hiking tips, and preparation and training scattered throughout.<br />

<p>Discover the Windy City that has attracted and nurtured writers, editors, publishers, and book lovers for more than a century. Trace the steps of literary figures who called Chicago home, incorporated cityscapes into their writing, and put a uniquely Chicago stamp on their work. People like novelists Ernest Hemingway and Richard Wright, poetry pioneers Harriet Monroe and Gwendolyn Brooks, playwrights Charles MacArthur and David Mamet, journalists Ben Hecht and Mike Royko, and documentarians Jane Addams and Studs Terkel.</p><p> Visit the historic dwellings of writers such as Carl Sandburg, Edna Ferber, and Saul Bellow. Stroll through the neighborhoods of such characters as Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan, and Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski. Glimpse into present-day Chicago through the insights of resident authors like Ana Castillo and Scott Turow.</p> <p> <em>Literary Chicago</em> combines anecdotes and excerpts drawn from the city's rich literary legacy with walking tours that guide readers to historic sites, settings from Chicago classics, past and present literary hangouts, and current events for readers and writers.</p>

<em>Near West Side Stories: Struggles for Community in Chicago's Maxwell Street Neighborhood</em> is an ongoing story of unequal power in Chicago. Four representatives of immigrant and migrant groups that have had a distinct territorial presence in the area&mdash;one Jewish, one Italian, one African-American, and one Mexican&mdash;reminisce fondly on life in the old neighborhood and tell of their struggles to save it and the 120-year-old Maxwell Street Market that was at its core. <p> <em>Near West Side Stories</em> brings this saga of community strife up to date, while giving a voice to the everyday people who were routinely discounted or ignored in the big decisions that affected their world. Though slaying that dragon&mdash;fending off the encroachments of those wielding great power&mdash;was nearly impossible, we see in the details of their lives the love for a place that compelled Harold, Florence, Nate, and Hilda to make the quest.</p>

While America's Civil War was fought on Confederate battlefields, Chicago played a crucial role in the Union's struggle toward victory. <em>The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm</em> takes you through a whirlwind of 19th century events that created the foundation for modern-day Chicago. Discover: <ul> <li>The role Chicago played in Abraham Lincoln's unlikely bid for the Presidency </li> <li>Mary Todd Lincoln's trials and tribulations after her husband's assassination </li> <li>The hell on earth 6,000 Confederate prisoners went through at Camp Douglas, a P.O.W. prison just south of the city </li> <li>The Sanitary Fair and the women behind the war efforts </li> <li>How Chicago's Union Blue was streaked with hints of Confederate Gray </li> <li>Abolition leaders and the Underground Railroad </li> <li>John Wilkes Booth's acclaimed performances at the McVicker's Theater, and what this vainglorious actor and future assassin had to say about Lincoln in 1863 </li> </ul>