The Chicago Bears might lean heavily on the rookie running back.
Recently, we discussed how the Chicago Bears are thin when it comes to depth at three key positions. One of them is running back, where the Bears currently have second-year starter David Montgomery, paired with Tarik Cohen as the only returning players from last season with legitimate experience at the position. Yes, there is fan-favorite Ryan Nall, but if the Bears were high on him, he likely would have gotten more than two touches last season.
Talent-wise, the team is more than set at the position. Montgomery is looking to have a breakout year, hopefully with an improved offensive line. Cohen, who had a down year in 2019, is hoping to get back to his 2018 form when he was one of the most exciting and dangerous weapons in the NFL.
But what happens if either of those players gets injured? Specifically, what if the Bears lose Montgomery for any length of time? Who would step in and carry the ball 20-25 times per game like Montgomery will be expected to do this year? Certainly, that is not a role Cohen can step into. Some have argued for the Bears to make a move in free agency, but to date, they have not. So perhaps they feel that option is already on the roster in Artavis Pierce.
Pierce is an undrafted free agent out of Oregon State Univerisity who combined for 1,042 yards (rushing and receiving) last season with eight touchdowns. He runs the 40 in the mid 4.4s (ran a 4.47 at Oregon State’s Pro Day) and is solidly built at 5-foot-11 and 208 pounds.
Artavis Pierce’s first carry of the game goes into the end zone!
The fact that the team hasn’t gone out to get a veteran running back might bode well for Pierce. Perhaps the team feels he can step in to take over for Montgomery if necessary. That would be a tall order for any rookie, but especially one trying to learn the offense remotely without the benefit of being in Halas Hall.
That the team seem to think this highly about Pierce says a lot about not just the player, but also the person he is. He clearly has a high football IQ. The book on Pierce is that he is a solid back who does everything well even if he’s not elite in any particular aspect.
While he’s still a bit of a longshot to make the team as an undrafted free agent, the longer the team goes without bringing in another option the better his chances are of doing just that. Perhaps he can be another UDFA gem uncovered by the Bears.
Back in early March, I don’t know if it was optimism or skepticism, but I was holding onto a ray of hope that Covid-19 would be overhyped. The talk of sheltering at home, self-quarantining, maybe this would last for a couple of weeks, but then everything would blow over. Go back to normal.
Note: To catch up on the previous posts in this story, here are Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
Then we started seeing the reports from Spain and Italy. My wife’s cousin lives in Madrid and when we talked with them over a Zoom call, we saw the bags under their eyes and this tired reality of being trapped inside for weeks on end. It felt like Game of Thrones. Covid is coming. The “if” became “when” and now it was just a matter of time before the U.S. started to look like Spain and Italy. Normal might not be here for a while.
New York was when it officially felt close to home. The pictures of exhausted healthcare workers with red marks on their faces. Hospitals running out of space. The daily press conferences with Andrew Cuomo pleading for more ventilators. Begging us to take the virus more seriously. Warning us that New York could be the harbinger of things to come.
Life as an Essential Worker
Samer’s family is still in New York City. They kept working at the bagel shop, making special catered deliveries to NYU and local hospitals.
As the cases started to accelerate here in Chicago, Samer was also navigating the stress of keeping his shop open.
“We’re putting our lives on the line,” Samer said. “No matter what. We’re putting on masks, gloves, all of this, but you don’t know who’s walking into the store. There are drivers that we deal with too. They’re putting their lives out there. Everyone’s doing their best part.”
Feeding Healthcare Workers
Sam Hurteau had an idea. This time it had nothing to do with Seinfeld or a pink gorilla. But the starting point felt surprisingly similar.
I received a text toward the end of April. “Hey, wanna run an idea by you…”
His idea: Connect local restaurants with healthcare workers. He’d organize a group of friends to send in donations that would pay for these catered lunches. It was pretty incredible how things naturally started coming together. First – a rehab team received a catered lunch from Hannah’s Bretzel. Then Twenty-five ER doctors at AMITA St. Mary & Elizabeth Med Center received snacks from Left Coast Food + Juice.
I met the idea with a Yes And. Already had a place in mind run by a guy who was the rare combination of doctor and restaurant owner.
After Black & Caspian
After posting the Black & Caspian articles, I reached out to Sammi Saliba (a lot of Sam based names in this story) who serves as the Director of Marketing at the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce. She’d helped me get Long Overdue set up a few months earlier as a new member. I asked her if there were any other local restaurants in Lakeview that might be good to write about. She introduced me right away to Soraya Rendon of Chilam Balam and Samer Asous of Taste of New York Bagels & Deli.
Setup an interview with Samer. Added Sam Hurteau to the call. Had a feeling this would be bigger than a blog post.
Taste of New York Bagels & Deli
I think it was only a week after our call when Samer and the Taste of New York team fed 60 ER + ICU doctors and nurses at the Norwegian American Hospital. Samer wanted to support his mentor, Dr. Ivankovich, an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Norwegian. And Samer, never one to skimp on a delivery, made so much food that they also fed the Telemetry department.
“If there’s anything I can help with, let me know,” Samer sent via text after the delivery. “And please, extend my sincere appreciation to all the donors who helped us cater today’s lunch.”
The “Fun Friday” lunches kept rolling strong. May 14th, Sam collected more donations and delivered lunch from 90 Miles Cuban Cafe to 30 Pediatric Surgeons at Lurie Children’s Hospital, and then 75 ER doctors and nurses were fed at Northwestern. It was inspiring to see this flow of healthcare workers working around the clock to save lives, restaurants working hard to feed the healthcare workers, and friends supporting the restaurants. And it all started with an idea.
Looking Back on How Things Come Together
They say everything happens for a reason and I think that’s almost true. Maybe better put: Everything happens and we try our best to piece together the reasons.
Or what Søren Kierkegaard once wrote, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
And that’s the great mystery of being in the Flow. In the moment, we can’t see how all of these random things in life – both the good and the bad – will end up weaving together. Then, when you look back on it, there’s this thin line between fate and coincidence. Because yeah, there’s a case to be made that everything from these last four posts was just random coincidences and that – with the benefit of hindsight – I could neatly tie them together into one story. And that might be true. But I think it’s being in the Flow that helps us connect these dots and grow to appreciate the Author of Life.
All that being said, it’s still hard to trust the Flow. It feels too peaceful. Like we need to be working harder. Pursuing a defined goal. Following an established outline. Or, like I did, start out in the Flow, but gradually wander off the path. Not putting family and friends first. Forgetting to ask people for help. In the words of Tim Keller, things tend to fall apart when we let a good thing (in my case, working on Long Overdue) become an ultimate thing.
The funny thing is, whenever I realize I’ve lost the Flow, my first instinct is always to chart a course back. I have to work my way back into grace and flow. But the greatest surprise of all was to see these things had never really left. If anything, grace was chasing after me, not the other way around. The best way I can describe it is like that scene toward the end of Finding Nemo when the pelican comes crashing through the dentist’s window.
Nigel: Your dad’s been fighting the entire ocean, looking for you.
Nemo: My father? Really?
Nigel: Yeah, he’s traveled hundreds of miles, he’s battling sharks and jellyfish–
Nemo: Sharks? That can’t be him.
Nigel: Guess so. What was his name? Some sort of sport fish? Tuna? Trout?
Nemo: Marlin?
Nigel: That’s it! Marlin! The little clownfish from the reef.
Nemo: It’s my dad! He took on a shark!
Nigel: I heard he took on 3.
Gill: 3 sharks?
Bloat: That’s gotta be 4,800 teeth!
Nigel: See, after you were taken by a diver over there, your dad followed the boat like a maniac.
Nemo: Really?
Nigel: He’s swimming, and swimming, giving it all he’s got, and then three gigantic sharks capture him, and he blows them up and dives thousands of feet, and gets chased by a monster with huge teeth! He ties this demon to a rock, and what’s his reward? Het gets to battle an entire jellyfish forest! Now he’s with a bunch of sea turtles on the E.A.C., and the word is he’s headed this way right now…to Sydney!
When I’m caught in the flow, my face looks a lot like Nemo’s in that scene. I’m amazed by the pursuit and how these little pieces tie together in life. Good times. Hard times. Times when I’ve felt like I had all the answers and times when I felt like I’ve had none. Things that never seemed to make any sense and things that never felt like they would lead to anything good, those all became just as useful as the good stuff from the highlight reel.
Solomon said in Ecclesiastes: “Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.” I think that’s where the magic happens; saying yes to the Flow, even a small yes, then letting go. Slowing down to experience the way stories start weaving their way together over and over again. This fills me with an energy to keep writing, keep telling stories, helping others with their stories, which strangely leads me right back to Long Overdue. The answer after all of that wasn’t to stop working, I just had to let the work become fun again.
Because writing, Long Overdue, they’re good things, but they’re not the ultimate thing. They can only point me in the right direction. Back to the Author of Life.
This series will end up being partially a profile of the New York Bagel & Deli restaurant in Chicago, part reflections, and philosophy on how ideas come together. In case you missed Part 1, you can read that right here. And if you enjoy this type of style, you might enjoy the four-part series I did featuring Tango Sur and some Kierkegaard.
Despite the name, Medium Rare isn’t normally a food blog. But for the next several weeks, every Tuesday, I’ll be featuring great local restaurants around the Lakeview neighborhood in hopes that readers support these spots with pickup & delivery orders now and go in-person later this year. Other posts in the series include:
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Chicago Cubs second baseman and center fielder Jason Kipnis on June 6 placed his five-bedroom, 3,192-square-foot house in Northbrook on the market for $1.375 million.
A Northbrook native and a standout athlete at Glenbrook North High School, Kipnis, 33, has an extensive residential property portfolio. His primary Chicago-area residence is a five-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion in Old Town that he bought in January for $2.8 million, as Elite Street exclusively reported in March.
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As the coronavirus pandemic started to sweep across the globe, many people took animal companions into our homes. Some pets were fosters, others into their new forever homes. However, life under lockdown is weird, unnatural and strange to say the least- both humans and pets alike.
The dogs and cats already in our lives suddenly had to adjust to the concept of us being around nearly all the time. The animals entering into a new relationship with a human got to know this person in a way that’s not reflective of life is going to be moving forward. While we evalaute and strive to maintain our own physical, mental and psychological well-being, we need to think of our furry friends at the same time.
Around Memorial Day weekend, it became apparent that people, en masse, were violating stay-at-home orders. You saw the footage of people out enjoying the outdoors in large groups as the weather began to turn warm. The time away might actually be good for our cats and dogs. OurFitPets is a good resource for explaining pet behavior and the motivations behind their actions. The BBC has this fantastic video of a pet behaviorist explaining how animals will react to our eventual return to work (whenever that may be) and how promoting some distance right now in the home can end up being beneficial in the long run.
Shortly after Memorial Day weekend, the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin set off a wave of protests and demonstrations that this country has not seen, arguably, since 1968. Pent up inside for so long, with nothing really open and all major entertainment events completely wiped clean from the calendar for the foreseeable future, people needed somewhere to go, something to do and a purpose to keep their minds occupied.
The higher the unemployment numbers get every week, the more people we’ll see in the streets. And most of the time, they are not taking their pets with them.
This is good for the animals though. They need to get used to the idea of us not always being there. Eventually, we’ll all be leaving the house more and that’s a reality our pets need to be eased back into. It’s great that people are getting out and demonstrating, it conveys how strong the desire for change truly is.
It’s also wonderful to see more business, albeit slowly, open up again. We’ve all grown weary of our same four walls all the time. And our pets will benefit from a little social distancing from us once in awhile too.
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Parsley is an utterly adorable and talkative seven-week-old female smooth coat guinea pig looking for a loving guardian.
Parsley lived with her mom and her siblings who were recently adopted.
She is full of adorable squeals, chirps, squeaks and purring noises-especially when she hears her food coming.
Guinea pigs eat a diet of unlimited timothy and orchard hays, limited pellets, and fresh vegetables including romaine, red leaf and green leaf lettuces, cilantro, pepper, tomatoes, spinach, etc.
Even though she’s very young, she still eats the same food but you can supplement with alfalfa hay and “young” guinea pig pellets.
She would LOVE a home with another female companionable guinea pig.
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She would love a home with people who will handle her daily, keep her well fed, and keep her habitat nice and clean.
If you’re interested in meeting and possibly adopting little Parsley, please contact [email protected] for an adoption application.
She is being fostered in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood.
Her adoption fee of $35 benefits the Friends of Petraits Rescue. For an additional $100, we’ll include everything you need to care for her including food, hay, treats, habitat, hidey hut and water bottle.
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Not only is 2020 the Year of ChicagoMusic, it’s also the 35th year for the nonprofit Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC), which provides business expertise and training to creatives and their organizations citywide. To celebrate, the A&BC has launched the #ChiMusic35 campaign at ChiMusic35.com, which includes a public poll to determine the consensus 35 greatest moments in Chicago music history as well as a raffle to benefit the A&BC’s work supporting creative communities struggling with the impact of COVID-19 in the city’s disinvested neighborhoods.
Another part of the campaign is this Reader collaboration: a series spotlighting important figures in Chicago music serving as #ChiMusic35 ambassadors. This week, we hear from visual artist, educator, and musician Damon Locks. Locks was a founding member of influential Chicago posthardcore band Trenchmouth, which split in 1996, and he still fronts the Eternals (where he plays alongside former Trenchmouth bandmate Wayne Montana). He’s been a vocalist with Exploding Star Orchestra, one of many hard-to-categorize groups led by cornetist and composer Rob Mazurek, and his latest album, 2019’s Where Future Unfolds, features a similarly ambitious group that he leads himself, the Black Monument Ensemble.
This interview was conducted by Ayana Contreras, who’s a DJ, a host and producer at WBEZ radio, and a columnist for DownBeat magazine.
Ayana Contreras: What’s your favorite Chicago music moment?
Damon Locks: The experiences in my list of [moments] were things that caused ripples that went on forever. So I’m not talking about when I saw Fred Anderson take apart Peter Brotzmann at the Empty Bottle, which was great. I’m talking about the emergence of Soul Train [which premiered in Chicago in 1970]. Even in Maryland, where I was from, we felt the effects of Soul Train when it expanded and became a nationwide show.
So I’m going to dig a little deeper with you. You said that you felt the ripples of Soul Train. Tell me about a way in which you felt those ripples.
Soul Train was kind of a beacon for fashion, movement, and culture. Every weekend, you would stand in front of the TV as a little kid and just watch it. You remember those giant TVs that were super huge? We’d stand in front of that TV and we would do the double bump or whatever. [It] was a way of finding out about new music. We’d practice the dance moves. You’d look at the costumes.
That was something that expressed a contemporary Black culture, but also was so affirming and representational. Every week you could turn on the television and there would be something that was expressing Black culture in this vibrant, Technicolor, surround-sound way.
Speaking of Chicago, what ultimately drew you here?
I was in New York, and I went to the School of Visual Arts. I was an illustration major. And at the time I wasn’t that happy in New York. It wasn’t what my imagination said it was going to be. There was a woman that I was interested in that came out to the Art Institute of Chicago, and I came to visit the Art Institute and I saw a whole school full of weirdos. And it was different than being in New York. It wasn’t organized.
So I was really attracted to that collection of weirdos, and I decided to come out here. Illinois was not a place that I thought I would go to. But once I got here, the experience of being able to make something without a lot of the baggage of New York seemed like a possibility. You could make connections and create something that wasn’t finished, in a way.
Yeah. I agree. Chicago is a place where you can will something into being while working through it if it’s got a few scraggly ends. So that leads me into my second question. What do you think it is about Chicago’s music and cultural scene that has made it so influential internationally?
I feel like in many ways, Chicago . . . they don’t keep their doors shut to you. If you’re putting in work, and if you ask for help, someone’s going to be like, “I have some resources. Why don’t you use these?” That has always been the case in Chicago for me. And I feel that musically, I feel that in the arts, I feel that on a bunch of different levels. v
Red Tape Theatre topped the list of honorees announced Monday night in the Non-Equity Jeff Awards ceremony for excellence in local theater.
Awards were presented in 21 categories in a first-ever online ceremony for productions staged during the abbreviated 2019-2020 season, a result of the mandated shutdown of all theaters due to the coronavirus pandemic. Veteran stage and screen actor Parker Guidry was the host for the hourlong, pre-recorded ceremony streamed on YouTube.
Red Tape Theatre’s production of “All Quiet on the Western Front” received six awards including best play and best new work, Matt Foss; best ensemble; best sound design, Dan Poppen; best lighting design, Stephen Sakowski, and best choreography, Leah Urzendowski.
BoHo Theatre received five awards for its production of “Big Fish,” including best production (musical), best director (musical), Stephen Schellhardt; best supporting actor (musical), Kyrie Anderson and Jeff Pierpoint, and best musical direction, Michael McBride.
Jackalope Theatre’s production of “P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle” received three awards including best director (play), Lili-Anne Brown; best performer in a principal role, Eric Gerard, and best projection design, Paul Deziel.
Originally planned for streaming in early June, the event was postponed due to recent events. In a statement, the Jeff Awards committee stated, in part, “following the lead of the theater community, a larger celebration was paused for time to listen more closely and learn what plans organizations should make to become most effective in addressing systemic racism so the storytellers of Chicago theater can survive and thrive.”
Here’s the list of the 2020 Non-Equity Jeff Award recipients:
Production – Play: “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
Production – Musical: “Big Fish” — BoHo Theatre
Ensemble: “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
New Work: Matt Foss, “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
Director – Play: Lili-Anne Brown, “P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle” — Jackalope Theatre Company
Director – Musical: Stephen Schellhardt, “Big Fish” — BoHo Theatre
Performer in a Principal Role – Play:
Eric Gerard (Blacky Blackerson), “P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle” –Jackalope Theatre Company
Brookelyn Hebert (Ada Byron Lovelace), “Ada and the Engine” — The Artistic Home
Lewon Johns (from left), David Goodloe and Michael Turrentine star in Griffin Theatre Company’s Midwest premiere of “Mlima’s Tale.”Michael Brosilow
Performer in a Principal Role – Musical:
Will Lidke (Hedwig), “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” — Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Amanda Raquel Martinez (Pearl, The Victim, Lady Usher, Soldier, Scheherazade), “Ghost Quartet” –Black Button Eyes Productions
Solo Performance: Scott Gryder (Alex More), “Buyer & Cellar” — Pride Films and Plays
Performer in a Supporting Role – Play
Renee Lockett (Aunt Mama), “Sugar In Our Wounds” — First Floor Theater
Michael Turrentine (Geedi, Wamwara, Hassan Abdulla), “Mlima’s Tale” — Griffin Theatre Company
Performer in a Supporting Role – Musical
Kyrie Anderson (Sandra Bloom), Big Fish” — BoHo Theatre
Jeff Pierpoint (Will Bloom), “Big Fish” — BoHo Theatre
Scenic Design: Alan Donahue, “Middle Passage” — Lifeline Theatre
Costume Design: Mieka van der Ploeg, “First Love is the Revolution” — Steep Theatre Company
Sound Design: Dan Poppen, “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
Lighting Design: Stephen Sakowski, “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
“Ghost Quartet,” Black Button Eyes Productions.YouTube
Choreography:
Breon Arzell, “Head Over Heels” — Kokandy Productions
Leah Urzendowski, “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Red Tape Theatre
Original Music in a Play: Ben Chang, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” — City Lit Theatre
Musical Direction: Michael McBride, “Big Fish” — BoHo Theatre
On June 15th, Chicago officially entered Phase 3 to cautiously reopen the city. And life has started to return to normal — restaurants are allowed to serve diners on their patios, parks and public spaces have slowly started to reopen, and some non-essential businesses have welcomed back shoppers. However, city officials made the tough decision to cancel all permitted special events through Labor Day which includes several of Chicago’s festivals and other yearly traditions. In an effort to still give Chicagoans the summer they deserve, many events are going digital. Here’s a roundup of Chicago’s best events that have moved online this year.
Creative peeps: grab your wallets and save the date for June 26 from 5 pm to 7 pm CST for this artsy event. Here’s how the Renegade Craft Fair will work: during the virtual fair, each artist has a “Portal” that takes you into their virtual store. You’ll even be able to interact with an artist through a livestream during the event. Explore vendors like Eluke, Mei Born, and more on their website.
Located on the cusp of Rogers Park neighborhood and Evanston, Chalk Howard Street brings together international 3D street artists, local 2D chalk artists, and kids’ art. But this year, the event is going digital. So… how does that work? Organizers are hosting a series of Instagram Live events with Chicago resident and pro 3D chalk artist Nate Baranowski. During the event, Nate will assemble small-scale, table-top 3D art featuring a product or meal from a Howard Street business. Be sure to follow @HowardStreetChicago on Instagram to find out how to make 3D art, hear from Howard Street businesses, and discover this lively neighborhood, from the comfort of your couch! Tune in every Friday afternoon, starting June 26 through July 24.
Highland Park’s oldest outdoor music festival won’t be happening this year. But folks can tune in for a free, hour-long virtual Lawn Party with host Kristin Chenoweth on Saturday, June 27, at 8 pm! The event benefits Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play programs, which assists over 85,000 Chicagoans every year. Make sure to post a photo of your best home picnic on Instagram and tag @RaviniaFestival and #RaviniaLawnParty, for a chance to be featured in Ravinia’s IG Story. Plus, each participant will be entered to win an exclusive prize pack from The Festival Shop. The lucky winner will be declared at the end of the event!
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Even during COVID-19, the show must go on. So on Saturday, July 4, tune in from 12 pm to 9 pm for a virtual festival with DJ sets and performances from the Chosen Few DJs: actor and comedian DJ Deon Cole, House Music MVP Byron Stingily, and singer-songwriter Carla Prather. Other guests include Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter, and Mike Dunn.
Grant Park’s popular festival and the largest food festival in the world, Taste of Chicago, won’t be happening this year due to COVID-19. However, Taste of Chicago will continue to highlight Chicago’s dining scene, support local nonprofits, and make their fans happy through innovative and reimagined events including online cooking demonstrations with local chefs. Follow Taste of Chicago To-Go on Facebook for the latest on when they’ll host virtual cooking demonstrations!
Festival-goers were likely super bummed to hear of Lollapoolza’s official cancellation on June 9. In its place, organizers are hosting Lolla2020: a weekend virtual event on July 30 through August 2 that will include sets from around the city and beyond, incredible archival Chicago performances, and the festival’s six international editions, exclusive footage from the ’90s, and more. The full schedule will be released in July. To get the latest updates, you can subscribe to Lolla2020’s newsletter.
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