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Reader's Agenda Wed 4/16: Riff Raff, the Nexus Project, and Anna Blessing
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Gig poster of the week: Everyone is hungry for records this weekend...
ARTIST: Chema SkandalSHOW: Record Store Day at Bric-a-Brac on Sat 4/19MORE INFO:chemaskandal.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Writers Theatre does The Dance of Death
It's practically impossible to miss the parallels between August Strindberg's The Dance of Death and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf—and somebody's sure to point them out to you if by...
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End of the road for The Red Road?
The Red Road, or "Chanku Luta," is a (mostly) Lakota belief in a "right path"—a kind of code of conduct that's difficult to define, let alone adhere to. Its purported to have lent its name to The Red...
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Did you read about guns, the Red Line, and newspaper reporters?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That researchers from Northwestern and Princeton have found that the U.S. is an oligarchy? ("Economic elites and...
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Laugh along with Job in The Way West
In The Way West, Steppenwolf satirizes (and sings about) manifest destiny and the American dream. by Tony Adler Meesh: Why would you say that to her? Manda: It's the truth.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Where I Am,' a soulful country-bluegrass gem from Chris Jones
Last year bluegrass singer and guitarist Chris Jones released Lonely Comes Easy (Rebel), the first album of new recordings he'd made with his band the Night Drivers in four years. Jones, who along with...
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Best of Chicago 2014 voting is now open!
Instead of a foot of snow and a straight week of below-zero temperatures, it snowed about an inch a couple days ago and dropped down into the low 30s—which means it's officially springtime in Chicago!...
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Say good-bye to tax season with the Guys' debut mixtape
Tax day has gone and with it went whatever anxiety came with crunching numbers on a year's worth of finances. Now's a pretty good time to take a moment and celebrate getting past that hump, right?…[...
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From Mamma Roma to Mamma Alien
A few days after I watched Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin for work, I revisited Mamma Roma (1962) at the Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective currently underway at the Gene Siskel Film Center. I found...
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Mayor Rahm's TIF reform with strings attached
Around the time Mayor Emanuel was unveiling his latest TIF reform, I started getting calls from exasperated teachers and parents about the games being played with the mayor's last TIF reform. Which...
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Handling your boyfriend's jealous assholery
Dan on taming an asshole of a jealous boyfriend, being enough of a man (but not a woman), and recalibrating a ho-hum life in the bedroom. by Dan Savage Q I'm a 26-year-old girl, and my boyfriend is...
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Cave Dwellers
The Cave Dwellers never opened for the Beatles—but they did release a ripping single that still sounds great today. by Plastic Crimewave[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Reader's Agenda Thu 4/17: Follow the Reader, Thom Andersen, and Dim Lighting
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Did you read about Edward Snowden, Jameis Winston, and juggalos?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• What happened when Edward Snowden Skyped in to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about his own surveillance...
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12 O'Clock Track: Local punk outfit Harebrain takes a swig in 'Block the Sun'
Every so often I'll fall for a song because of a short, inexplicable moment that's not written into the fabric of the tune—it could be a mistake or a genuine reaction to what's going on that's been...
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Cubs zero in on last; White Sox walk their way out of first
The Cubs played a doubleheader in Yankee Stadium yesterday, all for naught. Eighteen naughts.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Cocktail Challenge: Smoke
Challenged with smoke, Cayce Key of Big Star eschews the traditional smoky spirits. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Best shows to see: John Cale, Kid Sister, Eric Carbonara, Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio
On Saturday there's plenty of opportunity to catch a lot of great performances for free thanks to Record Store Day—check out the Reader's RSD listings to fill your afternoon with live music. There are...
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Wedding Dress celebrates the release of its first seven-inch tomorrow night
About two years ago, Maps & Atlases guitarist Erin Elders showed me a handful of songs he'd been working on with his new band Wedding Dress, an indie-rock side project that had come to fruition...
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