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Here's the latest proposal to spend TIF money in an area that doesn't need it
Here's the latest proposal to spend TIF money in an area that doesn’t need it. by Ben Joravsky As part of my effort to be as jolly as Santa during the holiday season, I'm going to say something really...
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In Kiev and across Ukraine, a bitter history plays out
A permanent collection at Chicago's Ukrainian National Museum sheds light on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. by Deanna Isaacs At the end of November, as their fellow students in Lviv, Ukraine, were...
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Street View 151: Winter bloom at the MCA's First Friday
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Photographer Justin Barbin is always a joy to look at. The last time I bumped into him he...
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Kathleen Hanna: Grrrl interrupted
The Punk Singer profiles a feminist rocker who walked away. by J.R. Jones Loaded with catchy tunes and catchier ideas, this documentary profiles the fearless feminist rocker Kathleen Hanna, who swam...
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Gossip Wolf: Czar rules (on a new album)
Czar rules (on a new album), one-man synth project Potions throws a release party, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Last month Chicago metal trio Czar self-released their second LP, No One Is...
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Valerie Williams creates an A/V experience
Dancers interact with real-time recordings of themselves in a mixed-media work by Co'Motion Dance Theater. by Jena Cutie In dance, the addition of other media can overwhelm and even distract where it...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 12/11: Pink Avalanche, Soup & Bread, and Moth's GrandSLAM...
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Help fund a community garden at Oglesby Elementary
Friend of the Food Chain Dakota Prosch teaches fourth grade at Oglesby Elementary in Auburn-Gresham. Oglesby, the only CPS neighborhood Montessori program in the city, is in a video competition with...
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Did you read about ACL injuries, International Tango Day, and a $20 doughnut?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• David Simon on how we live in two Americas? —Tal Rosenberg• That your genes probably determine your political...
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12 O'Clock Track: "Last Day," a rattling art-pop gem from LA's Katie Gately
A feeling of dread washes over me annually at this time, when the professional hazard known as the year-end list falls upon me. I have a tendency to take the task too seriously, and as November rolls...
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Underground dining experience gets a real kitchen with 42 Grams
A year ago a young chef nobody had heard of—who had experience at some top restaurants (Alinea, Schwa, Charlie Trotter) but not that much experience overall—had an ambitious idea to launch a high-end...
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Introducing scary eyes herself, Jewel Carter Cash
"Move over Reese Witherspoon," said Us Weekly when it was announced that Alaskan singer-songwriter-poet Jewel would star as June Carter Cash in the Lifetime original movie Ring of Fire. You might...
View ArticleTomorrow: Chicago rapper Stunt Taylor brings the "Fe Fe" to Reggie's Rock Club
Before Chance the Rapper took the stage for the first of two headlining shows at the Riviera two weeks ago, Kyle Laroy Taylor—aka K-Town MC Stunt Taylor—made an unannounced appearance in front of the...
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John Akomfrah's collage of the humanities
Black Cinema House revisits John Akomfrah, radical chronicler of the African diaspora. by Ben Sachs Revisiting Claire Denis's films at the Gene Siskel Film Center's near-complete retrospective last...
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Mayor Rahm moves ahead with his $18 million Lincoln Elementary expansion
I was hoping to bring you the good news that Mayor Emanuel came to his senses and ditched his plan to waste—I mean, spend—at least $18 million to build a school annex in Lincoln Park. That's an...
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One person's special effect is another's sensory bombardment
I've been somewhat bewildered by the advertising push for the state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos sound system, which a number of local multiplexes installed in their theaters this past year. Most people I...
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Trader Joe's Vintage Ale: To age or not to age?
My experiment with aging several bottles of Trader Joe's Vintage Ale began by accident. I'm pretty sure I didn't mean to save the 2009 bottle, I just never got around to drinking it that winter, and...
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The People Issue: The B Side
The Reader's People Issue can be seen, in a certain generous light, as an act of resistance against the tyranny of celebrity. The rise of social media was supposed to wreak spectacular democratic havoc...
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Steven Soderbergh pays homage to the great R.W. Fassbinder, by way of Liberace
Steven Soderbergh claimed to have watched films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as inspiration for his underrated Bubble (2005), but Behind the Candelabra—which is currently available at Redbox stands...
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Beer N' Bikes, a fund-raiser for a youth-led bicycle program
Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr.—whom I interviewed for this year's People Issue, published today—runs Bikes N' Roses, a bicycle mechanic program for youth in Albany Park. Or at least he's trying to.…[ Read...
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