http://www.windycitizen.com/neighborhoods/wicker-park The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/getting-strange/2009/09/14/people-who-died-to-late-jim-carroll <p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/getting-strange/2009/09/14/people-who-died-to-late-jim-carroll">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/getting-strange/2009/09/14/people-who-died-to-late-jim-carroll#comments Wicker Park Entertainment 2009 deaths basketball diaries celebrity deaths don hewitt harry kalas i want the angel jim carroll Michael Jackson nick adenhart patrick swayze people who died robert novaks steve mcnair walter cronkite wayman tisdale wicked gravity Getting Strange Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:50:43 -0500 14386 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/27/message-to-critical-massholes <p> Congratulations, you sons of bitches. You blocked an ambulance. </p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/27/message-to-critical-massholes">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/27/message-to-critical-massholes#comments Wicker Park People bicycle bike biker chicago chicago bicycle chicago critical mass critical mass critical mass chicago cyclist june 2009 critical mass june critical mass protest world naked bike ride Getting Strange Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:24:34 -0500 10454 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/13/the-concert-project-iii-the-sometimes-family <p> I didn't even stay for the main band - I just had to get home to write about the opening act. </p> <p> OK, that good? Good? You got it? OK. </p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/13/the-concert-project-iii-the-sometimes-family">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/13/the-concert-project-iii-the-sometimes-family#comments Wicker Park Music art brut east ukranian village environmental encroachment phyllis&#039; musical inn rebecca sometimes st. vincent the concert project the sometimes family wicker park Getting Strange Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:27:36 -0500 9782 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/03/around-the-coyote-and-oregon-trail-the-musical <p> The girl was cute, perky in that way that's enchanting on stage but could just drive you insane with five minutes of real-life contact. </p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/03/around-the-coyote-and-oregon-trail-the-musical">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/06/03/around-the-coyote-and-oregon-trail-the-musical#comments Wicker Park Theater 1848 alternative culture around the coyote art chicago Culture jim happy-delpech musical oregon trail oregon trail video game wicker park Getting Strange Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:44:43 -0500 9228 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/05/chiditarod-diaries-part-two <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> Here's part two of preparation for team For The 80s Have Never Died. It's a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chiditarod.org/" title="Chiditarod">Chiditarod</a> team. </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/05/chiditarod-diaries-part-two">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/05/chiditarod-diaries-part-two#comments Wicker Park Business 1980s 80s chiditarod chiditarod diaries shopping cart shopping cart race Getting Strange Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:42:34 -0600 5535 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/04/chiditarod-diaries-part-one <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> Hiya, kids. </p> <p> Here's all you need to know to understand the video: </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/04/chiditarod-diaries-part-one">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/03/04/chiditarod-diaries-part-one#comments Wicker Park Business 1980s 1980s music 2009 chiditarod 80s 80s music chiditarod chiditarod team shopping cart shopping cart race urban iditarod Getting Strange Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:04:26 -0600 5492 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ethelittlethings/2008/12/27/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-in-wicker-park <p><!--paging_filter--><!--StartFragment--><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">During the holidays, religious folk seem to turn especially religious, while the secular side of society turns outwardly secular.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/thelittlethings" class="og_links">The Little Things</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ethelittlethings/2008/12/27/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-in-wicker-park">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ethelittlethings/2008/12/27/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-in-wicker-park#comments Wicker Park Faith chicago Christmas Festivus freedom of religion freedom of speech holidays humanism pole Religious secular Seinfeld wicker park The Little Things Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:23:43 -0600 4024 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2008/09/14/zinesters-vs-comics-the-reckoning <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> <img border="0" width="525" src="http://windycitizen.com/files/microphone1.jpg" alt="Microphone" height="427" />  </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2008/09/14/zinesters-vs-comics-the-reckoning">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2008/09/14/zinesters-vs-comics-the-reckoning#comments Wicker Park Theater comedians comics janie&#039;s got a gun lipizzaner open mic reading zine zinesters Getting Strange Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:54:12 -0500 2787 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/love-medate-me/2008/07/23/the-flings-the-thing <p><!--paging_filter--> <p>Oh, look, it's mid-July, and summer is in full swing. Chicago’s street festivals have outdone themselves yet again, the beach has delivered a few rousing games of volleyball and my winter-white complexion is finally surrendering to the sun. Snow season is a million light-years away, and summer has been, overall, worth the wait. </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/lovemedateme" class="og_links">Love Me/Date Me</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/love-medate-me/2008/07/23/the-flings-the-thing">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/love-medate-me/2008/07/23/the-flings-the-thing#comments Wicker Park Love Me/Date Me Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:44:02 -0500 2217 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/pitchfork-music-festival-blog/2008/07/22/pitchfork-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly This was my second year attending Pitchfork Music Festival and a lot of things certainly improved, however others could stand to have been better.<br /><br />I saw that the festival and some sponsors made an effort to be green this year. We had some seriously strange weather. I was disappointed by the bands I was excited about, and surprised by others. I even saw the executive producer of the whole festival get down and dirty to help pump out the watery mud that had accumulated overnight on the field.<br /><br />This year I had full VIP access which came with many perks. My<div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/pitchforkmusicfestivalblog" class="og_links">Pitchfork Music Festival Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/pitchfork-music-festival-blog/2008/07/22/pitchfork-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/pitchfork-music-festival-blog/2008/07/22/pitchfork-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly#comments Wicker Park animal collective festival music pitchfork public enemy Pitchfork Music Festival Blog Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:46:17 -0500 2199 at http://www.windycitizen.com