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Christina Perri does Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey's place in the pop firmament has been ambiguous from the start. At the beginning people argued about her relevancy and authenticity, whether she was a legitimate artist working within the...
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A conversation with Uruguayan filmmaker Daniela Speranza (part one)
As I wrote last Thursday, I'm an admirer of recent Uruguayan cinema in general and Daniela Speranza's Rambleras in particular. A wise, generous, and visually stunning comedy about overcoming life's...
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Mayor's friend could profit from hotel built with taxpayers' money
Kenneth Griffin, whose firm invested in Marriott, is a top Emanuel donor who could profit from a hotel built with taxpayers' money. by Ben Joravsky and David Sirota This piece was reported in...
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Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Square Meal (PDF) - 04.10.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Gossip Wolf: Help for two former Chicagoans caught in the SXSW hit-and-run
Help for two former Chicagoans caught in the SXSW hit-and-run, new music from the Lemons, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil On March 13 at South by Southwest, a drunk driver plowed through a...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 4/9: "Geometric," Black Playwrights Festival, and Wu Man
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Gig poster of the week: Sleepy Sun's superpowers
ARTIST: Mathias ValdezSHOW: Sleepy Sun and Supercell Mothership at Schubas on Mon 3/10MORE INFO:lastleafprinting.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The Nexus Project present an audience-interactive dance staged amid an art...
Male duo the Nexus Project is back with their first collaboration since an inaugural program last November. Staged in the gallery at the Chicago Artists Coalition as part of the "Moving Canvas" series,...
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Did you read about Manischewitz, Malort, and millionaires?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the mass stabbing at a Pennsylvania high school? —Gwynedd Stuart• That Danny Davis, Jan Schakowsky, and...
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A play about a stand-up of ambiguous sexuality ends up prisoner to its premise
Brahamn/I, Aditi Brennan Kapil's play about a stand-up of ambiguous sexuality, ends up prisoner to its premise. by Tony Adler The title character of Aditi Brennan Kapil's Brahman/I is a stand-up comic...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Lies to Live By,' a lost classic from a young Jim Jarmusch
Coming soon there's a new Jim Jarmusch film called Kissing Vampires, starring Tilda Swinton, and I can't wait to see it—c'mon, a Jarmusch vampire movie with Tilda Swinton? When I think of Jarmusch I...
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A conversation with Uruguayan filmmaker Daniela Speranza (part two)
In the first part of my conversation with Daniela Speranza, the Uruguayan writer-director explained that it took ten years to complete her recent feature Rambleras (which had its local premiere last...
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MMA's only out transgender pro lets her guard down
MMA's only out transgender pro Fallon Fox is a devastating force in the ring and when she's advocating for trans rights. by Deanna Isaacs When the second annual national honor roll of transgender...
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Chicago's trans advocates, from celebs to social workers
These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people. by Jake Malooley During a March 30 ceremony at Rogers Park's Mayne Stage, activists from across the...
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Never mind the cover art, listen to Leather Corduroys' new EP
A couple nights ago Nicki Minaj dropped a new track called "Chi-Raq," and the tune feels a little like it was packaged for people who download anything and everything related to new rap in Chicago—not...
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Pension accountability, Chicago style
To read the self-congratulatory remarks uttered by many of our most prominent elected officials, you'd think they really did something courageous yesterday, when the General Assembly passed Mayor...
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Paying for sex as geezerdom looms
Dan on paying for sex as geezerdom sets in, leading on a fortysomething you find unfuckable, and the etiquette of thrill seeking. by Dan Savage Q I'm an old guy, fast approaching geezerdom. After 45...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 4/10: Words + Music, Everything Is Terrible!, and Juana...
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Gefilte fish is an endangered species this Passover
Tuesday Monday night marks the beginning of Passover, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the exodus from Egypt with a superlong meal interspersed with responsive readings and songs and the consumption...
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