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Issue # 169
May 22-28, 2008
BIKE LOVE ISSUE
FEATURES
THE PASSION OF THE BIKE
If you love your bike so much, why don’t you marry it? Well, some of these Chicagoans seriously wish they could. Hear their passionate tales in our Bikes Issue.
SAVE THAT JUNK
Ensure your boys swim upstream with these handy tips for big ballers.
HOT WHEELS
TOC’s first centerfold’s devoted entirely to the hottest people around—your sweaty, tireless bike messengers.
SPEED DATING
Nothing gets him or her in lovemaking gear like these spoke-themed outings. Two wheels mandatory.
DEPARTMENTS
LETTERS
OUT THERE
Local musicians show off their bicycles…we look into the city’s enforcement of the bike-safety ordinance…a Tupperware-hawking drag queen fields a question, not about bikes…we spend five minutes with Avenue Q playwright Jeff Whitty…and more.
IN & OUT
OVER & OUT
A dry-eyed Barbara Walters discusses her new, massive memoir.
EAT OUT
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YOU GO GRILL
Chefs give tips on how to wow at your next cookout.
JUST OPENED
A “more mindful burger” (o…kay) hits the South Loop.
MIXED GREENS
A champion bartender hits the farmers’ market for fresh cocktail ingredients.
THE GET
STORE EXPLORER
A local actor shows us what’s cooking at an Andersonville foodie shop.
HOME REMEDY
Think you can’t fit a bike into your studio apartment? You can with our help.
A MEMORIAL MEAL TO REMEMBER
Put down that greasy burger and kick off summer with a healthier picnic.
AROUND TOWN
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Is a new book about antiquities the same old story?
MUSEUMS
ART & DESIGN
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Block Museum of Art evolves into Design in the Ages of Darwin.
BOOKS
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We get a bird’s-eye view of the Pilcrow Literary Festival.
CLUBS
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The three day weekend means thrice the partying.
COMEDY
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Second City’s e.t.c. is anything but second banana.
DANCE
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Chicago Human Rhythm Project gets ready to move up.
FILM
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Is the new Indiana Jones flick just a bunch of thinly veiled S&M references?
GAY & LESBIAN
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Porn King Chi Chi LaRue goes all Grabby on us.
KIDS
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According to Chicago Dads, stay-at-home pops have all the fun.
MUSIC
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Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz discusses country—both music and organic-farm living.
CLASSICAL & OPERA
SPORTS & REC
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Go from Sunday rider to hot wheels with this season’s cycle races.
THEATER
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Fourteen new mini-plays make big impressions in Steppenwolf’s garage.
TIME IN
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