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Real world: Ivory Coast
For Jean Rouch’s quasi-documentary
Moi, un Noir
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by Ben Sachs
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Western swing
Phil Karlson's politically minded films pushed the genre leftward.
by Drew Hunt
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, Jan 15, 2013
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The Dance COLEctive under pressure
In "Free/Bound," Margi Cole and company deal with difficulties formal, emotional, and environmental.
by Laura Molzahn
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, Jan 11, 2013
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Kurt Braunohler, crash-test romantic
The comic excels at kamikaze relationship advice
by Kevin Warwick
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, Jan 11, 2013
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Till Death Do Us Part
In Michael Haneke's
Amour
, a husband and wife face their last days together
by J.R. Jones
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 9, 2013
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RE|Dance cofounder Michael Estanich goes back to his Appalachian roots
by Laura Molzahn
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, Jan 8, 2013
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Everymotherfucker:
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Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play explores human motherfuckingness
by Tony Adler
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, Jan 7, 2013
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Reno is more than just a miracle bagel
Logan Square pizza and bagel place, from the team behind Telegraph Wine Bar, excels at breakfast, lunch, and dinner
by Mike Sula
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, Dec 28, 2012
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Exciting fusion at Fat Rice
Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo's homey Logan Square restaurant harmonizes the food of Portugal and its former colonies
by Mike Sula
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, Dec 12, 2012
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Senegalese soul food shines at Badou
The west side meets West Africa (with some Mississippi Delta thrown in) at Badou Diakhate's eponymous restaurant
by Mike Sula
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Chez Violette
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, Nov 21, 2012
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Dongbei rising
Homestyle Taste delivers the undersung food of northeast China
by Mike Sula
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Aiken Zhou
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, Oct 31, 2012
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Into the woods, darkly, at Elizabeth
Iliana Regan's Elizabeth Restaurant is the setting for a delicious, sometimes eerie fairy tale
by Mike Sula
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Rene Redzepi
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Magnus Nilsson
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Trio
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Schwa
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, Oct 24, 2012
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Andy's Thai Kitchen: sweet, hot, and funky
Andy Aroonrasameruang, formerly of TAC Quick, continues to make uncompromising Thai food accessible
by Mike Sula
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, Oct 3, 2012
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Masaki dreams of Michelin
This tiny Streeterville sushi spot has big ambitions it might just realize
by Mike Sula
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, Sep 26, 2012
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Steak superfluity at Bavette's Bar & Boeuf
Don't spend valuable digestive real estate on the boeuf at Brendan Sodikoff's new restaurant when everything else is so good
by Mike Sula
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Maude's Liquor Bar
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, Aug 22, 2012
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Study in contrasts
Brothers Pat and Mike Sheerin excel at the unusual and conceptual at Trenchermen
by Mike Sula
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, Jul 11, 2012
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The return of Nella Grassano
Let's hope the esteemed pizzaiola's third try lasts awhile at Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana
by Mike Sula
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Big Bricks
,
Roots Handmade Pizza
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Coal Fire Pizza
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Great Lake Pizza
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, Jul 3, 2012
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Scofflaw creates the perfect square
Gin joint and underpriced small plates help complete Logan Square’s craft cocktail scene
by Mara Shalhoup
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Longman & Eagle
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Logan Square
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Mickey Neely
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, Jun 13, 2012
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Modernist dining and daring cocktails at Andersonville's Premise
The neighborhood lost a great hangout when In Fine Spirits closed. But it gained something just as good.
by Mike Sula
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Michael Roeper
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Nick Zarzour
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Natalie Zarzour
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Pasticceria Natalina
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Nick Lessins
,
Lydia Esparza
,
Great Lake
,
Paul Fehribach
,
Big Jones
,
In Fine Spirits
,
Ben Schiller
,
BOKA Group
,
Marianne Sundquist
,
Brian Runge
,
El Ideas
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Goosefoot
,
Acadia
,
chorizo espuma
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, Jun 6, 2012
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Philly redeemed at Monti's
Hard-to-find spot off Lawrence does right by the ignoble cheesesteak
by Mike Sula
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