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The Peckish Pig brings brunch to Rogers Park
One sign that a neighborhood is truly gentrified and done for is the presence of a restaurant that serves brunch. (Another is a store that sells handwoven tablecloths and clocks made from old books.…[...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 7/18: Pitchfork, Kane County Fair, and Gay Geek Variety Show
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Only Angels Have Wings, The Beguiled, and other Reader-recommended movies to...
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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Escape From the Battle for the Conquest of the Dawn of the Rise of the Planet...
You can probably guess my age from the fact that, despite years of dumping on every fantasy-movie franchise from Star Wars to Harry Potter, I'm a hopeless sucker for the Planet of the Apes movies....
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Three itineraries for Friday's edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Given how long getting across Union Park can take when it's filled with festivalgoers, it pays to plan ahead. Pitchfork's schedule tends to make you wish you could be in two places at once (whose idea...
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Soccer, baseball, hockey—what sport is most like life itself?
In the ebbing days of the World Cup, it was not enough to make the case for or against soccer. That had all been said.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Elaine Stritch, the Institute of Sexology, and the...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That tough-cookie Broadway diva Elaine Stritch is dead at 89? —Tony Adler• About the Institute of Sexology?…[ Read...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Oh Oh I Love Her So' in honor of Tommy Ramone
Every few years I wind up completely immersing myself in the Ramones' discography. I've been doing it all this week, triggered by the news on Friday that founding drummer Tommy Ramone has passed...
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Boyhood is the fatherhood of the manhood
In Richard Linklater's Boyhood, people change—but do they ever really grow up? by Tal Rosenberg Anyone who's been paying attention to film writing over the last few weeks is likely aware of Richard...
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Singer Milton Suggs leads a new big band in Millennium Park next week
At the 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival, young singer Milton Suggs gave a galvanizing performance that signaled he was on his way to becoming one of Chicago's finest singers. Then, a few months later, he was...
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And the winner of our 2014 Pitchfork cover contest is . . .
Some people have strange talents. Take Patrick Stanton—he has managed to win this contest for the second year in a row.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The new story collection Let Me See It should show more
James Magruder's new story collection, Let Me See It, covers most of the key points of the coming-of-age of gay men in the 1970s and '80s as experienced by first cousins Tom Amelio and Elliott Biddler....
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Mayor Rahm drifts to the left on the minimum wage
In order to win the working-class vote and the labor vote and the all-important Marxists-in-Ravenswood vote, Mayor Emanuel has moved to the left on the issue of raising the minimum wage. Let's join him...
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Looking for a Pitchfork pit stop?
The beer, bacon, and sausage emporium Kaiser Tiger is not as refined or as interesting as its Randolph Row neighbors. And it’s definitely not as popular, at least judging from the number of empty seats...
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Zoom In: East Village
Jerzy Kenar's Shit Fountain in East Village serves as a reminder for neighborhood dog owners. by Brianna Wellen For nearly a decade a monument to dog waste has been prominently displayed at the corner...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 7/19: Parade of Boats, Volleywood Beach Bash, and the Dum...
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Bruce Rauner raises another $1.5 million from himself
Republican Bruce Rauner had a great week in his quest for the governor's mansion, finding a wealthy supporter who believes enough in his vision for Illinois that he was moved to make a large...
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Three itineraries for Saturday's edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Pitchfork's second day of wall-to-wall entertainment presents festivalgoers with a lot of tough choices. Two Reader staffers and Fake Shore Drive deputy editor Ty Howard make their calls below—and...
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Recapping the beautiful first day of the Pitchfork Music Festival
Philip Montoro: I failed to follow my own advice on Pitchfork's opening day: I missed Neneh Cherry. Actually I missed everybody—I was tied up at work till well after the media check-in closed at 7...
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Street View 206: Pitchfork Friday
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Dressing for a music festival is so difficult it might as well be a Project Runway...
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