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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 21, 2012
Book review: Zombie, Illinois

Chicago gets overrun by the undead in Scott Kenemore's latest zombie novel
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Books, Arts, Zombie, Illinois, Scott Kenemore, Skyhorse Publishing, walking dead, undead, Ben Joravsky

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 10, 2012
It happened last night: CTU goes on strike

School's out for . . . well, we're not sure exactly
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Education, Politics, News, CTU, strike, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, Ben Joravsky

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 13, 2012
All week long, the Bleader gets a lo-botany

For this week's Variations on a Theme, we dig through all things botanical
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Science, Botany Week, Variations on a Theme, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, grow house, botany, Olympian Week, Chicago Botanic Garden, Garfield Park Conservatory, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Morton Arboretum

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 4, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 8/4

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 4, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Eccentric Roadside Art, The Intuit museum, Dvorak Park, We R Hip Hop, Legit, Scheme, Boi Jeanius, The Playground for People Who Think, College of Complexes, Lincoln Restaurant, Ben Joravsky

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2012
Turning my office inside-out

Sifting trough 15 years of trash and treasure.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Moving Week, Film, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, Seed of Chucky, Backstabbers, Ben Joravsky, Richard Lindberg. Paul Newey, Cook County State’s Attorney, Summerdale Scandal, American Type Founders, Art Jones, Linotype, Chicago Journal of Commerce, Wall Street Journal, Heinz, Kitry Krause, Pat Graham, Warner Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, The Informant, moving week, movies, Moving Week, Variations on a Theme

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Best of Chicago, City Life, Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Journalist

Chuck Mertz, WNUR 89.3
- Tags: City Life, WNUR, Chuck Mertz, Ben Joravsky, Readers' Poll

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Blogs, Bleader, May 28, 2012
What does "alternative" mean anymore?

When does an alternative form of culture stop being alternative?
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: No Alternative Week, alternative culture, Chicago Reader, Sun-Times Media, Robert Feder, Time Out Chicago, Mara Shalhoup, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Steve Bogira, Mike Sula, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, Chicago newspapers, Chicago media, Variations on a Theme

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Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
Reader grabbed in multimillion-dollar deal

On the megapurchase of a great alternative newspaper
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: $$$, Media, News, Chicago Reader, Wrapports LLC, Chicago Sun-Times, TIF, Ben Joravsky, Weight Watchers, Jessica Simpson, Harold Gibson, Illinois lottery, Jennifer Hudson, White Castle, sliders, Adam Dunn

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News & Features, Feature, Mar 28, 2012
The puzzler and the puzzled

In which our writer searches through, down, and across the history of crosswords for clues on constructing his own
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Feature, crosswords, crossword puzzles, Ben Tausig, Inkwell, New Yorker, Margaret Petherbridge, Margaret Farrar, Simon & Schuster, Stanley Newman, cruciverbalism, Marc Romano, Crossworld, Talk of the Town, prohibition, Will Shortz, Will Weng, Eugene T. Maleska, new wave, Crossworder's Own Newsletter, Elizabeth Bishop, One Art, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Matt Gaffney, Gridlock, American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, Brian Eno, Shortz Factor, scumbag, illin', Bill Clinton, Jon Stewart, Julieanne Smolinski, Ben Joravsky, Martha Stewart, M Diddy, Genghis Khan, chow chow, assface

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 29, 2012
Leap Day revisited

Down the memory hole
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Media, Clout City, Leap Day, leap year, New York Times, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, William F. Buckley, The Sopranos, Phil Leotardo, Big Pussy, Alex Pareene, Saul Alinsky, John Kerry, Reuters, Barbara Goldberg, Ben Joravsky, Reader to Reader

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 23, 2012
In this week's Reader: For the love of pinball

What's in the February 23, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Miles Raymer, Stern pinball, pinball, Michael Miner, sports journalists, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, United Neighborhood Organization, UNO, charter schools, Juan Rangel, You Are Here, Chicagoans, Melineh Kano, refugee, Refugee One, Show Us Your, Josh Garrett, home brewery, Zoom In, Avondale, Bright Smile Dental, Savage Love, Mormons

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 20, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Protest Week

This week's edition of "Variations on a Theme": Protest Week
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Protest Week, Politics, Behind Our Scenes, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Protest Week, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, NATO, G8

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 16, 2012
In this week's Reader: Your NATO/G8 primer

What's in the February 16, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Politics, Behind Our Scenes, Clout City, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, NATO, G8, Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Cultural Plan, You Are Here, Chicagoans, Aldo Marin, funeral director, Show Us Your, Transformers, Zoom In, Morton Salt Company, umbrella girl, Savage Love, Alaska

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 2, 2012
Mick Dumke wins Studs Terkel Award

The Reader's Mick Dumke wins a Studs Terkel Award
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Mick Dumke, Chicago Reader, Community Media Workshop, Maria Hinojosa, Chip Mitchell, National Public Radio, WBEZ, Thom Clark, Ben Joravsky, John Conroy, Kari Lydersen

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 2, 2012
In this week's Reader: Towering ambition

What's in the February 2, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Deanna Isaacs, Roosevelt University, Ben Joravsky, Mary Dempsey, Stephanie Kuhr, Lake View, Schlitz, Neil Gale, Chicago Postcard Museum, Savage Love, domination

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 29, 2012
The past week on the Bleader

Some highlights from the past week on the Bleader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, alderman week, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Kate Schmidt, Steve Bogira, Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Logan Square, ethnic 78s, Claire Chase, Chief Keef, Mike Sula, pickled garlic, manhattan, doughnuts

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2012
In this week's Reader: The making of an alderman

What's in the January 19, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, You Are Here, Loretta Bartolini, mathematics, Malort, Eric Leonardson, Show Us Your, springboard, zoom in, River West, Richard's Bar, hard-boiled eggs, Savage Love

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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, March 4, 2013.

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The 1 percent solution to journalism's woes

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A new edition of Gary Rivlin's chronicle of the Harold Washington years, Fire on the Prairie

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Chicago gets overrun by the undead in Scott Kenemore's latest zombie novel

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School's out for . . . well, we're not sure exactly

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For this week's Variations on a Theme, we dig through all things botanical

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What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 4, 2012

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Sifting trough 15 years of trash and treasure.

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Chuck Mertz, WNUR 89.3

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When does an alternative form of culture stop being alternative?

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On the megapurchase of a great alternative newspaper

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In which our writer searches through, down, and across the history of crosswords for clues on constructing his own

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Down the memory hole

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What's in the February 23, 2012 issue of the Reader

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This week's edition of "Variations on a Theme": Protest Week

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What's in the February 16, 2012 issue of the Reader

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The Reader's Mick Dumke wins a Studs Terkel Award

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Some highlights from the past week on the Bleader

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What's in the January 19, 2012 issue of the Reader