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V-Day Issue: Young love later in life
V-Day Issue: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris and Umberto Tosi are "male and female versions of the same creative spirit." by Gwynedd Stuart The power couple: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris, 72, and Umberto Tosi, 76...
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For Valentine's Day we're celebrating the power of love
We're celebrating Valentine's Day (believe it!) by focusing on four of Chicago's "power couples," as chosen by our readers. by Gwynedd Stuart and Kevin Warwick When we put out a call to readers to...
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V-Day Issue: A power couple like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but better
V-Day Issue: Lynn Rondeau and Katy Bird are the type of people who'll parallel park your car for you. by Kevin Warwick The power couple: Lynn Rondeau, 45, and Katy Bird, request for age denied! Years...
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Thoughts on the tenth birthday of Kanye West's The College Dropout
Monday was the ten-year anniversary of Kanye West's debut album, The College Dropout, and I want to take a second to throw in my two cents about why Kanye is important to me. I recognize that many of...
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Buzz Burgers, Barrels & Beer: Eccentric burgers, BYO
A burger with a doughnut bun sounds pretty atrocious, right?Wrong. The doughnut burger at North Center's Buzz Burgers, Barrels & Beer is surprisingly pleasing, its sugary bun complementing rather...
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Putting Putin to the test
"The triumph of Vladimir Putin," the headline on the cover of last week's Economist, and "The Loneliness of Vladimir Putin," the headline on the cover of the most recent New Republic, seem to offer...
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Chicago, the city that works—just ignore the poverty
Chicago is a shining example for the nation, Rahm Emanuel wants all to know. He told a receptive audience downtown Monday that the goals President Obama has for the country—more jobs, a vibrant economy...
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Masturbate? You mean "Hail Satan!"
Dan on masturbating your way out of a restrictive relationship, handling depression before a woman, and lesbian synonyms for twink. by Dan Savage Q I am an 18-year-old pansexual girl. I'm currently in...
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Jenny Magnus, one of the fringe theater's most literate scribes, gets her due
With Magnus in Play, Rhino Fest gives playwright Jenny Magnus the retrospective she deserves. by Justin Hayford When Jenny Magnus moved to Chicago in 1987, her career objective was to "do stuff."...
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Photojournalist Ruth Gruber, 102 and still ahead of her time
For pioneering photojournalist Ruth Gruber, words and pictures are tools to inspire others to act. by Aimee Levitt"Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist" is a slightly misleading title for an exhibit opening...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 2/17: The Dinner Party, Oscar-nominated shorts, and Saint...
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Taking Coppervine's test for wine servers
"You know, they did a really extensive training program. How would you like to take the wine test they gave the servers?"…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about the Koch brothers, Bill Murray, and Potbelly's secret menu?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• How just one of the numerous nonprofits affiliated with the billionaire Koch brothers handed out $137 million to...
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Best shows to see: Courtney Barnett, Together Pangea
It's Presidents Day, which means some of you get to kick back and take the day off. Even if you don't have the day off, there's plenty of ways to celebrate—specifically, plenty of great concerts, such...
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12 O'Clock Track: "Penetrating Eye" is a Sabbathy good-bye from Thee Oh Sees
Remember how bummed everyone was when Thee Oh Sees, the best garage rock band of our time, called it a day in December? Looks like before they totally say good-bye, they have one final LP left in...
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Stranger by the Lake, Porn Theatre, and the influence of cruising on film...
One of the interesting things about Alain Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake, opening at the Music Box this Friday, is that it's not just a movie about gay cruising, but a movie that seems to take its...
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Two Brothers' Midwestern Death Metal, available only at the brewery's...
If I'd been on TwoBrothers' press list for more than about four months, I might suspect the brewery was specifically baiting me by making a beer called "Midwestern Death Metal." Sure, the label art...
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Remembering Theresienstadt at the U. of C. Film Studies Center
In addition to Stranger by the Lake, the Music Box will present the first Chicago run of Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust starting this Friday. The fourth stand-alone documentary assembled from...
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UIC faculty union flexes its muscle with two-day walkout this week
Members of the faculty union at the University of Illinois at Chicago are about to make good on their long-developing threat of a walkout. They've called a ministrike.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 2/18: Delorean, Kill Yr Idols, and Camille Claudel 1915
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