March 08, 2004

You can have your book and eat it,too

Those wacky kids at Columbia College's Center for Book & Paper Arts want you to make or eat a book.The 5th International Edible Books Show is April 1 from 6pm to 8pm at the Columbia College Library, 3rd Floor. If you make a book you can attend the show for free but do RSVP Melissa Jay Craig (312/344-6635) by March 26 with the title of your piece, name and ingredient list. Maybe you'd rather chow down on Dante's Inferno? Well, that's cool too. Just RSVP Michelle Ferguson (312/344-7384) and bring 10 bucks with you. All proceds go to the bindery equipment fund.

- sr | 8.03.04 ~ Arts/Architecture

The Doors to close?

The Double Door that is. This article in the Sun-Times points out a dispute between the owners of the building and the operator of the Double Door. A $9000 dispute -- the difference in their current rent ($3K) and their proposed rent ($12K). [ Hats tipped to Jennifer. ]

- nh | 8.03.04 ~ Music/Clubs

Gray into Black

Actor/monologuist Spalding Gray is dead. His body was found in New York's East River. He was most well-known for monologues like Swimming to Cambodia and Gray's Anatomy, and had performed in Chicago frequently.

- sb | 8.03.04 ~ People/Sightings

Top 5 restaurants for February

The Chicago Citysearch Website has released a list of the top 5 most popular restaurants for February. The way they tallied the popularity of these restaurants was by tracking the keywords the people were searching on at their site, so this list reflects only the dining habits of Citysearch users. And their dining habits seem to be pretty pricey, as their list includes such expensive places as Nine Steak House, Japonais and Michael Kornick's MK. What, no Demon Dogs?

- jma | 8.03.04 ~ Eating/Drinking

Tribune Ethics Scandal

Uli Schmetzer, a retired bureau chief turned freelancer, set off a scandal at the Tribune when he quoted a fictional person in a story about Australian race relations. Weblogger Tim Blair broke the story, and the Trib promptly fired Schmetzer and began an investigation of all of Schmetzer's stories. Read Editor Don Wycliff's column about the incident. Schmetzer didn't exactly help his case in a letter to Jim Romenesko (no permalink, you may have to scroll down) in which he alluded to changing sources' names as a matter of practice.

- ah | 8.03.04 ~ Print/Magazines

Chicago Rules!

There's a lot to do in this city, which is probably why there are so many places to get info about your options. Chicago Rules is one such place -- currently in beta -- compiling restaurant and club reviews, as well as a concert calendar.

- ah | 8.03.04 ~ Found on the Web

You too can be a school council member!

With about 6,000 local shool council seats open for election this year, but only about 2,000 candidates signed up to run for them, the Tribune reports that Chicago Public Schools officials are calling on the community to recruit more applicants. If you're interested, you can find an application at your local school, library or post office. The time commitment for the position: between 5 and 10 hours a month.

- jma | 8.03.04 ~ Politics/Activism

Karma on two wheels

The third annual Ride for AIDS Chicago is looking for riders, crew volunteers and pledgers for a two-day, 200 mile trip between Chicago and Lake Geneva to take place the first weekend of June. Each rider is expected to raise $1000 in pledges, 100% of which is returned to Test Positive Aware Network and BEHIV.

- kv | 8.03.04 ~ Offbeat/Misc. Events

Beetle quarantine area extended

Because of a single Asian longhorn beetle found outside the current Chicago quarantine area last year, the state has extended the area to cover the Gold Coast and Cabrini-Green, the Sun-Times reports today. But that was the only live beetle found last year, so things might be looking up. Another good sign: quarantines were recently lifted from parts of Addison and Summit, which had been under quarantine since 1998.

- jma | 8.03.04 ~ Outdoors/Environment

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