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CH Distillery's chef makes fresh pasta with a cephalopod's predator deterrent
The latest Key Ingredient, in which chefs challenge chefs with an ingredient of their choice.The ink cephalopods release into the ocean to deter predators consists mainly of mucus and melanin.…[ Read...
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Did you read about Obama, Mitch McConnell, and the RZA?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• How infrequently President Obama has issued executive orders compared with his predecessors?…[ Read more ][...
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Internet-famous singer Spooky Black will only get bigger and better
Last night I went to Reggie's Rock Club to catch the Stand4rd, the experimental hip-hop "supergroup" comprised of four Internet-famous artists, and it was great—even more impressive when you factor in...
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Sixteen fun facts about 16 cartoonists who changed the world
Award-winning art director, local Krampus expert, and man-about-town Monte Beauchamp, the brains behind Blab!, has a couple of lovely new books out. …[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Forget Jake Gyllenhaal—cinematographer Robert Elswit is the real star of...
Robert Elswit has been getting a lot of attention lately for his work on Dan Gilroy's satirical thriller Nightcrawler and Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming Inherent Vice. This attention is deserved,...
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Rahm's first commercial turns a community victory into a personal victory
"I really struggled with the decision to do that commercial," Kim Wasserman told me yesterday. The noted Little Village activist was talking about the first commercial in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's...
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James Farm play jazz with the concision and focus of moody pop music
In this week's paper I previewed tonight's performances by the Joshua Redman Trio at City Winery; the sets support the very strong record the saxophonist released earlier this year, Trios Live...
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Roscoe Village gets a bookstore, will lack for nothing
Erika VanDam was never the sort of person who chose a career based on what she loved. Nonetheless, she mostly enjoyed her job in ad sales until she had a baby last year and discovered it did not...
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Eminem and Marilyn Manson's boring rape fantasies
Someone leaked an unreleased Marilyn Manson video this week, or at least the embryo of one. A two-minute clip of dark but fairly rote horror scenes surfaced on YouTube and bounced around seemingly...
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Alderman Ameya wants Mayor Rahm to bring back full service to the Lincoln...
On Monday, 47th Ward alderman Ameya Pawar led 100 or so seniors to a CTA public hearing where they demanded that the agency restore full service to the #11 Lincoln Avenue bus. A few days later, Crain's...
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Dance crew the Era will give you footwork lessons
Dancing and music have a symbiotic relationship in footwork, but the two aren't always experienced together. If you want to get the full footwork experience—not just the musical aspect provided by the...
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The first-ever Fashion Inspiration Award went to the right woman
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.There couldn't be a more appropriate recipient of the Museum of Science and Industry's...
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A Humboldt Park pad incorporates Latin American influences
For Luan Barros and Kelly Parsell, Humboldt Park is the perfect Chicago setting to call home. “It’s a comfortable neighborhood to live in, especially being from a different country,” says Barros, a...
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RIP Mike Nichols (1934-2014)—here are his five best films
Earlier this week, the director Mike Nichols passed away at the age of 83. Nichols, who was a premed at the University of Chicago during the 1950s, was an audience favorite and received critical...
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At the Kitchen Chicago, Avec vet Johnny Anderes takes charge
The Colorado minichain has parachuted into a stunning space on the river. by Mike Sula The first thing you're likely to notice when you do a web search for the Kitchen Chicago is its nominal...
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Struggling businessman or lieutenant for Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel?
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez says he was desperate when he agreed to help coordinate the shipment of 200 kilograms of cocaine from Los Angeles to Chicago. He'd owned a number of businesses, including...
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The Jungle v. Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Greatest Ever Chicago Book...
After spending a couple of weeks in the literary company of Jane Addams reading her memoir, Twenty Years at Hull-House, I feel like I've gotten to know her a little bit, and I do not think she would...
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Bartender-author Greg Seider teaches us how to make cocktails that don't suck
Put me in a home kitchen and I could kludge almost anything to at least edibility with some wine, garlic, and rosemary. But having grown up in the era of the Pina Colada song, the low point for...
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Did you read about Angela Merkel, emoji, and Budweiser?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• George Packer's profile of Angela Merkel, whom the New Yorker calls "the most powerful woman in the world"?…[ Read...
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Listen to irresistible funk from the Congo
I don't think there's a better record label dealing in vintage African music these days than Analog Africa, which has uncovered, annotated, and beautifully packaged a load of excellent, usually funky...
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