CONTENTS | ISSUE 101
Volume 11 | Issue 101 March 2011 PUBLISHER & MANAGING EDITOR Matt Steele Publisher@LittleVillageMag.com ARTS EDITOR | Kent Williams Arts@LittleVillageMag.com FEATURES EDITOR | Hieu Pham Features@LittleVillageMag.com Copy Editor | Stephanie Catlett Steph@LittleVillageMag.com ART DIRECTOR | Becky Nasadowski Design@LittleVillageMag.com WEB EDITOR | Drew Bulman DrewB@LittleVillageMag.com SR. PHOTOGRAPHER | Dawn Frary Dawn@LittleVillageMag.com Special Events & Little Village Live Lisa Ann Stark Events@LittleVillageMag.com CONTRIBUTORS | Cecil Adams, Drew Bulman, Bob Burton, Thomas Dean, Lorin Ditzler, Hugh Ferrer, Patrick Howley, Clarence Johnson, Kembrew McLeod, Chris Mortenson, Andre Perry, Megan Ranegar, Scott Samuelson, Dr. Star, Matt Steele, Roland Sweet, Casey Wagner, Kent Williams, Rachel Yoder
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4 UR Here Googie Nights
24 The Tube Numbers Game
6 Your Town Now Winds of change
26 Interview John Waters’ Filthy World
7 12oz Curls What will St. Paddy be sippin’?
28 Talking Movies Remember privacy?
8 Crafty Deluxe weighs in on the cupcake question
32 Local Albums Know your scene
12 Op-Ed Residents and developers are drawn together 15 Books What is hip hop? (and so can you) 17 Hot Tin Roof Tacos - Gravity = ? 18 Prairie Pop Reading the signs
34 Calendar The sun’s coming out, so should you 35 A-List Courting Glory 37 News Quirks News that's fit to reprint 38 The Straight Dope Pushing the clouds around 39 Astrology The local forecast
20 Art Scene Virginia Myers reflects
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