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Jim DeRogatis Leaves the Sun-Times for Vocalo
Jim DeRogatis leaves the Sun-Times for Vocalo and Columbia College
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, Feb 11, 2010
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Mon Oncle
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Joe Meno and Mark Caro: 2009 Great Lakes Book Award winners
Mark Caro and Joe Meno have won top honors this year from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association.
by Jerome Ludwig
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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Coop: A Year of Poultry
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Pigs
,
and Parenting
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Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
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Spike Carlsen
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A Splintered History of Wood: Belt-Sander Races
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Blind Woodworkers
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and Baseball Bats
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The Schubas Empire? Step One
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, Jun 18, 2009
This week's food and drink events
An underground fund-raiser, a Father's Day pig roast, the first culinary bike tour by Fork and the Road, an absinthe tasting, and more.
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, Feb 27, 2009
Happens to the best of us
Don't get your hopes up for an all-Azita revue on Monday, no matter what Greg Kot says.
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, Nov 20, 2008
Somehow he gets even whinier
Billy Corgan takes on his fans in Chicago.
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, Jan 16, 2008
Bourdain on Sound Opinions
Early warning: Anthony Bourdain will be featured on WBEZ's Sound Opinions next Friday.
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, May 14, 2007
Sky Blue Sky: Not Exactly Live
Greg Kot gets a basic recording fact wrong.
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, Jan 10, 2007
Sound Opinions live on stage
The rock talk show Sound Opinions hits the stage at the Chicago Cultural Center.
by Peter Margasak
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