By: Amy Enchelmeyer and Jessica Krinke
(Please view Amy's companion video on Medill Reports!)
Hundreds of hungry home cooks crowded every floor of the four story Borders on Michigan Avenue for a chance to meet their favorite TV chef.
Alton Brown, star of The Food Network’s “Good Eats” signed copies of his new book based on the hit show, “Good Eats: The Early Years,” for 500 fans late into the night on Oct. 15.
Sex ed. with Dr. Drew
It’s not often Drew Pinsky, popular radio advice doctor, gets a chance to answer questions about himself. The host of the long-running syndicated relationship forum, Loveline, and VH1’s Celebrity Rehab, did just that while in town last Friday for a live edition of his radio show before a Chicago audience.
True 'Spirit' of Halloween haunted by profits?
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| Geoff Graves plays "Kitty Zombie" at Chicago horror events. |
POLL: Should the date change?
While Halloween has become arguably the most commercial party holiday of modern American culture, does it warrant an entire Hallow-weekend? One costume company thinks so.
Spirit Halloween, owners of many Halloween stores that vanish as mysteriously as they materialize in strip malls across America come Nov. 1, has launched a proposal to permanently change the date of All-hallows Eve to the last Saturday in October instead of Oct. 31.
Elementary school spooks and goblins eagerly await Saturday Halloweens, but not everyone in the Chicago Halloween and horror industry hopes this year’s weekend Halloween will be permanent.
'Can't get no satisfaction' might be a health risk
Two new studies link sexual fulfillment and overall wellness for women. One researcher describes the lack of awareness women have about their bodies, while another reminds us that satisfaction doesn’t always mean having more sex.
'Toilet Theater' transgresses the limits of gender
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| Jason Hosking/CORBIS |
The bar is crowded and music assaults your poor, inebriated ears. That last beer is nagging you not so quietly toward the bathroom, but there’s a painfully long line. The opposite sex’s door swings open, taunting you with its emptiness.
Would you use it if you knew you’d be alone? Would you if you knew you wouldn’t be? Or are you just going to stand there hopping up and down like a fool while there’s a perfectly good toilet with no one using it.
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