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Bleader
, Nov 28, 2012
Getting uncomfortable with Rick Alverson, director of
The Comedy
An interview with the Virginia-based independent filmmaker
by Ben Sachs
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Bleader
, Aug 6, 2012
Hipster [cocksuckers]
Swearwords in the
Times
and beyond
by Sam Worley
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,
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Book Review
, Jun 26, 2012
Joe Meno's inappropriate answer to the Hollywood rom-com
The Chicago author reads from
Office Girl
at the Book Cellar
by Sam Worley
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Bill Clinton
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Cody Hudson
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Todd Baxter
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Book Cellar
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Art Critic's Choice
, May 15, 2012
The crackle and snap of Roy Lichtenstein's pop
The Art Institute opens 'Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective'
by Elly Fishman
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Mar 1, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: Ninjasonik, "Turned Up"
Former hipster rappers find a harder edge.
by Miles Raymer
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Jim Jones
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Dipset
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Fiction
, Jan 12, 2012
Fiction Issue 2012: "Moving on at the Hipster Gym"
A cigarette and a boy shirt and you're all better, right?
by Tovah Burstein
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Bleader
, Oct 24, 2011
Today in Kanye Internet memes
The Internet sends Kanye to Bayside High
by Miles Raymer
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Mar 19, 2010
The Hipster Food Stamp Panic of 2010
by Whet Moser
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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One Story Up
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Homestead Act
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Megan Cottrell
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Food & Drink Column
, Mar 18, 2010
Logan Square on Tap
The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.
by Mike Sula and Martha Bayne
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Longman & Eagle
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Handlebar
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Josh Deth
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Jim Cibak
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Jason Petrie
,
charcuterie
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Empty Bottle
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Bruce Finkleman
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Peter Toalson
,
Robert McAdams
,
Jared Wentworth
,
snout-to-tail
,
whole animal
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Sarah Stegner
,
George Bumbaris
,
Prairie Grass Cafe
,
Prairie Fire
,
Ogilvie Metra station
,
Tallgrass steaks
,
Mint Creek Farm
,
Pleasant Ridge Reserve
,
Karyn's on Green
,
Revolution Brewing Company
,
Karyn's Cooked
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Karyn's Fresh Corner
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The Handlebar
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Feb 5, 2010
Derek Erdman's Music Fest Anthropology
Derek Erdman compares hipsters and juggalos. Guess which side he comes down on?
by Miles Raymer
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Oct 20, 2009
Film Festival Announces Award Winners
by J.R. Jones
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Tina Mabry
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Mississippi Damned
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Andrea Arnold
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Fish Tank
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Marco Bellochio
,
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
,
Filippo Timi
,
Vincere
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Benito Mussolini
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Jossie Harris Thacker
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Movie Feature
, Oct 8, 2009
The Reader's Guide to the 45th Chicago International Film Festival: Week One
Selected films making their Chicago premieres at the festival through Thursday, October 15
by J.R. Jones, Cliff Doerksen, Andrea Gronvall, and Joshua Katzman
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Katherine Dieckmann
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Motherhood
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Uma Thurman
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Jean-Marc Vallee
,
The Young Victoria
,
Animation Nations
,
Francois Alaux
,
Herve de Crecy
,
Ludovic Houplain
,
Antichrist
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Breaking the Waves
,
Andrei Tarkovsky
,
Backyard
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Carlos Carrera
,
Berlin '36
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Kaspar Heidelbach
,
Chicago Overcoat
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Cropsey
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Joshua Zeman
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Barbara Brancaccio
,
Andre Rand
,
Willowbrook State School
,
Daniel and Ana
,
Eccentricities of a Blond Girl
,
Michel Franco
,
Manoel de Oliveira
,
Face
,
Tsai Ming-Liang
,
The Girl on the Train
,
Andre Techine
,
Hipsters
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Valery Todorovsky
,
The Last Days of Emma Blank
,
Looking for Eric
,
Ken Loach
,
The Maid
,
The Messenger
,
Samantha Morton
,
Jena Malone
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Bong Joon-ho
,
Nymph
,
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
,
Red Cliff
,
John Woo
,
Ricky
,
Alexandra Demy
,
Melusine Mayance
,
Vincere
,
Marco Bellocchio
,
Carlo Crivelli
,
Wit Hotel
,
River East 21
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Bleader
, Sep 1, 2009
"The boundless generosity of Saturday night"
by Whet Moser
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Visual Art
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HACK
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Dmitry Samarov
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Jan 14, 2009
Merriweather Post-Information Economy
Hipster Runoff on Animal Collective
by Miles Raymer
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Crickets
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Mar 22, 2007
Why ban books when you can brand them?
No matter what you read on the bus, someone will hate you for it.
by Whet Moser
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News
,
Chicagoland
,
Beachwood Reporter
,
Chicagoist
,
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