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This Land Is Your Land

You’re trekking through the Midwestern wilderness. Just through the trees you see a clearing. You head toward it. It’s a waterfall! It’s wildflowers!

It’s Wal-Mart.

And sadly, it’s reality. Luckily, Openlands, a local conservation society, protects northeastern Illinois prairies (amongst ...

The Weekend Guide

Gimme an F! Gimme an A! Gimme an L! Gimme an L! What does that spell? (And what a lovely weekend to enjoy it.)

SHOP
Dolan Geiman Holiday Art Sale
What: Take 10-75 percent off the Chicago artist’s original ...

Gold Standard

Teenagers and puppies have a lot in common: problems with authority figures (whether tattoos or table legs, no seems to always mean yes), a need to be house-trained, the desire for positive reinforcement.

Just ask dog trainer extraordinaire Lindsay ...

Jack of All Trades

Some little girls dream of being president. Others want to be doctors.

Amanda Wood had her heart set on being a homemaker. Instead, she grew up and became a trader (naturally).

After spending two years pounding away in the cold, ...

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

There are brothers — Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian.

And then there are brothers of the unrelated variety.

We proudly introduce The Post Family: Chad, Rod, Alex, Scott, David, and Sam Post, ...

The Weekend Guide

Sit. Stay. Roll over. Good weekend.

SEE
Frankenstein Ballet
What
: The gothic tale recast as a moody, classical ballet.
Why: It raises the barre.
When: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Where: Alma Dance ...

Working Card

cubicle job
n. 1. cruising Perez; 2. shopping online; 3. Gchat, iChat, chitchat, AIM.

These days, it’s too easy not to work at work.

Unless you own your own business. Then it’s a different story: You impose strict deadlines ...

Gourd Award

You’ve got your costume (top half of the Ambiguously Gay Duo), your candy bowl, your cotton spiderweb. But don’t think you’re getting away without carving a pumpkin.

So what if you’re not artistic? We got two Chicago artists to help: ...