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SOME OF MY HAPPIEST SUMMER MEMORIES INVOLVE READING books in the attic of my childhood home while branches from a tree in our front yard fluttered outside the window. For the last few years, my view has been considerably different: I’ve lived in a condo in the city, and when I look out I see a busy expressway exit, Metra train tracks, and, in the summer, a near-constant parade of ferry boats and kayakers floating by on the Chicago River. Last year my now-fiancé Chris and I began reconsidering our living situations. We wanted to move in together, and the combination of low interest rates and the suburban housing boom — which meant we could save money by bucking the trend and staying in the city — allowed us to target…

In late April, Steve McMichael, the most animated character on a 1985 Bears team loaded with them, disclosed in a WGN interview that he has been diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, leaving him paralyzed from the shoulders down. It was a tough sight for fans who remember him from his boisterous antics on the field and as Mark Giangreco’s cohost on NBC-5’s postgame show. Marcia Froelke Coburn captured McMichael in all his roguish charm when she profiled him for this magazine in December 1991, when he was still with his now ex-wife, Debra. He walks into the channel 5 TV newsroom and clears an enormous amount of phlegm from his throat. This is how Mongo, as he has come to be known, after the Alex Karras character…

A Viral Aftermath

@mjsutherlin via Twitter This is scary. So much we still don’t know about COVID. @NShrubs via Twitter WHERE TO FIND US Email us at letters@chicagomag.com. Chicago may edit letters for conciseness, clarity, and accuracy. This hits home. Retraining and strengthening my swallow function; damaged vocal cords from intubation; high resting heart rate; O2 falling when working out; carpal tunnel possibly from clenching my fists for months while hospitalized. I’m working with a pulmonologist, speech therapist, and sports doctor to improve my strength and lung capacity. Angie Dornseif Cantillon via Facebook Food still tastes weird, and I swear to god COVID made me a hypochondriac. @itsmecaleesi via Twitter To think there are people who think COVID isn’t dangerous. @_monse via Twitter The aftereffects sound much like every autoimmune discussion group thread. The Venn diagram of treatments is likely to have significant overlap. Let’s…

A Viral Aftermath

Best Adopted Pet Photos

@i.love.that.spot Katie Rose got Walter, a Labrador–border collie mix (shown here in front of Soho House Chicago), from Arkansas after pandemic-fueled adoptions largely cleared out area shelters. “He howled for nine of the 10 hours home,” Rose says. WE ALSO LOVED … @brittanycone @neenerskirn @handedokur @azureewiitala NEXT CONTEST Post your best shot of beer can art on Instagram by July 15. Follow us at @chicagomag, tag us, and include #chimagcontest to be considered. The winner will be featured in the September issue and will receive a free one-year subscription to the magazine.…

Best Adopted Pet Photos

1 It’s a twofer of iconographic paintings: 26 works by Frida Kahlo — the largest exhibition of her work in the area in 40 years — go on display June 5 at the College of DuPage, while the groundbreakingly modern Obama presidential portraits (Barack’s by Kehinde Wiley and Michelle’s by Amy Sherald) will be at the Art Institute starting June 18. 2 The statewide ban on coronavirusrelated evictions expires June 1. But tenants will have a few more weeks to piece together rent: The federal moratorium ends June 30. 3 What says postvax summer better than hot meat and the guy from Hootie & the Blowfish? The Windy City Smokeout is back July 8 to 11, this time in the United Center parking lot and with performances from Dierks Bentley and Darius…

FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, CHICAGO HAS ALWAYS HAD THREE BLACK REPRESENTAtives in Congress, symbolizing the power of the “Black Metropolis” that elected Harold Washington mayor. We have sent more African Americans to Washington than any other city. In the past decade, though, Chicago’s Black population has fallen 14 percent, part of a longterm decline that could reduce it from 1.2 million at its peak in 1980 to 665,000 by 2030. Chicago may still have three Black representatives — Bobby Rush, Robin Kelly, and Danny Davis — but it no longer has three Black-majority congressional districts. Rush’s 1st District, which has been represented by an African American since 1929, longer than any other in Congress, has held steady at 51 percent Black since 2010. Kelly’s 2nd District is actually up 1.5…

Fixing What’s Broken

Q: What was your view of the police while growing up in West Pullman? A: My community had its share of violence. Even with all of that, the thing that made me most scared was red and blue lights in my rearview mirror. Billions of dollars are paying for this institution, and people still have to have conversations with their children about how to not get killed by the police. Q: What did your parents tell you? A: Say “Yes, sir. No, sir.” Keep your hands on the wheel. Don’t be disrespectful. Don’t make any fidgety movement. Follow their directions. Pray. Q: What drew you to this role? A: I interned at the public defender’s office as a law student. One of my tasks was going into the back of the courtroom and meeting with…

Fixing What’s Broken

Richard Marx Grooms Each Chest Hair

Anka, Paul late-night writing binge with, 76 appearance grooms individual chest hairs, 185 mullet, 185, 225 “not ‘pretty’ enough to be a pop star and not ‘tough’-looking enough to be a rock star,” 87 Chasez, JC picks up Marx kids from day camp, 162 Davis, Clive blocks Grammy nomination for best new artist, 124 famous people are stupid, 226 Fatone, Joey delivers notes from tween fans to, 234 feuds See Davis, Clive; Gatica, Humberto; Loggins, Kenny; Night Ranger; Paisley, Brad; Vixen Fuentes, Daisy sexy ’90s calendar, 282 sexy selfies, 286 slow hiker, 2 Gatica, Humberto (producer) almost comes to blows with over mixing of “Should’ve Known Better,” 94 Gretzky, Wayne spends weekend with and doesn’t recognize, 81 Jackman, Hugh bad at jokes, 254 Loggins, Kenny “can go fuck himself,” 216 literally cries and makes up with, 221 Newton-John, Olivia pops popcorn and shows Marx Xanadu, 180 Night Ranger turns out sound and lights during Marx’s set, 109 Paisley, Brad “poster boy for pandering,” 261 Presley,…

Richard Marx Grooms Each Chest Hair

Q: I’ve seen both 1871 and 1896 given as Cracker Jack’s birth date, which would make this year its 150th or 125th anniversary. What gives? A: The makers of the sugary globs of peanuts and popcorn love any excuse for a party. Previous owner Borden celebrated the centennial three separate times: in 1972, commemorating the creation of F.W. Rueckheim & Bro., the Chicago company that invented Cracker Jack (the recipe was developed the year before); in 1993, to mark the World’s Columbian Exposition, even though there’s no evidence it was sold there; and in 1996, for when it was named. Why so many anniversaries? Marketing, says Hyde Park resident Theresa Richter, president of the Cracker Jack Collectors Association. Big dates lend themselves to splashy campaigns. In 2012, for example, in honor…

The Surprising History of Cosmetics

1 Makeup rigged the Chicago judicial system. “In the 1920s, a string of women killers arrested for murder … were housed together at Cook County Jail … where they discovered that the city’s court system favored white women who used makeup to look wealthy and beautiful,” writes Rae Nudson in All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, From Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian (out July 13). One was Sabella Nitti (above left), an Italian immigrant accused of killing her husband. Called a “dumb, crouching, animal-like peasant” by the Chicago Daily Tribune, she was demonized — until her attorney gave her a makeover. With meticulously plucked eyebrows, defined lips, and a bob, Nitti came to embody the modern American woman, and her charges were eventually dropped. Sound familiar? She…

The Surprising History of Cosmetics

4. “Of all the African Americans that I can think that are sort of like qualified … the one that’s least offensive and maybe gets you the most … is Jesse White.” — J.B. Pritzker, 2008 3. “If two fucking schemers like you and I can’t figure this out, then we got a problem.” — Edward Vrdolyak, 2008 2. “You know as well as I do, Jews are Jews and they’ll deal with Jews to the exclusion of everybody else unless there’s a reason for them to use a Christian.” — Ed Burke, 2016 1. “I fucking bust my ass to give your fucking grandma a free ride on the bus. Your fucking baby has health care. What do I get for that? Only 13 percent think I’m doing a good job. So…

Cozy Wears for Wary Kids

For the one in six kids living with sensory processing disorder, finding clothes that are both comfortable and stylish is no small task. Fortunately, those kids — and the adults responsible for making sure they don’t run around naked in public — have River North mom Dina Lewis looking out for them. “Every morning used to start with a meltdown,” says Lewis, whose 9-year-old daughter refuses to wear socks, long sleeves, or pants that press too hard on her skin. “So I said, ‘Let’s make something cool. Kick-ass kids’ clothes that are easy on the senses.’” Enter: Minor Details, a line of sensory-friendly, gender-neutral clothing that’s deisgned and tested by kids (check out the Scribble Tee, which looks like something Jackson Pollock could have sold for a million bucks). Each…

Cozy Wears for Wary Kids

Hop in Your Step

LUCKY FOR US SHOE AND ANIMAL LOVERS, ANNIE MOHAUPT grew up on a sheep farm before she was trained as an architect. When she tired of her desk job and decided to pivot to fashion, she was able to apply the same production processes she’d learned designing buildings to constructing killer shoes with vegan leather — no sheep sacrifice required. After the Ukrainian Village resident launched Mohop (the phonetic spelling of her surname) in 2005, she attracted a cult following at maker fairs. “We got a lot of press because we were one of the first eco-friendly shoe companies,” says Mohaupt, “but I was making each pair by hand, which wasn’t sustainable.” She couldn’t find a factory that met her standards for work conditions, pay, and waste practices, so she…

Hop in Your Step

Ask a Budtender

Featuring Datrianna Meeks Q: What’s the best way to store cannabis? A: For flower, the simplest and cheapest method is also the most reliable: Mason jars. They provide a cool and airtight environment, which preserves the quality. Keep your jars in a dark place, since light degrades the terpenes (a.k.a. the flavor), and maintain a relative humidity of 55 to 65 percent. For those of us without a green thumb, drop in a humidity pack, about the size of a sugar packet, which will do the job for you. If you want to up your storage game, there’s Cannador (from $149), a wooden box that’s like a humidor for cannabis. Or look to the $220 Stori, an inconspicuous shoebox-size white plastic container. It bills itself as airtight, smell-proof, and child resistant, and it…

Ask a Budtender

FOR THE PAST FIVE SEASONS, MAYO HAS LIT UP THE SMALL screen as Chicago Fire’s Stella Kidd, an aspiring officer in an on-again, off-again romance with Taylor Kinney’s Lieutenant Kelly Severide. When the series took a six-month break from filming during the pandemic, she redirected her creative energy into making music and pitching a new TV pilot, Here She Comes, about therapists who lead the next sexual revolution. Now that the 30-year-old’s beloved Firehouse 51 crew is back together — albeit with strict safety protocols — here’s how she fuels all her passions without burning out. MENTAL CLEANSE “My mom began teaching me to meditate when I was 10. I try to practice every day for at least 10 minutes, usually in the morning. I sit with my feet planted on the…

LOTS OF THINGS MAKE ME FEEL WEIRD ABOUT MY body. Instagram. Bras that don’t fit right. Kale. The war on skinny jeans. Goop. Bikinis. Dropping my phone and making an involuntary “unnhh” when I bend over to pick it up. Still, when I walk into Freeze & Float Spa in River North for the $299 Signature Lymphatic Duo treatment, I had no idea how weird it was about to get. I’m greeted by Gabby — young, blond, fit, and full of life. She escorts me to the locker room and tells me to take off all my clothes and put on a disposable thong. The last time I wore disposable underwear, I’d just given birth. While I hope the Signature Lymphatic Duo will be a more relaxing experience, as I struggle…

The New Pitmasters

DURING THE PANDEMIC, EL Ideas chef Phillip Foss and his wife, Akiko Moorman, had an idea: Why not dust off the boxy old smoker he’d been using occasionally at his idle restaurant and launch a barbecue spot? And so Boxcar BBQ in Douglas Park (2419 W. 14th St.) was born. As you might expect from a Michelin-starred chef, this carryout-only concept serves some dizzyingly good ’cue. The St. Louis spareribs ($24) are pure porky bliss and come with an übersavory sauce that adds depth to every bite. “I wanted the sauce to be full of umami, so I use black garlic and coffee extract,” Foss says. That sauce also works perfectly on El Boxcar ($32), a beef rib fit for a caveman; it’s super tender and studded with peppercorns. Noncarnivores…

The New Pitmasters

1 UMAMI SSAM SAUCE from Mott St. What’s in it The Mott St. team makes this vegetal twist on traditional Korean ssamjang by mixing red miso, gochujang, and scallions. How to use it Co-owner Vicki Kim loves it on lettuce wraps. Grill rib eye, then tuck slices into a lettuce leaf with rice, scallions, and a dollop of this sauce for a savory punch of flavor. $10. Pick up at Foxtrot and other select markets. 2 CURRY MANGO SAUCE from Trini Zaddy What’s in it Taking inspiration from the West Indian curry she ate as a kid, chef Nariba Shepherd makes this spicy, fruity Trinidadian sauce with curry powder, mango, and habaneros. How to use it Meet your new go-to patio dip: Scoop it up with crispy plantain chips. $12. Order at snackette.club; follow @rebaru…

My daughter has an idea: Let’s go to Pilsen Yards. She wants to check out the place her friends are talking about. It’s fun, the 140-seat patio twinkly with string lights, and the standout dish is the taco árabe ($4) with chicken, fattoush, queso fresco, and hummus. Tacos árabes sounded familiar, and I recalled they’re on the menu at Evette’s in Lincoln Park, where the cooking of one co-owner’s Lebanese grandmother is seen through the prism of another co-owner’s Mexican heritage. Their chicken árabes (two for $9, three for $12) combine cinnamon-scented, fresh-off-the-spit shawarma with cucumber yogurt, jalapeño tabbouleh, and radishes in a way that triggers both the taco and gyro pleasure responses. But I don’t think I’ve cracked the taco árabe code yet. They’re a specialty of Puebla, where Christian…

1 ROSE MARY What A sleek spot for coastal Adriatic fare from Top Chef winner Joe Flamm Why The menu promises “drinking food,” so sip Croatian beers alongside branzino with paprika sauce. Where 932 W. Fulton St., West Loop 2 THREE HOUSE What An all-day West Town café from chef Tyler Nickson and the owners of Half Evil and Round Two Why Think French toast with coffee anglaise for breakfast and smash burgers for dinner. Where 1450 W. Chicago Ave. 3 HOT BOX SUSHI What The TikTok sushi bake trend, in real life, made by a local enthusiast and home chef Why Use nori to scoop up spicy-crab-topped rice for DIY hand rolls at home. Where Order at thehotboxsushi.com for pickup and delivery in Northbrook and rotating city and suburban locations. 4 HOPLEAF What The destination beer…

I NEVER THOUGHT I’D CARRY A PAGER. I HAD DECIDED AGAINST medical school and being a drug dealer long ago. Who else carries a pager? I thought. Who else needs to be reached and told that their specific skills and goods are needed stat? Most of my pages come in all caps, which adds to the felt urgency of the request. One might read, “pt expired family at bedside.” This means a patient died and there are family members in the room grieving their loss. Then there’s “cardiac arrest,” which means a patient is having a heart attack and may not make it — and if family is present, watching the CPR could be difficult. “family meeting for pt in 9904” means that the medical team is about to meet with…

CANDACE PARKER COMES HOME

I’M AN AVID READER and my favorite book is Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf. He talks about focusing on the preparation and relinquishing the results. And I’m one of those people who, if I had a chance to be the hero and take the last shot but an 80 percent chance of missing it, I would take the shot. So I’m choosing to come home to Chicago regardless of what the outcome is. I want to end my career where I started it, and whatever happens in between is out of my c ◾ The second-best job to playing basketball is talking about it. I pride myself on knowing the game, the history of it, and the players. I think my authentic love of it shines through in my…

CANDACE PARKER COMES HOME

THE 10 BEST HOT DOG STANDS, RANKED

1 Redhot Ranch/35th Street Red Hots Considering the first of this trio of spots opened only in 2005, its rise to the top is meteoric in hot dog stand years. It’s gotten there thanks to its consistency, simplicity, and cheap prices, which are seemingly from another era. Each spot feels like an old-timey stand (there’s little more than White Sox signs at the Bridgeport location and a Vienna Beef poster in Lake View), the seating is largely outdoor picnic tables, and the menu isn’t padded out with pizza puffs or mozzarella sticks. That, plus zero shortcuts, means the dozen items on offer are all killer: The juicy, beefy hot dog ($3.62), minimalist compared with a full-fledged Chicago-style number, is served with mustard, relish, sport peppers, and onions. It comes wrapped with…

THE 10 BEST HOT DOG STANDS, RANKED

Three Tips to Fancy Up Your Picnic From a Former Picnic Judge

As someone who loves (a) picnics and (b) judging things, I jumped at the chance a few summers ago to help preside over the Grant Park Music Festival’s annual picnic contest. Here are a few lessons I gleaned from the experience: 1 Planning is everything. You could just ask your friends to bring their favorite dishes, but who wants six pasta salads? The best picnics have foods that make sense together and options for the beginning (cheeses, dips, finger foods), middle (sandwiches or a main dish), and end (something sweet). A theme, whether it’s French country cooking or the color green, can help focus the menu. (The theme of the Grant Park contest was inspired by the night’s classical music selections.) 2 Gussy up the table. Actually, first of all, bring a table. Nothing…

Three Tips to Fancy Up Your Picnic From a Former Picnic Judge

SOCIAL MEDIA SAFARI

“I’m cultured and slightly buzzed on White Claw” Quick Shop, 2901 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park Art in Chicago is not just what you see in brick buildings but also what’s on brick buildings. This corner liquor store gives you a chance to both check out the verdant mural and get fuzzy-eyed on hard seltzers and corn nuts. “I love shopping, foodie-style” Whole Foods Market, 3201 N. Ashland Ave., Lake View This particular Whole Foods has a ton of areas for interesting setups because of the repetitive patterns, multicolored products, and huge windows that provide great lighting. I love this shot of me, which says, “I’m an idiot, but an idiot who loves apples.” “I love nature as long as I can pose with it” Garden of the Phoenix, 6401 S. Stony Island Ave., Woodlawn We’re city…

SOCIAL MEDIA SAFARI

The Mellowest Getaway

Dreams do come true: The state’s first cannabis-friendly accommodation is just three hours away. At the five-room Aldrich Guest House, you can get vacation-baked, judgment-free, with breakfast included. No, you can’t stroll around with a spliff on your lips, but you can get buzzed in the Potting Shed, a tiny house with air conditioning, comfy seating, a TV, and a snack bar. Go for a 13-minute walk downtown to stock up on cannabis at Verilife (opt for consumables if you’re bringing them back to the shed, since Illinois law forbids indoor smoking), or walk a block to Depot Park for two made-for-stoners outdoor summer events: the 20-vehicle-strong Food Truck Fight, where you play judge (August 7), and Corkless in Galena (August 14; $20), which showcases northern Illinois wines. Presumably, all…

The Mellowest Getaway

PARTY IN SEMI-SECLUSION

On a boat If you’re not ready to party in the Playpen or mix with tourists on an architectural boat tour, your crew can still cruise this summer. Check out the Chicago Electric Boat Company, which lets you rent vessels tailored to novice skippers. Choose from a fleet that includes 18-foot picnic boats with canopy tops, doughnutshaped rigs with roundtable seating ideal for gazing at architecture, and 1950s-style cruisers in cool retro colors. From $900 an hour for up to 13 people. chicago electricboats.com At the bowling alley Following a long coronavirus-induced hibernation, Avondale Bowl reemerged as chill and Instagrammable as ever, but with half of the lanes closed to allow for social distancing and stringently disinfected shoes and balls. Go big and rent the whole shebang — you’ll have reign of the…

PARTY IN SEMI-SECLUSION

THE FROZEN TREAT MATRIX

Halo-Halo This Filipino shaved-ice sundae typically comes loaded with colors and textures, and pastry chef Genie Kwon’s version is no exception. At Kasama (1001 N. Winchester Ave., East Ukrainian Village), she tweaks the flavor profile so it’s brighter and fresher: She swaps the ube ice cream for pandan and makes an icy honeydew granita. The base comes from close to home: It’s chef Tim Flores’s mother’s recipe for leche flan. Kwon finishes the dessert with toasted rice, seasonal fruits, dehydrated berries, and microgreens. Classic Sno-Ball This towering mound of fluffy shaved ice flavored with a rainbow of syrups is a traditional New Orleans treat that NOLA native Brian Jupiter serves from a window at Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods (1415 N. Wood St., Wicker Park). Get it in flavors ranging from blue raspberry…

THE FROZEN TREAT MATRIX

Looking for the Bike Path Less Traveled

Major Taylor Bike Trail Beverly to Riverdale Distance: 8 miles Head south from the Dan Ryan Woods at 81st Street to the Whistler Woods Forest Preserve at West 134th Street, following an unused train line. You’ll traverse forests, parks, and historic neighborhoods like West Pullman and Beverly. Along the way, you'll find Original Rainbow Cone and Top-Notch Beefburgers, perfect spots for a pit stop. Burnham Greenway East Side to Hegewisch and back Distance: 5 miles Ambitious cyclists can bike the additional 2.7 miles to the trailhead from Calumet Park (the lakefront park, not the village), giving them the chance to bike under the Chicago Skyway. Others can start a leisurely loop from the Eggers Grove Forest Preserve. That’s a former antiaircraft missile site, so keep your eyes peeled for a Cold War–era warhead on display near the…

Looking for the Bike Path Less Traveled

Hot Butt Summer

Of all the insults laid on us by the pandemic, this might be the most egregious: It literally wilted our butts (a condition known as dead butt syndrome). Your badonkadonk matters beyond just vanity. “It plays a vital role in posture and hip alignment and helps control the tracking of your knees,” says Alex Nsiah-Kumi Jr. of Paramount Personal Training in Logan Square. “Improving your butt can go a long way toward moving and feeling better.” Here’s how he recommends you, in his words, “juicify your booty” with exercises that can be built into your day: 1 Do fire hydrants while scrolling TikTok. Get on all fours and lift your bent leg like a peeing dog (which incidentally will strengthen your core so you stop actually peeing when you sneeze if…

Hot Butt Summer

FIVE OVERLOOKED PATIOS TO SEEK OUT

For a Mexican backyard party El Cid Tucked in the back of this unassuming restaurant is a patio where it feels like you’ve wandered into a festive gathering of friends and family south of the border — in fact, to get there, you’ll walk past a hand-painted sign reading, “You Are Leaving the USA, Welcome to Mexico.” Order the fajitas and, on Wednesdays, $20 sangria pitchers. 2645 N. Kedzie Ave., Logan Square For Southern hospitality Blue Door Kitchen & Garden You’d never know this lush gem is right off the boisterous Rush Street strip. Shade-giving trees, plant-loaded fire escapes, striped umbrellas, chandeliers — it’s all a perfect backdrop for a glam brunch over Art Smith’s fried chicken and waffles. 52 W. Elm St., Near North Side For Paris vibes La Crêperie The patio is decorated with an abundance…

FIVE OVERLOOKED PATIOS TO SEEK OUT

The Most Romantic Spots to Make Out With Barack Obama

The two things I think about every day of my life are ham sandwiches and Barack Obama. So I wasn’t surprised to find myself pedaling at an easy clip across the Riverview Bridge and dreaming of Barry. My eyes follow the curve under the viaduct while I imagine him staring into my eyes and leaning in, my stomach fluttering — and then our kiss is interrupted by a woman in a Cubs hat screaming at her toddler, “Utah! Come here!” I’m not looking to fistfight Michelle over B. I’ve seen her arms, and I like my face where it is. But if you have a hot celeb hub whose laugh has reached into every home in America, you’re gonna have to deal with a stranger’s little smoochy-smooch fantasy about your husband.…

The Most Romantic Spots to Make Out With Barack Obama

How to Cosplay the Fyre Festival Gone Right

If you fancy the idea of sleeping outdoors (warm breezes! stars!) but not the reality (bugs, backaches), then Off Map, which opens June 28, is the campground for you. At this glamping site in South Haven, Michigan, a two-hour drive from Chicago, you’ll find real beds, crisp linens, and cute wood-burning stoves — basically Robey and Gwen vibes, but surrounded by 30 acres of viridescent woodlands. The 12-tent campsite, run by Chicagoans Mike Doyle and Sam Shanley, has a campfire pit and yard games, too, but the real draw is the barnturned-bathroom. It’s subdivided into individual lavatories that each contain a sink, commode, and shower to give you privacy, no squatting in the woods required. From $200 a night. stayoffmap.com…

How to Cosplay the Fyre Festival Gone Right

WHERE TO SEE A GENIUS’S WORK

1 Jeffrey Gibson’s historical mash-up. The multimedia artist overlays his psychedelic wallpaper with 19th-century portraits of Indigenous leaders. Through September 18. Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St. 2 Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s 70-foot banners. You might recognize the Nigerianborn artist’s distinctive portraits, in which she renders subjects in acrylic and color pencil and surrounds them with photo collages. Now they’ll be on the sides of two buildings. Ongoing. National Public Housing Museum, 625 N. Kingsbury St. Minnie Riperton Apartments, 4250 S. Princeton Ave. 3 A monument to “canceled” monuments. An-My Lê has gained recognition for her photo of two decommissioned statues, which will be shown here alongside Shahzia Sikander’s sculpture of intertwining femmes fatales. June 3 to August 29. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College of Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave. 4 Whitfield Lovell’s…

WHERE TO SEE A GENIUS’S WORK

A CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN POTATO SALAD ADVENTURE with Galit’s Zachary Engel

1 Classic Take: Galit’s Potato Salad Engel tucks this salad into a pita with pastrami for a sandwich he serves at the restaurant. While the potatoes cook, finely dice four celery stalks and one small yellow onion and thinly slice three scallions; place them in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons of Creole mustard (Engel recommends Zatarain’s brand), and ½ teaspoon of smoked paprika. Drain the potatoes and place them on the vegetables in the large bowl. Let them sit 5 minutes, then gently fold in the mayonnaise mixture. Allow to cool. 2 Jewish Twist: Schmaltzy Potato Salad With Gribenes and Mustard Engel’s reimagining of German potato salad calls for gribenes and schmaltz (i.e., chicken cracklings and rendered chicken fat). Heat your oven to 350…

A CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN POTATO SALAD ADVENTURE with Galit’s Zachary Engel

Food That’s Worth a Road Trip

Vanilla custard at Leon’s Frozen Custard Milwaukee Drive time: 1 hour 30 minutes Head north for classic Wisconsin summertime fare in the form of thick, creamy custard at this 79-year-old stand. It’s offered in three other flavors (chocolate, butter pecan, and a daily special), but the rich vanilla is the way to go. You can get it topped with everything from hot fudge and halved pecans to malt powder. $3 for a double scoop. 3131 S. 27th St. Sausage pizza at Wells Brothers Italian Restaurant Racine, Wisconsin Drive time: 1 hour 20 minutes Chicago isn’t the only place for a great tavern-style pie; you’ll find the best example in the Midwest at this 100-year-old corner spot. Extra thin, with a cracker-crisp crust dusted with cornmeal, it’s loaded with fennel sausage. $13 for a 14-inch pizza. 2148 Mead…

Food That’s Worth a Road Trip

Which New Hotel Is Right for Your Staycation?

1 What would your perfect day off look like? A. Restaurant hopping and catching up on the Tribeca Film Festival picks, with three to seven outfit changes throughout the day B. A double-header at the Art Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by drinking a glass of wine in the park while watching someone try to parallel park their giant car into a tiny space. Poetic, kind of. C. Wearing footie pajamas and watching a Ken Burns documentary turned up so loud that the neighbors file a noise complaint D. Picnicking by the lake. Skipping rocks on the lake. Putting my feet in the lake. Becoming one with the lake. That should take a full day. 2 Hotel soaps. What’s your plan for these? A. Using them normally? B. Idly stacking them until I accidentally…

Which New Hotel Is Right for Your Staycation?

Farm Animals and Chill

After more than a year of sticking close to home, I, like many, longed for a taste of a life more rural. But I didn’t have to leave the city to cavort with adorable farm animals, thanks to GlennArt Farm, which offers Goat Chills — hourlong appointments to hang out in a pasture with goats of all sizes. As co-owner David Ioder warned when I booked my date, “We recommend wearing shoes to which you are not emotionally attached.” I can say with affection and honesty that his heads-up bears heeding because the goats do, as he put it, “leave little presents on the ground.” Not romanticized, not idealized, real goats are earthy. But relaxing in their company as they bleated, grazed, and tended to their babies offered a spell of simplicity,…

Farm Animals and Chill

Hike here North Park Village Nature Center This not-so-strenuous half-mile loop features wide paths and footbridges that take you through wetlands, woods, and prairie. 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., North Park Schiller Woods Deer spotting is an art when hiking — except here, where dozens are found just off the east parking lot. After admiring Bambi, take a peaceful stroll along the Des Plaines River. Irving Park Road, west of Cumberland Ave., O'Hare The Grove For a side of history, trek through the gorgeous oak-hickory savanna surrounding the former home of naturalist Robert Kennicott, who in 1857 founded what’s now the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. 1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve Trot through this 2,503-acre preserve (watch out for bucks sprinting across trails) before stopping for a photo op at the Rocky Glen Waterfall, built by the…

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BRENDA MYERS-POWELL IS THE COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Dreamcatcher Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2008 to help current and former prostitutes and other victims of sexual exploitation in and around Chicago. Raised by a grandmother with alcoholism (her mother died when she was 6 months old), Myers-Powell started to suffer sexual abuse at around age 4, usually at the hands of men her grandmother brought home from bars. By the time she was 14, she had two daughters and had begun working as a prostitute near Clark and Division. In 1997, after she’d spent 25 years on the streets, a doctor at Cook County Hospital helped Myers-Powell secure a bed at Genesis House, a women’s refuge where she would spend two years healing and, as she told a…

Parks and Playgrounds

Western Suburbs ST. CHARLES The 40 or so green spaces meticulously maintained by the St. Charles Park District provide the setting for a robust array of recreational activities, from swimming to nature walks to skateboarding. Residents take particular pride in the string of greenswards that hug the banks of the Fox River. In Mount St. Mary Park, brick paths wind past flower gardens and tennis courts, converging at a decorative wall on which sits, fittingly enough, a sculpture of Humpty Dumpty. On the river’s east side, Pottawatomie Park offers volleyball, mini golf, and beautiful river views. You can snag a townhome near this pretty stretch of central St. Charles for $350,000, says Suzy Macino of @ Properties, and if you want to spend more, sellers in this pricey suburb will oblige.…

Parks and Playgrounds

Northern Suburbs GLENVIEW Many visitors to Glenview pass through town along the main arteries, noticing little more than the shopping strips and gleaming commercial parks. But this suburb is flanked to the east and west by a largely contiguous network of forest preserves that makes the town an excellent access point for some of the metro area’s best walking and biking trails — including the 20-mile North Branch Trail and the 30-mile Des Plaines River Trail. The median sale price of a house in Glenview in 2020 was around $600,000, a lot less than in adjacent Northfield, which boasts a tonier reputation but has way less inventory (99 sales in 2020 versus more than 600 in Glenview). Far Northwest Side FOREST GLEN Although Forest Glen is just 10 miles from the Loop, it…

Southwest Suburbs ORLAND PARK It’s emblazoned right there on the town’s water tower: “World’s Golf Center.” Other golfcentric cities around the globe might quibble, but it can’t be denied that duffers in this suburb have extraordinary choice, with at least 12 courses within an easy drive of downtown. One of the most popular is the sprawling 45-hole Silver Lake Country Club, which encompasses three individual courses, each presenting distinct challenges. The median single-family home price in town has been creeping up, but the growth hasn’t been explosive — 18 percent over the past five years — and there is plenty of value to be found, whether you’re in the market for a condo (ones in the Fountain Hills development start in the $170s) or a house ($210,000 will get you a…

Western Suburbs NAPERVILLE Naperville’s Riverwalk may not be as famous as Chicago’s, but it’s a lot less hectic, located along a gentle bend in the DuPage River and graced with brickpaved paths, fountains, a footbridge, and sculptures. “The Riverwalk area is a huge asset, kind of a model for what a riverwalk should be,” says Eric Rogers, a Century 21 Affiliated broker. One advantage of living near it is that you’re also downtown, putting you steps from the Naperville’s historic district and top-notch dining and drinking, including the vaunted high-end coffee purveyor Sparrow, which is a block from the river. Given the enormous inventory in this burgeoning burb — it logged more than 2,000 sales in 2020 — there’s a price point for every budget. A downtown two-bedroom condo will run…

Far North Side EDGEWATER While famously expensive Lincoln Park and its eponymous waterfront stomping ground attract huge summer crowds seeking water and waves, this quieter, stately North Side enclave offers city dwellers something more rarefied: close-to-the-beach prewar homes at not-exorbitant prices. “There are little pockets of Edgewater such as Edgewater Glen, which are within walking distance to the lake,” says Debi Weinberg of @ Properties. “Most of the homes there tend to be older and many of them are updated. It’s more affordable to get a single-family home there than, say, in Lincoln Park or Lake View.” Handsome older houses can also be found in Lakewood Balmoral, a historic district within Edgewater, many of them undergoing gut renovations and selling for north of $1 million — but a lot less than…

IMAGINE IF I TURNED THIS article into a comic. (I’d do it, but I can draw about as well as I solve math equations.) In the first panel, you’d see Tim Samuelson and Chris Ware, who are actual, real-life people. Samuelson retired in January as Chicago’s first and only official cultural historian; Ware is a star in the world of cartooning, known for exacting, labyrinthine books whose aesthetic intricacy complements their profound insights on the human condition. Above their heads you’d see enormous speech bubbles, because I surmise two such knowledgeable people would have a lot to say. And they’d be talking about Gasoline Alley. In the next panel, Samuelson and I are on the phone, and I’m asking him what was so innovative about that comic. “That was a pioneering…

Jesús “Chuy” García

◾ Adam Toledo’s death had a profound impact on me. I was running around in the Capitol when I got the video texted to me by my staff. It was noisy and pretty hectic, so I went in a corner of the Speaker’s Lobby and watched it a couple of times. It was devastating to watch it knowing that a child was about to be killed and then seeing it play out. My palms got sweaty and it was hard to contain my emotions. Two of my grandchildren live in Little Village, just a few blocks from me, so it’s personal. It brought back so many memories of young people who have died there. I’d grown numb to these deaths — it’s a survivalist role you take on. But the…

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