“This is not an open forum, is it? It ain’t, right?” The man seated behind me last Saturday at “Reality Has Touched Against Myth”—an esoterically-entitled panel discussion on the life and work of Sun Ra, one of the patron saints of avant-garde—has been grumbling this question over and over for the past ten minutes, to […]
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Weekly Notes
A week’s worth of developing stories, odd events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors. Tony Hu is Fine After a series of FBI raids on his chain of Lao restaurants (Yunnan, Sze Chuan, Shanghai, etc.) wherein federal agents searched computers and seized paperwork, shutting down […]
Posted inSite News
Letter From the Editor
This paper is for the South Sider. A few months ago, when the South Side Weekly was still called the Chicago Weekly and our publishing situation was still in flux, that name was tossed around. “The South Sider”: true to our audience and our content, what we’ve been for the past ten years and what […]
Posted inFeatures, Pilsen
A Hall Reborn, a Neighborhood Altered
Wiping her hands on an apron as she strides out of the kitchen, the single employee on duty at Josefina’s Bakery turns down “Vas a Llorar Por Mí,” the latest single from Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga. The same evening sees students from Benito Juárez Community Academy slouched over benches in nearby Dvorak Park, […]
Posted inVisual Arts, Washington Park
Walking the Line
The Distance Between at the Incubator strove to “go back” and ferry over those lingering on either side of Washington Park.
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Welcome to the South Side Weekly
Dear Reader, Apologies for our digital dust as we transfer our archives, perfect the website before you, and prepare for another year of putting out the arts, culture, and politics coverage you’ve come to love—or will soon come to love. Regular content resumes with our first regular issue of the year, published Wednesday, October 2. Until […]
Posted inBest of the South Side 2013, Washington Park, Woodlawn
Washington Park & Woodlawn
In spite of the recent trauma in Washington Park and Woodlawn, the institutions that made these neighborhoods what they are remain as vibrant and powerful as ever.
Posted inBest of the South Side 2013, Pilsen
Pilsen
On Saturday, September 14, 18th Street is covered in the colors of Mexico. It’s almost Independence Day, and Pilsen is wearing its heart on its sleeve. Flags wave from second-story apartments and car roofs. Glittering tassels, alternating pennants, and tissue-paper flowers boast red, green, and white. On the temporary stage at Paulina Street, a singer […]
Posted inBest of the South Side 2013, Far Southeast Side
Far Southeast Side
[nggallery id=”2″] The Calumet watershed flows low and loamy, a series of lakes, ponds, and swamps connected to the Calumet River and a lake of the same name. Here, bogs provide homes for birds, fens for foxes. Industrial smoke stacks soar into the sky, bright lights perching at their peaks to warn away wayward helicopters.