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Time flies on 90 Day Fiance
Should you ever want to marry someone who's a citizen of another country—but do it here on American soil where the wedding industrial complex can cater to your every whim—your betrothed will have to be...
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How grateful are college jocks supposed to be?
When the employees of Chicago Public Media decided last September to try to unionize, they announced their intent to interim CEO Alison Scholly in the most collegial imaginable language:"We, the...
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Soundcheck: Ricky B brings New Orleans bounce to Logan Hardware
The addictive, hyped-up party rap sound from New Orleans known as bounce has been around long before Big Freedia scored her own Fuse show and toured with the reunited Postal Service. One of the players...
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Nightingale Cinema celebrates the ever-unclassifiable Harun Farocki this...
This Saturday at 7 PM, the Nightingale and White Light Cinema will present a program of short works by Harun Farocki, a German multidisciplinary artist who's authored almost 100 films since 1966....
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Mayor Rahm makes no small plans with your tax dollars
In one of those quirky coincidences of life in Chicago, my property tax bill arrived yesterday—the same day as the public hearing for the latest variation of Mayor Emanuel's grandiose South Loop...
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Ironing out the kinks
Dan on the trolls of online BDSM dating sites, subs dominating, and the expense of a pro dom by Dan Savage Q I'm what was once quaintly called a "woman of a certain age" who started reading your...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 1/30: Out at CHM, Friends and Family Cocktail Challenge,...
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Best game yet for high school basketball star Luwane Pipkins
It looked like Luwane Pipkins and his Bogan teammates were in for a long evening Friday in the gym at Harlan, at 96th and Michigan. The Bogan Bengals, one of the city's top high school basketball teams...
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"Ten x Ten 2013,""Ghost Town," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Captivate your corneas with some artistic treasures this weekend. Here's what's going down in visual arts.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Netflix, Greg Fox, and "Alone Yet Not Alone"?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the climatologist who's suing climate-change deniers for defamation? (A superior court is permitting the...
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12 O'Clock Track: The gutting "agnostic gospel" of Small Wonder's "Until I...
Small Wonder main man Henry Crawford calls his music "agnostic gospel," and that tag well fits his band's new EP, Wendy; the kitchen-sink indie-rock songs have nothing to do with religion (or gospel...
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Best shows to see: Yuna, Ray Anderson, Califone, Damien Jurado
The Super Bowl isn't the only thing shaking down this weekend: the polar vortex has retreated, so get on out there and take in some of this action-packed lineup of live music to enjoy. Tonight garage...
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It's all about the bread at Stella Barra Pizzeria
I came away from such a harrowing pizza experience at Eataly that I was left reconsidering the old saw that there's no such thing as bad pizza. So I was eager to recalibrate my expectations at Lincoln...
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Magical Beautiful drops its first new track since 2011
Magical Beautiful, the local experiential, electronic-leaning pop act, has just released its first new track since 2011's Here Come the Wild Waves LP. The band is fronted by Tyson Torstensen—formerly...
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Further thoughts on An Honest Living (by way of Mexican art cinema)
In my recent post about noteworthy final shots of 2013, I could have mentioned Carlos Reygadas's Post Tenebras Lux, which received its first Chicago run last year (and screened again at Doc Films this...
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Key Ingredient: Courtney Joseph of Takashi grows to like rose water
Takashi pastry chef Courtney Joseph triumphs over rose water—and grows to like it in the process. by Julia Thiel The Chef: Courtney Joseph (Takashi) The Challenger: Meg Galus (NoMi Kitchen) The...
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Metro's backstage past
Metro's green room has dealt with its fair share of rock stars, Kurt and Courtney among them. by Andrea Bauer With Artists like the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana gaining prefame street cred on its...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 1/31: Crispin Glover, Chicago Deep Freeze Festival, and...
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Duck Soup, Charulata, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online...
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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Oscar shorts out the wazoo, and the rest of this week's screenings
When I was a kid parked in front of the TV set, my father would say things to me like, "Too bad you can't get a job watching cartoons." Well, I guess I showed him: in this week's long review I consider...
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