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Why does John Turturro's sex comedy make some viewers so angry?
One thing I've noticed about the response to John Turturro's Fading Gigolo, which ends its run at the Landmark Century tomorrow, is that people who don't like it really don't like it. The anti-Gigolo...
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SEIU Local 73 gives Mayor Rahm $25,000
I was sitting by a pond on a bright sunny day, watching the little ducks float around, when a friend texted to say: SEIU Local 73 donated 25 grand to Mayor Rahm. No way, I texted back.…[ Read more ][...
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Just make the call
Dan on being an unwilling receptionist for a trans sex worker, showing some patience before jumping into anal sex, and retraining a dick. by Dan Savage Q I've got a question I doubt you've ever gotten...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 6/5: Musical Theatre Fest, Rapid Pulse, and Vampire Weekend
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Best shows to see: Big Freedia, Nones, Mother Falcon, Somos
I've been looking forward to seeing Omar Souleyman at Millennium Park since the Downtown Sound lineup came out at the end of April. That concert isn't until Monday, but thankfully there are plenty of...
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Politicians say this time they really, truly have a plan to fight Chicago's...
The reporters were told to wait outside the meeting room. The suggestion was that something big was happening in there.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about millennials, the World Cup, and burritos?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Judge Richard Posner and his Seventh Circuit panelmates booted defense lawyers and the media out of a hearing...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Paint the Youth,' a shot of bubblegum postpunk from Lemuria
Earlier this week Baltimore Sun critic Wesley Case wrote a story on DC punk stalwart J. Robbins and his work as a producer and influence on emo—and I was lucky enough to serve as an outside expert for...
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Paula, Lidia, and Ina at Lit Fest, Rick's art meets plate, and more
Several of our favorite people in food in Chicago, who also have books out, will appear on the Printers Row Lit Fest's Good Eating stage this weekend. Paula Haney of Hoosier Mama Pie Company will be...
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Holly Laurent and Katie Rich on being funny people
This weekend the Chicago Funny Women's Festival highlights the work of more than 70 female acts for the third year in a row. While speaking to Holly Laurent and Katie Rich about Joan and Ro, New York...
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Key Ingredient: Lee Kuebler has balls—goat testicles, that is
Challenged to create a dish with goat testicles, Milwalky Trace chef Lee Kuebler deep-fries them. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Numero Group introduces Cities of Darkscorch, their first-ever board game
Local reissue masterminds Numero Group have always specialized in the obscure, specific, and expansive, but their latest project, Cities of Darkscorch, takes the cake. Back in March, Numero released...
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Out of fraternal discord comes Kabobi Grill
The late and once-great Albany Park Lebanese restaurant Al-Khaymeih shuttered amid a rancorous legal dispute between the two brothers who owned it. It came back briefly in '12, but was so...
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Making (several) ginger liqueur cocktails with Domaine de Canton
Earlier this week a coworker was nice enough to pass along a bottle of Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur that she'd been sent. Compared with some of the promotional items I've gotten, it ranks way up...
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Width and without, part five: Words and Pictures and the challenge of staying...
Words and Pictures, which opens in Chicago tomorrow, might be the first American, star-driven romantic comedy in years to use the wide-screen frame purposefully—and the achievement is all the more...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 6/6: International Photobooth Convention, Ribfest, and a...
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Heathers, Midnight Cowboy and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online...
Each Friday, we recommend seven Old Movies to Watch Now, all of which come recommended by one of our critics and can currently be screened online. Read the review, watch the movie, feel accomplished.…[...
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Tom Cruise, Sam Shepard, John Carpenter, and the rest of this week's screenings
Critics are calling Cold in July one of the year's best thrillers—except for our guy, Ben Sachs, who's calling it a shotgun marriage between the plays of Sam Shepard and the cinema of John Carpenter....
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Did you read about masturbation, Don Zimmer, and Kanye West?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That descendants of the Jews banished by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 may get Spanish citizenship under a bill...
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12 O'Clock Track: "Dogbite" signals the return of Godflesh
We've done a lot of coverage on the return of the almighty Godflesh, and earlier this week we finally got what we've been waiting for: the first recorded original material from the industrial-metal...
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