The Bugle Plus Newspaper 10-12-22

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Black Lagoon to Haunt Nine Cities including Chicago

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TREES UNDER THREAT

The Morton Arboretum, United States Botanic Garden partner to protect threatened trees

The Morton Arboretum and United States Botanic Garden (USBG) announce a new partnership to advance the conservation of threatened trees in the United States, with a special focus on native oak species.

The partners will develop threat assessments, conduct field work to resolve taxonomic questions and collect seeds for planting in conservation collections, and advance the work of the Global

Conservation Consortium for Oak (GCCO).

The partners are also working closely with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and NatureServe to identify and evaluate the extinction risk and conservation status of all trees in the continental U.S. to inform conservation priorities and actions. Oaks, one of the most ecologically and culturally important groups of trees in the U.S., will be

a top priority for the partnership. The Red List of Oaks 2020 revealed that 31% of the world’s oaks, which are crucial to the environments in which they grow, are threatened with extinction.

“Preventing extinction of native U.S. oak species is a key tenet of The Morton Arboretum’s work,” said Murphy Westwood, Ph.D., vice president of science and conservation at the Arboretum. “With the support and partnership of

the United States Botanic Garden, we will make great strides in setting conservation priorities and taking informed action to save these important trees,” she added.

The Arboretum and USBG will work with collaborators to take action in the highest priority regions of conservation concern, including southwest Texas, which Westwood noted is an oak diversity hotspot of complex, interbreeding oak species. The area is home

to three of the top five most vulnerable species of oak, according to the Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks, and represents a large knowledge gap in oak phylogenetics and evolution.

Researchers will conduct fieldwork to attempt to locate rare and presumed extinct species and collect samples for molecular analysis to gain a greater understand-

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BLACK LAGOON TO HAUNT NINE CITIES

Inspired by goth-metal and cult horror, spirits-world vets Erin Hayes and Kelsey Ramage will launch immersive cocktail-savvy spaces

Black Lagoon, a pop-up bar debuting in nine US cities this October, invites guests to experience a little horror along with its cocktails this Halloween season. In Chicago, that location is The Dandy Crown, located in River West at 694 North Milwaukee.

Black Lagoon is the brainchild of two industry veterans: Erin Hayes (Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles and Chicago’s Lost Lake) and Kelsey Ramage (Trash Collective and Toronto’s soon-to-open Supernova).

It promises an immersive, creepy-as-hell experience that pays homage to the macabre and throws a splash of goth and metal for good measure.

The duo ideated their concept after running a successful popup at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans’ infamous Dungeon Bar.

The first installment of Black Lagoon took over a popular bar

in Toronto in October 2021 and proved a smash to cocktail and Halloween enthusiasts alike.

Black Lagoon was recently named Canada’s Best Pop-Up Bar by Canada’s 100 Best and is set to make an even bigger splash in the states this year.

The drinks are brimming with dark Halloween hues, and a few cocktails will be served in custom glassware.

Drinks with names such as Screaming Banshee (Botanist Gin, Giffard L’Abricot, pineapple syrup, Greek yogurt), Lilith’s Cup (Mount Gay Black Barrel, Aperol, vermouth, passionfruit syrup, glitter), Closed Casket (Bruichladdich Classic, St. Remy, Giffard L’Abricot, passionfruit syrup, miso falernum) and Hellraiser (Hornitos, Chairman’s Spiced Rum, Cointreau, spiced oat, orgeat).

“We chose our roster of cities carefully,” says Hayes. “Each city has a robust cocktail culture, so guests expect quality drinks.

We also wanted markets with vibrant countercultures, so patrons likely to enjoy our immersive vibe will come and feel right at home.”

Black Lagoon will set up shop at The Dandy Crown in partnership with Hospitality 201 (Chicago), Hey Love (Portland), Lost Property Bar (Los Angeles), Nickel City (Dallas/Fort Worth), Yacht Club (Denver), and Our Wicked Lady (New York City).

In Canada, 132 Bar Vintage (Montreal), Butcher & Bullock (Vancouver), and Third Space (Toronto) will host.

At The Dandy Crown in Chicago, there will also be thematic food options to accompany the Black Lagoon beverages.

Executive Chef Mark Hill has designed a new menu for October to include dishes such as Sacrificial Lamb, a lamb tartare, Screaming Eyeballs, bites of spicy kimchi chicken meatballs, and more.

Black Lagoon will debut at The Dandy Crown on October 3 and run through Halloween.

For more information, please visit www.blacklagoonpopup. com and follow along on Instagram at @blacklagoonpopup.

About The Dandy Crown: The Dandy Crown is a two-story River West neighborhood cocktail-focused restaurant and bar with an ample year-round outdoor patio located at 694 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60642. For up-to-date information, please visit thedandycrown.com, be social on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or call 312-846-6420.

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ing of their taxonomy and how to conserve genetic diversity of native, threatened oaks.

“We are very pleased to partner with The Morton Arboretum on the conservation of these exceptional species, and especially those in southwest Texas that are so vulnerable,” said Saharah Moon Chapotin, Ph.D., executive director of the USBG.

“Oaks are a keystone plant in many of our native ecosystems and important to the health of hundreds of plant and animal species.”Both partners will continue to collaborate under the umbrella of the GCCO, led by the Arboretum in partnership with BGCI, which seeks to create a global conservation network of institutions developing collaborative strategies to protect threatened oaks.

The GCCO is developing living conservation collections of threatened species around the world, including at USBG. Both the Arboretum and the USBG will grow a collection of oaks as an active conservation measure, since the seeds cannot be stored in seed banks.