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After 20 years, Neighborhood Writing Alliance signs off
For the past 20 years, the nonprofit Neighborhood Writing Alliance has run writing groups in city neighborhoods, mostly in branch libraries. Operating under the slogan "Everyone is a philosopher," its...
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It's hard not to like Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar; his excellent 2012 album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, made the man one of the few big sticks by which everything else in hip-hop has since been...
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Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week's domination screenings
This week Gene Siskel Film Center opens a two-week engagement of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, a feature-length animation by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) that illustrates his...
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Hey, Mayor Rahm: Call Mike Shields and Karen Lewis!
I opened this morning's Tribune and what did I see? An essay, penned by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, extolling the virtues of our very own Mayor Emanuel!Hey, hey—apparently these fellas have a...
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UIC administration to faculty union: Lay off the social media
Earlier this week, members of the faculty union at the University of Illinois at Chicago voted solidly to authorize a strike if one should become "necessary." The union, UIC United Faculty, says 79...
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NU names its Prentice-replacement winner
Northwestern University announced today that Perkins+Will has won the job of designing the biomedical research building that'll replace Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital. The Perkins+Will...
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Show us your . . . United States map of stamps
In a roundabout way, Daniel Orkin inherited a peculiar map from his great-aunt—one cut entirely from stamps. by Kevin Warwick Dan Orkin deals in vintage instruments all day every day for reverb.com,...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 12/7: New Stages, Renegade Craft Fair, and Immortal Bird
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Street View 150: Sporty stud
Dave illustrates how a guy can wear sneakers, jeans, a hoodie, and a T-shirt and still look sharp as hell. …[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Reader's Agenda Sun 12/8: The New Chicago Diner Cookbook release party,...
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I Saw You, illustrated: An ad man on an airplane
You: Hot. Really hot.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Ernst Lubitsch
Tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Northwest Chicago Film Society presents Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, screening in a new 35mm print. One of the most important voices of classic Hollywood,...
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Did you read about a "super" cockroaches, The Sound of Music, and Super Bowl...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Chicago violence is a virus that can be tracked through small social networks? —Mara Shalhoup• That more than...
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Cocktail Challenge: Truffle oil
Wade McElroy of the Sportsman's Club crafts a truffle-oil pousse-cafe that passes the taste test. by Kate Schmidt"I 'm not a fan," said Wade McElroy, a partner in the forthcoming Sportsman's Club, of...
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12 O'Clock Track: In honor of Rough Trade coming stateside, Young Marble...
My go-to album of late has been Wanna Buy a Bridge?, a 1980 compilation by British record store and label Rough Trade that collected choice singles from the imprint's stellar roster. (It's odd timing,...
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Now on DVD: Alexis Bledel and Saoirse Ronan as the most adorable assassins...
Shoot-'em-up action movies are often derided as adolescent-male fantasies, but how often do you see one that could be described as an adolescent-female fantasy? Such is the case of Violet & Daisy,...
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Closeout Sale (PDF) - 12.12.2013…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Living with kale and Medicare
In early August my family and some good friends celebrated my 70th birthday in fine fashion at our place in Michigan. I'll remember that afternoon a long time, and also the niggling detail that a few...
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Jazz guitar great Jim Hall dead at 83
JazzTimes magazine is reporting that the deeply influential and malleable jazz guitarist Jim Hall died this morning at the age of 83; no further details are available at this time. Hall played with a...
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