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Dan visits Centenary College of Louisiana and answers questions about open relationships, sperm allergies, and perfect penis percentages. by Dan Savage Readers: A crowd of smart, engaged students...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 3/27: The Jesus Lizard Book, Earth and Mark McGuire, and...
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Street View 177: On a new level
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Have you ever seen a bunch of cool people hanging out by that dingy furniture shop on...
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Best shows to see: Carsick Cars, Redgrave, Rich Halley 4
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Did you read about Crimea, college football, and Fleetwood Mac?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Chicago is considering suspending its Sister City agreement with Moscow until Russia withdraws its troops...
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12 O'Clock Track: Celebrate the life of late Gwar front man Dave Brockie with...
I first heard that Gwar front man and founder Dave Brockie had died late Sunday night via handfuls of comments from fans on Twitter shocked about the then-unconfirmed news that the man better known as...
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Ono celebrates the release of Diegesis this weekend
Local art-rock collective Ono, a band that formed in the early 80s and was resurrected from a long dormancy a few years ago, released Albino on Moniker Records in late 2012. The band's first recordings...
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Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are funny broads
I first became aquainted with Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson about a year ago when I stumbled across their web series, Broad City, and it was love at first sight. The online premiere is only two...
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Coming soon: The worthwhile provocation It Felt Like Love
Returning to the subject of worthwhile art movies with unpromising titles, tomorrow Facets begins a weeklong run of a new American indie called It Felt Like Love. With regards to the title, I suspect...
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A sad day for sandwiches at Bergstein's NY Deli
These are dark days for the American delicatessen, or so goes the conventional wisdom. In truth, they've never been particularly good in Chicago in the first place, where even a Brendan Sodikoff "deli"...
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Armed to the teeth and led by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Renegade DEA agents begin mysteriously dying off in David Ayer's brutal actioner Sabotage. by J.R. Jones No one makes cop movies like David Ayer. Born in Champaign but raised on the streets of LA's...
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Chef Lee Wolen reboots Boka
The decade-old restaurant and flagship of the Boka group maintains its relevance. by Mike Sula I've used up a lot of words describing the dissatisfying state of ramen in this city. So it's somewhat...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 3/28: Jodorowsky's Dune, Amy Schumer, and Carsick Cars
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Heathers, The Leopard, 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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Chicago in the future, the underground in Chicago, and the rest of this...
Doc Films didn't release their spring calendar until after we went to press, so we couldn't list in our print edition what they're showing next week. But it's a fine program, and the opening week is...
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Did you read about World Theatre Day, the history of the self-portrait, and BP?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• Or see that yesterday was World Theatre Day, and South African artist Brett Bailey prepared a video message for...
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12 O'Clock Track: "Chip Taylor Nitemare" is catchy psych-punk from Indianapolis
I've commented in the past about Indianapolis's unexpectedly amazing underground scene, and on a recent visit there, on my way to SXSW, I was again reminded of how great the city's bands really are....
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Masterful hybrid sounds from percussionist Dan Weiss
For close to a decade Dan Weiss has been one of the more interesting and reliable percussionists on the New York jazz scene, a team player with an excellent sound and a steady curiosity. He's also a...
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MC Tree could collaborate with a Seattle production duo—with a little help...
There are so many musicians soliciting money from fans through crowd-funding sites that some of the luster has worn off. These days artists flocking to Kickstarter or Indiegogo for cash flow have to...
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Wrigley Field has always been better than the team that plays there
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