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When Cheech and Chong made for good company on the national holiday
As the third of July approaches, I'm reminded of one of the more satisfying double features I've attended, Doc Films' pairing of John Carpenter's They Live and Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams on...
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Robin Thicke's morbidly fascinating Paula and 15 more record reviews
This month's release roundup includes White Lung's witchy two-minute mantras, Monarch's crawling tectonic doom, and Sir Michael Rocks’s bleakly sunny party rap. by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Monica...
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Behold a remarkable re-creation of Ed Paschke's art studio
Behold Ed Paschke's studio, re-created at the just-opened Ed Paschke Art Center. by Jake Malooley Ed Paschke almost never took a vacation. The six days a week he spent at his Rogers Park studio...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 7/1: Amp vs. Amp, Top Gun, and First Tuesdays With Mick...
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Sixteen's summer menu actually is a day at the beach
A few months back I wrote about the spring menu at Sixteen in the Trump Tower—if only there were an easy way to identify which building that is—and one of the things that was most interesting to me was...
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The Leftovers left something behind
A mass tragedy can bring people together, and it can just as easily tear people apart. After a 9/11 or a Sandy Hook, a certain amount of ink is spilled reporting on instances of humanity rising above...
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Did you read about Hobby Lobby, George Orwell, and Carmelo Anthony?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• How the Supreme Court uses seemingly limited, narrow decisions to rewrite federal laws on health care, organized...
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12 O'Clock Track: Watching the World Cup with Gilberto Gil's 'Back in Bahia'
I spent a chunk of the past weekend watching some of the World Cup, sleepily taking in long stretches of dribbling and passing punctuated by dramatic and improbable goals (poor Greece, I was rooting...
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RIP author and Harvey Milk speechwriter—and former Chicagoan—Frank M. Robinson
RIP former Chicagoan Frank M. Robinson, who died yesterday at age 87. A prolific author and collector of sci-fi and techno-thrillers (his novels included The Glass Inferno, which was adapted for the...
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Why try to reason with Maliki when we can fill his head with Hollywood pixie...
The ending of the 1937 Jean Renoir movie Grand Illusion gently comments on the absurdity of war. The fleeing French prisoners cross the border into Switzerland and the pursuing Germans lower their guns...
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Tomorrow night Doc Films unearths a relic from the age of subversive...
"It's hard to believe there was a time when such progressive politics could be expressed in a drive-in movie," Dave Kehr wrote of Stephanie Rothman's Terminal Island (1973), "but yes, Virginia, there...
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Street View 202: Sneaker attack
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Sneakers are definitely having a moment right now, with girls mixing the fanciest garments...
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Entertaining Julia does DIY right
Hosted by the Puterbaugh Sisters, long-running variety show Entertaining Julia is a grab bag of comedy in the back of a dive bar. by Drew Hunt The strength of Chicago's small but lively stand-up scene...
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Butter coffee, the world's latest wonder beverage, arrives in Chicago
I am a firm believer in the magical restorative powers of coffee. I am not quite right until I have my morning cup, preferably made from recently roasted beans, brewed in a French press, and consumed...
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FitzGerald's 33rd annual American Music Festival
The American Music Festival's best lineup in a decade features old standby Billy Joe Shaver and rising stars Zoe Muth and John Fullbright. by Peter Margasak The American Music Festival at Berwyn roots...
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Sting's new musical, The Last Ship, carries a cargo of foolishness
Sting's Broadway-bound musical The Last Ship is ludicrous but enjoyable. by Tony Adler Sting wasn't born Sting, you know. Years before he got famous as lead singer of the Police, he was Gordon Sumner...
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Does Rahm Emanuel have a challenger who can win?
What Toni Preckwinkle, Karen Lewis, and Robert Fioretti need to do to defeat Rahm Emanuel in a mayoral election by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky If you were busy watching flops in the World Cup, or...
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Earth to Echo: An E.T. for the smartphone kid
In Earth to Echo, four tech-savvy kids befriend a stranded space alien. by Ben Sachs I can't say that Earth to Echo fails totally as children's entertainment; the grade-schoolers at the preview...
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The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County
Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Three Oaks Theater Festival. by Kerry Cardoza Now in its second year, the Three Oaks Theater Festival...
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Gossip Wolf: Walking Bicycles gear up for their first LP in five years
Walking Bicycles gear up for their first LP in five years, Johnny Love releases more nu-industrial as Deathface, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Gossip Wolf can't blame you for wondering what...
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