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The arena-ready Oddball Comedy Festival offers a motley crew of stand-up comics
Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Bill Burr headline the second annual Oddball Comedy Festival. by Brianna Wellen It's not often that a stand-up comedy show includes a ticketing option for "lawn...
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Up in Here offers a dated, superficial glimpse at juvenile detention in Cook...
A former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center attendant chronicles the troubled Audy Home. by Steve Bogira During his year as a children's attendant in Cook County's Juvenile Temporary...
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Deathface's Johnny Love gets your body and wardrobe in shape
If you're eager to get in shape while blasting goth, industrial, and darkwave on your little white earbuds then electronic-music wiz and local party promoter Johnny Love is here to help. Love, the man...
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It's a noir, noir, noir, noir world at the Music Box
Noir City: Chicago 6 brings a week of international film noir rarities to the Music Box. by J.R. Jones Presented by Music Box and the Film Noir Foundation, the sixth annual Noir City: Chicago festival...
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French filmmaker Philippe Garrel is the master of the unseen
In Jealousy, veteran French filmmaker Philippe Garrel revisits his guilty childhood. by Ben Sachs Over five decades French director Philippe Garrel has honed a distinctive approach to filmmaking that...
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As TIFs keep collecting tax dollars, schools face more cuts
Mayor Emanuel sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in TIF reserves, but somehow schools face more cuts. by Ben Joravsky At about the same time that Tom Tresser was releasing his annual TIF-take report, I...
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Gossip Wolf: New music and a new side project from black-metal band Vukari
New music and a new side project from Vukari, crowdfunding for a documentary on Ella Jenkins, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil As so often happens, it was Reader critic Monica Kendrick who got...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 8/27: Roxane Gay, Veggie Bingo, and T-Pain
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Gig poster of the week: Deer Tick rusts away
ARTIST: Daniel MacAdamSHOW: Deer Tick and Weeks at Metro on Sat 8/23MORE INFO:crosshairchicago.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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One Bite: French toast at Cafe Creme
"Cafe créme" is supposed to be one of the most difficult basic things for an English speaker to say in French. Parisians are said to be highly offended by Americans' failure to round their lips in the...
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Cole Theatre aims high with its debut production, Ecstasy
Mike Leigh's 1979 play Ecstasy is more about the agony than Cole Theatre's debut production. by Chloe Riley"Victory of the people" is the rallying cry of Cole Theatre, a new company from Chicago-based...
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Did you read about Kylie Jenner, Hello Kitty, and the case against football?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Hello Kitty is not a cat?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Puig Destoyer blends grind and baseball on 'Mike Trout'
Puig Detroyer's best attribute is the name Puig Destroyer. Because punning on the name of grind powerhouse Pig Destroyer to incorporate Cuban wunderkind outfielder Yasiel Puig is just kind of...
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How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world
For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer behind images from 1940s India. by Aimee Levitt When Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller...
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More behind-the-scenes images from the Great Chicago Fire Fest preview
In her column this week, arts writer Deanna Isaacs shared her impressions of the inaugural Great Chicago Fire Fest, a $2 million fire-on-water spectacle that Redmoon will stage on the main branch of...
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Stirring hooks and inspired raps on YP's new mixtape, BackWood Jones
The final track on YP's brand-new BackWood Jones mixtape begins with a blunt, somber line: "Hopefully I don't die." It sounds like a child is singing the hook, and the gentle voice makes YP's stark...
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Dunkin & Fritchey together again—at the Hideout!
I was out of town when the Jackie Robinson West baseball team started its memorable race toward the Little League championship, so I missed much of the early buildup. But thanks to the breathless...
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Play ball!
Dan Savage offers a sex-toy tip for the testicle-centric, a new mantra for kinksters, and a few sarcastic words for the clueless. by Dan Savage QMy boyfriend of two years can't climax or maintain an...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 8/28: Snapshots Play Festival, Adam Burke, and...
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Best shows to see: Sleep, Allan Kingdom, Dan Tepfer, Dierks Bentley
The 36th annual Chicago Jazz Festival kicks off at noon, which means you still have time to read our guide to the free four-day fest. If you're looking to check out some other performances throughout...
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