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Trotter wigs out on art students, and other food news bites
• Charlie Trotter had a major meltdown, reports the Sun-Times. •Ina's is closing.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Show us your . . . inner-tube fashion sense
Alexandra Rath repurposes bike inner tubes to fashion bow ties, masks, and an assortment of jewelry. by Summer Concepcion Bicycles can inspire more-fashionable eco-friendliness, according to...
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Dave Foley sketches out a stand-up career
Kids in the Hall vet Dave Foley takes his act to the stage. by Molly Adams Dave Foley returned recently to stand-up after a 30-year hiatus. He'd done a lot of funny stuff in the interim, but the last...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 8/31: Ty Segall, Kidd Jordan, and Taste of Polonia
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Emerging millennial rock god Ty Segall puts out so much new music all the time it's mind-blowing that he has time to tour.…[ Read more ][...
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Street View 117: Accessorizing is key
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Nneka makes her outfit special by pairing bright complementary colors and accessorizing...
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What the hell is this place? Mr. Flower and Mr. Ping Pong
Mr. Flower and Mr. Ping Pong is part flower shop, part Ping-Pong break room (it has U-Haul rentals, too). by Aimee Levitt The flower shop came first. Then the Ping-Pong parlor.…[ Read more ][...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 9/1: Remix Chicago, Windy City BBQ Classic, and the...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Ravenswood Remix now goes by Remix Chicago, but it's still the same sustainability-focused art fair as ever.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Weekly Top Five: The films of Gus Van Sant
Last night, for its final screening of the summer, the University of Chicago's Doc Films showed Gus Van Sant's debut film, Mala Noche, a 16mm black-and-white indie about a gay store clerk who falls for...
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Artist on Artist: Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples
Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples in advance of their appearances at Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest by Peter Margasak Neko Case and Mavis Staples both have glorious voices that can stop you in...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 9/2: City Winery's Bubbly-Q, the Chicago Fringe Festival,...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Celebrate Labor Day as the the gods intended, with barbecue and champagne at City Winery's Bubbly-Q.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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A Medill student who tried to exonerate him writes about the death of Anthony...
Anthony McKinney died last week, alone in an Illinois prison cell where he didn’t belong. He was an innocent man. Our justice system failed him.Yes, but once a man's been convicted of murder it doesn't...
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Best shows to see: Thin Hymns, Kobo Town, Flume, Goodie Mob
Soundboard is keeping this short and simple, since it's a holiday and all. You have Breaking Bad to talk about anyway.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Life's not fair: Cubs win
On Sunday, a truly beautiful day for a ball game, the Cubs did the quintessential Cubbie thing. They took the rubber game in the one series at least some Cubs fans thought they should lose, beating...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 9/3: Stories about the "Broken Window" theory, Goodie...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:The Guild Literary Complex's new reading series Applied Words: Broken Windows is an examination of our relationships with the built...
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Inside the hidden world of a fish distributor
Fish live in a secret world out of our everyday sight. That secrecy extends after they die too, when they enter the supply chain that brings them to our plates; what happens between fishing boat and...
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Don't believe that historical marker! The republic wasn't saved at the Deep...
If Jesse Owens's name isn't safe on a Chicago public school, what chance did a mere parking garage outside Washington, D.C., have of surviving just because it provided the setting for a few minutes of...
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Did you read about car hackers, the vigilante killer in Mexico, and Germany's...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About books with secret fore-edge paintings? —Aimee Levitt• That Germany has the highest percentage of low-wage...
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12 O'Clock Track: "You Song," the Chance the Rapper track Lil Wayne requested...
I'm not sure exactly what it means that Chance the Rapper wrote the only original song on Lil Wayne's new mixtape, Dedication 5, which is otherwise full of recycled industry beats, but it seems...
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North Coast 2013: Partying like summer will never come again
North Coast bills itself as "summer's last stand," and even though global climate change and a festival season that seems to get more crowded every year appear to be conspiring to push summer back to...
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Come to the South Loop and see how Mayor Rahm's wasting your money
Come to the South Loop and see how Mayor Rahm's wasting your money. by Ben Joravsky Last week I led a tour of the site of the $800-or-so-million boondoggle Mayor Emanuel's earmarked for the South...
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