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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Alderman Moreno begins his career in the City Council with a fundraiser

He hasn't been sworn in yet, but Proco newly appointed alderman of the First Ward is headlining a fundraiser.
- by Hunter Clauss
- Tags: Manny Flores, Joe “Proco” Moreno, Jesse Ruben Juarez, First Ward, fundraiser, Joseph Berrios, Toni Preckwinkle, John Fritchey, Mayor Richard M. Daley

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Theatre Building Chicago Update

Theatre Building Chicago deal confirmed.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Theatre Building Chicago, Lukaba Productions, Laura Michaud

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
This Week's Musicsplosion

Have you noticed all the great music content in the new Reader? Here, let me help you.
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Sanford Parker, Dillinger Escape Plan, Sharp Darts, interlink, Gossip Wolf, Cosmo Lee, Sam McPheeters

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
3/20— Free Workshop on Spinal Health

Dr. Kenneth Weber offers tips on good back health Sat 3/20 2 PM at Ravenswood Chiropractic & Wellness Center.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Dr. Kenneth Weber, Ravenswood Chiropractic and Wellness Center, spinal health, Chicago Back School, back, pain, wellness

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
SXSW Report: Day One, Part Two

Mac and Laura of Superchunk serve 16.
- by Jessica Hopper
- Tags: Superchunk, Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Our Noise, Merge Records, SXSW, Austin

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Interview With the Vampire

Kim Fowley on Kim Fowley
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Kim Fowley, the Runaways, rock music

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Mural Painting at Open Books

artists Geoff Bevington and Phil Yeh paint a mural at Open Books
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Geoff Bevington, Phil Yeh, Steve the Dog & the Winged Tiger, Open Books

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable films in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Paul Greengrass, Green Zone, Universal Pictures, European Union Film Festival, Dogtooth, Just Anybody, Lourdes, Rembrandt's J'Accuse, A Year Ago in Winter, Helsinki Forever, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jennifer Aniston, Bounty Hunter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jonathan Demme, Neil Young Trunk Show, Nick Nolte No Exit, Repo Men, Runaways movie, She's Out of My League, Joseph H. Lewis, Gun Crazy, Gene Siskel Film Center, Paul Brickman, Risky Business, Music Box, Fritz Lang, Secret Beyond the Door, Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues, Bezazian Branch Library, Bank of America Cinema, God's Little Acre, Erskine Caldwell, Anthony Mann, Winchester 73, Bend of the River, Naked Spur, Man From Laramie, Man of the West, Jack Lord, Hawaii Five-O, Tina Louise, Gilligan's Island, Vic Morrow, Michael Landon, Little House on the Prairie, Robert Ryan, United Artists, film festivals, movies

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Meet Mr. Green
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Illinois Green Party, Rich Whitney, Phil Huckelberry

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
3/18— Free Artists at Work Forum

Tonight 3/18 at 6 PM, the Chicago Cultural Center hosts "Domestic Studio," a talk about making art at home.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Chicago, Gallery 400, Jason Lazarus, Georgina Valverde, Brian Kapernekas, Lorelei Stewart, Domestic Studio

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

National Corndog Day, the Maple Syrup Festival, Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, and more.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: National Corndog Day, Wiener and Still Champion, Outstanding in the Field, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow, Ben Pao, Wok This Way: Chinese Cooking Demystified, Maple Syrup Festival, North Park Village Nature Center, World Water Week, Tap Project, UNICEF, Chicago Chef Week, Free Cone Day, Ben & Jerry's, Culinary Conversations With Food Women, Chicago's Downtown Farmstand

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
SXSW Report: Day One, Part One

MNDR at SXSW
- by Jessica Hopper
- Tags: MNDR, Amanda Warner, SXSW, South by Southwest, techno, Austin

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
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25 Carat

The Barcelona romantic crime thriller "25 Carat" screens Sunday 3/21 and Thursday 3/25 in the European Union Film Festival.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Barcelona, Spain, thriller, Gene Siskel, Film Center, European Union, Film Festival, 25 Carat, 25 Kilates, Paxti Amezcu, Aida Folch, Francesc Garrido, Marty Rubin

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
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Brazilian Invasion

A relative deluge of Brazilian music hits Chicago.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Brazilian music, Gilberto Gil, Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda, Ceu, Lulina, Sylvia Patricia

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Dengue Fever, the Dutchess & the Duke, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, and Three 6 Mafia.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Early Warnings, Empty Bottle, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago Blues Festival, Iron Maiden, Black Joe Lewis, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quintron, the Dutchess and the Duke, Kings of Leon, Three 6 Mafia, Dengue Fever, Downtown Sound

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Wide Right Signs & the River Cottages

Two of the best local sites I've found in awhile.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Wide Right Turn, Daniel X. O'Neil, Harry Weese, River Cottages, BLUEPRINT: Chicago, Caroline Nye, Caroline Stevens, CAF

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
Morning Art: Damon Locks

Part of "The Invisible City," on display at Heaven Gallery
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: The Invisible City, Heaven Gallery, Damon Locks

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Blogs, The Blog, Mar 18, 2010
An Artist Suffers

A.E. Eyre says the half-million dollars donated to light verse should have gone to him.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: A.E. Eyre, Chicago Reader, Light Quarterly, Up in the Air, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker

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Music, Music Feature, Mar 18, 2010
Two Turntables, Hold the Microphone

Five new online mixes chart the evolution of the hip-hop beat into a freestanding art form.
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: J Dilla, DJ Muggs, Flying Lotus, RAS G, Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program, BTS Radio Live Set #001, Sun Ra, King Tubby, Aphex Twin, Shlohmo, BBC Radio 1, Mary Anne Hobbs, Cali-kush, purple, drum 'n' bass, Joker, dubstep, Portishead, Massive Attack, Gemmy, Sacha Orenstein, All Your Bass Are Belong to Us Vol. 1, Soundcloud, Son Raw, Dutty Artz, neocumbia, We Are Experiencing Turbulence, Filastine, DJ/Rupture, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Matt Shadetek, Modeselektor

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Movies, Movie Sidebar, Mar 18, 2010
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European Union Film Festival

Featuring Dogtooth, Lourdes, Helsinki, Forever, and more
- by J.R. Jones, Cliff Doerksen, and Fred Camper
- Tags: Gene Siskel Film Center, European Union Film Festival, Dogtooth, Helsinki, Forever, Just Anybody, Lourdes, Rembrandt's J'Accuse, A Year Ago in Winter

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He hasn't been sworn in yet, but Proco newly appointed alderman of the First Ward is headlining a fundraiser.

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Theatre Building Chicago deal confirmed.

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Have you noticed all the great music content in the new Reader? Here, let me help you.

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Dr. Kenneth Weber offers tips on good back health Sat 3/20 2 PM at Ravenswood Chiropractic & Wellness Center.

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Mac and Laura of Superchunk serve 16.

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Kim Fowley on Kim Fowley

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artists Geoff Bevington and Phil Yeh paint a mural at Open Books

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New reviews and notable films in this week's issue.

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Tonight 3/18 at 6 PM, the Chicago Cultural Center hosts "Domestic Studio," a talk about making art at home.

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National Corndog Day, the Maple Syrup Festival, Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, and more.

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MNDR at SXSW

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The Barcelona romantic crime thriller "25 Carat" screens Sunday 3/21 and Thursday 3/25 in the European Union Film Festival.

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A relative deluge of Brazilian music hits Chicago.

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This week's Early Warnings include Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Dengue Fever, the Dutchess & the Duke, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, and Three 6 Mafia.

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Two of the best local sites I've found in awhile.

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Part of "The Invisible City," on display at Heaven Gallery

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A.E. Eyre says the half-million dollars donated to light verse should have gone to him.

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Five new online mixes chart the evolution of the hip-hop beat into a freestanding art form.

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Featuring Dogtooth, Lourdes, Helsinki, Forever, and more

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