Events

Cassie, on Thursday night, not letting me go to bed: You're welcome.

I posted this last night on Facebook: It's so interesting to me that we're having a (manufactured) political argument about canceling $10k in student debt while all the countries we compete with are horrified that people even have to pay $10k to go to university. Even privatization-happy Brits flipped some constituencies to Labour in the last general election because the Tories raised university fees to £9,250 ($10,900) per year. The outrage isn't that we forgave a token amount of Federally-held debt....

Welcome to stop #77 on the Brews and Choos project. Brewery: Banging Gavel Brews, 6811 Hickory St., Tinley ParkTrain line: Rock Island District, Tinley ParkTime from Chicago: 35 minutes (Zone E)Distance from station: 100 m The owners of Banging Gavel Brews opened a beer garden at the historic Vogt House in Tinley Park to get people interested in their beers while they restore the house. Since they have an abbreviated beer list at the moment, and they expect to open the brewpub proper next spring, I have...

Welcome to stop #76 on the Brews and Choos project. Brewery: Soundgrowler Brewing, 8201 W. 183rd St., Tinley ParkTrain line: Rock Island District, Tinley/80thTime from Chicago: 37 minutes (Zone E)Distance from station: 1.4 km When I visited Hailstorm Brewing in March 2021, I really should have gone to Soundgrowler next, as they're just a short walk from each other and I'd never have to go to their industrial park in Tinley Park again. They're both great in their own ways, don't get me wrong; but now...

Finished in San Francisco

One of my favorite local breweries, Urban Brew Labs, will close when it runs out of beer in the next week or so: Owner James Moriarty announced on Instagram the brewery and taproom, 5121 N. Ravenswood Ave., will close by the end of the summer. Moriarty did not give a specific end date for the business, but thanked fans, neighbors and employees for keeping the business going for so long.  “We’ll keep the lights on as long as we have beer to serve, but this will be our final summer season,” Moriarty...