Category: Riverside
Drones assassinate enemies
BY POLLY MANN It’s called the “Disposition Matrix” or “PPG,’’ a guide released in May 2013, describing the U.S. government’s use of drones to assassinate undesirables. It contains the names of terrorism suspects, including sealed indictments and clandestine operations; when strikes may be used against terrorist targets; where there is…
Staff recipes for the holidays
BRIDGIT This recipe is from my grandmother Betsy Jean Kendrick. She was known for having huge, unruly dogs—the last two dogs she owned were a Samoyed and a Newfoundland. So while she liked her real dogs big, hairy and slobbery, she liked her dog cookies delicate and delicious. Chocolate Dogs…
The Night of the Dead, the Day of the Living
Midwinter traditions
Queen of Cuisine: Going to the dogs
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Prairie Dog 610 W. Lake St. 612-223-8984 www.prairiedogssausage.com ‘Tis the season to pig out at tables sinking under the weight of Granny’s turkey, pot luck eccentricities, more sugar and carbs than even a Sumo wrestler could comfortably inhale, and other dietary overloads. So, when it’s time to…
‘Arrival’ unravels problems of communication
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK Denis Villeneuve is quickly showing himself as one of Hollywood’s masters of mood and film craft (he also directed “Sicario”). “Arrival” covers well-worn sci-fi tropes like flashbacks to a dead daughter and the aliens’ gift to a humanity too foolhardy to accept it. Amy Adams illustrates…
Goodbye Adrian’s. This Chicago Ave. landmark has been here since the 1950s and will be closing its doors on Jan. 10. We’ll miss you!
WE ARE BROTHERS II: Immigration poem
“The Oldest Boy” at Jungle Theater: Mother and Father, Meet your son, a Buddha
Books make good gifts
“The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes” by Frank Bures This book is perfect for that sensitive, inquisitive, scholarly cousin, friend or daughter—the one who is always wondering about human behavior and humans in groups, the one who…
Lock him up!
Stop the cops!
Water Protectors Shut Down Wells Fargo
Stand-off at Standing Rock
BY DAVID TILSEN The Native people of the Western Hemisphere have come together to support the Standing Rock Lakota in their decision to not allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built. They have clearly decided this pipeline threatens their existence. They will not be invisible any more. Native nations…
