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Experimental dance project Produce mixes and matches
The experimental dance project Produce mixes and matches its performing artists. by Jena Cutie It always seems difficult to describe exactly what was produced at Produce, an annual experimental dance...
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Rick Bayless's Cascabel prices itself out of its pleasures
Rick Bayless's Cascabel has priced itself out of the pleasure zone. by Tony Adler I don't generally pay attention to ticket prices. I figure my job is to tell you what I saw at a given show, and how I...
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Gossip Wolf: Booker Matt Kimmel leaves the Burlington (and Chicago, for now)
Matt Kimmel's good-bye to booking the Burlington, emo royalty at American Football, a new Swearwords EP, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil According to a post on his Facebook page, Burlington...
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Chicago Filmmakers revives Chantal Akerman's One Day Pina Asked . . .
Choreographer Pina Bausch is profiled in Chantal Akerman's One Day Pina Asked . . ., revived by Chicago Filmmakers. by Ben Sachs One Day Pina Asked . . . (1983), Chantal Akerman's TV documentary about...
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Jonathan Demme directs a screen version of Ibsen's The Master Builder
Chicago native Lisa Joyce contributes a scene-stealing performance to Jonathan Demme's screen version of Ibsen's The Master Builder. by J.R. Jones Jonathan Demme, who directed the new screen...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 8/6: Monty Python, Melvin & Jean: An American Story, and...
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Gig poster of the week: Bridging the gap with Glen Hansard
ARTIST: Les HermanSHOW: Glen Hansard and the Districts at Metro on Sat 8/2MORE INFO:leslieherman.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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One Bite: The ungrilled grilled cheese at Blue Door Farm Stand
There's a couple called Matt and Clare and they live in Madison, Wisconsin, where they make and distribute small-batch artisan preserves. They have bright-white peppermint smiles and look just as happy...
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Did you read about Adam Dunn, Javier Baez, and Weird Al Yankovic?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About efforts to save Syrian cultural artifacts from destruction in the civil war?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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12 O'Clock Track: The hyperchiptune of Anamanaguchi's 'John Hughes'
Anamanaguchi's 2013 album, Endless Fantasy—which was funded by an impressive Kickstarter campaign—is a little over 76 minutes long. Seventy-six minutes is a lot of chiptune to endure.…[ Read more ][...
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Rhine Hall Distillery: Schnapps for Chicago
As a category of drink, schnapps has an old-fashioned, slightly cheesy image tied up with winter sports. Peppermint schnapps is the kind of candy-flavored drink that someone young and unsophisticated...
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Could reparations for African-Americans help reduce violence?
In 2002 a group of African-Americans filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago demanding restitution from JP Morgan Chase, Aetna, CSX, and other corporations with links to slavery before the Civil War. The...
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Memories of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Richard Linklater's Boyhood
I wonder how many conscious references there are to the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Richard Linklater's films. Linklater cites the German actor-playwright-filmmaker as one of his chief creative...
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It's time to give New Deal Crew rapper Spencer Sims some love
While local rapper Chris Crack has dropped a solid streak of one-off tracks and EPs over the past few months, his New Deal Crew cohorts have been busy tinkering away on their own tracks. Recently NDC...
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What lies at the bottom of the Playpen, Chicago's floating daytime clubland
What lies at the bottom of the Playpen, Chicago's floating daytime clubland by Jake Malooley"I really shouldn't be drinking right now," says Stephanie, a bikini-clad twentysomething sucking down...
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Garfunkel and Oates doesn't hit the right notes
As a musical act, Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) have cornered a special type of comedy. They write catchy songs with smart, funny lyrics, and can say the most vulgar things while...
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At DrekFest, the worst is yet to come
At DrekFest, Stage Left's annual contest for terrible ten-minutes plays, the worst is yet to come. by Kerry Cardoza Described as being on a mission "to expose bad writing for what it really is: damn...
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Fed-up wife seeks enthusiastic oral
Dan advises a married woman desperate for enthusiastic oral and a female victim of Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome. by Dan Savage QI am a 38-year-old married woman. My husband of 18 years is 22 years...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 8/7: The Bowie Ball, LOTR Live, and Shapers
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Best shows to see: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Motley Crue, Carlene Carter,...
The music calendar gets fairly quiet the week after Lollapalooza, though "quiet" doesn't mean silent. If you're eager to get your live-music grind on this week there are plenty of great shows to see.…[...
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