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Theater Review
, Jan 16, 2013
Cupcakes bring a man back to life in
American Wee-Pie
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble premieres a new play by Chicago's Lisa Dillman.
by Tony Adler
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Culture Vultures
, Jan 15, 2013
This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Mister Tom Musick, Dollhouse Reading Series, and the Claudettes
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Jeff Semmerling
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Meredith Miller
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Semmerling & Schaefer Mask Studios
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Mister Tom Musick
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Ronnie Kuller
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Dollhouse Reading Series
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Michael Robbins
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Dolly Lemke
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Ryan Spooner
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Poetry Foundation
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Performing Arts Review
, Jan 15, 2013
Recommended
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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Comedy Critic's Choice
, Jan 11, 2013
Recommended
Kurt Braunohler, crash-test romantic
The comic excels at kamikaze relationship advice
by Kevin Warwick
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 9, 2013
Recommended
The
Homeland
in His Head
RE|Dance cofounder Michael Estanich goes back to his Appalachian roots
by Laura Molzahn
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Fiddlers 4
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Theater Review
, Jan 8, 2013
Recommended
Everymotherfucker:
The Motherfucker With the Hat
is about all of us
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play explores human motherfuckingness
by Tony Adler
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Theater Review
, Jan 8, 2013
Rhinoceros? Imposserous—but true. Rhinofest is back
Curious Theatre Branch mounts the 24th annual Rhinofest
by Jena Cutie
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Cornell Woolrich
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Beau O'Reilly
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Paul William Brennan
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Brain Surgeon Theater
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Trash Vortex
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Bruised Orange Theater Company
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Book Review
, Jan 8, 2013
They took the blue pill
Addiction resembles immortality—or is it the other way around?—in Kathryn Born’s dystopian new novel,
The Blue Kind
.
by Jena Cutie
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Fiction
, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013
Four reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Zach Dodson, of Featherproof Books
by Zach Dodson
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, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013: “Isn’t that right, Pete?”
"He slipped or his perch gave way, and down he went. The father climbed down after him, but there was nothing that he or the Coast Guard could do."
by Andrew Hicks
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Fiction
, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013: “LOS”
“When I look out the capsule window all I see is the moon. . . . If I landed where I was supposed to I would be able to see home.”
by J.D. Sommer
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Fiction
, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013: "State Hospital"
"I’ve been making up answers to people's questions about my future. I’ve been showing my breasts to strangers on the Internet."
by Bridget Gamble
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Fiction
, Jan 2, 2013
Fiction Issue 2013: "Conjuring Danny Squires"
"Sometimes, in the twisted wreckage of the car, I could just make out a clump of Danny’s blond hair. I could smell the gasoline."
by Sam Weller
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Comedy Critic's Choice
, Dec 28, 2012
Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.
The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts
by Kevin Warwick
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Rabbit Rabbit
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Puterbaugh Sisterz
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Off Off Broadway
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Stupid Time Machine
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Heavyweight
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Chloe Sevigny's Fanny Pack
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Dec 27, 2012
The Fillet of Solo festival is back
The storytelling fest hits sweet 16, running three weeks
by Niel Spidle
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185 Buddhas
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2nd Story
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EnSolo
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The Kates
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Alicia Solisdrawl
,
Mia McCullough
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Story Club
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Write Club
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Tekki Lomnicki
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Anne Purky
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Sweat Girls
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Art Feature
, Dec 26, 2012
Photo Issue 2012
A collection of reader-submitted images honoring Chicago's quiet-but-worthy moments
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Ashley Marchi
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Bill Guerriero
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Carrie Allen
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Edward Anderson
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Ellie Pritts
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Gabriel X. Michael
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Gene Tenner
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Heather A. Phillips
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Iwona Biedermann
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Jacob Watts
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Garbage
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Tame Impala
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Jeremiah Loren
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East Chicago, Indiana
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John Case
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Dewayne Wise
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Hammond, Indiana
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Buffalo Grove, Illinois
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Katherine Hodges
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Chicago River
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bridges
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Mark Hetzel
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Michael Brantley
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Alex Rios
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Lake Michigan
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Milaukee Avenue
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Blue Line
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Matthew Duff
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Didier Farms
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Michael Ritchie
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Neil Arsenty
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Chicago Music Exchange
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Diversey Harbor
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Performing Arts Feature
, Dec 26, 2012
Eight faves, six stars, and a horror: 2012 in theater
The best productions, beloved artists, and a show more than one
Reader
writer hated
by Tony Adler
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Remy Bumppo Theatre
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Chay Yew
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Sandy ShinnerOedipus el Rey
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Luis Alfaro
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Ameriville
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The Iceman Cometh
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Goodman Theatre
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Robert Falls
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Nathan Lane
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Eugene O'Neill
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Sunday in the Park With George
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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Gary Griffin
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Stephen Sondheim
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James Lapine
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatteè—1884
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The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
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National Theatre of Scotland at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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Black Watch
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Marat/Sade
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Right Brain Project
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Nathan Robbel
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Peter Weiss
,
Enron
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Timeline Theatre
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Lucy Prebble
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Rachel Rockwell
,
Hit the Wall
,
the Inconvenience
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Steppenwolf Theatre's Garage
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Empanada for a Dream
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Yo Solo Festival of Latino Solo Shows
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Juan Francisco Villa
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Marc Grapey
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Arturo Soria
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Melissa Lorraine
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Mark Montgomery
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Calixto Bieito
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Camino Real
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Performing Arts Review
, Dec 26, 2012
Converted to
The Book of Mormon
The musical by
South Park
creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone is as good as they say
by Tony Adler
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Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve
, Dec 21, 2012
New Year's Eve Guide 2012
Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
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The Jackie Wilson Story
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The Marvin Gaye Story
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One Name Only
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Bootlegger's Ball
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Moonshine Brewing Company
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Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular
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Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls
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Chemically Imbalanced Comedy
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
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Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo
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Greenhouse Theater Center
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Nerd Year's Eve
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Star Wars
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
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DANK Haus
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Feuerzangenbowle
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The Poseidon Adventure
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Music Box
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Morseland
,
Slo 'Mo
,
the Whistler
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Time Travel Spectacular
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Elastic
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Messing and the Wisemen
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Antony and the Tramps
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Airborne Toxic Event
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Metro
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Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
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Lincoln Hall
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Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group
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Hideout
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Marked Men Bad Sports
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Empty Bottle
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Wanda Jackson
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Double Door
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Porter Robinson
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Congress Theater
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Beauty Bar
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Hood Internet
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Moon Boots
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Only Children
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The Castle
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Paul Oakenfold
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Evil Olive
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Porn and Chicken
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Funky Buddha Lounge
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The Mid
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The Shrine
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DJ B-Man
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Teedra Moses
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Spy Bar
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Kalendr
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Inphinity
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Gene Farris
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Acadia
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Big Jones
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Blackbird
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Hoppin' John
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Blackbird
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Chef David Posey
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Chilam Balam
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Natalie Oswald
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Deleece
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Due Lire Vino and Cucina
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Fork
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Tim Cottini
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Grass Fed
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Jerry's Andersonville
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Longman and Eagle
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Jared Wentworth
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Mercadito
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Ryan Poli
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Mercat a la Planxa
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Nana
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Park Grill
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People Tapas Lounge
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The Publican
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Brian Huston
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Senza
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Noah Sandoval
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Sepia
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Andrew Zimmerman
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Slurping Turtle
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Godzilla
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Takashi Yagihashi
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SmallBar Division
,
Storefront Company
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Tesori
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Trenchermen
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Yusho
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Matthias Merges
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Zed 451
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Zocalo
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Performing Arts Feature
, Dec 20, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist
"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
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Patrick Henry
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Cooley High
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