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Emotions run Heigl on State of Affairs
Watching Monday night's news coverage out of Ferguson, Missouri, it became increasingly annoying to hear newscasters refer to the "emotional" reaction protesters had to a grand jury's refusal to indict...
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Oh, the humanity of American Theater Company's The Humans
Stephen Karam's new play The Humans anatomizes one family's Thanksgiving dinner. by Tony Adler The Humans—good title. Perfect, in fact, for this cunning new play by Stephen Karam, inasmuch as his six...
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Did you read about Darren Wilson, Jian Ghomeishi, and 'Green Friday'?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About all the ways Darren Wilson's grand jury testimony is unbelievable?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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Listen to 'Flare Gun,' a bewitching pop tune from the new In Tall Buildings...
Four years removed from the release of his self-titled debut as In Tall Buildings—backed by the then-fledgling Whistler Records—Chicago-based Erik Hall preps the release of his follow-up, Driver, due...
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Korean joint Hal Mae Bo Ssam serves up funky, briny, porky goodness
For anyone who's ever eaten Korean barbecue bo ssam is not an unfamiliar delivery system. Literally meaning "wrapped," it also refers to a particular dish—a feast, actually—particularly if soju is...
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Chicago gifts that should be on your shopping list this year
Our favorite buys, from lewd Legos to street art stickers to jewelry made with illegal guns. by Reader staff Big-kid Legos For the still-toy-obsessed man-child on your shopping list, the local...
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The story of 'This Christmas (Rap),' an overlooked Chicago hip-hop track from...
The holiday season is arriving, and with it comes the constant stream of yuletide music pumping out of car radios and shopping centers. Of course there's more to seasonal music than the corporate...
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Let's give thanks for aldermanic elections
With Thanksgiving coming up, let's give thanks for the good things in life—like the February 24 aldermanic elections. Just three months away!I know many of you might not appreciate this exercise in...
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Funk Trunk Records opens in Rogers Park
Funk Trunk Records opens in Rogers Park, Stefan Ponce brings a hip-hop who’s who to the East Room, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Gossip Wolf is psyched to hear that a new record store has...
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Ron Swanson is the spirit animal of Whisk
When chefs and brothers Rick and David Rodriguez decided to open a restaurant, they were inspired by Ron Swanson, the Parks and Recreation character with a deep love for breakfast food. Thus was born...
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Happy Valley casts a wider net in the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal
A new documentary on the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal indicts the larger community. by J.R. Jones Happy Valley, a searching documentary about the child sex-abuse scandal at Pennsylvania State...
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John Kass calls out Ferguson hysterics
The Reader's Gwynedd Stuart makes a valuable point in an essay she posted on the Bleader Wednesday. Her subject's the TV show State of Affairs, but she begins with a comment on an age-old...
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Savage Love takes a lesson from Bill and Monica
Dan Savage advises a bi male suddenly, publicly outed and a couple not yet ready for couples therapy. by Dan Savage QI'm a bi male in my early 20s who until recently was in the closet. I've been...
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Donate to the Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis via Ice Age Records'...
Plenty of independent labels are offering special Thanksgiving weekend deals for folks looking to pick up records for the holidays, and Ice Age Records founder Kris Di Benedetto is doing a little...
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Chasing Amy, Being John Malkovich, and other Reader-recommended movies to...
Each Friday, we recommend seven Old Movies to Watch Now, all of which come recommended by one of our critics and can currently be screened online. Read the review, watch the movie, feel accomplished.…[...
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Mockingjay—Part 1, Happy Valley, and the rest of what's screening around town...
This week the Gene Siskel Film Center presents Happy Valley, a new documentary by Amir Bar-Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story) that looks beyond the screaming headlines of the Penn State...
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Can Chuy beat Rahm in the race for mayor?
I can think of nine million reasons Jesus Garcia can't beat Rahm Emanuel, a number that grows daily as the gifts to the mayor's campaign fund roll in. On Monday, Emanuel's committee reported the...
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Did you read about Islamophobia, an Ebola vaccine, and Jewish ham?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That preliminary trials of an Ebola vaccine have yielded positive results?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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The Brokedowns are back with more stellar midwestern punk rock
Suburban punk heroes the Brokedowns have been at it longer than I can remember, and through the years they've only managed to get better and better. Over the past couple weeks new tracks from their...
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Local rapper ShowYouSuck pays tribute to classic sci-fi movies on new track...
ShowYouSuck will play what he's been calling a "pizza party homecoming" next month to celebrate a return to Chicago after touring Europe. Ahead of that show, he's released "Mars Attacks / XFiles," a...
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