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An African-Latino showcase gives us history by way of cha-cha-cha
Columbia College inaugurates its new Afro-Latino dance program with four days of cross-pollinated performances. by Jena Cutie Dances that offer important history lessons are rare, and these four...
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A Brigadoon for modern times
The Goodman Theatre's 21st-century revival retrieves Brigadoon from the misty past. by Albert Williams In 1943, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! stirred audiences with its youthful...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 7/9: Taste of Chicago, Weedeater, and Gore Vidal: The...
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Gig poster of the week: Get stabbed with the Mons
ARTIST: Francisco RamirezSHOW: The Mons, Full On, Drilling for Blasting, and the Party Downers at Township on Sat 6/7MORE INFO:bureauprintresearchdesign.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Oops: We didn't pay the rent? Evanston plans to boot Next Theatre
The city of Evanston, Next Theatre's landlord for more than three decades at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, is planning to boot the company after one more season for failure to pay its rent. Evanston...
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Did you read about Varg Vikernes, Dov Charney, and Juggalos?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About Freedom Summer in Greenwood, Mississippi? —Steve Bogira• That, for now at least, Insane Clown Posse has been...
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12 O'Clock (Sound)Track: The tension in Eduard Artemyev's Solaris score
In last week's In Rotation I explained my fascination with the score to Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 sci-fi classic Solaris, which former Reader movie man Jonathan Rosenbaum describes as a "soulful Soviet...
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Performing food writers, old steak-house waiters, and other things happening now
If your idea of fun is listening to food writers tell stories embarrassing themselves, there's a banner two days in a row coming up. Chicagoist editor Chuck Sudo will be among the lineup at That's All...
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Street View 204: Beyond the maple leaf
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.I spotted Claudia and Jed, who were visiting from Canada, walking around downtown and...
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King Louie addresses his life in Chicago with Tony
A handful of local rappers decided to celebrate Independence Day by releasing new music: Hurt Everybody dropped their debut self-titled EP (which is actually longer than most albums), GLC put out By...
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Field and DEET: Much Ado at Wisconsin's American Players Theatre
American Players Theatre is a place of qualified pleasures, starting with the fact that a Chicagoan has to drive four hours through interstate hell to enjoy them. Located in Spring Green, Wisconsin,...
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Alderman on violence in Chicago: 'We've got a war right here to deal with'
Alderman Willie Cochran has been trying to get to the roots of the violence battering the south and west sides since long before the latest carnage—14 people killed and 68 others wounded over the...
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More on the Trilogy of Life, Nymphomaniac, and Roommates: Three ways of...
One reason I found this spring's Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective so valuable was that it marked the first time I considered Pasolini's cinematic output as a continuous narrative. The Italian...
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The iO bids its Wrigleyville home farewell
With a major move right around the corner, iO founder Charna Halpern recently announced the final performance at the improv theater's Wrigleyville location. Come July 20, everything will be packed up...
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The case of the slut-shamed domme
Dan advises an ex-domme reluctant to break up with her controlling client-turned-boyfriend, a blow-job novice, and more by Dan Savage QI'm a straight female who was a dominatrix for a while—and out of...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 7/10: Lucki Ecks, Caged Dames, and Bastille Day
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Mayor Rahm's crime-fighting mission remains unaccomplished
A couple days before the Fourth of July weekend, Mayor Emanuel had what I call a "mission accomplished" moment. It's so named for that surreal point in 2003 when President George W. Bush donned a...
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Best shows to see: Fucked Up, Circles, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Jon...
If you're looking for an unorthodox way to ring in the Sabbath on Friday, I'd recommend going to Concord Music Hall to see Say Anything, who are touring in support of their new album—Hebrews. Show up...
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Did you read about Bill Hillmann, the Emmys, and The Simpsons?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That millennials largely think government is wasteful and inefficient, but want it to guarantee citizens food,...
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12 O'Clock Track: Blast the Valenteens' scorching 'Mile Marker'
Tonight the Wicker Park branch of Dimo's Pizza is hosting a benefit show for the inaugural Fed Up Fest, a DIY queercore extravaganza that's going down at the end of the month. The bill features...
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