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Reader's Agenda Wed 7/2: FitzGerald's American Music Festival, Hideout Veggie...
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Gig poster of the week: Get knighted at Spring Awakening
ARTIST: Steven Luros HollidaySHOW: Spring Awakening Music Festival at Soldier Field on Fri 6/13 through Sun 6/15MORE INFO:stevenlurosholliday.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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No soccer team is as interesting as the nation that sent it to Brazil
Television blazed the trail, spicing up its Olympics coverage with heartwarming stories of the arduous treks to glory undertaken by top competitors. Some of these competitors were well worth being...
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Did you read about Megabus, Rick Santorum, and Whole Foods?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That autocorrect can curb language evolution? —Lucy Wang• About Chicago's emergence as a top market for...
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12 O'Clock Track: The seething postindustrial rhythms of Factory Floor's 'Two...
I was introduced to postindustrial, antidisco band Factory Floor by Reader music editor Philip Montoro—meaning he assigned me to write about them for the upcoming Pitchfork Music Festival, and I had no...
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Aren't journalists supposed to seek out the facts?
Just asking: First it was the George Lucas museum. Now it's Carmelo Anthony.Does Chicago do supplication a little too well?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Reluctant auteur Steve James on life and Life Itself
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James discusses his life in the Chicago suburbs and his new film on Roger Ebert, Life Itself. by Ben Sachs Steve James has directed two of the most lauded...
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Learn something at Chi-Rock Nation's benefit for a back-to-school event
If you're looking to expand your knowledge of Chicago hip-hop history I'd suggest heading to Subterranean on Saturday for a Chi-Rock Nation blowout. The show is presented as part of the organization's...
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Two from the Drafthouse: A Field in England and Nothing Bad Can Happen
Starting this Friday Facets Multimedia will host a weeklong run of Nothing Bad Can Happen, an unsettling German docudrama written and directed by Katrin Gebbe. This is Gebbe's first film, though it...
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Musicians' union calls for Beethoven Festival boycott
Gary Matts, president of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, has stepped into the messy dustup between musicians who performed in last year's third annual Beethoven Festival but still don't have their...
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Wealthy donors give Mayor Rahm $1 million worth of love
For the last few weeks, the anyone-but-Rahm crowd has been giddily contemplating a city in which we have a new and more progressive mayor. Or at least a mayor who won't invoke the name of Martin Luther...
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All about unicorns
Dan offers advice on playing a unicorn and rounding up a herd of them. by Dan Savage QI am a single woman, 31, in LA, and on OkCupid. (We all are.)…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 7/3: Eyes to the Skies festival, International Festival...
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Best shows to see: Alarm Will Sound, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Zvuloon Dub...
If you're looking to enjoy the long Fourth of July weekend in a big way there are plenty of musical options available. If you're a fan of electronic music you might want to check out the first annual...
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Did you read about potholes, Ira Glass, and Death Grips?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the new research program funded by the Department of Defense to "model the dynamics, risks and tipping...
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12 O'Clock Track: Alex G's unusual and doleful 'Axesteel'
Since 2010, Brooklyn-via-Toronto label Orchid Tapes has been releasing albums by young songwriters whose delightfully warm material exudes an intimacy I usually associate with bedroom acts. I don't...
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Lining up for iftar at Khan BBQ
Some years ago I was visiting my sister and her family in D.C., and we decided to eat at an Afghan restaurant near the Pentagon that she knew—it was popular, I think, among both immigrants and soldiers...
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Cocktail Challenge: Duck fat
Challenged to create a cocktail with duck fat, Brian Bolles of Maude's Liquor Bar tries to overcome its "thick, heavy flavor." by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Inkwell farewell
Inkwell crossword creator Ben Tausig says a fond farewell to loyal solvers. by Ben Tausig The decision to end Inkwell, the weekly crossword feature I've been writing for just under ten years, seemed...
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A homegrown amaro: Letherbee Fernet
I stopped by Parson's earlier this week for the launch party of Letherbee's new fernet—a type of amaro that's incredibly popular in Argentina (even more so than in Italy, where it originated) but less...
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