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Saturday: Five Riot Fest acts to see
Day two of Riot Fest features X, Dinosaur Jr., Public Enemy, and much more. by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Tal Rosenberg and Kevin Warwick See our previews of acts playing on: Friday · Sunday Riot...
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Nobody's screaming! The muted debate over Syria
Since I’m still trying to decide whether I support sending cruise missiles into Syria, I’m grateful to Eric Zorn and Mary Schmich for saying they’re not sure either. And to Paul Krugman, too.…[ Read...
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Did you read about jellyfish, John Kerry, and Harrison Ford?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the terrifying, disgusting, revolting, repellant, very scary (and very real) threat posed by jellyfish to...
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12 O'Clock Track: The faux-slacker art punk of Parquet Courts'"You've Got Me...
If there's one album from 2012 that I overlooked when I made a list of my favorite LPs of the year, it's probably Parquet Courts'Light Up Gold, wherein the Brooklyn band play a breathless run of...
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White Sox figure out how to stop Miguel Cabrera
A classic pitchers' duel was on the menu at U.S. Cellular Field last night. White Sox ace southpaw Chris Sale, winner of this year's All-Star Game, was facing the Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer, who was...
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Eminem embraces his inner fogey
Because of the evolve-or-die mentality and antiauthoritarian streak that are so deeply rooted in hip-hop's DNA, rap music's always been a young person's game. For most of its history, rappers were...
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Double Trouble's family circus
Double Trouble's family circus. by Tony Adler This Porchlight Music Theatre production of a 2002 "tour de farce" stars a pair of brothers—Adrian and Alexander Aguilar—whose mother happened to be...
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Riddick returns, but the thrill is gone
David Twohy's latest installment in the Riddick sci-fi franchise is meat-and-potatoes genre filmmaking that sticks in the throat. by Drew Hunt David Twohy is on something of a roll. His last film, the...
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Short Term 12: A clear-eyed valentine to social services
Destin Daniel Cretton's indie drama Short Term 12 captures the vitality as well as the chaos of a foster-care facility. by Ben Sachs No offense to my colleagues at the Reader, but I think the happiest...
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Feminism meets tribal traditions in Desiré Ecaré's Faces of Women
Feminism meets tribal traditions in Desiré Ecaré's Faces of Women. by Pat Graham This 1985 debut feature by Ivory Coast director Desiré Ecaré gathered some attention for its steamy sexuality (the film...
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Gossip Wolf: BLVD books its first CNCRT
Gossip Wolf: BLVD books its first CNCRT, Dowsing shakes up its roster, rapper Milo moves to town, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Chicago indie label BLVD Records continues to roll dope-ass...
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Cerqua Rivera throws itself a party
Cerqua Rivera throws itself a party. by Laura Molzahn Bespoke music, played live, is a luxury for most companies. Not Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, founded by choreographer Wilfredo Rivera and jazz...
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/11: Windhand, Next to Normal, and "Wisconessee"
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Gig poster of the week: No Age gets abstract
ARTIST: SonnenzimmerSHOW: No Age and Running at Schubas on 9/13MORE INFO:sonnenzimmer.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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On puppetry and paper hats: Behind the scenes of The Paper Hat Game
If anyone reading this remembers Scotty Iseri, otherwise known as the Paper Hat Guy, please share your stories in the comments because, based on the show The Paper Hat Game, which just opened at the...
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Behind the movie being made featuring Bill Granger's November Man
A few weeks ago I wrote in the Bleader with some good news—Pierce Brosnan was bringing Bill Granger to the screen. Granger, who died last year, had been my friend and colleague at the Sun-Times.…[ Read...
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Did you read about Ron Paul, Florida's governor, and the cost of cash?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About White House spokespersons and critics of last night's Obama speech sparring on Twitter? —Steve Bogira• About...
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12 O'Clock Track: "The Water," icy twilight rap from Mick Jenkins
As autumn creeps closer and daytime shrinks, it's time to build up your store of moonlight music for the long nights ahead. That's what Mick Jenkins is for.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Other People's Money may be the best revenge
Other People's Money may be the best revenge. by Tony Adler One of the biggest and bitterest Chicago arts stories of the last several years came out of Victory Gardens Theater, where the board got...
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Obama: Here's why we need the military strike I'm not seeking right now
"White Houses don't do this sort of thing, but the speech probably should have been cancelled, because it no longer served any purpose,"George Packer writes on the New Yorker blog today. Addressing the...
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