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You Are Here, Show us your [____], May 23, 2013
Show us your . . . car once owned by Malcolm X

Malcolm X College houses a '63 black Oldsmobile once driven by the man himself.
- by Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Show us your [____], Malcolm X, Lansing, Michigan, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X College, West Jackson Boulevard, Shelia Pegues-Porter, Northwestern

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Arts & Culture, Summer Guide, May 16, 2013
The Reader's guide to summer

Road trips, restaurant patios, farmers' markets, festivals, and 110 things to do between now and Labor Day
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Summer Guide, travel, getaways, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, weekend getaways, overnight trips, road trips, museums, summer, scheduling, events, calendar, activities, destinations

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Dec 1, 2011
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The wonder years at Next

With their third menu, Grant Achatz and Dave Beran revisit childhood
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Next Restaurant, Grant Achatz, childhood, Nick Kokonas, Michigan, Campbell's Soup, Alinea, Next, Recommended

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News & Features, Summer Guide, May 19, 2011
Southwest Michigan's naturally beautiful beaches
- by Joanne von Alroth
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Michigan, Benton Harbor, Rocky Gap Beach, St. Joe's Tiscoria Park, St.Joe's Lions Park Beach, Township Beach, Grand Mere State Park, Warren Duens State Park, Cherry Beach, Union Pier, New Buffalo, Lincoln Township, Habert

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News & Features, Summer Guide, May 19, 2011
The return of Benton Harbor's old-school blues fest
- by David Whiteis
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Benton Harbor, Michigan, Jean Klock Park, Mr. Lee's Old School Blues Fest, Willie Clayton, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, Sydney Joe Qualls, Vance Kelley, Jeannie Holliday

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 28, 2011
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Kill the Irishman

The Midwest Independent Film Festival offers an advance screening of "Kill the Irishman," about Cleveland mobster Danny Greene, Tuesday 3/1 at Landmark Century Centre.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Danny Greene, Cleveland, Detroit, Michigan, tax incentive, longshoreman, union, mafia, FBI, Kill the Irishman, book, nonfiction, Midwest Independent Film Festival, Landmark, Century Centre, Forno Diablo, Punisher, Armageddon, Die Hard, With a Vengeance, Christopher Walken, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Paul Sorvino, Mike Starr, Jonathan Hensleigh, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2010
The Neo-70s Country of Whitey Morgan

Whitey Morgan, who plays a free show at Reggie's Music Joint on Wednesday night, digs into the rough-and-tumble sounds of 70s country.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Whitey Morgan and the 78's, Bloodshot records, Flint, Michigan, outlaw movement, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, Dale Watson, Reggie's Music Joint, Larry Campbell

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A peach cocktail class, a tomato dinner, a bacon contest, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Adam Seger, local peaches, cocktail class, Nacional 27, mojito, tapas, Bell's Brewery, 25th Anniversary, Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Dixieland, bluegrass, Galesburg, World Kitchen, Downtown Farmstand, Fall Fish Stories, Treasures of Spain, Apples by the Bushel, Aunt Jo's Cookie Platter, TomatoFest, preSERVE, North Lawndale, Goose Island, Candid Wines, Chicago Honey Co-op, Chicago Bacon Takedown, Matt Timms, Lincoln Hall, Monet on the Riverwalk, Cyrano's Cafe & Wine Bar on the Riverwalk, Didier Durand, Claude Monet

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 2, 2010
Hobo Pie

Beggars can be critics
- by Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, Food & Drink, Food, We're Old, Mince pie, hobo, hobo pie, Michigan, Portland cement

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 20, 2010
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The Exploding Girl

Bradley Rust Gray's romantic microdrama "The Exploding Girl" starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Bradley Rust Gray, Zoe Kazan, So Yong Kim, Exploding Girl, Blue Whiskey, Film Festival, Michael P. Noens, Coasting, Darren & Abbey, CNGM Pictures, Elia Kazan, epilepsy, Brooklyn, In Between Days, Treeless Mountain, Jack & Diane, Mark Rendall, 30 Days of Night, TJ Jagodowski, David Pasquesi, Alex Karpovsky, Trust Us This Is All Made Up, Palatine, Being Bucky, UW Madison, Bucky Badger, Wisconsin, Scott Smith, John Fromstein, Amy S. Weber, Annebel & Bear, Michigan, Todd Berger, Scenesters, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 13, 2010
Treasure Hunt

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
- by Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Grave robbery, Michigan, treasure, rumor

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Blogs, Bleader, May 26, 2010
Never On a Sunday

Two Michiganders put a violent end to their sister's wicked ways
- by Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Michigan, religious excitement, brothers, French, sororicide, murder, fanaticism, Seventh Day Adventism, insanity

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Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2010
Society of Midland Authors Best Books Award Winners

Society of Midland Authors 2010 Award Winners
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Society of Midland Authors, Kent Meyers, Twisted Tree, James McManus, Richard C. Lindberg, The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine, Saundra Mitchell, Shadowed Summer, Christine Taylor-Butler, Sacred Mountain: Everest, Jim Harrison, In Search of Small Gods, James Friend Memorial Award for Literary and Dramatic Criticism, Tom Williams, chicagocritic.com, Spearfish, South Dakota, Kenilworth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Missouri, Grayling, Michigan, Livingston, Montana

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Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2010
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Annabelle & Bear

A biker reluctantly takes responsibility for his daughter away from the girl's junkie mom, in Amy Weber's Michigan-shot "Annabelle & Bear," screening at the Midwest Independent Film Festival.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Annabelle & Bear, Michigan, Midwest Independent Film Festival, Landmark Century Centre, Oh My God, Bring Yourself, Daniel Bigelow, Curt Masoff, Amy Weber, Olivia Walby, Video

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Malcolm X College houses a '63 black Oldsmobile once driven by the man himself.

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Road trips, restaurant patios, farmers' markets, festivals, and 110 things to do between now and Labor Day

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"New Bridge" by Michigan synth-prog band Mounds, who open for Black Pus tonight at the Empty Bottle

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Why waste time working or gardening this week when you can be watching baseball, basketball, hockey, and golf?

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A look at this week's matchups in the Big Ten and beyond

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On anatomy and decorum

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The front-runner looks forward to the Michigan primary

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With their third menu, Grant Achatz and Dave Beran revisit childhood

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The Midwest Independent Film Festival offers an advance screening of "Kill the Irishman," about Cleveland mobster Danny Greene, Tuesday 3/1 at Landmark Century Centre.

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Whitey Morgan, who plays a free show at Reggie's Music Joint on Wednesday night, digs into the rough-and-tumble sounds of 70s country.

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A peach cocktail class, a tomato dinner, a bacon contest, and more.

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Beggars can be critics

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Bradley Rust Gray's romantic microdrama "The Exploding Girl" starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.

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It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world

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Two Michiganders put a violent end to their sister's wicked ways

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Society of Midland Authors 2010 Award Winners

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A biker reluctantly takes responsibility for his daughter away from the girl's junkie mom, in Amy Weber's Michigan-shot "Annabelle & Bear," screening at the Midwest Independent Film Festival.