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Braid's Bob Nanna talks about his band's forthcoming album, No Coast
On Saturday Chicago-via-Champaign outfit Braid coheadline a show at Double Door with Smoking Popes; the influential second-wave emo band is preparing to release its first full-length in 16 years, No...
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Did you read about Eric Cantor, Buzzfeed, and Morrissey?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• The latest evidence that people are more racially biased when they're economically distressed? —Mick Dumke• That...
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12 O'Clock Track: Start exploring Jade Tree's new Bandcamp page with Swiz's...
Few labels are as synonymous with emo as Jade Tree. Throughout the 90s and early 2000s the independent Delaware label released pivotal albums by the Promise Ring, Jets to Brazil, Pedro the Lion, and...
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International Beethoven Project: New festival, old (unpaid) bills
Pianist George Lepauw's acclaimed International Beethoven Project announced a bigger-than-ever fourth annual festival last week—and drew some online flak for bills still pending from last year. IBP's...
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Cocktail Challenge: Asafetida
Aaron Dexter of the Owl uses the "devil's dung" to harmonize sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy flavors. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Remembering composer Lee Hyla
On Saturday morning my Facebook feed began filling with posts expressing shock and grief at the passing of Lee Hyla, a brilliant composer and a professor at Northwestern University's Bienen School of...
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Bric-a-Brac turns one this weekend
In last year's Best of Chicago issue we announced the opening of Avondale record store Bric-a-Brac, and this weekend the shop celebrates its first birthday with an all-day party. Late last June, Nick...
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Chicago Filmmakers to revive classics of experimental animation
It seems to be experimental-animation month in Chicago. Two weeks ago the local outfit BAWSY Animation presented the first Scored Silent Film Festival, which featured new animated shorts with live...
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Catching up with the (almost) indomitable 20-time Jeopardy! champ Julia Collins
Last week was a demoralizing week in television. The Blackhawks lost to the Kings in the Stanley Cup playoffs, something very horrible happened to someone very handsome and likable on Game of Thrones,...
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I melt with U-Haul: Scenes from this year's wet Guerrilla Truck Show
A cold rain thinned the crowd but didn't kill the vibe at the 10th annual Guerrilla Truck Show on Tuesday. Held in a pop-up caravan of U-Hauls-turned-showrooms, the annual art and design street party...
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Drink like a sailor: The Pink Gin cocktail
I tend to avoid pink drinks. I figure that they're usually aimed at women, and a surprising number of people seem to be convinced that women want syrupy sweet cocktails.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Laughing Bird: Half-throttle Filipino in Lincoln Square
Top Chef alum Chrissy Camba's twists on the food of the Philippines are ambitious but unsettling. by Mike Sula Chrissy Camba has guts. The former Bar Pastoral chef and Top Cheftestant's menu at the new...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 6/13: Taste of Randolph Street, Kids in the Hall, and...
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Intolerance, Kagemusha, 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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Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival, and the rest of this week's screenings
This year's edition of the Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival kicks off Friday with Freedom Summer, a strong documentary about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's summer 1964 campaign...
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Ham, tapeworms, and shitty soup: A brief retrospective of The Kids in the Hall
Chicago is one of only five cities with the privilege of hosting legendary sketch-comedy group the Kids in the Hall on its "Rusty and Ready Tour," the first time the fivesome has gotten out on the road...
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Did you read about Iraq, white flight, and dolphins?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the United States is likely to get involved in the fighting in Iraq again as insurgents take over large parts...
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12 O'Clock Track: Morrissey's not coming to town anymore, so listen to this...
Whether you love Morrissey or hate him, there's one thing that's certain: you're definitely not going to see him tonight. Or ever, maybe, because this is the third time he's canceled this particular...
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Your summer reading: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
If you're lucky, this summer you're going to have a long plane ride or a few long afternoons beside a large body of water, and you're going to need a book to keep you company. If you're less lucky,...
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One bite: Ping's Noodle Platter, a dish you won't find in the city
About five and a half years ago I took a survey of the city's Chinese-Korean restaurants—spots that specialize in a very particular style of Chinese food adapted to Korean tastes. What was, and...
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