Monthly Archives: July 2018

We’re three-plus years into The Frunchroom. We must be doing something right because they’re even using the name for fancy North Side restaurants now. It’s all thanks to YOU for showing up at our shows, our readers for sharing their … Continue reading →

It’s not often our readers tend to make the news the same week they’re appearing at The Frunchroom. But our final reader is one of the week’s big political stories. Yesterday, Celina Villanueva was sworn in as the state representative … Continue reading →

Our next Frunchroom reader is a South Sider who’s been a true cultural creator and innovator. Joe Shanahan has spent the past 35 years contributing to the shaping of Chicago’s music community from his post on North Clark Street. Comprised … Continue reading →

Next up on this Thursday’s Frunchroom lineup is Sahar Mustafah. Sahar is a native of Chicago who grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the Gage Park neighborhood. She is also the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, a richly complex inheritance … Continue reading →

Living in the 19th ward, there’s one thing that affects your road travel more than anything else: railroad tracks. So it’s perhaps fitting we have a former locomotive engineer in our midst for this Thursday’s Frunchroom show. Dave Daruszka has … Continue reading →

Whether summer is your favorite time to get out of the house or you prefer to remain enveloped in air conditioning, The Frunchroom is here for you with our next show at 730pm, this Thursday, July 26th, presented by The … Continue reading →

The midway point of the summer in the city of Chicago is when everything starts clicking: your beach trips are planned, the weekend getaways to New Buffalo are in motion, you’re on your third trip to Rainbow Cone, your Kennedy … Continue reading →