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‘Skylark’ review......p. 5 AIDS resource center hosts Bill Clinton....p. 6 Indie artists ‘Jam Out’................p. 4
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Editor & Publisher Kristina Zaremba kristina@thechicagogrid.com Public Affairs Editor John Campos john@thechicagogrid.com Contributor Erica Hohn Contributor Alex Hernandez Contributor Corinna Nix Layout & Design Kristina Zaremba Special thanks to Sara Heymann.
Arts & Culture Local production company seeks indie artists to ‘Jam Out,’ by Kristina Zaremba...............p. 4
File Photo, by Alex Hernandez
Annual Polar Plunge
Polar plungers jump into Lake Michigan every March to raise money for the Special Olympics in Chicago. Their descents into frigid water are sponsored, and accompanied by absurd costumes and, on March 1, 2009, by bagpipers.
Podcast review: ‘Stuff You Should Know,’ by Erica Hohn........p. 4 Restaurant review: Where We Meat— Skylark, by Kristina Zaremba...............p. 5
Feature Chicago House AIDS Resource Center hosts Bill Clinton, raises funds with Sweet Miss Giving’s bakery, by John Campos...........p. 6 10 Things Every Chicagoan Should Know............................................p. 7
DIY One-Step How-To’s: Do virtually anything in one step.......................p. 8 DIY Blurb: Grow your own................................................................. p. 8 Need to Know directory: Instructions for your indie life.................... p. 9
e-dentity World Wide Grid Guide: Links to resolve your e-dentity crisis............ p. 11 Chicago Public Library offers digital media labs for teens............... p. 11 Font-o-philes: Select list of fonts used in this issue of The Grid...........p. 11 For instant Gridification, visit thechicagogrid.com. The Chicago Grid March 22, 2010
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Arts & Culture Learn ‘Stuff You Should Know’ g Podcast delivers fun lessons on mundane to mainstream mysteries By Erica Hohn Contributor
Photo courtesy: Corinna Nix
Charles Williams and Corinna Nix play Gallery Cabaret (2020 N. Oakley) with Unearthed. CLICK to see a Grid-original video of Unearthed’s “Drift Away.”
Jam Out Chicago seeks indie artists g Production co. holds shows to promote music, dance, poetry, visual and culinary arts By Kristina Zaremba Editor-in-Chief
Jam Out Chicago is a community-funded organization that holds small-venue and loft-space events to promote independent artists from all disciplines. “The JOC community comes together to host eclectic art events, such as the Lady Bird Project,” said Corinna Nix, creator and CEO. At any given Lady Bird, patrons may pay or donate a couple dollars to experience underground visual art and spoken word, or take in one of a half dozen lo-fi musical acts while munching on a free spread 4•
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or sipping cold drinks from the cash bar. Lady Bird is a successful promotional and fund-raising tool for JOC, and several have already been held since JOC’s establishment earlier this year. Donations go to producing artists such as Nix’s folksy band Unearthed, R&B singer Mekole Wells, neo-soul singer-guitarist Ms. Victoria or rock/ pop singer-guitarist Sir Jacob. Artist management contracts are three or six months long. JOC provides its artists with an array of free and fee-based services including sound recording and mixing (fourSee “Jam Out,” p. 5
Stuff You Should Know is one of the five most popular podcasts on iTunes, and with good reason. The world is full of fascinating things (exploding lakes, face transplants) you don’t know about, and other things (health care reform, economic policy) you feel like you should know about but seem complicated, boring and impenetrable. Stuff You Should Know introduces the first kind and demystifies the second with in-depth research and engaging delivery. Whether it’s cannibalism, credit default swaps, toxoplasmosis or Delta Force, this is the place to begin the search for your next embarrassing obsession. What makes the show a success is not so much the material—though it is, with a few exceptions, really interesting—but the hosts. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant exude great enthusiasm for their subjects without coming off as pretentious or preachy. They mention every so often that they’re working from notes, but the tone of the show is conversational and easygoing, with natural, genuine banter—there’s no pretentious attempt to make the hosts or the show seem artificially cool. See “Stuff,” p. 5
Where We Meat: Reviews of Griditor Meeting Places
Skylark
Genre: Bar and grill 2149 S. Halsted St. at Cermak Road (in the Pilsen neighborhood), (312) 948-5275 Point of Distinction Bookish low-lit bar and grill pairs patchwork quilts and hunting rifles with a pinball machine and retro-style photobooth while offering many imports, unique domestic brews and chic daily food specials. Akin to a beatnik’s coffee house without the drag of poetry slams, you dig? The Order Appetizer: Homemade tater tots with ranch, honey mustard and BBQ dipping sauces. Entree: Black bean soup served with sour cream and cheese. Generous slice blackened white bread on side. Drinks: Newcastle bottle, Hofbrau, coffee. The Dish The tots were amazing and the honey mustard dipping sauce kept me from eating a whole handful at once. The black bean soup was flavorful and filling, though it could have been hotter. I had never seen it served with sour cream so that was a pleasant surprise and the two played off each other well. The bread was hearty and fresh. I wanted to try the Pride & Joy beer, but they were tapped out, so I went with a bottle of Newcastle, an old “Jam Out” from p. 4
track demo $10/hour, or $50-flat), photography, Web and graphic design, booking, promotion, management and legal advice. JOC’s mission touts that its model of promotion will provide “all the necessary tools for the artist to bloom for well-below industry rates, if not for free, . . . for all art forms, in hopes to facilitate the growth of the independent community [and] to inspire the re-birth of independent businesses, create jobs, and the promise for a prosperous and hopeful future.” JOC’s Web site (www.jamoutchicago.com) will launch April 3. Visit it, or e-mail Nix at corinna@ jamoutchicago.com, for upcoming event and artist information.
The vintage photobooth adds character to the quirky West Side favorite, Skylark bar and grill.
stand-by of mine, instead. The wait-staff service was fine, but Public Affairs Editor John Campos, who placed the same order about 5 minutes after I did, received his food 15 minutes after mine arrived. —Kristina Zaremba.
“Stuff” from p. 4
You learn a lot, but the content is actually fun and interesting, exactly the kind of stuff that you like knowing so you can impress your friends or your date with how knowledgeable and appealing you are. It also helps that the topics are so varied; regardless of your interests, there’s a good mix of familiar and unfamiliar information, serious material and fun material, often in the same episode. The show’s earliest episodes suffer a bit in comparison to the newer ones, due to both the rotating cast of co-hosts preceding the current Golden Age of Josh and Chuck’s epic, nerdy bromance, and a significantly shorter run-time, so unless you’re the completist type, don’t
bother with most of the episodes from before August 2008. While five minutes is long enough to give listeners a pretty good overview of the world’s most expensive toilet, it’s not sufficient to do more than scratch the surface of topics like abandoned cities, the CIA’s torture manual, or the field of Ripperology (so named for its subject, Jack the Ripper), though you should pass on the more recent discussion of “tinnovators,” unless you really, really care about Altoidtin craft projects. This show is so awesome, why are you still reading this instead of listening to the one about Muppets? Gridicise daily for best results. www.thechicagogrid.com The Chicago Grid March 22, 2010
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Former-president Bill Clinton spoke at the Chicago House and Social Service Agency to promote AIDS resources.
AIDS center hosts Clinton, raises funds with bakery g Chicago House partners with Sweet Miss Giving’s bakery By John Campos Public Affairs Editor
Chicago House and Social Service Agency hosted its inaugural luncheon at the Hilton Palmer House on Nov. 11 to debut its speaker series luncheons, which featured former President Bill Clinton as keynote speaker. “[Chicago House] is the best ex6•
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ample anywhere in the country of all the AIDS outreach efforts that I am aware of,” former-president Clinton said at the opening of his speech. Chicago House (CH) is the first organization in the Midwest to provide housing and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. The speaker series was developed to inspire and open new avenues of dialogue about community concerns
and social responsibility—particularly regarding the issues facing more than 30,000 people living with HIV/ AIDS in the city. The luncheon, which sold out with more than one thousand plates ranging $150-300 a plate, helped generate a substantial net profit estimated around $400,000 that will further help CH provide a multitude See “Chicago House,” p. 7
10 Things Every Chicagoan Should Know 10: Goldstar.com and ChicagoHalfOff.com offer tickets and gift certificates to local restaurants and merchants for 50 percent off or more. Check out the Featured and Clearance pages, respectively.
portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/ and click on link on left nav bar. 5: Red Eye’s interactive homicide map— homicides.redeyechicago.com 4: Illinois Poison Center—visit mchc.org/ipc
HotTix.org has half-price tickets to more than 200 Chicago theatres, or visit their walk-up locations at 72 E. Randolph St. and 163 E.
or call 1-800-2221222. 3: Mayor Richard
Pearson St. (in Water Works Visitor’s Center).
M. Daley receives
9: Heated, underground downtown pedway
a salary of more
links 40 blocks over 5 miles. Map: egov. cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/ COC_EDITORIAL/Pedwaymapandlegend.pdf 8: Illinois’s secure emergency contact log will
than $210,000. 2: Wash your pre-packaged, socalled ready-to-eat
inform your relatives if you’re in a car crash—
salads & vegeta-
cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/ecd
bles to prevent food
7: Alternative local news—windycitizen.com; everyblock.com; chicagoartmap.com; chicagoelevat-
poisoning. 1: The Aqua
ed.com; www.inspiremechicago.com; Chicago
building (225 N.
Access Network TV (cantv.org); Chicago Public
Columbus Dr.) was
Radio 91.5 FM (wbez.org); WTTW’s Chicago
named 2009 sky-
Tonight (wttw.com); huffingtonpost.com/Chicago
scraper of the year
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of services to those in our communities affected by HIV/AID and homelessness. “My hope is that we have a sense of how [the disease] affects all of us and a new determination to combat the issues that we face in our communities,” CEO Rev. Stan Sloan said. CH tries to combat that attitude. A recent report issued by the Center for Disease Control stated that AIDS is 40 percent worse in America than originally thought— more that 1,000,000 cases exist in America, while 56,000 new cases arise every year. Only 1 in 5 of HIV-infected Americans have stable
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by Emporis. My hope is that we have a sense of how [AIDS] affects all of us and a new determination to combat the issues that we face in our communities. —Chicago House CEO Rev. Stan Sloan
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health coverage in the private insurance market. The report also stated that the United States could see an exponential increase in cases in the next five years reaching 1980s levels. Chicago ranks as the sixth biggest load of cases in the nation. Though it seems like a high rank, the work of organizations like CH can be credited with keeping the
Aqua mixed-used building designed by Jeanne Gang.
ranking lower than it may have been seeing as Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. Since its founding in 1985, CH has served more than 1,100 people annually with services ranging from basic HIV/AIDS testing and residential programs that house the homeless, who are typically bankrupted by the medical fees, to its new HIV/AIDS Employment Initiative with Sweet Miss Giving’s Bakery. The partnership between CH and the bakery, mediated by Harris Bank as the title sponsor, provides both a job program and source of funds for the organization as more than 50 percent of the profits of Sweet Miss Giving’s Bakery go back to the people who call CH home. The Chicago Grid March 22, 2010
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One-Step How-To’s Do virtually anything in one step. Get CTA Bus Tracker via Text 1. Text the stop ID (found on street sign or online) to 41411. Replace a Broken X-Box for Free 1. Buy a new one and return broken one in new box after switching console serial number stickers. Find Eats for $10 or Less 1. Visit www.ueatcheap.com and search by zip code and/or cuisine type. Open Stuck Nail Polish 1. Put it in the freezer for at least 20 minutes, then twist off cap. Fix Bra Straps the Never Stay Up 1. Use Strap Perfect ($6.99) plastic hooks to cinch straps in back. Dry Out a Wet Cellphone 1. Power off and stick in the middle of a bag of dry, white rice for 24 hours. Reserve Your Public Parking Spot 1. Retrieve traffic cone from trunk of vehicle and discretely place in middle of spot before driving away. Find Out Who Called You 1. Visit yellowpages.com and search by phone number for either business or personal listings.
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Six-tier Wrigleyville snowman commands that you, “Feel good.” Flowers in an empty Jack bottle—that’s DIY and Green Living.
A mini indoor-hydroponic garden, such as the stand-alone, compact AeroGarden ($59.95-$209.95, www. aerogarden.com), allows would-be amateur gardeners to grow almost any vegetable, flower or herb. Hydroponic technology is a dirtless aeration system that circulates nutrients through water vapor, which enables plants to grow up to twice as
fast they would in soil. Most AeroGardens include an adjustable grow lamp with a germination cycle and 24-hour light option, nutrient settings for five plant types, four to seven seed pods, light-bulb replacement and add-nutrients reminder, low-water warning, and premium seed kits. Empty seed mediums and trellis systems available.
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Need to Know: Make Money Meet Business Consultants The Dept. of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection offers assistance with business start-up and licensing information, business violations and citations, permits and other resources. Call (312) 744-5506 to make an appointment. Experienced Business Mentors The Service Corps of Retired Executives (500 W. Madison St.) connects would-be and current business owners with more than 11,500 volunteer business counselors. Call (312) 353-7724, or visit www.scorechicago.org for more. Women’s Business Development Center Assists in development and marketing of emerging and existing woman-owned businesses. Services (in Spanish or English) include business assessments, loan assistance, workshops, and individualized counseling. Call (312) 853-3477 or visit www.wbdc.org for more. Veterans Business Outreach The VBO Program provides business plan preparations, comprehensive feasibility analysis, entrepreneurial training and counseling, mentorship, and referrals to eligible veterans who own or want to start a small business. Call (810) 767-8387 or visit www.vetbizcentral.com for more. Small Business Alliance Loans SBA makes loans up $15,000 for start-ups, $25,000 for existing businesses. Visit www.accionchicago.org/ for more. $1,000 Business Grant Get a $1,000-grant & shared workspace to jumpstart your business idea. This is a grant, not a
loan—no repayment. Visit www. scalewell.com to submit your idea.
Employment agencies Visit thecityofchicago.com/employment/ for a directory of more than 40 employment agencies. Grow Your Business The Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity offers businesses expansion incentives, technological support, access to capital, global marketing expertise and job training for workers. Visit www. commerce.state.il.us/dceo for more. Employ Illinois Business Loans The State Treasurer’s Office invests millions annually in low-interest loans to large and small-business owners and child-care providers. Visit www.treasurer.il.gov for more.
Save Money Cut Your Wireless Bill Citizen Utility Board’s Cell Phone Saver (www.citizensutilityboard.org/ cellphonesaver) analyzes digital copies of any major provider’s cell bill to determine and recommend the most economic plan for you according to average voice, text and data usage. Free Directory Assistance Instead of paying up to $2 to call 411, try 1-800-FREE411 for residential and business listings, or 1-800-goog411 and 1-800555TELL for business numbers. Books Cheaper Before you shell out more paper for textbooks and bestsellers browse the 30,000 free e-books (many in Kindle format) from Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org) or the more than 25,000 free ones at ManyBooks.net. Then search I-Share (alliance of 76 Illinois libraries), visit a local
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book exchange (swancc.org/directory/books.html), rent books from Chegg.com, buy and sell used media through Amazon Marketplace, or download a paperless version to digital readers like Kindle ($249, amazon.com).
Green living Conserve Electricity for Chance at Raffle Prizes from CUB Individuals are eligible to win a month of free electricity or compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs). Your neighborhood, community or group will also be eligible to earn up to 10,000 CFLs. Visit www.cubenergysaver.com/contest to register. Wish You Had a Car? Zipcars are shared sedans, station wagons, SUVs, pick-ups or minivans parked throughout the city. Members can reserve cars (from $7/hr or $68 /weekday, gas and insurance included) at Zipcar.com and drive for a free 180 miles or more per day. Must be 21. Text cta2009 to 30364 to earn $75 toward driving. For greener chauffeured trips, check out Going Green Limos’ (goinggreenlimousine.com) hybrid transport options. Be Rewarded for Saving Water Single-family and two-flat homeowners can lower their water bills by voluntarily installing a water meter. The city’s Meter Save program charges participants only for actual water used and guarantees that metered home will pay no more than yearly assessed rates for seven years. Visit www.metersave.org or call 311 for more information. Dispose of Hazardous Waste The Household Chemicals & Computer Recycling Facility (1150 N. North Branch on Goose Island) The Chicago Grid March 22, 2010
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accepts household chemical waste on Tuesdays 7 a.m.-noon, Thursdays 2-7 p.m., and the first Saturday of each month 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Visit swancc.org/hcw/hcwcollection.html for a list of accepted items.
Human Services —FOOD Food assistance for Women, Infants & Children WIC helps pregnant women and mothers with children under the age of five eat well by providing coupons to buy nutritious foods like milk, juice, eggs, cheese, cereal, dry beans, pees and peanut butter. Also educates families about nutrition, fitness,
breastfeeding and health care. Visit the state’s Dept. of Human Services’ site (www.dhs.state.il.us/) and click on “Pregnancy & Parenting” to apply. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Link Card) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly Food Stamps, helps low-income people and families buy healthy food. Visit the state’s Dept. of Human Services’ site (www.dhs.state.il.us/) and click on “Food” to apply. Common Pantry Provides emergency food monthly to individuals and families within the boundaries of Diversey (south), Kedzie (west), Ravenswood (east), and Lawrence (north), who
are below the poverty line. A small home delivery program brings food to seniors and disabled persons monthly. Distribution is 1-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays at 3744 N. Damen. Visit www.commonpantry.org or call (773) 327-0553. —UTILITIES Apply for Free Emergency Cell Phone Service Low-income residents may qualify for a free cell phone with 60 pre-paid monthly minutes. Apply at www.safelinkwireless.com.
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e-dentity World Wide Grid Guide g Links to help resolve your e-dentity crisis
Local Area Connection: Chicago links “The Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn” Learn about William Wells (whose Native American name was “Carrot-top”), the Kinzies, William Hull, the Potawatomis and this historic, though often misrepresented, event. By Geoffrey Johnson for Chicago Magazine. chicagomag.com/ChicagoMagazine/December-2009/ Origins of the Grid System Fascinating articles about and images from the establishment of the city’s grid system by the Encyclopedia of Chicago. encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ pages/410049.html “The Brickyard: Home of All the Junkies” This 23-minute documentary shot in 2006 by Greg Scott explores the lives of homeless addicts, sex workers and drug dealers who live in the Brickyard on the West Side. youtube.com/ watch?v=zP3dfePpOA0
Social Responsibility links StoryOfStuff.com A 20-minute interactive animated documentary on the cycle of consumerism, materialism and pollution.
A must-watch for any American, who on average throws away 4.5 lbs of waste a day.
Downtime links Free Name Analysis Get analysis of up to ten names and one business name free: kabalarians.com Codeorgan.com Translates a Web page’s HTML code into music. Hear what The Grid’s twitter sounds like: www.codeorgan.com/?url=twitter.com/chicagogrid Tweetpsych.com Psychological analyzes a tweeter’s stream or list(s). Breaks tweets down into genre categories like Self-Reference, Media, Time, Work, Sex and Primordial, then compares the analysis to the mean. What do your tweets say about you? Get Sponsors for a Spring Break Road Trip Check out ReadWriteWeb’s (www.readwriteweb. com) Dec. 30, 2009 post “10 Things You Need for Your Social Media Road Trip” for a practical tech and econ-heavy guide to getting your vacay vids to go viral.
CPL offers digital media lab for teens High schoolers with Chicago Public Library cards can use the Harold Washington library’s (400 S. State) YOUmedia space, whose more than 100 computers provide access to digital media creation tools and software. In the YouMedia lab, teens can browse social networks, mix digital music, share their art with others and attend free workshops on topics from digital art and game design to
Font-o-philes Curious about what fonts were used in this issue of The Grid? Here’s a select list—
Chick, p. 2 Creampuff, p. 2 fan fiction and podcasting. Visit www.youmediachicago.org for more information.
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Michael Jackson
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1958-2009
7 p.m.-Midnight
Sat., June 26
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