by Man Up Chicago | Apr 26, 2011 | Chicago Concerts, Essays & Rants, Music, Politics
Between the three sold-out performances in Chicago and the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley, it was easy to forget that the Arcade Fire brought along an opening act during their recent romp through the city. The opening act was The...
by Man Up Chicago | Apr 22, 2011 | Movies
While it’s purely coincidental, the movie “The Bang Bang Club” could not have hit theaters at more opportune time. With the deaths of two photo journalists working in Libya — including Tim Hetherington of “Restrepo” fame — reported earlier this week, we...
by Man Up Chicago | Apr 20, 2011 | Food
[slideshow] As once documented by Seinfeld (and probably countless others), every big-city neighborhood has a plot of commercial space that can’t sustain a long-term business. For Ravenswood, that space is on the corner of Wilson and Hermitage. Recently, a new...
by Man Up Chicago | Apr 18, 2011 | Chicago Bulls, Chicago Weather, Sports
If there is anything more pedestrian than complaining about the weather, it is complaining about the weather in Chicago. And yet… we’ll one up the latter act of mundane bitching by not only complaining about Chicago weather, but airing our complaints over the...
by Man Up Chicago | Apr 15, 2011 | The Chicago Ways: Rules for Chicago Men
We’ve always been a fan of Esquire magazine’s “The Rules” — humorous truisms for men — so we thought it’d be fun to come up with some rules specifically for Chicago men. We’re calling our rules The Chicago Ways, a name that obviously comes Sean Connery’s...
