Politics
And it has been for three decades. But it'll take the passage of another law to make it available to patients.
The Arts
Two companies want to start futures markets based on movie-ticket sales.
Our Town
Tutor Martin Breiner will teach just about anything—his way.
Politics
The Chicago Public Schools are broke. Teachers have been asked to share the pain. Coaches have been asked to work for free. Bigger class sizes have been threatened. So why are CEO Ron Huberman and other top bureaucrats taking raises?
by Ben Joravsky
Tags: Politics , Chicago Public Schools , Ron Huberman , Mayor Daley , Board of Education , Monique Bond , Eduardo Garza , Martin Sandoval , Ed Burke , City Hall , Board of Ed , David Pickens , Arne Duncan , Michael Scott , Rufus Williams , Barbara Lumpkin , CEO for external affairs , Chicago budget , CPS budget , city budget crisis , education
Media
Kachingle, a smart combo of micropayments and social networking, has launched.
Politics
Answers to our quiz about Chicago's fifty aldermen, which ran in connection with 'The Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists' group show at Johalla Projects.
Letters
"I am so angry. I am a National Board Certified teacher, and my stipend has been cut. Promising young teachers at my school have been laid off, while we have four administrators at my school that make over 100K."
Savage Love
Why selfless sex partners make lousy lays, a T-shirt to attract lesbians, when snooping is justified, and more
Music Review
Erykah Badu looks inward, loses her spark
Gossip Wolf
The Black Lips' postshow antics, R. Kelly’s #2, and more
Photo Pit
March 29, Schubas
Music Review
Kaki King's breakup album
Music Column
There are legions behind the Singleman Affair's ambitious psych folk.
Music Review
Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Baaba Maal, the Tomasz Stanko Quintet, Major Lazer, Mission of Burma, Florence & the Machine, Pissed Jeans, and more
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer and Kevin Warwick
Tags: Music Review , Morseland , Elastic , Club Blujazz , Old Town School of Folk Music , Hideout , Empty Bottle , Logan Square Auditorium , Velvet Lounge , Metro , Double Door , House of Blues , Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Cafe , Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall
Movie Feature
An art film inspired by what's left of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
Movie Sidebar
Through 4/15 at the Gene Siskel Film Center
by Cliff Doerksen and J.R. Jones
Movie Sidebar
The fourth annual marathon of horror and sci-fi movies at the Music Box
Food & Drink Column
Longtime Rock Bottom brewer Pete Crowley strikes out on his own with Haymarket Pub and Brewing
Restaurant Reviews
Good food, superior beer
by Martha Bayne, Paul Schoenwetter, Mike Sula, Laura Levy Shatkin, Tasneem Paghdiwala and Rachel Klein
Tags: Restaurant Reviews , The Bluebird , Brasserie Jo , The Bristol , Goose Island Brewpub , Goose Island Brewpub , Hopleaf , Jake Melnick's Corner Tap , Jerry's , Moonshine , Piece , The Publican , Revolution Brewing Company , Rock Bottom Brewery , Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar , Small Bar , Small Bar , Twisted Spoke , Moonshine Brewing Company
Book Review
How "school reform" helps maintain the status quo
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Male lawyers just have to put on a suit and show up. For female lawyers, the dress code is much more complicated.
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Jewelry designer and SAIC professor Gillion Carrara presents her new collection.
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Chicago Tribune reports; NBC rewrites
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Chicago Tribune , nbcchicago.com , msnbc.msn.com , Lake Forest College , Grace Groner , SouthtownStar , Lauren Fitzpatrick , Kevin Pang , John Keilman
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An exhibit of recent Tadanori Yokoo posters, through June 19 at the University of Chicago.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Music , Visual Art , Free Shit , Swag , Tadanori Yokoo , Tadanori Yokoo: Recent Poster Works , 1997-2005 , Regenstein Library , University of Chicago , Santana , Lotus , Miles Davis , Agharta , gig posters , Video
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On Wed 4/14 at 7 PM, Leslie Tabor of Tabor Health Solutions presents a free talk on green cleaning at the Whole Foods in Hinsdale.
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The definition of Dargerfication
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Local punk miscreants talk trash on the eve of Friday's double album-release show at the Beat Kitchen.
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Mark Kirk continues to buck part of his party on the subject of stem-cell research.
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Chicago judge says suit against Donald Rumsfeld alleging torture can go forward.
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Lit & Lectures , Film , Music , Sports , Food & Drink , Performing Arts , Arts , Food , Books , Sci-Fi Spectacular , Music Box , Larry Cohen , It's Alive! , Julius Meinl , Mission of Burma , Double Door , Taxim , Fred Hersch Trio , Club Blujazz , Cafe Absinthe , Dave Barry , North Shore Center for the Performing Arts , Zhivago , Chicago Golden Gloves Championship Bouts , Saint Andrew's Gym , Cafe Orchid , John Jasperse Company , Silver Spoon , MCA , Museum of Contemporary Art
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Harry Hawks redefines the rep tie
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King Sunny Ade and His African Beats cancel some U.S. shows, including Chicago concerts on Friday, after two band members are killed in a car crash.
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Ron Huberman has the CEO thing down pat.
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Law professor proves something or other by spreading lie that Chief Justice John Roberts is about to retire.
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by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Film , Food & Drink , Food , Melo , Alan Resnais , University of Chicago , Doc Films , Medici on 57th , The Greatest , Landmark's Century Centre , Erwin , Tim Kazurinsky , Browntrout , Les Liasons Dangereuses , Remy Bumppo , Greenhouse Theater , Gemini Bistro
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Kachingle boss says HuffPo doesn't pay bloggers and wants to keep it that way.
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Kathleen Parker tacks to the middle and wins big.
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Film , Music , Food & Drink , Performing Arts , Arts , Food , Pissed Jeans , Empty Bottle , Folklore , Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio , Gebhard Ullmann , Jane's , Hideout , The Grocer's Son , Cyrano's Bistro and Wine Bar , The Worst Years of Our Lives , Chicago Film Archives , Chicago Cultural Center , South Water Kitchen , American Ballet Theatre , Civic Opera House , Russian Tea Time
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The Chicago Department of Transportation and the City of Chicago are taking suggestions on locations for the city's first bicycle boulevard
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No green cards for foreign-born flora and fauna!
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New Yorker editor David Remnick talks about The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by Jerome Ludwig
Tags: Lit & Lectures , Books , New Yorker , David Remnick , Chicago Tribune , Elizabeth Taylor , The Bridge , Barack Obama , Knopf , Chicago Reader , Hank De Zutter , Bobby Rush , Edward McClelland , Ted Kleine , Michelle Obama , Abner Mikva , Dan Shomon , Audacity of Hope , Joyce Foundation
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Like comics? Classical music? There's an Alex Ross for that.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Lit & Lectures , Music , Visual Art , Books , Alex Ross , New Yorker , comics , classical music , The Rest is Noise , Listen to This , AIC , Art Institute of Chicago , Comic and Entertainment Expo , C2E2
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by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Music , Karol Stoch Band , Fire in the Mountains: Polish Mountain Fiddle Music , Volume 1 , Eighth Blackbird , Florence Price , The Oak , Mississippi River Suite , William Russo , Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra
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Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh do the health-care-reform opposition no favors by speaking out.
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Lara Miller's spring collection debuts.
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Lit & Lectures , Film , Food & Drink , Food , Books , Celine and Julie Go Boating , Doc Films , La Petite Folie , Goldie Goldbloom , Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders , Book Stall at Chestnut Court , Restaurant Michael , David Remnick , The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama , Harold Washington Library Center , McCormick & Schmick's , Patrick Lichty , Nightingale , Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge , Introduction to Circuit Bending , Transistor , Big Jones
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Who are those freaks with the tubas, drums and Sergeant Pepper uniforms?
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Once upon a time in Smolensko
by Cliff Doerksen
Tags: Bad News From the Past , We're Old , Dostoevesky , exploding toilets , beggar , knife , murder , robbery , alms , officer , servant , noses , ears , dismemberment , sword , homicide , urban legends
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Meet Conrad Wennerberg, the man on the cover of our Hyde Park-Kenwood issue.
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Hyde Park , Conrad Wennerberg , Wind , Waves , and Sunburn a Brief History of Marathon Swimmers , Ted Erikson , Greta Andersen , Charles Huggins , Irving Kaplansky , Marc Monaghan , Christine Vollmer , Lincoln Park High , Chicago Reader
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A rolling Moss presumably gathers stones
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If thine eye offends thee, for Christ's sake pluck it out and make it snappy before I puke
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Early Warnings this week include Eyehategod, Mates of State, Sleepy Sun, Colin Hay, Tyr, and the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
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Chicago's premier experimental music presenter Lampo announces its first series in almost a year.
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The Wall Street Journal's obit of Bruce Graham reads a lot like the one the Chicago Tribune had already published.
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Bruce Graham , Blair Kamin , Wall Street Journal , Chicago Tribune , Stanley Tigerman , Walter Netsch , John Hancock Center , Sears Tower , Karen Pensiero , Stephen Miller
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Under industry pressure, CFTC postpones decision on movie box office futures trading to April 16.
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The Word Jazz host celebrates his birthday today.
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Megafaun, the missing link between old-timey country and old-school minimalism, plays at the Empty Bottle tonight.
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Mayor Daley taps Ninth Ward alderman Anthony Beale to chair the City Council's police and fire committee.
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Rachelle Salnave traces the battle over indoor market Mart 125 as a microcosm of the economic transformation of the neighborhood in "Harlem's Mart 125: The American Dream," screening Sunday 4/11 at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
by Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Film , Free Shit , Swag , Rachelle Salnave , Mart 125 , Harlem , American Dream , Bill Clinton , Starbucks , Dusable Museum of African American History , SankofaSpirit , Movies with a Mission , Video
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Thoughts on Green Zone and the pretexts that launch wars
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , Film , News Bites , Pearl Harbor , the moon landing , 9/11 , conspiracy theories , FDR , Tonkin Gulf Incident , James Bond Stockdale , USS Turner Joy , Roger Ebert , Green Zone
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Asian American Showcase presents the panel Byte This: Surviving the Digital Age, Tuesday 4/13 at 6 p.m. at Columbia College.
by Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Lit & Lectures , Film , Music , Free Shit , Swag , Books , Asian American Showcase , Columbia College , Film Row Cinema , Byte This , Surviving the Digital Age , Giant Robot , Eric Nakamura , Goh Nakamura , Tadashi Nakamura , A Song for Ourselves , Yellow Brotherhood , Pilgrimage , Video
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Dance Criticism May Have a Future After All: Former Reader Freelancer Wins Pulitzer
by Laura Molzahn
Tags: Media , Performing Arts , Dance , Arts , Pulitzer , Washington Post , Jan Bartoszek , Julia Mayer , Winifred Haun , City Paper , Cary Grant , Michael Feingold , A.O. Scott
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British filmmaker Emily Wardill screens her debut feature, the adoption reunion gone wrong "Game Keepers Without Game," Friday 4/9, and a collection of her shorts, "Everything I Tell You Now Is True," Thursday 4/8.
by Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Film , Free Shit , Swag , Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul , Basking in What Feels Like ‘An Ocean Of Grace’ I Soon Realise That I’m Not Looking at It But Rather I Am It , Recognising Myself , Ben , Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck , Game Keepers Without Game , adopted , School of the Art Institute , SAIC , Eye & Ear Clinic , Gene Siskel Film Center , London , British , Pedro Calderon , Life is a Dream , Conversations at the Edge , Refracted Lens , Pedro Calderón de la Barca's
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I'll be playing new international music releases tonight on WBEZ's Radio M, at 9:30 PM.
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Someone needs to organize an independent slate of candidates for the top offices in Illinois
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , Politics , Clout City , Forrest Claypool , Joe Berrios , Cook County Assessor's Office , Mike Sneed , Chicago Sun-Times , Chicago Tribune , Governor Pat Quinn , Bill Brady , Alexi Giannoulias , Mark Kirk
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Taco Del Mar will give a free Tax Day taco to customers who bring their "Free Taco 1099" coupon, available on the company's Web site, to the restaurant on Thu 4/15.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Food & Drink , Other Stuff , Food , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Taco Del Mar , tacos , free tacos , Tax Day , free food , Mexican food
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The CPS came under fire after a Reader report... but it can always be worse.
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Coco Delice Fine Chocolates is offering a free six-piece box of its salted-caramel ganache chocolates to folks who help the company build its Facebook following.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Food & Drink , Food , Swag , Coco Delice Fine Chocolate , chocolate , ganache , caramel , Facebook , free food , free candy
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Big Boi, Robyn, Major Lazer, and more are added to the fest.
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Crickets , Music , Pitchfork Music Festival , Chicago , Robyn , Liars , the Tallest Man on Earth , Sharon Van Etten , Wolf Parade , Delorean , Real Estate , Free Energy , JJ , Why? , Kurt Vile , Netherfriends , Big Boi , Major Lazer , Beach House , Neon Indian , Surfer Blood , Local Natives , Washed Out , Best Coast
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Media , Lit & Lectures , Film , Music , Food & Drink , Food , Books , Florence & the Machine , Florence Welch , House of Blues , La Madia , Roxana Saberi , Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran , Roosevelt University , Congress Lounge , Plymouth Restaurant & Bar , Prisoner of Her Past , Howard Reich , Gene Siskel Film Center , Tavern at the Park , John Hogan , Kiki's Bistro , Keefer's , Rebel Without a Cause , Doc Films , Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen
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On the second anniversary of the Roscoe Village cougar shooting, the Notebaert Museum screens the documentary "Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators," on Thursday 4/14.
by Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Film , Free Shit , Environment , Eco , Swag , Cougar , shooting , Roscoe Village , Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum , Lords of Nature , predators , Life in a Land of Great Predators , Karen Anspacher-Meyer , Ralf Meyer , Steve Wise , Center for Neighborhood Technology , UIC , Joel Brown , Steve Sullivan , urban ecology , Field Museum , Curt Meine , Video
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Local designers are everywhere this weekend.
by Heather Kenny
Tags: Style , Fashion District Wednesdays , The Real Housewives of Orange County , Lynn Curtin , Drapes by Ashley Scott , Kiwi Boutique , Lecrisha Sheilds , Reckless , Lara Miller , 312 Fashion , Lori's Shoes , Elda De La Rosa , Horacio Nieto , Lauren Lein , B Boutique , Tennille White , Lilian Cartwright , Brenda Levesque , Alice Berry , Krista K , Allison Schiller , Chicago Fashion Incubator , Evil Kitty , Kristin Hassan , Yana Collection , Art Effect , sales , fashion shows
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Sometimes newspaper reporters and editors disagree.
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Former Souttown Star editors launch the online Southland Savvy.
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Dennis Robaugh , Bob Bong , Jim O'Shea , Chicago News Cooperative , Lorraine Swanson , Lakeeffectnews.com , Chicago Tribune , Chicago Sun-Times , New York Times , Southtown Star , Southlandsavvy.com , Mark Hornung , Daily Southtown , Southtown Economist , Chuck Ingwersen
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Kicking Giant: the best 2010 buzz band from 1994
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HuffPo, Kachingle, and Frank Sennett's complaint about Reader blogger Michael Miner — the inside story.
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Arianna Huffington , Huffington Post , Mario Ruiz , Frank Sennett , Time Out Chicago , Kachingle , Cynthia Typaldos , Fred Dewey , Derek Murphy , micropayments
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Erykah Badu, Kaki King, the Singleman Affair, Janelle Monae, Belle & Sebastian, the Black Lips, Baaba Maal, and more
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Crickets , Music , Sharp Darts , Gossip Wolf , Photo Pit , interlink , Erykah Badu , Kaki King , Black Lips , Belle and Sebastian , Janelle Monae , Chicago , the Singleman Affair
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The Chicago Creative Expo takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center on Sat 4/10 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Other Stuff , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Chicago Creative Expo , Chicago Cultural Center , artists , creativity , arts , time management , vacant storefronts , Department of Cultural Affairs
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Chicago Transit Authority sets an example for the Catholic Church by firing a driver who'd admitted to child abuse.
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A recent U. of C. grad wins the Pulitzer for public service journalism.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Media , Daniel Gilbert , Dan Gilbert , Chicago Maroon , University of Chicago , U of C , Bristol Herald Courier , Pulitzer Prize , Pulitzer , mineral rights , Underfoot Out of Reach , Sarah Kaufman , Raquel Rutledge
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Part of "A Chance of Sun," on display at Gallery KH
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Halo [for Men] offers free birthday-month goodies with the purchase of salon or spa service.
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Bosen Chicago hosts a "mini health fair" on Sat 4/10 from 11 AM to 2 PM.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Food & Drink , Other Stuff , Food , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Bosen Chicago , martial arts , fitness , dance , health fair , kickboxing , blood pressure , blood glucose , weight , body mass index , muevelo
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If Butler wins it all, will headline writers be able to come up with anything but the obvious?
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David Remnick, David Sedaris, and more good readings and lectures this week.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Media , Lit & Lectures , Politics , Free Shit , Swag , Books , Clout City , David Remnick , The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama , Elizabeth Taylor , Harold Washington Library , Goldie Goldbloom , Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders , Book Stall at Chestnut Court , Roxana Saberi , Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran , McCormick Tribune Center , Lee Bey , Harold's Chicago: How Mayor Washington Changed the Face of the City , Aleksandar Hemon , Love and Obstacles , Sulzer Regional Library , Joe Meno , Quimby's , David Sedaris , Auditorium Theatre
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Part of "From Process to Print," on display at the Chicago Cultural Center
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Lit & Lectures , Film , Music , Food & Drink , Performing Arts , Arts , Food , Books , Zemog el Gallo Bueno , Morseland , Masouleh , Fay Victor , Elastic , Kuma's Corner , South Loop Film Festival , Chicago Curry House , Agamemnon , Dream Theatre , Ciao Amore Ristorante , Tim O'Brien , The Things They Carried , Unity Temple , Khyber Pass
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Food Chain , Film , Music , Food & Drink , Performing Arts , Arts , Food , John Jasperse Company , MCA , Museum of Contemporary Art , John Jasperse , Balsan , Our Lady of the Underpass , 16th Street Theater , Berwyn Cultural Center , Czech Plaza , Fred Hersch Trio , Club Blujazz , Cafe Absinthe , The Soft Pack , Empty Bottle , Crust , Tomasz Stanko Quintet , Tomasz Stanko , Logan Square Auditorium , Longman & Eagle , Ghost Town , Facets Cinematheque , Rose Angelis
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Sweet and sour predictions of how the Internet will affect major institutions over the next ten years.
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News Bites , Pew Research Center , "The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future , " "Future of the Internet , " Doc Searls , "The Cluetrain Manifesto , " Axel Bruns , Queensland University , Sandra Kelly , 3M Worldwide , Dylan Tweney , "Wired , " Karl Auerbach , InterWorking Labs Inc. , Stephen Downes , National Research Council of Canada , Mindy McAdams , College of Journalism and Communications of the University of Florida
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Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wins a Pulitzer for columns that weren't.
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Part of a show of her work on display at David Weinberg Gallery
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Tonight at 7 PM, the artist group Upgrade! Chicago hosts a free talk by Patrick Lichty at the Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee).
by Sam Worley
Tags: Visual Art , Free Shit , Other Stuff , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Patrick Lichty , Upgrade! Chicago , Upgrade! International , the Nightingale , the Yes Men , Columbia College , art , activism , artists
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Depaul University's Student Government Association hosts a smoking cessation fair Tue 4/13 from 7 to 9 PM at the Lincoln Park Student Center.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Other Stuff , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Kick the Habit , DePaul University , Student Government Association , smoking cessation , free food , Lincoln Park Student Center , Wright Institute , Jillian Eichel , Rebecca Lauer , Hypnosis Chicago , Carol Southard
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Some of the provisions in the Tribune Company's reorganization plan shouldn't be surprising at this point... but are.
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Former Sex Pistols manager dies.
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In a couples therapy group, reporter Laurie Abraham wasn't a bump on a log.
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On Thu 4/15, Starbucks is offering free brewed coffee to anyone who brings in a reusable travel mug.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Free Shit , Food & Drink , Other Stuff , Food , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Starbucks , coffee , environment , travel mug , the Big Picture , conservation , free coffee , free drinks , caffeine , Earth Day
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Completely bats, in a cave
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Ben Joravsky on Chicago Tonight; Hunter Clauss on 848.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Media , Politics , Clout City , Ben Joravsky , WTTW , Chicago Tonight , CPS , Chicago Public Schools , Ron Huberman , school cutbacks , Hunter Clauss , 848 , WBEZ , Walter Burnett , City Council’s Committee on Police and Fire
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The Reader's Ben Joravsky on Chicago Tonight.
by Whet Moser
Tags: Chicagoland , Media , Politics , Clout City , Ben Joravsky , Diana Ferguson , Chicago Public Schools , CPS , CPS budget , school budget crisis , Video
