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Peter Margasak
Post No Bills Podcast #5
The latest episode features music from Vic Chesnutt, Peter Evans, Radian, Pit Er Pat, and many more.
Chicagoland Do You Want to Make Tea at the BBC?
Posted by Whet Moser on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Whoever is posting these jobs is grossly misinformed as to the nature of rock stardom. Or accounting. Or both.
The use of "rock star" has truly ceased to have any meaning in job descriptions (via @triblive). "Dynamo? Rockstar? Badass? Sound like you?"
Um... do I have to take a drug test? If so, which outcome is considered failing?
Music / Free Shit / Post No Bills Chicago Goes West Makes a Stop in Chicago
Posted by Peter Margasak on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Chicago Goes West
Politics / Clout City / News Spreading the privatization gospel
Posted by Mick Dumke on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Citizens in other cities may want to take note of the recent news about parking around here because it’s increasingly clear that the architects of Chicago’s parking meter privatization are spreading their gospel around the country.
Chicagoland / Food Chain / Politics / Food & Drink At Least Their Convictions Aren't Dissuaded By Bad Press
Posted by Whet Moser on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:24 PM
The city cracks down on Kitchen Chicago a second time.
Lit & Lectures Panel Discussion on "The State of the Independent Bookstore"
Posted by Jerome Ludwig on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Three Chicago-area independent bookstore owners—Roberta Rubin of the Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Augie Aleksy of Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore in Forest Park, and Allison Platt of Bookie's Paperbacks & More on West 103rd—discuss their businesses at a Society of Midland Authors program tonight at 7 PM at the Cliff Dwellers Club.
It's free to attend.
Ink Well
Your City Council Now more than ever, it's important to follow what our 50 aldermen are up to. Are our representatives up to the task of telling the mayor "no" once in a while, or, better yet, of coming up with an alternative vision of Chicago government? Read our guide and decide for yourself what their prospects are.
Neighborhood Guides
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just emailed all the St. John of Las Vegas winners... congrats again!
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RT @mickeyd1971: The architects of Chicago's parking meter deal are spreading their privatization gospel http://tinyurl.com/ylpdevg
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@Chicago_Reader - LOL as History taught us - nothing is to big to fail - http://bit.ly/634IiC
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RT: @pmontoro: Young jazz trio Chicago Goes West plays a free Whistler show Wednesday--writeup and MP3 here: http://tinyurl.com/ybw5lvk
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RT @ChicagoDiane: Tonight 5pm NYT columnist, 'Too Big to Fail' author Andrew Ross Sorkin speaking @KelloggSchool http://bit.ly/bkjkG5
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Movies To See Today
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Fish Tank
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold made her feature debut with Red Road (2006), an eerie, low-budget suspense story about a woman stalking, seducing, and
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Music Box
Broken Embraces
Another Pedro Almodovar movie, another blast of critical hyperbole hailing his Cukor-style alchemy with star Penelope Cruz. Normally I would just cover my
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Landmark's Century Centre
Avatar 3D
More than a decade in the making, James Cameron's 3-D fantasy about a colony of human astronauts hoping to plunder an alien rainforest
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600 N. Michigan, CC Tivoli Theatre, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Theatre, Kerasotes Theatres Glen 10, Lake, Marcus Addison Cinemas, Marcus Chicago Heights Cinemas, Marcus Gurnee Cinemas, Marcus Orland Park Cinemas, Niles ShowPlace 12, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings and Webster Place 11
» More Critics' Choices and other Recommended Movies
Election Follies Age-old feuds, nepotism, logrolling, and Moonies—it must be primary season in Chicago.
What's at Stake in the Senate Not only could a Democrat help push Obama's agenda - he or she could make the chamber a little more black, female, gay, or righteous.
Cook County Needs Cojones Which Dem candidate for county board president is most likely to take on Mayor Daley?
Local Release Roundup Pit Er Pat brings in a sampler, Rockie Fresh drops his first mix tape, Killer Moon hands out a heavy demo, and more
Post No Bills Podcast #5 The latest episode features music from Vic Chesnutt, Peter Evans, Radian, Pit Er Pat, and many more.
The List: February 4-10, 2010 Critic's Choices and other notable concerts: Mose Allison, Explode Into Colors, Dana Hall, Seth Troxler, Polysics, and other notable shows
Haute Hotel Cuisine Even without Charlie Trotter, the Elysian Hotel opens two terrific new restaurants. Plus: the return of Sepia's Kendal Duque and eight more openings
Transformations John Manion gooses West Town's Branch 27, Andy Motto makes Quince a destination, and Sun Wah Bar-B-Que and Salam expand. Plus: other West Town dining options.
What's New Sprout's Top Chef makeover, masterful Neapolitan pizza, and the neighborhood restaurant every neighborhood deserves
Mumblecore and Something More Beeswax transcends the insular genre its filmmaker accidentally invented.
A Dream Nearly Destroyed, a Town Divided The latest basketball doc from the director of Hoop Dreams delves into the high school trials of NBA star Allen Iverson
Art for Rock's Sake Two new documentaries about poster artists
Human in Hard Times Clifford Odets’s Depression classic gets a gripping treatment
Like a Foreign Country Tarell Alvin McCraney’s jolting close-up of life on the gulf coast
Alcyone Festival Halcyon Theatre explores the works of pioneering experimental playwright Maria Irene Fornes.
Western Exhibitions Two shows, "Suitable Video" and "The Power of Selection," run at the West Loop gallery.
The Chicken or the Bomb Which came first: presidential powermongering or its ultimate rationale?
Closer Than Matewan Jeff Biggers explores the devastation coal has wrought on southern Illinois—and his own family.
Anke Loh: Prints of Dresses on Dresses Chicago-based designer Anke Loh returns to the world of commercial fashion with her spring/summer collection.
Fewer Shoes on the North Side Times are tough for shoe stores too.
The Reader's Guides
Chicago 101
A city guide for newbies and lifers alike
Environment Archive
Field & Street: A selection from our reporting on the natural world
Ukrainian Village/East Village
Fourth in a series of special issues focusing on Chicago neighborhoods.
