- Galleries & Museums, Art Review, Apr 26, 2013
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Sanford Biggers manifests a new destiny with Ago
Using quilts and a riot of cultural references, the artist rewrites the history of the Underground Railroad.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Mar 21, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Jim Cuomo
This saxophonist and composer played experimental psych with Spoils of War and acid folk with Mormos, and now writes for a brass band in Australia.
- Movies, Movie Critic's Choice, Feb 26, 2013
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Spaces in the heart in Like Someone in Love
A Tokyo college student turns tricks for cash in Abbas Kiarostami’s latest film.
- Movies, Movie Review, Feb 6, 2013
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Meet the skull and crossbones
Stolen Seas dives deep into the economic waters of modern Somali pirates.
- Movies, Movie Critic's Choice, Feb 5, 2013
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Evening for a lady of the evening
Shohei Imamura's 1975 documentary Karayuki-San profiles a former victim of forced prostitution in Japan.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2013
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The sci-fi Japanese pop star scandal
Minami Minegishi's futuristic ordeal
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 25, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Thee Mighty Fevers bring unrelenting punk fury with "Bad Party"
"Bad Party" by Japan's Thee Mighty Fevers is less than a minute of unrelenting punk fury.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 23, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Doom, "Why!?"
Manic Japanese progressive thrash from Doom's 1986 EP Go Mad Yourself! is just the thing for Black Friday
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Oct 3, 2012
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Masaki dreams of Michelin
This tiny Streeterville sushi spot has big ambitions it might just realize
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 10, 2012
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U.S. women's soccer team coasts for the gold
The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
- Arts & Culture, Dance Critic's Choice, Aug 1, 2012
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Tap takes over the world
Japanese dancers highlighted at Chicago Human Rhythm Project's Juba! concerts
- Blogs, Bleader, May 11, 2012
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Japanese Lady Gaga fans rule, unsurprisingly
Photographer Terry Richardson documents Lady Gaga's Asian tour and fans
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
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UIUC students try to create a better coastal city
A new architectural exhibition of student work at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Feb 16, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: muddled caviar
The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 26, 2011
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The Asian effect: How early in life does it start?
A new study examines just how early Asian-American children start outperforming their peers, and ponders why it happens.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2011
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Morning Newsfeed: Rahm's Generosity, Sex Toy Reverberations, Stunning Photo of Chicago, and More
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 7, 2011
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This Week in Food & Drink: A New Izakaya, Homaro Cantu's Ing, Key Ingredient Tamarind, and More
In this week's food and drink: Lure Izakaya Pub, Homaro Cantu's Ing, Key Ingredient tamarind, and 13 Japanese restaurants
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2011
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Morning Newsfeed: Rogue Cops, Who Cares About Charlie Sheen?, Goose Ice, Aldermanic Patronage, and More
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 21, 2011
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: Rahm's Dominance, Basketball Blues, War in Libya, Americans are Dumb, and More
