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Chengdu Impression shows Lincoln Park how to burn
I've been going on and on about the changing landscape of Chinatown—everything'sgoingSichuan. What I didn't expect was a real Sichuan restaurant to open in monochromatic Lincoln Park, serving all sorts...
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Did you read about farm crimes, naked Christ, and Rap Genius?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About what we might do when we run out of houses? —Tal Rosenberg• About the top ten farm crimes of 2013?…[ Read...
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12 O'Clock Track: The GTW's clothes were sacrificed in order for us to get...
Local rapper-singer James King, aka the GTW, has a colorful fashion sense; when I read that his latest track, "Bleach Pool," refers to an ex who messed up his clothes with a pool of bleach (as the...
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Best shows to see: Macabre, Ashtray Boy, Making Ghosts, Ted Sirota's...
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A brand-new Christmas EP from local high school punks the Ungnomes
Earlier in the year I wrote about the Ungnomes, probably the best high school band in the world. The members of the rude-as-hell punk-rock four-piece, which includes Jon Langford's son Jimmy on lead...
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On the restless currents of hyperlocal journalism, EveryBlock returns as...
Last February I had this to say about the death of EveryBlock:Hyperlocal digital journalism is starting to look like one of those corner restaurants that change hands every 18 months because nobody can...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 12/27: Boobs of the Dead, Dark Wave Disco reunion, and...
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Life Without Principle, Our Hospitality, and other Reader-recommended movies...
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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The wolf, the leopard, the turkey, and the rest of this week's screenings
In this week's issue Ben Sachs and I name our ten favorite movies to premiere in Chicago in 2013. We've got recommended reviews for The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese's tale of excess in the 90s...
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Did you read about pizza boxes, Ross Douthat, and Lisa Frank?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That we're pulling more fossil fuels out of the earth than ever before? —Mick Dumke• That the New York Times is...
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12 O'Clock Track: "Cemeteries" is excellent bummer punk from Life Stinks
S.S. Records out of Sacramento, California, was one of this year's best sources of bad-vibes, bum-out punk. Not only did they put out two excellently deranged records from Spray Paint in 2013, they...
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One Bite: Eataly's porchetta sandwich
Eataly's Rosticceria, which slow roasts a different hunk of flesh every day, is an island of approachability in the stormy ocean of possibilities that the all-Italian superemporium offers. There's no...
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This week's Chicagoan: Emily Stone, former resident of Antarctica
This week’s Chicagoan is Emily Stone, former resident of Antarctica. by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "I was on Antarctica for two summers, which...
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Bring in the New Year (PDF) - 01.02.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus
A10, Matthias Merges's much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, gets a B minus for now. by Mara Shalhoup If there was ever a place that made me wish the Reader rated restaurants on a four-star scale,...
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Back to school for Frederick Wiseman
In the epic At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman turns his lens on higher education in the age of George W. Bush. by Ben Sachs Frederick Wiseman, who turned 84 this week, is one of the great heroes of...
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Le cirque nouveau is coming to town
The Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival shines a light on cirque nouveau—which is not circus. by Jena Cutie To say the state of contemporary circus in America is dim isn't to insult the...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 1/1: New Year’s Hangover Stand-Up Marathon, brunch, and...
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Gig poster of the week: Brett Eldredge street
ARTIST: Nathan RobertsSHOW: Brett Eldredge at Joe's on Tue 12/17MORE INFO:nathanandrewroberts.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Kick off the new year with Sicko Mobb's debut mixtape
On Monday west side party rap duo Sicko Mobb (aka brothers Lil Ceno and Lil Trav) dropped their debut mixtape, Super Saiyan Vol. 1.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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