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How to eat hibiscus like the Burmese
This week I wrote about the Global Gardens Refugee Training Farm, a one-acre city-owned lot in Albany Park tended by Burmese and Bhutanese refugees that's exploding with growth in this otherwise cool,...
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The time I spent the night in my back alley
I wouldn't exactly recommend spending your first night in a new neighborhood in the alley. But it's probably the best way I've found to meet the neighbors and learn about a place.…[ Read more ][...
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Mayor Rahm and Joe Ferguson make love, not war
In a sign of their utter desperation, the liberals of Chicago have reacted to news of the mayor's plans to reappoint Inspector General Joe Ferguson with wild jubilation. Or as much wild jubilation as...
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Cameron Esposito is the future of late-night TV
If you went to bed early last night with a post-long-weekend sleep hangover (and lord knows, nobody's judging), you missed Cameron Esposito's first appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson....
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Jazz guitarist John Scofield gets funky—sort of
For much of the last decade guitarist John Scofield has regularly applied his abundant skills as one of jazz's most popular and talented improvisers and bandleaders to groove-oriented music—exploring...
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Albany Park's hidden refugee farm
Albany Park's hidden refugee farm by Mike Sula Many mornings Pak Suan is in the garden by 7 AM, alone. That's not long after he finishes the graveyard shift at Rivers Casino, where he works as a...
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Savage Love takes all comers
Dan's quick Q&A to address various of your . . . needs by Dan Savage QSettle this for us, Dan? Which is the bigger ask: a one-time, once-in-a-lifetime threesome or regular (and pretty damn...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 9/5: Dave Foley, The Beautiful Dark, and Onion City
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Canadian comedy vet Dave Foley—cofounder of the sketch group the Kids in the Hall and star of the ever-underrated NewsRadio—returns to his...
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Notes from a food revolution in progress
Two scenes from the present food moment: chain food makes the case for a food counterrevolution this weekend, but a food revolution goes to work for the Man. I went to a preview last week for...
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Best shows to see: House of Ladosha, Robbie Fulks, Willis Earl Beal, Marc...
Every time Soundboard laments the end of summer festival season, a new wave of music reminds us that summer festival season never actually ends. If only that were true.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Did you read about Syria, ComEd, and Walmart workers on strike?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:•Nicholas Kristof on the prospect of U.S. missile strikes in Syria? ("It's admirable to insist on purely peaceful...
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12 O'Clock Track: Royal Headache's fast new garage ripper, "Give It All to Me"
There are a lot of great garage bands that have helped make the scene in Australia one of the most vibrant in the world, and out of all of them Sydney's Royal Headache is my favorite; the four-piece...
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Now on DVD: This year's other Michael Cera-Sebastian Silva collaboration
Yesterday I cited The Spectacular Now as one of the rare recent movies shot in wide-screen whose close-ups are as impressive as its long shots. I could have also cited Sebastian Silva's Crystal Fairy...
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Street View 118: Totally tubular style in Wicker Park
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Sasha Hodges, co-owner of the 80s/90s-centric vintage shop Kokorokoko, is one of my fave...
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Exclusive releases and seven bands at the first annual Cassette Store Day
As mentioned in this week's Gossip Wolf, this Saturday is the first annual International Cassette Store Day—a Record Store Day-esque celebration of the once forgotten and recently reappreciated audio...
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What does evidence have to do with war?
Not to be snarky, but the logic of journalism needs to keep pace with the logic of the street. I spotted this passage Thursday in the Tribune's editorial page feature, What Others Are Saying.…[ Read...
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Jerk noodles: Not a euphemism
Conducting a little recon on the west side this afternoon, I came across Eastman's Jerk Paradise in Austin, which makes the startling claim to be the "originator of jerk pasta and jerk stir-fry." Well,...
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Ensemble dal Niente play Thomalla and Stockhausen
This year's International Beethoven Festival kicks into high gear on Saturday with a slew of disparate events, including a performance of Bach's Saint John's Passion by one of the fest's house...
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Key Ingredient: The team behind Tete Charcuterie tangle with the "foie gras...
Thomas Rice and Kurt Guzowski of Tete Charcuterie tangle with monkfish liver, the so-called foie gras of the sea. by Julia Thiel The Chefs: Thomas Rice and Kurt Guzowski (Tete Charcuterie) The...
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