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Reader's Agenda Fri 12/13: Filmage, The Essay Collective, and Jerry Seinfeld
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The Navigator, Funny Face, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch...
Each Friday, we recommend seven Old Movies to Watch Now, all of which come recommended by one of our critics and can currently be screened online. Read the review, watch the movie, feel accomplished.…[...
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Poseidon is alive and destroying water parks in Wisconsin
Anders Nilsen is not the first person to write stories about ancient gods in the modern world—check out Neil Gaiman's American Gods, for starters—but the stories in his new book, The Rage of Poseidon,...
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Did you read about Ukraine, Tennessee Williams, and Beyonce?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That an American who went missing in Iran seven years ago was apparently on an unauthorized mission for the CIA?...
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12 O'Clock Track: Ne-Hi's brand-new "Since I've Been Thinking" is an...
One of my favorite local bands this year has been Earring, a fuzzy, shoegazey duo who released a couple of tapes on Manic Static this year. The two dudes who make up Earring have recently started...
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Persons of interest, and this week's screenings
If you've gotten a look at the Reader's People Issue, you may have noticed our interviews with two local film luminaries: programmer Amir George (whose Seen & Heard Music Video Showcase screens...
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Cicchetti opens, Parson's for brunch, creole Christmas Eve, and more
Saturday, Parson's Chicken & Fish launches brunch from 9 AM to 3 PM. (Bless them for that most un-Logan Squarey opening hour.)…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Correcting the record on CVS
A recent Bleader post expressed my puzzlement, suspiciousness, and anger at the prices I confronted the other day when I stopped at the local CVS to pick up a refill of a drug I need—mephyton, aka...
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Azzurra EnoTavola is the season's Italian sleeper
Azzura EnoTavola offers simple, soulful Italian food from the folks behind Anteprima and Bar Ombra by Mike Sula It hasn't been a quiet season for Italian food, but there was one low-key opening that...
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Learn how to bop from the masters
There's been a swath of local rappers and producers making melodic, upbeat tracks for bopping, the dance style made in Chicago's west side that's growing in popularity throughout the city, but many of...
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Great jazz box sets, aka more gift ideas
I included a few jazz titles in my annual guide to gift-worthy music a couple of weeks back, but there were others I didn't have space to include. I know some of you probably completed your holiday...
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Flosstradamus live from the Internet
Chicago-born DJ/production duo and superstars of the burgeoning trap-music scene Flosstradamus are busy guys. Last week they packed the cavernous Terminal 5 in NYC.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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It's all in the specials at Michoacanito
Years ago I wrote about a street vendor in Irving Park plying an unusual snack—the torta de tamal, a dense pork tamale sandwiched in a bolillo that could occupy enough stomach space to fortify a day...
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This week's Chicagoan: Frank Suerth, Santa Claus
Frank Suerth has done every type of Santa job possible. by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "People come up to me and say, 'You look like Santa!'…[...
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Message to Yo-Yo Ma: Don't believe everything Mayor Rahm tells you
For the last few years, I've ripped various mayors over the city's wretched efforts to bring art, music, and drama to Chicago's public schools. So imagine my surprise when I read that Mayor Emanuel was...
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Why you should read "Invisible Child"
If you haven't gotten to "Invisible Child" yet, and you're daunted by its length, here's why you should make time for it. "Invisible Child" is the remarkable five-part series (almost 29,000 words) that...
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When professors weigh in . . .
Journalists hear frequently from colleges and universities touting the resident experts in their stables. They know that reporters like to punch up stories with the tony pronouncements of a genuine...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 12/14: Windy City Soul Club fifth anniversary, Slo 'Mo...
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Street View 153: Warm and hot at Rodan
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.It can be tough to get dressed up in this arctic weather. By pairing a superfuzzy faux-fur...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 12/15: Holiday markets, John Akomfrah, and "Catch Your...
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