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Free Jazz and Improvisation on Vinyl 1965-1985 casts a loving eye on the...
Over the years the fantastic, genre-defying Norwegian label Rune Grammofon has published a few books mostly celebrating its own snazzy design aesthetic and rich history, but a gorgeous new volume by...
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Excellent Sheep: God and metaphorical livestock at Yale
Reading Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, William Deresiewicz's polemic against Americans' obsession with getting into and educated by...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 9/6: Internet Cat Video Festival, Lyric Opera Costume...
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Street View 214: New heights
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Shoes, oh my god, shoes. If there's one thing to ponder before you leave the house, it's...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 9/7: Renegade Craft Fair, Four Star Bike and Chow, and...
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Josef von Sternberg
As Ben Sachs noted last week, the Music Box has officially begun a three-month retrospective of the films both starring actress Marlene Dietrich and directed by Josef von Sternberg. If that wasn't...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 9/8: Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience, Trailer Park...
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Best show to see: Zammuto, Florida Georgia Line, White Lung
Before the nostalgia bomb of this weekend's Riot Fest goes off, there's still a few musical activities happening around town during the first half of the week. Tonight, Reggie's celebrates its...
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The Reader's guide to the 2014 World Music Festival
The World Music Festival is the year's biggest bonanza for globally minded listeners—and all 36 shows are totally free. by Peter Margasak and Monica Kendrick It's not fair to compare the 2014 World...
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Did you read about Ray Rice, Mike Ditka, and Gene Simmons?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That four kids died in a fire early this morning on the far south side?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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A jolt of slinky modern R&B from the shape-shifting Ava Luna
On its second album, Electric Balloon (Western Vinyl), the split-personality New York band Ava Luna continues to ricochet between dissonant, hard-hitting funk inspired by the glory days of No Wave and...
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The guy who gave us Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz's time at Trio, from 2001 to 2004, is the subject of Next's latest menu, but if Achatz got his start as a head chef there, Trio didn't start with Achatz by a long shot. The Evanston...
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Putting the best face on the Bears' loss
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Is it curtains for curtains in America's movie theaters?
Announcing the start of The Blue Angel yesterday, the rising red curtain in the main theater of the Music Box took on a certain risque quality—it was as though the screen were performing a striptease...
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Marz Community Brewing launches with a small space, a big crew, a great...
I've known Ed Marszewski for years—first as one of the troublemakers at Lumpen magazine, then as overlord of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, where my old band Brilliant Pebbles used to play his art...
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Lyric Opera's costume sale was a hit
The fat lady made an early entrance at Lyric Opera's huge costume sale, on Saturday. If, like artist Rani Young, you arrived at the opera house in the midafternoon for this once-in-a-decade-or-so event...
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Key Ingredient: Jimmy Bannos Jr. makes pasta with sea urchin gonads
Challenged to create a dish with uni, Purple Pig chef Jimmy Bannos Jr. makes pasta with the sea urchin gonads. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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The Goodman hopes American audiences can relate to an all-Asian show
"The world of extreme happiness" is a literal translation of the Chinese term for "heaven." It is also the title of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's new play, which opens at the Goodman Theatre on September...
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The University of Illinois says Steven Salaita is too rude for school
After revoking a job offer over controversial tweets, UI defends its decision with an appeal to the need for civility on campus. by Deanna Isaacs A month ago, when I reported that the University of...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 9/9: "Lost and Found," Christmas in July, and Zammuto
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