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Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Converse Shoes (PDF) - 04.24.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Making vintage Planter's Punch . . . with a slight twist
Since receiving a copy of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails as a gift a few years ago, I've leafed through it several times, always getting drawn into Ted Haigh's detailed explanations of the...
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Further thoughts on recent movies that confront the exploitation of children
In reviewing titles for the upcoming Chicago International Music and Movies Festival, I recently watched the documentary 9 Muses of Star Empire, a behind-the-scenes look at a Korean girl group called...
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How to survive the Chicago apocalypse
A few Sundays ago I took a break from sorting and labeling canned goods under the floorboards of my Rogers Park condo, watering a variety of heirloom seeds in my urban window garden, and killing and...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 4/25: C2E2, Sean Flannery, and Behemoth
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Y Tu Mama Tambien, Katyn, 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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I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created, and the...
You're always taking a chance when you publish a review of a movie four weeks after it's opened—you may find out too late that, when the review hits the street, the movie has just closed. But given the...
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In The Broken Road, Patrick Leigh Fermor's epic journey finally comes to an end
In 1933, expelled from school and having nothing better to do, Patrick Leigh Fermor, an 18-year-old Englishman, set off from London determined to walk across Europe from "the hook of Holland" to...
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Did you read about Chicagoland, William Faulkner, and Sammy Sosa?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the mayor's office collaborated with the producers of CNN's Chicagoland to ensure Rahm wouldn't look bad?...
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Our Blood' is brand-new noisy industrial from New York's...
Two of New York's best noise-rock dudes have recently come together to form Uniform, a brand new industrial harsh-noise project, and the results are incredible. The duo is Ben Greenberg, formerly of...
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Local Foods finds a new home for its vision of a locavore future
"There are things that are like Match.com for farmers, to connect them with restaurants," says Andrew Lutsey, founder of Local Foods Grocer & Distributor, a start-up distributor for, well, locally...
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This is the end for Arby's (the DIY space, not the fast-food chain)
If you've lived in Chicago for more than a few years and go to DIY shows with any regularity there's a good chance you've seen at least a few venues close up shop just as quickly as they popped up....
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Recently discovered vintage Chicago bebop from George Davis
Corbett vs. Dempsey, the record label operated by the owners of the West Town art gallery of the same, tends to focus on rigorous improvised music and free jazz, but a new release presents a wonderful...
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Veteran state rep: Mayor Emanuel has failed us and police chief McCarthy must go
State rep Ken Dunkin says he's had enough and so have his constituents. "After three years now, this mayor and this so-called chief of police can't figure out what the hell to do," he says.…[ Read more...
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It's a big month for Chicago microcinemas
It's another busy week for the Noble Square microcinema the Nightingale, with four separate events planned between tonight and next Friday. This evening at 8 PM Tim Kinsella will commemorate the...
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The underground goes Uptown at 42 Grams
Former underground chef Jake Bickelhaupt steps into the spotlight with the Uptown fine-dining restaurant 42 Grams. by Mike Sula The sort of habitual restaurant-going folk who rarely venture out of the...
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Let's drive the elites out of our elite colleges
Op-ed columns are written to rock our world. The authors clearly believe they're delivering insights that—if properly attended to—will open the eyes of all decent people and change the course of...
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Mayor Rahm doles out $60 million in TIF funds to build Barack Obama high school
Just in case anyone forgot who really runs things in this town, the Sun-Times appeared on my front porch on Wednesday—hand delivered, as always—with a picture of a recent gathering at Gibsons...
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Zoom in: Andersonville
Andersonville's iconic water tank languishes in the Swedish American Museum parking lot. by Jake Malooley When the Swedish American Museum's leaky water tank had to be removed from the institution's...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 4/26: Group 312, Prom9, and Bobby Rush
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