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Jeff Zwirek is on fire
Given its subject matter, it's probably wrong to describe Jeff Zwirek's Burning Building Comix as one of the coolest graphic novels of the year. Because it's about just what its title implies: a...
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Riot Fest adds local emo three-piece Pet Symmetry to its lineup
By now you've probably read that Riot Fest announced another wave of bands slated to play its three-day punk blowout in Humboldt Park, most notably the Pixies and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts....
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On giving patients credit for knowing their own minds
As doctors know, a lot of patients don't want to hear bad news. As patients know, neither do a lot of doctors.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Ethan Iverson and Lee Konitz back in the Tristano school
Ethan Iverson, best known as a founding member of the pomo trio the Bad Plus, is not only one hell of a pianist but one of the most lucid, thoughtful, and studious jazz writers on the planet. He has a...
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Taste attendance up, and other food news bites
• Attendance was up at the Taste of Chicago this year, but nobody knows if it made any money, reports the Sun-Times. • Fox & Obel was shut down for health code violations, DNAinfo reported, then...
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Obama addresses Zimmerman verdict and nation's troubled racial history
"There are very few African-American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store," President Obama said in an unscheduled address...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 7/20: Paul Mooney, Sheffield Garden Walk, and art by John...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:When Paul Mooney came under fire after the Boston Marathon for reportedly saying that "white people in Boston deserved what they got," it was...
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Rise and shine! It's day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Saturday starts with the excellent KEN Mode (who seem to have bounced back from Wednesday's van crash) and White Lung, who have inexplicably been booked against each other. And it doesn't let up till,...
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Recapping the Pitchfork Music Festival's storm-shortened opening day
I didn't make it to Union Park on Friday—deadline work and a stubborn back spasm (day three!) kept me at Reader HQ while much of the rest of the staff hit Pitchfork.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Art imitates porn in "Slippery Slope"
Sex is more than subtext in Woman Made Gallery’s "Slippery Slope." by Noah Berlatsky I was standing in front of Vanessa Harris's video God Bless This Mess when a fellow gallerygoer stopped dead beside...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 7/21: Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, Celebrate Clark...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Enjoy live music and dance alongside craft vendors and work by juried artists at the Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, which takes place at...
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The home stretch: Day three of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Literally every hip-hop act booked at Pitchfork is playing today: Tree, Killer Mike, El-P, Lil B. El-P and Killer Mike will almost certainly bust out some material from their recent collaboration as...
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Recapping the Pitchfork festival's much less rainy second day
Friday was a total wash for me, but I made it to Union Park on Saturday, the continuing protests of my lower back notwithstanding (yay, old-man problems). I wore my Dragged Into Sunlight T-shirt,...
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Don Siegel
On Mon 7/22 at the Patio Theater, the Northwest Chicago Film Society presents the great Don Siegel film The Lineup. Siegel should be a familiar name, as he's the director behind such canonical American...
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Yan Bang Cai: Eating in the salt mines
Chinatown's Yan Bang Cai features the food of Sichuan Province’s salt city. by Mike Sula Earlier this spring devotees of the skull-buzzing flavors of China's Sichuan province were dealt a nasty...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 7/22: Justin Timberlake, Ghostbusters, and Waiting for Lefty
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Tickets might be hard to come by (particularly at a reasonable price), but if you can swing it, Miles Raymer suggests checking out Jay Z and...
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Recapping the final day of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Sunday was all about Killer Mike and El-P for me—I left Pitchfork while it was still light outside. Now that I've read everyone's reactions to R. Kelly's set, I'm experiencing a twinge of regret that I...
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12 O'Clock Track: Still playing fast after all these decades, 7 Seconds...
I've wondered exactly in how many different ways Kevin Seconds can create a vocal melody with nothing much more than Whoooooaaa! Whooaa!…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Detroit, the Jim Shoe, and Mark Prior?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• Jim DeRogatis's negative assessment of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival? —Ben Sachs• Paul Krugman on how...
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White Sox put lengthy two-game win streak on line against Tigers tonight
UPDATE (5 PM):Matt Garza won't be starting for the Cubs tonight after all, because he was just traded to the Texas Rangers for three young players and a player to be named later.At about 4:20 in the...
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