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By J.J. Tindall
Black Ice Blues
Now: black ice lurks
Like a mugger, so time
To be aware
As a burglar.
Now: The whole wide world
Is booby-trapped,
“Frozen objects plummeting toward
The top of your skull
May be larger than they appear.”
Posted on December 3, 2018
By Emma Young/Mosaic
It’s a little before three on a sunny Friday afternoon and Laugardalur Park, near central Reykjavik, looks practically deserted. There’s an occasional adult with a pushchair, but the park’s surrounded by apartment blocks and houses, and school’s out – so where are all the kids?
Posted on November 29, 2018
By JoNel Aleccia/Kaiser Health News
As Americans prepare to cook and consume nearly 50 million turkeys on Thanksgiving Day, an ongoing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to the poultry means food safety at home is more critical than ever.
Federal health officials have identified no single source of the outbreak of Salmonella Reading, which has sickened at least 164 people in 35 states during the past year.
As of Nov. 5, the bacterial strain has led to 63 hospitalizations and, in California, one death.
Posted on November 20, 2018
By Teresa Veramendi
The Piven Theatre Workshop presents a staged reading of SANTUARIO | SANCTUARY today through Sunday.
SANTUARIO | SANCTUARY is a bilingual documentary theater piece exploring the migrations of monarch butterflies and youth crossing the USA-Mexico border.
Based on 30+ interviews with (im)migrants, nuns, volunteers, conservationists, and law enforcement in the USA and Mexico, SANTUARIO | SANCTUARY highlights the multifaceted complexity of the border.
Posted on November 16, 2018
By J.J. Tindall
I Am Iron Man
For the Hideout, in memory of the Beachwood Inn
I will cry blood
If we lose our magic hideout!
So let us coalesce
Into an Iron Hero:
Flesh of corrugated metal
Thick as a thousand
Posted on November 15, 2018
Another Beachwood Special Report
“After running a year-long competition that drew interest from hundreds of cities and a number of states, Amazon has chosen New York City and Northern Virginia to split duty as its second headquarters,” CNN reports.
What about us? The Beachwood HQ2 Desk has learned why Chicago didn’t measure up:
Posted on November 13, 2018
From The Revolutionary War To The Bullshit War On Terror, Illinois Troops Have Been There
Normally I wouldn’t retweet (earnestly) anything from the governor’s account, especially in an election year, but the campaign is over, he lost, and I actually found the series of tweets emanating from his office Sunday quite interesting. Given the circumstances, with no cynical political gain to be leveraged, the benefit accrues to the reader. So here goes.
During the Revolutionary War, men from the prairie hoisted bayonet-tipped muskets to help win British outposts in Illinois Country. They helped win the very independence that created our nation. #OurHeroes pic.twitter.com/QA0VUBzp0c
— Governor Rauner (@GovRauner) November 9, 2018
Posted on November 12, 2018
By The Illinois Audobon Society
Ducks Unlimited has transferred ownership of a 225-acre parcel of land, known as Chillicothe Bottoms, from Wetlands America Trust to the Illinois Audubon Society.
The property is adjacent to the City of Chillicothe and contains high-quality examples of wetland, swamp and floodplain forest habitat.
Posted on November 7, 2018
By Anatomically Correct
The artworks that are displayed in this exhibition were created by local plein air artists who while outdoors at the Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie.
Dreamy Pond/Zhanna Biletska
Posted on November 2, 2018
