Last Sunday when the Lions won and the Bears lost, the book was shut on any Super Bowl hopes for the Bears. Scenarios in which the Bears enter the playoffs are now so improbable, that Sam Hurd is more likely to get into the Hall of Fame than the Bears are to get into the [...]
In a recent article in the New York Times Frugal Traveler blogger Seth Kugel offered the advice that “Galleries are frugal travelers’ museums: not only are they nearly always free and nearly never musty, but they also provide insight into the local arts scene that would otherwise require a lot of trendy-cafe eavesdropping.” When I [...]
Josh Locks is the coach of the boys sophmore baseball team and a teacher at Whitney Young High school. In the wake of Chicago Public Schools considering cutting all Sophmore sports for boys and girl across the city I caught up with Josh to get his take on the situation and ask what could be [...]
If you live in Illinois, today is the deadline to register to vote in the primaries. If you live in Illinois and want to vote but don’t want to go to some horrible bureaucratic hellhole simply print of the form you can get here and send it in today. Voting in primaries is especially important [...]
Chicago needs the CTA. A big part of what is good about this city has to do with how much of the city is always within reach. Besides the grid and size of the streets there is nothing that has as much to do with that as the public transportation. The city’s economy depends heavily [...]
In the coming month North and Clark is going to feature original music from James Farrell, Tom Fort, and Emily Claire Palmer. These musician’s are all singer songwriters and they are going to be participating in a performance for you, the gentle readers of North and Clark on the 3rd of December. I am excited [...]
Are Leaders Born or Made? An age-old question! Certainly, leadership comes more naturally to some people, but leadership is definitely something we can learn. Great leaders are often great learners, and cultivate an aptitude for learning around them. Life often presents us with unexpected opportunity to take on a leadership role, in an emergency, for [...]
My buddy and all around design genius Mike Johnson, put this logo together for H for Hombre. My band and my website have a logo. Now, I just need something to put on my cape. The show’s next Friday at the Elbo Room, we go on at midnight. Hopefully the cops will let us finish [...]
Friday October 23 H for Hombre Will Play The Elbo Room This is a big deal, to me because this is my band. We’re playing the best venue we have ever been booked at on the biggest night of the week. So, in honor of Hombre headlining the Friday show at the Elbo Room I [...]
IJ Quinn is an up and coming singer songwriter playing in Chicago’s music scene. In today’s post IJ talks about playing, writing, and moving to the big city. We did this interview and a few minutes and later I shot video of him playing some of his songs. He’s an animated interview and an agreable [...]
