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, Jan 10, 2013
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Reporting the opening of two new movie theaters in Chicago
by Ben Sachs
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, Dec 14, 2012
More local options for African cuisines
Lake Langano, Den Den, Palace Gate, and other notable African restaurants
by Kate Schmidt
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Chatham
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qocho
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Bolat African Cuisine
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, Dec 12, 2012
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The Morse/Glenwood entertainment corridor, Salonathon, and Chicago storytelling
by Jerome Ludwig, Silvia Chavez, and Niel Spidle
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Kevin O'Neil
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CTA Tattler
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Rogers Park
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Morse and Glenwood
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Jessica Marks
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Eve Rydberg
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Good Night Ladies
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Salonathon
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Claire Wellin
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Scott Stangland
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Youth in a Roman Field
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, Dec 5, 2012
Five-dollar* lunches: Curry around the clock at Ghareeb Nawaz
Bewilderingly cheap Indian food in Rogers Park
by Gwynedd Stuart
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goat
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, Nov 30, 2012
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, November 30, 2012
by Drew Hunt
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Arts
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Mayne Stage
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Rogers Park
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The Coup
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Sorry to Bother You
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Miles Raymer
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Japanther
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Illinois Coalition Reach and Read Foundation
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Playground Theater
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Lakeview
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3rd Annual Playground Improv Marathon
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Steven Spielberg
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Jaws
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Those half-submerged Buddha heads on the ground? That's Indira Johnson's Ten Thousand Ripples project
by Becca Oken
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Uptown
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Buddha
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Albany Park
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Pilsen
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South Chicago
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Rogers Park
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Loyola Museum of Art
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Loyola University Museum of Art
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, Nov 14, 2012
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What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, November 14, 2012
by Drew Hunt
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Bleeding Rainbow
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Miles Raymer
,
A Place To Bury Strangers
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Empty Bottle
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DJ Peroxide
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Damien Echols
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West Memphis 3
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Life After Death
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Logan Square Auditorium
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Mayne Stage
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Rogers Park
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Jamie Kilstein
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, Oct 14, 2012
The
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's Agenda: Sun 10/14
What's on the Agenda for Sunday, October 14, 2012
by Drew Hunt
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Dominizuelan
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People In the City
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Marissa Oberlander
,
Teatro Luna
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Lakeview
,
City Lit Books
,
Logan Square
,
Scott Kenemore
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Zombie Illinois
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Scott Bond
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Fat Cat
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Blogs
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, Oct 11, 2012
Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
by Steve Bogira
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Rahm Emanuel
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Uptown
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Jane Byrne
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Cabrini-Green
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unemployment rate
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homicide rate
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dropout rate
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charters
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Green Line
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Bass elementary
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University of Chicago Lab School
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Chicago Public Schools
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Douglas Massey
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American Apartheid
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Bleader
, Sep 25, 2012
Conversion conversations: Tom Klein and Jenny Shapiro, managers of the New 400
Talking to a couple of Rogers Park theater managers as their cinema converts to digital projection
by Ben Sachs
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Dim the Lights
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The New 400
,
Rogers Park
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Tom Klein
,
Jenny Shapiro
,
David Bordwell
,
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, Aug 28, 2012
The
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What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, August 28, 2012
by Drew Hunt
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Publican Quality Meats
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Burgers Beer and Bourbon
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beer
,
bourbon
,
burgers
,
Outside World
,
Luca Cimarusti
,
Guided by Voices
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Husker Du
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Golden Birthday
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Empty Bottle
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Get Up and Go!
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, Aug 17, 2012
The
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's Agenda: Fri 8/17
What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 17, 2012
by Drew Hunt
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Do This
,
MaZi Dance Fitness Center
,
Wicker Park
,
Bollywood Bash
,
MarketPlace
,
Mumbai
,
the Hideout
,
Tim Kinsella
,
Joshua Abrams
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CFA Media Mixer
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Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
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Blogs
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, Jul 11, 2012
Rogers Park, 1977
Rogers Park: a mecca for movie freaks
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Feb 10, 2012
My life as a writer in the kleptocracy of Chicago
The age-old question: Why expose the bad things if the bad things never change?
by Ben Joravsky
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Clout City
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Don Gordon
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Alderman Joe Moore
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Mick Dumke
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Northwestern University
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Johnny Depp
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George Clooney
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Bobby Womack
,
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Rogers Park
,
49th Ward
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, Feb 6, 2012
Movie life in Chicago: managing the New 400
An interview with some of the staff of Rogers Park's New 400 movie theater
by Ben Sachs
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The New 400
,
Rogers Park
,
Village North
,
the Vic Theatre
,
Brew & View
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Tom Klein
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Jenny Shapiro
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Machete
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, Jan 27, 2012
My mixed luck with aldermen
Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
by Steve Bogira
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Mike Royko
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Midway Airport
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Frank Kuta
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zoning
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tax evasion
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Joseph Potempa
,
Ridge Country Club
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Donald Swinarski
,
Chicago Tribune
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Bureau of Prisons
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Fred Hubbard
,
Matthew Danaher
,
Casimir Staszcuk
,
Joseph Jambrone
,
Thomas Keane
,
Edward Scholl
,
Paul Wigoda
,
Richard J. Daley
,
Walter Burnett Jr.
,
Mick Dumke
,
Catholic priest
,
city council
,
Francis X. Lawlor
,
Saint Rita
,
Rogers Park
,
David Orr
,
Mundelein College
,
independent aldermen
,
1979 blizzard
,
Heartland Cafe
,
Harold Washington
,
acting mayor
,
Ed Vrdolyak
,
Cook County clerk
,
Dick Simpson
,
Leon Despres
,
William Cousins
,
Sammy Rayner
,
Bill Singer
,
Seymour Simon
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Anna Langford
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Martin Oberman
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Jan 24, 2012
Good old Joe
Alderman Joe Moore of the 49th Ward: not a bad guy, just a pol
by Kate Schmidt
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Chicagoland
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Clout City
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Bleader
, Dec 22, 2011
Testament in Rogers Park
Carolers come to the Morse el stop.
by Kate Schmidt
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Flotsam and Jetsam
,
Testament Week
,
Chicagoland
,
Piety
,
Variations on a Theme
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Rogers Park
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Morse "L" Liquors
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Morse Red Line stop
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Youth With a Mission
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Food & Drink Feature
, Dec 22, 2011
Victor Mejia, the vendor
'Sometimes the police give me a hard time. I keep moving, corner by corner.'
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People Issue 2011
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Victor Mejia
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gazpacho
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Dec 1, 2011
Rahm's secret snow job
Everyone talks about the weather. Chicago's mayor is doing something about it.
by Steve Bogira
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Flotsam and Jetsam
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Chicago
,
snow
,
meteorology
,
AccuWeather.com
,
Josh Nagelberg
,
Tom Skilling
,
WGN-TV
,
La Nina
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Rogers Park
,
Hegewisch
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Richard J. Daley
,
Michael Bilandic
,
Jane Byrne
,
Harold Washington
,
Richard M. Daley
,
Chicago city council
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Chicago budget
,
Chicago aldermen
,
el stops
,
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,
workman's comp
,
slip and falls
,
triathalons
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lumbago
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tourism
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city hall
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O'Hare
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Midway
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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Reagan administration
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sharpshooters
,
automatic weapons
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Evanston
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Lincolnwood
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Elmwood Park
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Oak Park
,
Cicero
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Stickney
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Oak Lawn
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Evergreen Park
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Riverdale
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Burnham
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