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A few more tales from the amazing life of Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber, the 102-year-old photographer whose work goes on display this Sunday at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, has had an amazing life. Some of it has been described in a...
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Did you read about Wall Street, Pussy Riot, and Lil Herb?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:That "if the scientists are right, we may have to change the way we think about tackling violence and crime"? —Mara...
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South-side legislator joins the fight for community schools—right before the...
In south-side legislative race, charges fly over who's the real schools advocate. by Ben Joravsky I've been around Chicago long enough to realize that if you want an accurate account of how our...
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12 O'Clock Track: That Nick Cave song that was in The X-Files
Thanks to Netflix, I've been pretty immersed in the brilliant, creepy, and amusingly self-aware 90s TV series The X-Files. I watched some of season two and all of seasons three and four when it was...
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Fact checking should begin at home
The mistakes journalists make that actually bother us—as distinct from the "mistakes" that incite readers to curse our names and demand our heads—are simple things: a faulty statistic, a date a year...
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Logical Connections (PDF) - 02.20.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Double your pleasure: A Two Piece Fest Midwest primer
On the surface Two Piece Fest Midwest looks like it's been designed to appeal to music fans with a thing for numbers. The daylong DIY event is a celebration of bands with only two members, and it takes...
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Beck's half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews
Ten Reader writers review 16 records, including Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, and more. by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tal...
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An interview with silent-film accompanist David Drazin (part one)
David Drazin has been playing piano at silent-film screenings in Chicago for almost 30 years. If you've seen a silent movie in the city (outside of the Music Box, that is, where Dennis Scott is the...
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Street View 167: Winter-proof girlie plaid
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Yes, it's cold, but Dulce shows low temperatures don't have to equal sloppy looks. She...
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Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" lives up to its name
Since January 29, the most popular song in the country has been Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J. Considering the amount of shake-up happening in the upper reaches of the Hot 100, it's an...
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I'm pretty sure the Canadian and U.S. hockey teams have different coaches
When I was a kid in Canada I spotted a mention in the local paper of a high school basketball game with a twist: one of the coaches couldn't make it, so both teams had to be coached by the same guy....
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Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College
Inspired by water bottles, capoeira, and Looney Tunes, Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College. by Jena Cutie Columbia College continues its hip-hop crush this week...
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In Secret: Hidden passions, murderous intent
Elizabeth Olsen stars in the heavy-breathing Zola adaptation In Secret. by J.R. Jones This haunting adaptation of Emile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin (1867) has good performances from Oscar Isaac...
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The Wind Rises: On a higher plane
Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises considers a man who saw the beauty in war. by Ben Sachs With The Wind Rises, animator Hayao Miyazaki paints an empathetic portrait of Jiro Horikoshi, the aeronautical...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 2/19: Hot Chocolate Crawl, Together Pangea, and Drinks +...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Gig poster of the week: Native's getting black-and-white
ARTIST: Harrison HickokSHOW: Native, Mans, Brighter Arrows, and Nightshift at Township on Sat 2/15MORE INFO:flickr.com/hnama[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Bad chicken illness leads to "good food" movie
When Jeff and Jennifer Spitz's son got sick from eating contaminated processed chicken, the first thing they did was spend more than a month growing increasingly frustrated and scared as he fought the...
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Did you read about PacSun, Bruce Rauner, and the NSA?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Cook County lost thousands of highly paid, well-educated residents between 2007 and 2011? —Steve Bogira• That...
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