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Meet Chicago’s Meat Photographer


“I don't know anyone who's shot more raw meat in this town than me."
1/30/17

The Fearful Daily Life of an Undocumented Immigrant in Chicago


"If one person finds out, you're putting in jeopardy everything you've worked for."
11/3/16

This week’s Chicagoan: Othman Al Ani, refugee


"I don't know where to go, I don't know how to pay, I don't even know how to use money."
12/17/15

Old-school sign painter Jeff Williams on why computer-generated stickers ain’t got soul


"Right as I got out of high school, I had a job working as an electrician, and I only did that for a few years before I realized, man, this kind of sucks, having a real job."
3/7/15

This week’s Chicagoan: Roger Billhardt, nude model


"I don't go home with any women who paint me, and I don't accept any phone numbers."
5/30/14

This week’s Chicagoan: Doris Adepoju, truck driver


"I started thinking, 'If you go to truck driver school, you can still earn a living.' I thought: 'If I can, Lord, why not?'"
3/9/14

This week’s Chicagoan: Angie Morrow, collection manager at the Art Institute


"I spent most of my time on the floor, removing the parrot, so we would not crash and die."
2/7/14

This week’s Chicagoan: Kayla Lane Freeman, new Chicagoan


"When my dad and I started approaching the city limits and seeing the buildings, that was the first time I started to feel sad, which was strange, 'cause that was the time I should have felt most excited."
7/26/13

This week’s Chicagoan: Trevor Burke, stand-up comic, age 11


"I'm not looking to get paid or anything, but I would accept the money. There’s so many cool things to buy. Video games are pretty cool."
7/1/13

This week’s Chicagoan: Annette Prince, director, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors


"Every time I get stuck on the Eisenhower, I think, 'One of these people could help me move this bird.'"
5/1/13

Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan


The 11-year-old Bronzeville native has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.
3/6/13

This week’s Chicagoan: “Naughty Natanya” Rubin, burlesque performer


"When I'm at my day job, I'm just Natanya, and then in the evening, I'm occasionally naughty."
12/10/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Howard Cort, septuagenarian and activist


"I met my wife there—in fact, I stole her from somebody. I guess we're still friends, if he's still alive."
11/1/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Michael Adkesson, veterinarian, Brookfield Zoo


"There was a lot of money floating around, and they could buy elephants, and they did."
10/18/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Marcy Wagenberg, cochlear implant recipient


"Eight hours a day, I was trying to lip-read everybody at work, and then I'm gonna go out again at night and try to lip-read people?"
9/20/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Rene Cudal, bike messenger


"I wear Jewel plastic bags wrapped around my feet to keep 'em warm. It may sound gross, but it works."
9/5/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Thomas Loconti, street artist


"When a situation of panic pops up, most people lose their shit and get really excited, but I don't."
8/22/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Kasia Koniar, director of scouting and development for Factor Women


"I start the careers of young models, many of them as young as 12 and 13."
8/8/12

This week’s Chicagoan: David Allen, tattoo artist


"What pain have you experienced in your life?"
7/24/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Beth Reiner, Amma devotee


"So she asked them to get a container and fill it with water, and then she turned it into a pudding."
6/27/12

This week’s Chicagoan: Pete Valavanis, Owner, Cary’s Lounge


"You can't just en masse throw everybody out; you've got to kind of little by little get the law established."
6/6/12

This Week’s Chicagoan: Leslie Goddard, Historical Interpreter


“You can drive in a hoopskirt. In a pinch, you can.”
5/16/12

This Week’s Chicagoan: Aaron Karmin, anger-management therapist


“So my client walks in. He's swinging the bat over his shoulder.”
4/25/12

This Week’s Chicagoan: Mia Park, kids’ show host


“Vanilla Ice was afraid of our puppet.”
3/20/12

Beyond the Bitch Shield


“When, if ever, have you had six hot girls ask for your underwear?” (Mom, please don’t read this one.)
10/20/05

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