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Common comes home to a different Chicago on Nobody's Smiling
Common wants you to know his brand-new Nobody's Smiling is all about Chicago. Specifically it's about the violence that casts a shadow over the city, but it's also about Chicago's hip-hop scene and...
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The Reader's Joravsky and Dumke win Altgeld Award
The Newberry Library will stage its annual salute to society's trouble-making element this Saturday in Bughouse Square, a traditional gathering place for unruly rabble. The Soapbox Debates begin at 1...
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Mayor Rahm doles out some goodies to Hyde Park and Kenwood
I used to hear west-side politicians tell stories about how the winos on skid row would take booze from precinct captains in exchange for a promise to vote the Democratic line. Then, once safely in the...
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One Bite: The B50 Burger at Chef's Burger Bistro
Alas, the chef in charge of Chef's Burger Bistro, a Streeterville attempt at a burger joint, is not the wise cafeteria worker from South Park. South Park's Chef would have taken one look at Chef Edward...
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'This is the bike for Chicago'
The worst winter in decades inspired a design firm and frame builder to fashion a bike tough enough for this town. by Patrick Sisson During last winter's polar vortex, the brave souls who cycled...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 7/24: Beyonce and Jay Z, Ignition Festival of New Plays,...
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Best shows to see: Nine Inch Nails, Laura Cantrell, Saba, the Bangles
I won't blame you if you want to spend the weekend between Pitchfork Music Festival and Lollapalooza taking it easy and spending time away from live music, but if you go that route you'll be missing...
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What horrible things are we doing to children who learn Bible stories?
The trouble with scholarly papers is that the scholars who write them don't know how to write catchy headlines. They need to be shown.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about recreational marijuana, bicycle thieves, and pens?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That voters in both Oregon and Alaska will decide this November whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales...
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12 O'Clock Track: Shlohmo and Jeremih return with 'Let It Go'
More than a year ago smooth-as-hell Chicago R&B singer Jeremih collaborated with LA beatmaker Shlohmo on an excellent psych jam called "Bo Peep (Do U Right)." The pair hit it off and promised more...
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An interview with Richard Linklater and Northwest Chicago Film Society on...
Richard Linklater is not only one of this country's most versatile working film directors, he's also an accomplished film exhibitor. Linklater started the Austin Film Society in 1985 to bring...
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Chicago's slugging first basemen
Sure, the White Sox and Cubs are a combined 23 games under .500, with the Cubs deserving most of the credit. But Chicago baseball fans still have something to crow about.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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New music and a release show from local avant-pop act Mines
Avant-pop act Mines, the brainchild of local maniac Bill Satek, are following up last year's brilliant Just Another Thing That Got Ruined LP with a new split single on Maximum Pelt Records, and its...
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Key Ingredient: Tony Mantuano poaches salt cod
Challenged to create a dish with salt cod, Spiaggia chef Tony Mantuano buries it in truffles. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Start planning your Saturday night rap activities now
For the past few years Chicago vocalist Shawn "Awdazcate" Childress has thrown the annual Waffle Fest, a celebration of this city's underground hip-hop scene. "Waffle Fest started after I noticed that...
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Follow Sadie Dupuis and Mike Falcone of Speedy Ortiz as they shop for stuff...
Here's the premise: we gave six acts playing Pitchfork some scratch to spend on a record or a book, then browsed the fair with them to see what they ended up with. In our fourth installment, Reader...
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This weekend's Fed Up Fest gives a voice to queer and trans punks
The organizers of Fed Up Fest are exactly that. They're fed up with "racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, capitalism, and all other fucked-up 'isms' and 'phobias,'" according...
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The whey of the cocktail: Experimenting with booze and a by-product
When I got a promotional bottle of vodka in the mail recently (unsolicited—if I were going to solicit anything, it certainly wouldn't be vodka), I glanced at the press release that accompanied it and...
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Edgewater's Herb wants to 'redefine' Thai
Edgewater's Herb wants to "redefine" Thai by Mike Sula Do you know what an amuse-bouche is? Don't worry. Your server at Herb does, and whether you know or not, he'll earnestly explain the concept at...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 7/25: Newberry Book Fair, Critical Mass, and Juke Fest
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