Year: 2014

Behind the Story: “No money for treating the traumatized”

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chicago-reader: Our October 23 cover article, “No money for treating the traumatized,” shares the story of Veronica Coney, and how her family was among a fortunate few who’ve gained access to family trauma therapy after years of exposure to violence in and out of their home. I spoke with writer Steve Bogira about how this … Read more

More than ten years without 97X on the air

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The final mic break is worth a fresh listen. Station manager and DJ Steve Baker articulated really well what the station was about, what it meant, and how it did business the right way and for the right reasons. Leading up to that final mic break, the playlist for the station’s final week on the … Read more

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chicago-reader:

In the introduction to Locally Brewed: Portraits of Craft Brewing from America’s Heartland, Anna Blessing writes, “In part this is a book about beer, but mostly it is a book about people: the craftspeople and artisans who brew the beer.” And—spoiler alert—that’s exactly what it is. Blessing has deftly pinpointed what’s most interesting about each brewer’s story and spends several pages, illustrated with photos of the brewers, beers, and breweries (taken by Blessing herself), telling it.

Julia Thiel reviews a new book about midwestern craft brewers.