A safe space
Keisha Allen knows that the challenges of being a homeless transgender woman in Chicago are steep. On top of navigating a burdened homeless-services system to find food and shelter each day, she and...
View ArticleAnother new fest on the scene
Social justice, live music, food trucks and everything in between.The first-ever Festival of Joyous Rebellion will take place on Saturday, September 7, from 12 to 6 P.M. at 810 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The...
View ArticleA cut above
Too few businesses in Englewood give back to the embattled and poverty-stricken neighborhood, according to Sunni Powell, owner of Powell's Barber Shop. To kick off the start of the new school year,...
View ArticleAll about bacon
Mini-review:Burke's Bacon Bar610 N. Rush St. 312-660-7200Rating: !! (out of 4) Give it some timeChef David Burke (of Primehouse plus many NYC-based restaurants) is the P.T. Barnum of chefs. As...
View ArticleA gun on the bus
Police officers met a CTA bus at the corner of 55th Street and Ashland Avenue after the driver asked them to escort a rowdy man off the bus Monday night. But that man turned into a witness moments...
View ArticleA double shot of irony, please
"Greed is good," Gordon Gekko famously says in "Wall Street." More than 25 years and a global economic crisis later, greed may not be good, but it sure has balls.I'm talking about the kind of greed...
View ArticleCouple who met on CTA bus marries
Their fairytale romance began four years ago on a CTA bus and traveled to the Near North Side last month, where they walked down the aisle. No CTA card required.Alissa and Don Gold married Aug. 24 in...
View ArticleStop the 'football for girls' crap
Every fall, I brace myself for 1) the pumpkinization of everything remotely edible and 2) the onslaught of bro articles that "explain" football to me.Being a girl, I'm apparently not able to survive...
View ArticleWhen does online flirting go too far?
I've been flirtatiously g-chatting with a co-worker of mine. He's married and even though I think (I know) I would never ever do anything, is this the way affairs start? Am I fooling myself? When does...
View ArticleFest planner: Sept. 6-8
Labor Day is in the rearview mirror and pumpkin-spice lattes have hit coffee shops, but street fest season isn't over yet. Anticipated end-of-summer festivals including Renegade, Chipotle's Cultivate...
View Article'Hey, I'm in the NFL!'
Life in the real world ain't the same as childhood. More intensity, more responsibility. Same goes for life in the NFL. RedEye sat down with a slew of Bears and asked them for their "Welcome To the...
View ArticleFind your Sunday soulmate
Oh, you have Bears season tickets? Then stop reading now, you lucky jerk. For the rest of us, Sundays (and Monday, Nov. 4 against Green Bay ... oh yes!) will see us glued to the TV from the edge of a...
View ArticleCTA fixing Ventra-related gate glitch
The CTA said Friday it is working to resolve a glitch that won't allow riders to enter rail stations through some auxiliary entrances after they've tapped their Ventra cards. CTA spokeswoman Tammy...
View ArticleCollege football tips for bargoers
College football is back and it feels as good as one of those massage chairs from Brookstone no one ever buys.Let's start with a big "shame on you" to the eight teams that lost to FCS schools in Week...
View ArticleCollege sports bar guide
Looking for a local bar to cheer for your alma mater? This guide will help you zero in on where to stake out some space on college football gamedays.Bar owners and alumni groups: Don't see your bar...
View ArticleWeekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATMidwestern Boil with Virtue CiderSmallBar2049 W. Division St. 773-772-2727Feast on all-you-can-eat shrimp at this picnic-style boil (3 p.m.) during the bar's ninth anniversary bash, which also...
View ArticleThe other fantasy football
Trash talking has begun and every girlfriend is preparing her "why don't you love me as much as you love Matthew Berry?" speech. God bless fantasy football season.I applaud all the ladies who play! But...
View ArticleBears, NFL picks--from our top dogs
Prepare for the ultimate dogfight. All season long, Callie, freelancer Rob Cressy's miniature schnauzer, Callie, will compete with RedEye's veteran prognosticating pooch, Whizzer, for NFL prediction...
View Article'Transformers' blow up LaSalle
Some people will do just about anything to get a photo of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" filming, as proven by one double-decker tour bus driver Saturday in front of the Chicago Board of Trade...
View ArticleMonday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATVegan Prix FixeSola3868 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-327-3868Start your week on a healthy note as chef Carol Wallack and Jessica Murnane of One Part Plant offer a three-course menu featuring ginger-corn...
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