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, May 25, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sat 5/25: The Randolph Street Market, the Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, and drunk art pairings
What's on the
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's Agenda for Saturday, May 25
by Tosten Burks
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Plumbers Hall
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Craft Beer Week
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Haymarket
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Drinking & Writing Theater
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, May 24, 2013
Your summer reading:
The River of No Return
by Bee Ridgway
The River of No Return
is fun and suspenseful and awesome.
by Aimee Levitt
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, May 24, 2013
Video
The uncanny choreography of World Order
Following Grimes's Tumblr pays off yet again.
by Miles Raymer
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, May 24, 2013
Video
Chicago River, the symphony, and the book that inspired it
The Chicago River, a new jazz symphony by Orbert Davis, was inspired by
The Lost Panoramas
, a book that documents the reversal of the Chicago River.
by Deanna Isaacs
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,
Chicago River
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,
Richard Cahan
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The Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the Land Beyond
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, May 24, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Fri 5/24: Electric Daisy Carnival, Irish Fest, and Carol Horton
What's on the
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's Agenda for Friday, May 24
by Drew Hunt
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,
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Electric Daisy Carnival
,
EDM
,
Joliet
,
David Guetta
,
Nadastrom
,
Tiesto
,
Empire of the Sun
,
Chicago Gaelic Park
,
Irish Fest
,
57th Street Books
,
Carol Horton
,
21st Century Yoga: Culture Politics and Practice
,
Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body
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, May 23, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Thu 5/23: Mavado, Esther Newton, and DanceWorks Chicago
What's on the
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's Agenda for Thursday, May 22
by Drew Hunt
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,
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,
Miles Raymer
,
the Shrine
,
LGBTQ
,
Esther Newton
,
Holly Hughes
,
the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
,
Aimee Levitt
,
Old Town School of Folk Music
,
DanceWorks Chicago
,
Paige Cunningham Calderella
,
Joshua Blake Carter
,
Brandon DiCriscio
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, May 22, 2013
The man who got me through the navy
At sea, a long time ago . . .
by Michael Miner
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,
U.S. Navy
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USS Mauna Kea
,
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,
Katherine Anne Porter
,
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,
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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 22, 2013
Baz Luhrmann's
Great Gatsby
is not the first movie to insult F. Scott Fitzgerald
Revisiting Frank Borzage's
Three Comrades
, the only film on which F. Scott Fitzgerald received screenwriting credit
by Ben Sachs
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,
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,
Three Comrades
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,
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,
Frachot Tone
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Robert Young
,
Living on Velvet
,
Baz Luhrmann
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The Great Gatsby
,
Nazi Germany
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Dave Kehr
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, May 22, 2013
Gig poster of the week: Pokey LaFarge's runaway train
This week's gig poster was created by local graphic designer and artist Mary Clare Butler.
by Luca Cimarusti
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Mary Clare Butler
,
Lincoln Hall
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Pokey LaFarge
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Al Scortch
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Al Scortch & the Country Soul Ensemble
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, May 22, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Wed 5/22: Denese Neu, "Ghost: Rhythms," and Lunch Talks @ CAF
What's on the
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's Agenda for Wednesday, May 22
by Drew Hunt
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,
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Denese Neu
,
Chicago by the Pint
,
Fireside
,
McArthur Binion
,
Ghost: Rhythms
,
Claudine Isé
,
Kavi Gupta Gallery
,
Zurich Esposito
,
AIA Chicago
,
Small Project Award
,
Chicago Architecture Foundation
,
Lunch Talks @ CAF
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Bleader
, May 21, 2013
"This is not a Holocaust story, this is a war story": The life of Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh wasn't a Holocaust heroine, she was a World War II heroine.
by Aimee Levitt
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,
Poetry
,
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,
Hannah Senesh
,
Louis Levine
,
David Senesh
,
Roberta Grossman
,
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
,
Blessed is the Match
,
Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Senesh
,
Gyuri Senesh
,
Bela Senesh
,
Kato Senesh
,
Gestapo
,
Hungary
,
Palestine
,
Eli Eli
,
Holocaust. Museum of Jewish Heritage
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Bleader
, May 21, 2013
Print may be dying, but art is alive and kicking
The galleries that should be on your cultural radar
by Sarah Nardi
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Johalla projects
,
Defibrillator Chicago
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Happy Collaborationists
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Rooms gallery
,
Aspect Ratio
,
The Coat Check
,
Comfort Station
,
The Marshfield Projects
,
The Post Family
,
Terrain
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Public Works gallery
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Bridgeport Art Center
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Grand Bizarre
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Bleader
, May 21, 2013
ArtPlace America ignites Great Chicago Fire Festival with $250,000 grant
A brand-new grant adds flame to the pyre.
by Deanna Isaacs
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,
Arts
,
Politics
,
News
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Redmoon
,
Artplace America
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Bleader
, May 21, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Tue 5/21: Israeli jazz, immigrant stories, and a JC Brooks listening party
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Tuesday, May 21
by Tosten Burks
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Gilad Hekselman
,
Anshe Emet Synagogue
,
Anchee Min
,
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir
,
Red Azalea
,
Harold Washington Library Center
,
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
,
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
,
Saki
,
Howl
,
Bloodshot
,
WXRT
,
Marty Lennartz
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, May 20, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Mon 5/20: Dinosaur improv, Charlie XCX, and architecture
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Monday, May 20
by Tosten Burks
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,
Arts
,
Links Hall
,
Improv
,
Icona Pop
,
Charlie XCX
,
Riviera Theatre
,
Marina & the Diamonds
,
Seminary Co-Op Bookstore
,
Hyde Park
,
Stanley Tigerman
,
Margaret McCurry
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, May 19, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sun 5/19: An organic beer garden, 60 years of blues, and Andrew Lloyd Webber
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Sunday, May 19
by Tosten Burks
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,
Arts
,
Delmark Records
,
Old Town School of Folk Music
,
Szold Hall
,
Blues
,
Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express
,
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
,
Aspects of Love
,
Fred Anzevino
,
No Exit Cafe
,
Green Festival
,
Navy Pier
,
beer and wine garden.
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, May 18, 2013
Street View 099: Modern armor
Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 099
by Isa Giallorenzo
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,
Arts
,
womenswear
,
spring
,
cool accessories
,
awesome sunnies
,
leather
,
metal
,
downtown
,
fashion
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Chicago street style
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, May 18, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sat 5/18: Yo-Yo Ma, acclaimed hors d'oeuvres, and rap karaoke
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Saturday, May 18
by Tosten Burks
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Marcus Samuelsson
,
Merchandise Mart
,
Psalm One
,
Jerry's
,
Karaoke
,
WBEZ
,
Jerry McConnell
,
Yo-Yo Ma.
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Blogs
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Bleader
, May 17, 2013
Marcus Samuelsson's
Yes, Chef
—reviewed
A review of the celebrity chef's new memoir.
by Aimee Levitt
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,
Cooking
,
Arts
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Food & Drink
,
Marcus Samuelsson
,
Yes Chef
,
memoir
,
food memoirs
,
Red Rooster
,
Aquavit
,
James Beard Award
,
Marc Burger
,
Sweden
,
Ethiopia
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