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Chinatown: Tony Hu Opens His Seventh Restaurant
Newly opened “Lao Ma La” is not cuisine catered to the faintest of taste buds. This Chinese-style restaurant stands on the north side of Chinatown – its name ‘Ma La’ translating to “peppercorn spicy”. Lao Ma La’s owner Tony Hu is a dominating restaurateur in Chinese cuisine, opening up his seventh food chain in the […]
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“I will decide what is appropriate for you. I am the expert, and I know what is best for you. Trust me.” These were words uttered to me by experts and others throughout my life. For me, not having a choice or even the freedom to choose was the most influential and at times the […]
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The City of Chicago turned on its Italian colors and hosted a three-day, full immersion event into the Italian culture and business, at the Italian Expo on Sept. 24-26. At the event, the heads of the Italian government and business entrepreneurs gave a presentation about the importance of the commercial import/export exchanges between Italy and […]
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The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela is evolving to find an appropriate socialism for the 21st century. For the last six years, Dada Maheshvarananda, a monk, activist, and writer, has been director of the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela, which promotes “progressive socialism” or Prout, the Progressive Utilization Theory. He is launching his new book, After […]
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Anti-war activist Andy Thayer is ending his seven-year battle with the Chicago Police Department after his appeal of a 2005 arrest was denied last Tuesday. Thayer, head of the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism and co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network, was arrested during an anti-war press conference held just off the Magnificent Mile […]
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Correction: In this story we inadvertently ascribed comments made by Department of Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino to Erin O’Donnell, the managing deputy commissioner for the department. The error has been corrected in this version. The city’s Committee on Aviation Wednesday approved a new lease agreement with airlines operating out of Chicago Midway International Airport, but […]
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Artists John Pitman Weber and Hector Duarte will restore two murals located in Humboldt Park that represent the history of the neighborhood. The two murals were waiting for funds to get renewed and come back to glory in the neighborhood. “The murals survived and now we have funds coming from different places,” Weber said. Part […]
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