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Gilt Bar's Danielle Lewis makes a multi-component chamomile dessert
The Chef: Danielle Lewis (Gilt Bar)The Challenger:Greg Bastien (The Winchester) The Ingredient: ChamomileDanielle Lewis of Gilt Bar says that chamomile—the ingredient with which Winchester chef Greg...
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Introducing Public Good Software, a new way to turn articles into action
We at the Reader know how to shed a light. From separate and unequal schools to the drug trade and its repercussions, from police brutality to abuses of TIFs, for more than 40 years we've been doing...
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Rashad Becker, German mastering pro and sound artist, makes his local debut
You might have spotted Rashad Becker's name in the credits to one of the more than 1,200 recordings he's mastered at Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering, an operation established by the label and...
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Further proof local indie-rock foursome Ne-Hi is great: The spirited and...
On the heels of a discouraging election, let us again focus on something that Chicago is doing right: Ne-Hi. The local foursome opened up the Twin Peaks record release party at Lincoln Hall last...
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Matthew McConaughey goes nowhere fast in Interstellar
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is long on idea but short on story. by Ben Sachs On a visual level, Interstellar is an exceptionally well-crafted Hollywood entertainment. Director Christopher Nolan,...
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Strandline: A play maybe too Irish for its own good
A Red Orchid Theatre's Strandline may be too Irish for its own good. by Tony Adler What would we do without our Irish playwrights? Conor McPherson alone has filled out the season for more than one...
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What if Nik Wallenda hadn't defied death in Chicago?
Over the weekend, 29-year-old terminal brain cancer patient Brittany Maynard made final her highly publicized decision to end her life before its quality could be completely ravaged by her illness....
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Searching for the bright side to Bruce Rauner's victory
As one of the last New Deal Democrats left in Chicago, there are few things I find more sobering than the sight of Bruce Rauner—big smile on his face, thumb raised in the air—triumphantly declaring:...
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Portland singer Sallie Ford toughens up her music but sounds safer
Portland's Sallie Ford hasn't given up her insouciance and sass on her latest album, Slap Back (Vanguard). Based on the song "Workin' the Job," her appreciation for carnal pleasures remains unchanged:...
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Pivot Gang's MFn Melo is the next stop for whoever got hooked on Saba's...
In July Pivot Gang rapper-producer Saba released one of the best local mixtapes of the year, Comfort Zone. As I've written before, it's a touching, gorgeous full-length, and I'm hoping it also serves...
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Rights of the Accused's debut EP was reissued—celebrate at Liar's Club tonight
If the debut episode of Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways gave you a hankering for some early-80s Chicago punk, you're in luck. Tonight Liar's Club hosts the release party for the reissue of Rights of the...
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Help for the bad girl in need of a good spanking
Dan Savage on how to find a good spanker, Jian Ghomeshi and his predilections, and a foursome involving brothers and sisters-in-law. by Dan Savage QIs this even Dan? Probably not, probably an...
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Our guide to the Polish Film Festival in America
Reviews of films screening at the fest's 26h edition. by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Eight questions for your new Republican overlord
Taxes, weed, Madigan—what will governor-elect Bruce Rauner do? by Mick Dumke Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner raised nearly $100 million between them—and...
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Governor Quinn calls it quits, but Mayor Emanuel's campaign never stops
After a campaign that cost the two candidates $100 million, Governor Pat Quinn took two minutes Wednesday afternoon to announce that he was conceding to Republican challenger Bruce Rauner. It was a...
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Rare 35-millimeter prints screen Friday at Block Cinema's tribute to one of...
This fall Block Cinema at Northwestern University has been paying tribute to Henri Langlois, founder of the Cinémathèque Francaise and arguably the greatest repertory programmer of all time, who would...
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Gotta get gumbo at Three Chefs
When I was at Brown Sugar Bakery, the subject of this piece, I asked owner Stephanie Hart, and anyone else standing in her shop at the time, for suggestions of other places to eat in the area. One...
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Whoever said the clerihew is dead?
The clerihew is a four-line poem with an AABB rhyme scheme that always begins with the subject's name. The subject is always a famous person.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about marijuana legalization, AC/DC, and Interstellar
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That marijuana has been legalized in two more states—Oregon and Alaska?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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Listen to rapper-singer Noname Gypsy's 'Cherrypie Blues,' off the new...
Two Syllable Records is based in Brooklyn, but the heart of co-owner Zach Pollakoff is in Chicago. Pollakoff is from here, and in 2011 his interest in the local scene inspired him to make a cassette...
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