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, May 22, 2013
What are you waiting for? Today's the last day to vote for Best of Chicago!
The deadline is midnight tonight.
by Tal Rosenberg
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, May 17, 2013
An interview with Dan Sallitt, director of
The Unspeakable Act
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by Ben Sachs
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, May 6, 2013
Hey, the
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won some awards this past weekend
A James Beard award and three Lisagor awards were bestowed upon
Reader
staff on Friday.
by Tal Rosenberg
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, Feb 7, 2013
Win a date with the
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's Leor Galil to see
The Book of Mormon
on Valentine's Day
A
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The Book of Mormon
on Valentine's Day. Want to go with him?
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, Dec 15, 2012
Reader
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A sampling of great fiction that's appeared in the Chicago Reader over the years
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Dec 9, 2012
Jack Clark, the original cabdriver-writer
This cabbie is no hack
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Nov 25, 2012
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A new edition of Gary Rivlin's chronicle of the Harold Washington years, Fire on the Prairie
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Nov 7, 2012
But what if Romney had won the election?
This is the cover we'd have run if Romney-the-President had appealed to Latinos, unmarried women, and young people
by Asher Klein
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, Sep 27, 2012
Revisiting working hard and playing hard, but not "work hard, play hard"
For Recycling Week, photo editor Andrea Bauer's essay from July merits rereading
by Steve Bogira
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, Sep 24, 2012
All week long, revisiting old Bleader writing
This week's Variations on a Theme: recycling. Also, Kevin Warwick's "Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition"
by Tal Rosenberg
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, Aug 10, 2012
Our awesome B Side cover from concept to color
See how Jeremy Wheeler made our awesome B Side cover on John Carpenter's music
by Asher Klein
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, Aug 2, 2012
Accumulated crap from over the years
There's plenty of stuff from the old office that it's probably best to leave behind
by Julia Thiel
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Bleader
, Jul 30, 2012
Where Virginia Woolf meets the White Sox
So long, Reader
by Allegra Kirkland
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, Jul 30, 2012
All this week on the Bleader: What do you take with you when you move?
If I don't love it or need it, it's not coming with me
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Jul 13, 2012
Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition
If I could holster my iPhone during Pitchfork, I would. But I can't, and I don't want to.
by Kevin Warwick
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, Jul 12, 2012
A Gchat about sexuality, gender, and how they're relevant to our writing
A couple of
Reader
staffers talk it out: Do we want to write about ourselves? Should we?
by Julia Thiel
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, Jul 10, 2012
Video
"Mix tape" no more
An update to the
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style guide
by Miles Raymer
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, Jun 25, 2012
This week is just
the worst
This week's Variations on a Theme: Worst Week
by Tal Rosenberg
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Bleader
, Jun 22, 2012
Matt Groening and the
Reader
—joined at the hip
Matt Groening ends "Life in Hell"
by Michael Miner
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Bleader
, Jun 15, 2012
Reader
story airs as
Wicked Attraction
episode
Joy Bergmann's 2002
Reader
story "Seduced" transformed into an Investigation Discovery
Wicked Attraction
episode
by Jerome Ludwig
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