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Saturday, April 02, 2022Why Doesn’t Chicago Have More Wine Bars in Bookstores?
by Aimee Levitt / Eater Chicago / April 1, 2022 Few things go together better than a book and a bottle of wine, but Chicagoans are still learning.When Rebecca George decided to open up a bookstore with her sister Kimberly in 2016, she knew a few things for certain. First, it would be, above all, a community space with events nearly every day. Second, it would be in Wicker Park, where George has lived her entire adult life. And third, it would have a cafe that served not just coffee, but wine and whiskey
Sunday, March 06, 2022Best Day Ever: John Green, author of ''The Fault in Our Stars''
by Justin Kaufmann / Axios Chicago / March 4, 2022 Author John Green thought he was done writing books after successfully publishing seven of them, including YA megahits "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Paper Towns.""I started out writing essays for a podcast because I was tired of books and didn't know if I ever wanted to write another one," Green tells Axios. Yes, but: Those essays, which all focus on facets of the human condition, have been collected for his new book, "The Anthropocene Reviewed.""Turtles