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What Michael Bay could learn from Bollywood director Raj Kapoor
"That's Bollywood length!" a friend exclaimed when I told him the new Transformers movie was two hours and 45 minutes long. He was almost as surprised to learn that Age of Extinction wasn't much longer...
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Key Ingredient: John Coletta isn't allergic to fennel pollen
Challenged to create a dish with fennel pollen, Quartino chef John Coletta shows off the summery spice. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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The rare and elusive Colombian perro caliente spotted in Lincoln Park
Chicago doesn't have an insignificant Colombian population, so I can't understand the rarity of the perro caliente, unless the prohibition on ketchup is so entrenched among the majority of hot dog...
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Local noise-pop band Melkbelly preview a track from Pennsylvania
Back in a March In Rotation, the Owl's talent buyer Aaron Dexter sang the praises of local four-piece Melkbelly, and a couple of weeks ago he announced that he was starting up his own record label,...
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From a Peabody to nude bodies: The Bridge gets a new architect
When a show comes back for a second season, sometimes it's a triumphant return. Other times a sophomore outing is just plain sophomoric.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale
Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale. by Mike Sula Sometimes it's hard to say "I love you" because words just aren't enough. That's where I am with this review of...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 7/11: Son of 70mm Film Festival, Comedy Exposition, and...
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Stromboli, Quills, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
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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Not coming to a theater near you, and the rest of this week's screenings
In this week's long review, Ben Sachs looks at two indie dramas featuring name actors—Gambit, with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz; Blood Ties, with Clive Owen and Billy Crudup—that went begging for...
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How to celebrate Chicago Independent Bookstore Day
In case you haven't heard, Saturday is the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day. Nine indie bookstores—the Book Cellar, City Lit, Open Books, Powell's, Sandmeyer's Bookstore, the Seminary Co-op and...
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Brandon Baltzley's TMIP shuttered—for now
On Wednesday, I linked to Sarah Freeman's account at Zagat of dinner at TMIP in Michigan City, Indiana, the farm-to-table-on-an-actual-farm restaurant started by Brandon Baltzley, the...
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Did you read about Disco Demolition Night, Matthew McConaughey, and LeBron...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That companies skipping out on their taxes are still getting taxpayer-funded contracts from the federal...
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OK, Brazil's a shattered nation. What about Germany?
There was a moment during the Germany-Brazil World Cup game the other day when I saw a Germany I'd only seen in movies. Two German players were laughing in astonished delight at their own good fortune,...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Mumble' is the return of shoegaze revivalists Whirr
Bay Area shoegaze act Whirr have a new full-length, Sway, coming out at the end of the summer on Graveface Records, and this week they released a preview track from it called "Mumble"—it's today's 12...
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Local artists take their design to the can in 'PBRart'
Those who, like me, are avid PBR drinkers probably noticed something a little different about their tallboy six-packs this summer. The fine people over at Pabst Blue Ribbon released their inaugural PBR...
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Bric-a-Brac Records brings Portland's Guantanamo Baywatch to town
Since setting up shop on the corner of Kedzie and Diversey more than a year ago Bric-a-Brac Records has become an informal base for the local DIY garage and punk scenes. In the past handful of months...
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Primo west-coast bebop from Howard McGhee released by Uptown Records
The good old great man theory tends to reduce the emergence of bebop to just a handful of musicians: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell. While there's no doubt that those players did more...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 7/12: Great Bull Run, Tour de Fat, and Willie Nelson
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Street View 205: Bold balance
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.For me, great fashion comes with the balance of two extremes. It's not a boring,...
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CPS has libraries—but where are the librarians?
I was reading a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's letters—great book, by the way—when I came across a missive from February of 1983 that sort of sums up Mayor Rahm Emanuel's curious attitude toward...
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