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Reader's Agenda Tue 8/12: Drekfest, CFA Crashers, and Plebeian Grandstand
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After confessing to two killings, can Alstory Simon get out by blaming his...
If Alstory Simon is innocent of killing two people, it's despite confessing that he did it, and despite the dramatic 1999 courtroom scene in which Simon, tears in his eyes, told the mother of one...
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Albany Park's Pita Puff doesn't need belly dancers and disco balls
Last week I used up considerable space lamenting the dreary Middle Eastern food at Logan Square's Masada and its inverse relationship to the elaborate and lysergic decor. I've also spent considerable...
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Can you set Emily Dickinson to music?
Can you set Emily Dickinson to music?Sure. Dozens of composers do.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Alzheimer's, a south-side mural, and Robin Williams?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the odd treatments being used for Ebola in Sierra Leone?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Here's Robin Williams as Popeye performing 'I Yam What I Yam'
I had a whole other 12 O'Clock Track written up by the time I heard early last evening that Robin Williams had died. Coincidentally, my first exposure to him was in a musical—in Robert Altman's...
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Twista talks about his new album, The Dark Horse
"I'm known for a certain tempo of music," says Chicago hip-hop veteran Twista. The tempo is remarkably fast—after all, the man otherwise known as Terrell Mitchell landed in the Guinness Book of World...
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Artist on Artist: Andrew Bird talks to Brett and Rennie Sparks of the...
Andrew Bird talks to Brett and Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family. by Peter Margasak Andrew Bird has a well-deserved reputation for fastidious craftsmanship and quirky songwriting—every sound and...
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An interview with Darious Britt, writer-director-star of Unsound
Tonight at 8:30 PM and tomorrow at 6:15 PM, Darious Britt will be at the Gene Siskel Film Center to introduce Unsound, the new movie that he wrote, directed, starred in, and financed himself. Unsound...
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Evanston lets Ali Abunimah speak
With police posted inside and out, Ali Abunimah spoke Monday evening at the Evanston Public Library. This Tribune headline stresses what's important: Abunimah is "pro-Palestinian."…[ Read more ][...
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More on Ali Abunimah at the Evanston Public Library
After two postponements and a social-media dustup, Palestinian-American author Ali Abunimah and the Evanston Public Library were pointedly making nice at Abunimah's reinstated event (cosponsored by...
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Gossip Wolf: Kid Sister dishes about her imminent mixtape
Kid Sister dishes about her imminent mixtape, Decade Studio takes over the Soma space, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil There's a reason Gossip Wolf has been repping for Chicago-bred singer and...
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In Calvary, an Irish Catholic priest is marked for death
Brendan Gleeson plays a holy man with one week to live in Calvary. by J.R. Jones Everyone has a breaking point, and James Lavelle, the Irish Catholic priest at the center of John Michael McDonagh's...
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It's standing room only at the Chicago Dancing Festival
The Chicago Dance Festival returns, drawing its usual maximum-capacity crowds. by Jena Cutie In its eighth year, this octopus of a dance festival has nabbed choice companies both local and national...
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The politics of Chicago's potholes
City Council lapdogs aren't getting their streets fixed any faster than independents. by Ben Joravsky To test what I call the Chris K. theory of pothole politics, I've taken to the streets, riding my...
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Into the Storm squanders its best asset
Veteran comic player Matt Walsh tries his hand at drama with Into the Storm. by Ben Sachs David Koechner's recent performance as a wealthy sadist in the low-budget drama Cheap Thrills ranks among the...
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Steppenwolf Theatre's little summer festival offers three plays worth developing
At First Look Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre's little summer festival, the sitting is easy. by Tony Adler To paraphrase Martha and the Vandellas, summer's here and the time is right for sitting in the...
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All Our Tragic combines 32 Greek tragedies into a playful 12-hour production
The Hypocrites balance serious fare with a bubblegum-pop sensibility in All Our Tragic. by Zac Thompson Despite a running time that could put you at risk of deep vein thrombosis, Sean Graney's 12-hour...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 8/13: American Sharks, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and...
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Gig poster of the week: Orchard Lounge in your skull
ARTIST: Dillon ArloffSHOW: Orchard Lounge at Smart Bar on Sat 8/2MORE INFO:dillonarloff.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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