tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352728462024-03-05T23:32:06.680-06:00Gretchen KalwinskiWriter / EditorGretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-9390929518866631742010-12-07T17:44:00.000-06:002010-12-07T17:44:27.777-06:00See Me Improving at Stop Smiling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDpw3awdnPDyRib6gpw0-3uuM0vlPS9kiM7Tu1-AJiJqnChh43H770gQBLAGuz_G6Jdyp40k7cEacWE5q6nlsh4fnXUR9XHElkhP_L1jF2VMhqlZ4djvAHVmwwNJBGt7afSqO/s1600/GK_SmokeyEye_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDpw3awdnPDyRib6gpw0-3uuM0vlPS9kiM7Tu1-AJiJqnChh43H770gQBLAGuz_G6Jdyp40k7cEacWE5q6nlsh4fnXUR9XHElkhP_L1jF2VMhqlZ4djvAHVmwwNJBGt7afSqO/s320/GK_SmokeyEye_web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Travis Nichols has written a book of poetry titled "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/See-Me-Improving-Travis-Nichols/dp/1556593120">See Me Improving</a>" and to celebrate its launch, some of us will be performing previously untold "talents and amateur attempts" at his book release part<a href="http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/photo_essay.php?id=1076">y at Stop Smiling</a>, tomorrow, Wednesday December 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. (1317 N. Milwaukee Ave). I'm told that among the amateur skills being celebrated are: mixology, headstands, and for my part, I'll be demonstrating my newfound adeptness at applying "smoky eye" makeup. See above for the dramatic difference that it can make. For more info, go to Travis' blog, <a href="http://seemeimproving.com/">See Me Improving</a>.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-34825841365694794902010-08-19T18:10:00.000-05:002010-08-19T18:10:26.923-05:00Ragdale residency<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In November 2009, I received a <a href="http://www.ragdale.org/">Ragdale Artist Residency</a> and spent a spectacular three weeks there, working on my short fiction collection in Lake Forest, Illinois, writing, thinking, dreaming. 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My fellow roundtablers Professor Al Gini and author Brigid Pasulka had impressive lists to share and now I have WAY too many books on my "to read" list. The <a href="http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&player=Chicago-Tonight&pid=qpP1KLfbF_ukV5Y1Xu6Gx_eOCjGePDSt">video is here</a>, and all of our lists of <a href="http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80,6,4,2">recommended books are archived here</a>.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-20406116597501464632009-11-22T11:53:00.001-06:002010-08-19T18:00:32.806-05:00New short story in Proximity Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswkshSm1fPe854IQ2XA2DCyKk4jnIwJHLc24rCKG7syxLpudmgiICo_P5uuP587d_8bkiH1oy8UPt9nTFhUo4TYL4cXfT0s383qvX7Vf-IQkmlMb5es3NeKeYLVJz-WeMIuJJ/s1600/litcolumn_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswkshSm1fPe854IQ2XA2DCyKk4jnIwJHLc24rCKG7syxLpudmgiICo_P5uuP587d_8bkiH1oy8UPt9nTFhUo4TYL4cXfT0s383qvX7Vf-IQkmlMb5es3NeKeYLVJz-WeMIuJJ/s200/litcolumn_02.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>A new short story I published in Proximity Magazine<a href="http://www2.blogger.com/%20http://proximitymagazine.com/2009/09/lit-column-3/"> is up at their site</a>, along with the beautiful illustrations of <a href="http://robfunderburk.com/">Rob Funderburk</a>. (Reading it over, I'm realizing it needed several more drafts, at least, but anyway.)Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-77753160125113729262009-08-04T14:43:00.007-05:002009-11-25T16:34:55.135-06:00Interview with Amy Guth of ChicagoNowDuring last week's Printers Ball, <a href="http://vimeo.com/5879604">I spoke on camera with Amy Guth</a> of ChicagoNow's Chicago Subtext about the Ball, Chicago publishing and books, and Literago. <object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5879604&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5879604&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/5879604">Gretchen Kalwinski at Printers' Ball</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/guth">Amy Guth</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Audio from the event is archived <a href="http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35307">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-11114468671244452532009-07-30T16:10:00.005-05:002009-11-25T16:36:26.172-06:00WLUW interviewThis week, I spent a fun 10 minutes talking to Mike Stephen with WLUW's Outside the Loop radio show for their <a href="http://www.outsidetheloopradio.com/otl/2009/07/">literary-themed edition</a> (to correspond with the Printers Ball). Some info is here, and the <a href="http://cdn1.libsyn.com/outsidetheloopradio/otl-ep149-090731.mp3?nvb=20090804192621&nva=20090805193621&t=0500752436c5035c1908d">direct link to the streaming audio is here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-44626048062771045852009-07-30T16:03:00.003-05:002009-07-30T16:09:39.977-05:00Book review for Stop Smiling, 7/28/09Just published: <a href="http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=1262">a new book review for <span style="font-style: italic;">Stop Smiling</span></a>, of Nelson Algren's <span style="font-style: italic;">Entrapment</span>. The mag does a thing called "Two Takes," where they have two writers review the same book; then they publish the two reviews alongside each other. Beth Capper wrote the <a href="http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=1263">"alternate take." </a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-158877914269092662009-07-11T19:50:00.000-05:002009-07-11T19:59:09.728-05:00Vosges Catalog; Valentine's Day; Gypsy-Theme<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8NYjGTuKtMA/RbE46s2T8TI/AAAAAAAAABc/UYo8ZdeYw7E/s1600-h/vosges.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8NYjGTuKtMA/RbE46s2T8TI/AAAAAAAAABc/UYo8ZdeYw7E/s200/vosges.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021857640617341234" border="0" /></a>I recently did some copywriting for Vosges Haut Chocolat's catalog -- the Gypsy-themed Valentine's Day issue. It's not available online, unfortunately, but here are some excerpts from the mailer, "A Book of Chocolate Love Spells."<br /><a href="http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/"></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">[The word Gypsy refers to the Roma people, a wandering ethnic group that originated in northern India around the 9th century. A creative people who live outside modern rules of ownership and property; the world is their home to wander.]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">[Gypsies are said to travel with magic carpets and snakes and are notoriously private--it is almost impossible for an outsider to penetrate a gypsy band. Because so much of gypsy lore is shrouded in secrecy, popular culture tends to either romanticize or demonize them, focusing on their mystical powers.]<br /><br />[The Gypsy woman was a muse for Bob Dylan's "Spanish Harlem Incident." He sings "Gypsy Girl in the hands of Harlem / Cannot hold you to its heat / Your temperature is too hot to taming feet are burning up the street..."]<br /><br />[The pagan practice of men showering their sweethearts with roses started when early practitioners of herbal medicine learned that eating rose hips (the fruit of the rose that remains after the petals have fallen) assisted in many aspects of female health. So on Valentine's Day, bask in the knowledge that by enjoying roses, you are taking part in an ancient ritual.]<br /></span><br />--Gretchen Kalwinski<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-26563263437461367282009-07-11T19:45:00.001-05:002009-11-22T15:41:44.130-06:00Cavalier Inn, Website Copy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-xr1-gD_TwzTBbzDTwOjMRKf0jsRvlvL87XGUhPdZD1vBBmYWK_NhHer96AFn7o7BXkjrcPaCrzBrtBXtp_SVSoL3q1y_AKzn-RvQVbPNfefN_eCXIT5XnYuu_-KNKair-UT/s1600-h/cav+2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346543920228585538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-xr1-gD_TwzTBbzDTwOjMRKf0jsRvlvL87XGUhPdZD1vBBmYWK_NhHer96AFn7o7BXkjrcPaCrzBrtBXtp_SVSoL3q1y_AKzn-RvQVbPNfefN_eCXIT5XnYuu_-KNKair-UT/s200/cav+2.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 149px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Serving the North Hammond neighborhood and Polish Community for generations</span><br />
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Known simply as The Cav by those who frequent it, this Polish restaurant and bar has served the North Hammond neighborhood and Polish community for generations. The Cav is owned and managed by Wally and Mary Kasprzycki and their son, Wally. Wally Sr. arrived in the United States in 1938 and opened the Cavalier Inn 1949. The Cavalier Inn thrives not only because of the consistently wonderful Polish food (best pierogis and potato pancakes in town), but also to the welcoming atmosphere instituted by Wally and Mary, and carried on dutifully by their son.<br />
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There is something for everyone at The Cav. It accommodates the after-work dinner crowd, who fill up the paneled back room in the rear of the building, sitting in the cafeteria style tables, chatting with neighbors and friends, and waiting for their food. There is also the evening bar crowd who come in after 5 for a boilermaker. Then there is the late-night straggler who sits at the bar and keeps Wally company (or is it vice versa?). Finally, there is the Saturday afternoon crowd, who stop in for a plate of pierogis and game of pool.<br />
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The atmosphere in every scenario is the same-welcoming and accommodating. Located off the intersection of Gostlin and Torrence in Hammond, across from the Roller Dome, The Cav is easier to find these days due to outdoor ornamental lighting, facade improvements, and a new blacktop parking lot. The Hammond Urban Enterprise subsidized those improvements through the Business Facade Rebate Program. The City of Hammond contributed to the neighborhood by repaving Torrence streets and sidewalks and adding ornamental street lights. The decor includes wood carved Polish eagles, figurines in traditional folk dress, pictures of cavaliers, and a photograph of Wally Jr., a High School All-American in his Northwestern football uniform. The eclectic jukebox features <span style="font-style: italic;">Bear Down Chicago Bears Polka, God Bless Our Polish Pope, In Heaven There is No Beer,</span> as well as tunes from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, John Cougar Mellencamp, and NSync.<br />
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There is more than just old-fashioned quaintness to The Cav; there is a history inherent in the walls of this building. Wally is not only a business owner and an immigrant, he is also a sponsor of many other immigrants since World War II. Wally sponsored hundreds of families from Poland and enjoys his patriarchal role in the community. The Cav serves as a comfort zone for those immigrants and their families, because it is the business owned by their first friend in the United States, and a familiar gathering place for many unsure new American citizens. The food is generous and filling. The menu includes pierogis, potato pancakes, czarina, stuffed cabbage (golabki), sausage and sauerkraut (<span style="font-style: italic;">kielbasa z kaputsta</span>), lake perch, and American dishes such as burgers and chili. Mary Kasprzycki runs the kitchen with Dina and Teresa. She works approximately 12 hours per day six days a week or a total of 76 hours per week with her husband, intermittently greeting friends that come to eat. Two nights a week, Mary stays up until the wee hours of the morning making pierogis with her kitchen help.<br />
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A cavalier is a symbol of pride for Polish people. A Cavalier's Cross of Merit is Poland's highest civilian honor and a mark of distinction. Therefore, the Cavalier Inn is a gallant and proud name for a small-town restaurant and bar. When you visit, look for the kindly bartender with soft eyes and his friendly and stylish wife, who is responsible for so many well-fed Polish immigrants, their children and grandchildren in Northwest Indiana. On the cold winter days ahead you'll want plenty of meat and potatoes, pork chops, fish, and "kraut", and the Cavalier Inn does them just right. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /><br />
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<div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-86111934047536166662009-06-10T12:53:00.005-05:002009-06-12T18:03:36.871-05:00Moi, in Chicago Tribune (o so briefly)Last weekend, I read with a group of authors--authors way, way more illustrious than I; Bill Savage, Stuart Dybek, Marion Coleman, Marc Smith, Ellen Wadey, Peter O'Leary--at a Printers Row Lit Fest event presented by the <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/">Poetry Foundation</a>. The Trib listed it <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-0529-printers-row-biosmay29,0,2981676.story?page=14">here, along with my bio</a>.<br /><br /><b></b><em style="font-weight: bold;" class="i">The Chicago Poetry Foundation presents the Chicago Poetry Tour Premier. Saturday 5 p.m. Arts & Poetry Stage.</em><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gretchen Kalwinski:</span> The co-founder and managing editor of the literary Web site Literago.org. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Stop Smiling, The Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine and Punk Planet.<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-63322981147842350122009-05-07T18:12:00.003-05:002009-05-07T18:18:44.593-05:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 217 : Apr 23–29, 2009I wrote a few pieces for Time Out Chicago's recent "DIY issue," including an article about making <a href="http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/features/73809/diy-tricks-and-tips-to-save-you-money/4.html">your own deodorant</a> (so cheap!) and another <a href="http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/features/73815/diy-learning">about teaching myself to sing</a> that actually inspired me to start voice lessons at the Old Town School of Folk Music.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-78826567356237337232009-02-26T14:59:00.000-06:002009-03-06T15:01:36.099-06:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 209; Features; Polish drinking....Also for the TOC Polish issue, I co-wrote an article on how to <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/features/71909/drinking-in-polish-bars">drink Polish</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Nadrowie!</span>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-54696876279954342412009-02-26T11:46:00.005-06:002009-06-12T17:26:52.055-05:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 209; Features; Polish-American essayFor Time Out Chicago's "<a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/features/71907/polish-chicago">Polish Issue</a>," I wrote <span style="text-decoration: underline;">articles</span><a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/features/71916/polish-american-chicago"> about growing up Polish-American</a> in Chi-town and <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/features/71917/old-pole-new-pole">old-school versus new-school Polish Chicago.</a>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-87136208279336748522009-02-26T11:27:00.000-06:002009-03-05T11:45:04.245-06:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 209; FeaturesI pitched a "Polish Issue" of Time Out Chicago that was published last week. In cahoots with that, I posted this at the <a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2009/02/tocs-polish-american-roots-are-showing/">Time Out Chicago blog: "TOC's Polish Roots are Showing</a>"Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-52290332629041929592009-02-05T14:58:00.002-06:002009-03-05T15:15:58.357-06:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 206; Feb 5, 2009In Chicago, wintertime spa visits are crucial. For Time Out Chicago's Spas issue, I got to enjoy spa treatments and write about <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/spas-gyms/71125/lisette-paez-four-seasons">Lisette Paez, maestro nail-technician</a> at the Four Seasons, plus <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/spas-gyms/71136/unwind-be-kind">spa-etiquette</a>, and <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/spas-gyms/71132/hair-on-the-side-of-caution">DIY spa treatments</a>.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-59800141920463386382009-02-05T14:38:00.000-06:002009-03-05T14:41:54.275-06:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 206; Feb 5; Travel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCSW79uyfecWfPnAcjUSJx5wd1M6Yuyb7fR4qqD_5F6WYrup-EIpqCEJ-wDEKprJ5DEORBq-HyXV_KZXCMBPJ0N-ksNiRuZWtVZX4DTW2w3mYQW2zHpHtKF6HEys-51LPqn51/s1600-h/get.travel.springfi-001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCSW79uyfecWfPnAcjUSJx5wd1M6Yuyb7fR4qqD_5F6WYrup-EIpqCEJ-wDEKprJ5DEORBq-HyXV_KZXCMBPJ0N-ksNiRuZWtVZX4DTW2w3mYQW2zHpHtKF6HEys-51LPqn51/s200/get.travel.springfi-001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309806286997566594" border="0" /></a>In celebration of Abe Lincoln's 200th birthday, <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/travel/71309/springfield-il">I spent a weekend in Springfield, Illinois, and wrote about it</a>. Now, I never need to go back to Springfield, Illinois. Whew.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-49197245464710168782009-01-12T11:52:00.004-06:002009-03-06T15:10:39.915-06:00Time Out Chicago; Blog post; Jan 12, 2009, New Wave Coffee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8NYjGTuKtMA/SbASiyK2GtI/AAAAAAAAAL8/KftjYiL3Emc/s1600-h/NewWave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8NYjGTuKtMA/SbASiyK2GtI/AAAAAAAAAL8/KftjYiL3Emc/s200/NewWave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309764349461928658" border="0" /></a>I'm thrilled to have a new coffee shop in my 'hood, and <a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2009/01/thank-the-gods-logan-square-finally-has-a-new-coffee-shop/">posted about it on the TOC blog</a>.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-91949607005925511312009-01-01T14:43:00.002-06:002009-03-05T14:45:18.563-06:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 201; Jan 1, 2009; TravelBirmingham, Alabama: it's prettier and hipper than you thought. Here's <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/travel/70240/birmingham-al">my travel essay about what to do during a weekend trip to the Magic City</a>.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-21326113843000931992008-11-11T19:53:00.003-06:002010-08-19T18:01:09.931-05:00Literago.org postsI co-founded and edit this literary website. My posts can be found <a href="http://literago.org/author/gretchen/">here.</a>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-66405006303643068332008-11-05T19:45:00.001-06:002009-06-12T17:27:43.025-05:00Obama in Grant ParkI attended the historic Obama rally in Grant Park last week and <a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=10299">wrote a TOC blog post about it</a> the next morning. (Mine is the last-and longest-post).Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-2584621099349427842008-10-03T21:03:00.001-05:002008-11-11T21:04:30.346-06:00Joe Pug at HideoutA <a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=9721">TOC blog post about a Joe Pug show</a> at the Hideout.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-28123526366982259232008-08-15T19:43:00.003-05:002009-06-15T15:46:55.450-05:00Glossed and Found eventA <a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=7451">TOC blog post about a beauty event</a> I attended in the South Loop.Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-12316308651206689952008-08-07T22:07:00.006-05:002009-11-25T16:33:54.732-06:00WGN Radio; July 25, 2008After my <span style="font-style: italic;">Time Out Chicago</span> article titled "Concrete Canvas" was published last month, WGN Radio asked Lauren Weinberg (<span style="font-style: italic;">Time Out</span>'s Art and Design editor who wrote most of the rest of the Public Art feature) and myself to <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/goog_1259188324777">appear on Nick Digilio 's show</a><a href="http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/nickd/wgnam-nick-digilio-info,0,7487566.story"> </a>on Friday, July 25. It was fun; we chatted about illegal/public art for about a half hour; Nick was super interested in the subject and asked good questions and even told us about a piece of public art or two we'd not heard of before. (Eventually, I'll figure out how to add <a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/user/My%20Documents/My%20Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Unknown%20Artist/Unknown%20Album/01%20WGN%20Radio_July%2025%202008.m4a">the audio</a> to this site but that hasn't happened yet.)Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35272846.post-11500209521269355872008-07-28T17:49:00.006-05:002009-06-12T17:30:48.743-05:00Time Out Chicago; Issue 178; July 24, Street ArtFeatures article about street artists: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/art-design/41311/concrete-canvas">"Concrete canvas"</a><br />Features article; a street art tour: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/art-design/41321/going-going-gone">"Going, going, gone"</a><br />Features article; gang signs vs. street art: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/art-design/41331/the-writing-on-the-wall">"Writing on the wall."</a>Gretchen Kalwinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641962583945060755noreply@blogger.com