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Czech your expectations at the door at Bohemian House
River North is the unlikely home for Bohemian House, which honors the food of Central Europe. by Mike Sula Here's an old Czech proverb: Lepsi jeden prd nez deset doktoru, or "Better one fart than ten...
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Photos of Sleep and Corrections House playing last night at Thalia Hall
Last night, San Jose stoner-rock pioneers Sleep played the first of two sold-out shows at Thalia Hall in Pilsen. The massive, tectonic trio have been on the reunion circuit since 2009, hammering out...
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Bridget Everett and Ian Abramson, subtle comedy it ain't
Cabaret comedian Bridget Everett flaunts over-the-top sultriness, while local eccentric Ian Abramson plays a vaudevillian angle. by Molly Adams Bridget Everett is often described as an alt-cabaret...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 8/30: Artopia, Northwestern Wildcats, and Chicago...
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Street View 213: Somewhere over the rainbow
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Talk about bike-outfit coordination! Florian sports the whole color wheel.…[ Read more ][...
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This week's Chicagoan: Paul Lewis, driver's ed instructor
Paul Lewis, driver's ed instructor: "Our cars have a sign that says 'Driving School.' And people still ride up our butt." by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 8/31: African Festival of the Arts, Remix Chicago, and...
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Weekly Top Five: The best of film noir
Noir City, the Music Box's annual series of rare and nearly impossible-to-find film noir, is in full sway. (If you haven't yet, make sure to read J.R. Jones's rundown from this week's paper.)…[ Read...
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The history of Pilsen's ghost church
A hollow church in Pilsen looks like something from a Hollywood studio back lot. by Aimee Levitt Zion Evangelical Lutheran, at 19th and Peoria in Pilsen, is a nice old church, made of gently worn red...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 9/1: Reigning Sound, Saved by the Bell trivia, and Twin...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 9/2: Sir Richard Bishop, X, and the Unquiet American
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River North hot spot Tavernita abruptly closes
I was just writing about how few major closings our a-go-go restaurant scene has had in the last few years. And now comes a biggie: Tavernita, the River North hot spot with a Latin-Spanish tapas feel...
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Did you read about Amazon, River North, and the California Clipper?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the evolution of diet?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Rare soul-disco from late-70s Seattle, courtesy of Light in the Attic Records
Last week I finally got around to listening to Wheedle's Groove—Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie: Volume II 1972-1987, the second volume in a series from superlative reissue label Light in the...
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The influence of David Bowie on the rom-com Words and Pictures
Like many Chicagoans, I'm eagerly looking forward to the David Bowie exhibit that opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art later this month. I'm also excited about the upcoming Doc Films series...
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In Rotation: Bad Mashadi front man Ehsan Ghoreishi on the loudest saxophonist...
Current musical obsessions of Lamajamal bassist Joey Spilberg and Bad Mashadi front man Ehsan Ghoreishi by Tal Rosenberg Tal Rosenberg, Reader digital content editor Charles Mingus, Oh Yeah At home,...
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Did Saint Louis have one police shooting too many?
As you may remember, the August 9 death of Michael Brown after he was shot by a police officer in the Saint Louis suburb of Ferguson was followed—ten days of nationally covered civil protests later—by...
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The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story feels so authorized
Even among not-terribly-avid viewers of the terribly unfunny late-80s teen sitcom Saved by the Bell, it's common knowledge that the episode when Jessie Spano becomes addicted to caffeine pills was the...
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Beethoven Festival has become a Walkabout
The troubled International Beethoven Festival has been officially canceled. On August 29, just a week before the ambitious multivenue event was to begin, founder George Lepauw announced that it would...
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Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs talks to Steve Krakow about guitar...
Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs talks to Steve Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave: "I just want every show to blow my fucking mind." by Kevin Warwick Whenever I listen to "Red Eyes," one of several...
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