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Did the Sun-Times muff on stud?
I've just discovered, to my surprise, that stud isn't a noun whose sexuality is strictly masculine. A broodmare, for instance, is also known as a studmare.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
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More summer concert news: City announces Downtown Sound lineup
The Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events has just announced the lineup for this year's Downtown Sound series, which takes place every Monday evening at 6:30 PM from June 2 through August...
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Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Happy Returns (PDF) - 05.01.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Pundits say presidents who won't lead the country into war have trouble...
Articles in Tuesday’s Tribune and New York Times dwell on President Obama's troubles defending a nonbellicose foreign policy, with the Times saying that the president, while visiting the Philippines,...
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival 2014 (the...
Music headliners at CIMMfest 2014 include Yo La Tengo and Goblin soundtracking Suspiria. by Luca Cimarusti The Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, CIMMfest for short, returns for its...
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Fest 2014
The sixth annual Chicago International Movies & Music Fest rocks on at Logan Theater and Society for Arts by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones, Ben Sachs, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg, Leor Galil and Jonathan...
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Lookingglass's In the Garden is more diorama than drama
Lookingglass Theatre's In the Garden has impressive acting and a terrific staging and that's it. by Jack Helbig The question of what separates good theater from great theater is a vexing one. A...
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Diode Milliampere does chiptune the hard way
Chicago chiptune wizard Diode Milliampere wrings music out of obsolete hardware one command line at a time. by Miles Raymer Diode Milliampere holds an ancient Lenovo laptop up to the camera of a more...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 4/30: Othello, the Encyclopedia Show, and Peter Wolf
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: The Dark Lord of Three Floyds welcomes you
ARTIST: Dan GrzecaSHOW:Dark Lord Day at Three Floyds Brewing on Sat 4/26MORE INFO:dangrzeca.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Silvio Berlusconi, DJ Rashad, and Frank Lloyd Wright?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the city of Chicago's convicted former comptroller has been arrested on the lam in Pakistan? —Mick Dumke•...
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12 O'Clock Track: Driving, organ-stoked cool from Klaus Johann Grobe
I don't hang out in record shops as much as I used to, a state of affairs my wallet doesn't mind. But the flip side of that absence is that I don't as often have the sort of epiphanies I did a few...
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The twilight of Freddy the Beard
Pool legend Freddy the Beard is banking on a new hustle: selling himself. by Aimee Levitt OO.ready(function() { window.player = OO.Player.create('ooyala-player','1neXJnbTpF1_fG3VZgTQHjal222Ggs5o');...
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Hustled by Freddy 'the Beard' Bentivegna
As part of my ongoing education in the psyche of Chicago voters, I agreed to play pool against the legendary Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna, one of the great hustlers of our time. There's a...
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The community behind La Collection, a new mixtape produced by C-Sick
Yesterday a friend recommended I check out "How Hip-Hop Failed Black America," Questlove's weekly series of essays critiquing hip-hop's evolution for Vulture. So far I'm interested in the map the...
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Karen Lewis at the Hideout!
Last month's inaugural edition of First Tuesdays—the Mick & Ben talk show at the Hideout—was so successful that we were thinking of retiring then and there to live off the pension Tim Tuten...
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Forces of the past in Only Lovers Left Alive and Pasolini's Trilogy of Life
In another one of those fortuitous moviegoing coincidences, I recently saw The Canterbury Tales (1972) in the Siskel Center's Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective just after checking out Jim Jarmusch's...
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I'm a boner hobbyist—does that mean I'm bi?
Dan advises guys who wonder if they're really bi/gay/reformed. by Dan Savage Q I've heard your calls for bisexuals to come out to their friends and family, and I think it's a great idea. Here's my...
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Reader's Agenda Thu 5/1: Home Theater Festival, Found Footage Festival, and...
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