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'David Bowie Is': Rock odyssey or art-museum oddity?
"David Bowie Is" everything fantatics dreamed it would be. (Novices like it too.) by Aimee Levitt and Brianna Wellen When we heard "David Bowie Is" was coming to the Museum of Contemporary Art, there...
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A legendary barbecue name from the past reemerges—with a chicken joint
There's a tiny "aquarium" smoker, the smallest model I've ever seen, in the window of month-old Crazy Bird Chicken in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. But Larry Tucker, a man once celebrated for...
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Common and Kanye West make Aahh! Fest a great end cap to festival season
During Common's headlining performance at yesterday's Aahh! Fest the Chicago hip-hop icon called the daylong bash "a breath of fresh air."…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Best shows to see: Felix Kubin, Mark Turner Quartet, Whirr
The first half of this week has a load of great shows, but a bunch of them—like Ty Segall, Sam Smith, and Clean Bandit—are already sold out. But there are still some great ones happening that you can...
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'White Gardenias,' heartbreak from Justin Townes Earle
On his new album Single Mothers (Vagrant), Justin Townes Earle seems to have shed his tendency to move from style to style with each song he's recorded, settling, more or less, on a study hybrid of 60s...
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Did you read about Meredith Graves, the USDA, and why people spoil TV shows?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That planting trees sometimes increases global warming?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The Marx Brothers TV Collection follows the legendary comedy team into the...
Interviewed in the early 1970s, Groucho Marx explained why he had stopped working with his brothers two decades earlier, bringing down the curtain on the greatest comedy team in movie history. "By the...
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There ought to be more film screenings in ballrooms
Due to technical difficulties, the screening of Kidlat Tahimik's I Am Furious Yellow (which I wrote about last Wednesday) did not happen this weekend at the Prak-Sis New Media Art Festival. I was...
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Poster child for the newly formed Friends of Lucas Museum: Theater on the Lake?
Poor old Theater on the Lake is a strange poster child for the newly formed Friends of Lucas Museum. by Deanna Isaacs Earlier this month, the Chicago Park District announced that it had signed an...
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Tonight: The Owl kicks off its three-year anniversary minifest
For the past three years Logan Square's the Owl has made a name for itself as a chic late-night watering hole—hell, Dave Chappelle reportedly turned up there on Saturday night. The bar's also become...
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The living-room stylings of comedian Matt Braunger
Living-room comic Matt Braunger makes you feel like one of the guys. by Drew Hunt Matt Braunger is the ultimate living-room comic. His live shows are like sitting around on a lazy afternoon cracking...
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In football, colleges fatten calfs and the NFL sacrifices them
The regulars in our Sunday morning breakfast group were talking about Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, and somebody said NFL players "live in a bubble" and believe they can get away with anything. He...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 9/23: Bowie Day, Joe Swanberg, and Whirr
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Street View 218: In Bowie's shoes
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.I'll be honest: I've never been a huge David Bowie fan. That said, "David Bowie Is,"...
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Questions that ensue from spotting yourself in a documentary movie
Did you know? Chicago Public Schools classifies about 19,000 of its students as homeless.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about climate change, the Finkl steel plant, and Liam Neeson?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About which American cities will be safest on a warmer planet?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Listen to one of Robert Fripp's greatest guitar solos (and one of the...
Robert Fripp is my favorite rock guitarist. Classically trained from a young age, Fripp's "crosspicking" technique, classical and avant-garde leanings, and range of approaches to his instrument make...
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There was some funny stuff at Expo Chicago 2014
The art may be pricey, but the humor was free at Expo Chicago—and the more than 30,000 people who attended this year saw plenty of it. Among the notables: onetime University of Chicago student Erika...
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Tina Fey gets in a few seconds of quality acting in This Is Where I Leave You
At several points in This Is Where I Leave You, Wendy Altman (Tina Fey) responds to another character's emotional outburst by grabbing him or her by the upper arm and giving a firm, but not-too-firm...
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In Rotation: Eighth Blackbird flutist Tim Munro on musical exercises in oral...
Current musical obsessions of Eighth Blackbird flutist Tim Munro and percussionist Doug Perkins by Peter Margasak Peter Margasak, Reader staff writer Ensemble Pamplemousse, Raanna Jedaku Hearing this...
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