Greetings from standby jury duty. Yes, your humble co-host is doing his civic duty in Rolling Meadows, but it seems unlikely he'll be empaneled owing to that felony conviction way back when that we've sort of hinted around about before....  read

Tonight's the night! It's that one magical evening of the month when we convene Tuesday Funk, the monthly Chicago reading series where good writing and good beer mix. It's our 39th big episode, and we're bringing you five great readers—most...  read