I recently shared an excellent afternoon chat with Chicago author Joe Meno, the guy in the video who's reading his latest novel, The Great Perhaps. It won the Great Lakes Book Award for Fiction last year.
It's pretty great. You should read it. Heck, Oprah should read it.
And if you haven't already, check out my interview with Mr. Meno in today's paper.
Hipsters hanging out at the Happy Village Bar should know: You are now drinking in a national treasure.
Nearly all of East Village - from Division to Chicago between Damen and Hermitage - including the friendly dive bar recently earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
For two long, East Village is Ukranian Village's unappreciated step brother. Now the neighborhood has been recognized on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more here.
If you want to get a real feel for East Village here’s a few places you have to visit:
At his best, Mark Konkol is a White Sox fan. He lives on the South Side. He
enjoys cold beer. At one time or another over the last 10 years, he's covered Chicago and Cook County government, city schools, transportation and the ins-and-outs of neighborhood life. E-mail him at mkonkol@suntimes.com.
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