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12 O'Clock Track: 'Cadé o Anel,' driving regional dance music from Brazil
The massive size of Brazil, as well as the remoteness of certain of the nation's regions, has resulted in one of the richest, most diverse musical landscapes anywhere in the world. Although most...
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A new show from ComedySportz mixes social media and musical improv
The Social Musical, a new show from ComedySportz, hits high and low notes with its mix of social media and musical improv. by Brianna Wellen Don't pretend you're immune—social media have hypnotized too...
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Our guide to Lollapalooza 2014
Thirty-two Reader-approved acts to help you choose among Lollapalooza's eight stages every hour of every day by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Brianna Wellen, Drew Hunt,...
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'Phantoms in the Dirt' offers more than meets the eye
"Phantoms in the Dirt" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography offers more than meets the eye. by Jake Malooley Twenty-two miles southwest of the Loop, the world's first nuclear reactor lies entombed...
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What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene
I remember talking with some other food writers, a year and a half ago or so, about one of the pressing questions of the day: where were the flops? Things were opening fast and furiously, often in the...
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An early taste of Aquanaut Brewing's core lineup
For a beer columnist, I don't go to all that many beer festivals—I'm missing Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp Across America at Navy Pier to write this, for instance. But I've made it to enough to have seen...
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Follow DJ Spinn as he shops for records at Pitchfork
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 sixth and final installment,...
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One Bite: Almond butter and strawberry-vanilla jam sandwich at Beurrage
You could argue that the appearance of Beurrage, a Viennese-style bakery, represents the further gentrification of Pilsen, and you could also argue that it's ridiculous to pay $5.50 for a peanut butter...
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The effects of hydrocodone on Richard Fleischer's Doctor Dolittle
A week and a half ago I got doored while riding my bike. Apart from my bike's frame I didn't break or fracture anything, though I was sufficiently bruised for the ER doctor to prescribe six days' worth...
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The G&O Tavern's food is good enough—but not great
Named for its location—near the intersection of Grand and Ogden—the G&O Tavern sits just a couple blocks from its sister bar, the Aberdeen Tap. It's more upscale than the Aberdeen, which offers...
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Jealousy isn't a flattering look on Project Runway
With 12 seasons under their belts, the folks at Project Runway have turned what was once a statement piece—a reality-competition show based on discernible talent—into a cable TV staple (once on Bravo,...
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This should be interesting: Lucas Museum picks MAD Architects
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art announced today that the hot, young Chinese firm MAD Architects will design the building the museum is proposing to erect on two contested lakefront parking lots...
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Meet the city's new arts initiatives—and add your two cents' worth
But our mayor is in a category of his own. by Deanna Isaacs Yo! Summer is here!…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Reader's Agenda Tue 7/29: Spinal Tap, The Qualms, and Crocodiles
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Gossip Wolf: The Thalia Hall team launches the Promontory in Hyde Park
The Thalia Hall team's new Hyde Park venue, the Mopery's new identity, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil It's been just a year since Gossip Wolf mentioned that Bruce Finkelman (the Empty Bottle)...
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Did you read about the Westboro Baptist Church, Afrobeat, and Kim Kardashian:...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About how President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative shortchanges black girls? —Steve Bogira• That the...
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12 O'Clock Track: The crisp indifference of Parquet Courts''Black and White'
The hour-by-hour method in which the Reader previews the behemoth Lollapalooza—writing about one act per time slot per day, with little to no overlap—occasionally results in the exclusion of an...
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A nebbish of a Hamlet is making his way around the world
In honor of the Bard's 450th birthday last April, Shakespeare's Globe in London put together a traveling production of Hamlet that's scheduled to hit 205 countries by birthday number 452, in 2016....
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'Even pimento cheese has a story': Paul Fehribach on his upcoming cookbooks
Southern-style comfort food is a fairly easy sell, especially after a few drinks. When Big Jones opened in Andersonville in 2008, it could have gotten along just fine doing a restaurant version of...
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It's never too late to get to know local rapper Goody
I'm as averse to mid-year "best of" lists as I am to year-end lists, which is to say I try and steer clear of most of the ones I find. But there's always a few good ones to pick through, and, as usual,...
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