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, Jan 18, 2013
Jean Rouch in Chicago: An interview with Judy Hoffman and Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films, part one
Talking with some of Chicago's most esteemed documentarians about the great French ethnographer and filmmaker
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This week's food and drink events
Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week's events.
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Apr 25, 2012
The man who wasn't afraid of the mayor
Bill Lavicka didn't just preserve old buildings.
He also showed how to fight City Hall.
by Ben Joravsky
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Blogs
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, Sep 21, 2010
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Cheat You Fair
Phil Ranstrom holds a release party Wednesday for his documentary "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street"
by Ed M. Koziarski
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, May 15, 2009
Friday notes: What's the verb behind it all?
Infuriating TIF news, Renzo Piano's Modern Wing, and Mike Watt's podcast.
by Whet Moser
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, May 15, 2009
Maxwell Street Madness
Today's great Sun-Times story on University Village is a reminder of what a debacle the destruction of Maxwell Street was.
by Ben Joravsky
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, Jan 9, 2009
Alk of the town
Chicago Film Archives presents a series on Chicago filmmaker Howard Alk.
by J.R. Jones
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, Aug 18, 2008
8/19 -- Screening of "Cheat You Fair"
8/19: Screening of "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street" and director Q&A
by Reader staff
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, May 12, 2008
Even cowboys get the blues
Maxwell Street bluesman Dancin' Perkins plays a free show Wednesday at the Old Town School.
by Reader staff
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