A Lull opens for Cold War Kids
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/14251448[/vimeo] Wow – intern Aaron’s band A Lull is opening for Cold War Kids at the Riv on March 11. This video is *beautiful.*
Let Us Think of These Things Always. Let Us Speak of Them Never
Hideout barback Stephen Fiehn, one-half, with bartender Tyler Myers, of supercool performance duo Cupola Bobber, performs this week at the MCA in the U.S. premiere of Let Us Think of These Things Always. Let Us Speak of them Never. The piece is a collaboration between Lyn Hixson and Matthew Goulish, of Chicago’s late, lamented Goat Island, […]
"We may be 75% water, but we're 100% certain that WET is best. . ."
I’ve been sick and grumpy and knee-deep in too-much-to-do, and January turning into February hasn’t exactly helped matters. So leaning on the bar and listening to esteemed writers battling it out at Write Club this past Friday was a bit of a treat. I can’t do justice to the arguments for Wet vs. Dry, Shut vs. […]
The Interview Show videos
Mark Bazer hosts “The Interview Show” here at the Hideout (almost) every first Friday evening of the month, and he’s always got great guests. Be here for the next episode of The Interview Show on Friday, February 4th, with musician Archer Prewitt, fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, local foods entrepreneur Cleetus Friedman, gospel/jazz group Come Sunday, and author Bethany […]
Vermont, or bust!
Photo by Jason Creps Did you miss the puppet show in December? Are you, by chance, headed east this weekend? Kathleen Judge and her shadow puppet troupe One Degree Off present Jabberwocky and Revontulet this Friday as part of a Neko Case-curated show “Storytelling: An Evening of Performances, Poetry, and Puppetry,” a benefit for the […]
Artsy Friday
Two great-looking art exhibits open this Friday, January 14: Over on Superior and Ashland, Living Room Realty hosts the visual portion of 10 x 10: A collaboration between Chicago bands and printmakers, a collaboration between Homeroom and Spudnik Press. Ten artists were asked to chose a local band or musician; the musicians each recorded a song […]
Soup & Bread featured in 1/11/11 Chicago Sun-Times
Amelia Levin’s Chicago Sun-Times article Soup’s on: How to make the perfect pot uses lots of great ingredients, including a section featuring Soup & Bread founders Martha Bayne and Sheila Sachs, and a gallery with lots of nice Richard A. Chapman photos from the January 5 Soup & Bread 2011 kickoff. Thanks from the Hideout to […]
In the neighborhood
The craziness of the holidays is finally over, and now it’s time for … well … the craziness of January at the Hideout. We have a newly arranged website — which you know, since you’re on it — and a brand-new blog, where lots of Hideout folks will be posting regular updates of all the […]
“We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne”
After the requisite champagne toast, kiss, and shouts of “Huzzah!”, my first few moments of 2011 were spent taking drink orders and maneuvering booze through the Hideout’s celebratory chaos. A fitting start, since the Hideout is bound to be the setting of much of my coming year — whether I’m behind the bar or in front […]
The Chicory Center's Resistance Coffee project
The Hideout has fallen in love with its local coffee roaster. The Chicory Center’s Resistance Coffee project is Chicago’s only 100% fair trade, organic, liberation-oriented coffee roaster. Resistance Coffee’s current coffee is called Kropotkin’s Kaffe, after Russian anarcho-communist Pyotr Kropotkin. The Chicory Center offers this delicious coffee with home delivery on a weekly basis, too! […]
