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Michael Miner on Media
Sportswriters are our high priests in the business of establishing meaning
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Michael Miner on Media, sports, all-star game, World Series, Super Bowl, David Brooks, sportswriting, making meaning, Jeremy Lin, Stanley Cup, Tim Thomas, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Knight
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Feature
As the pinball industry struggles, will rock 'n' roll be its salvation?
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Feature, pinball, rock 'n' roll, AC/DC, Stern Pinball, Williams Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Bally Pinball, Gotlieb Pinball, bagatelle, Steve Ritchie, arcade, arcade video games, Slideshow, Video
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Savage Love
Dan Savage counsels victim of poop fetish
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, bathroom fetish, coprophilia, college boyfriend, pooping, ex-girlfriend, GGG, marriage, monogamish, Mormons, baptism
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Politics
The Reader goes to charter school
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, charter schools, teachers unions, United Neighborhood Organization, Hispanics, Saul Alinsky, Juan Rangel, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Ed Burke, UNO Charter School Network Soccer Academy, Miguel d'Escoto, soccer, white liberals, public schools, Chicago Public Schools
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In Rotation
Baby Teeth front man on M.I.A.'s Fingergate, a sixth grader on the merits of Adele
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Tags: In Rotation, Friday Night Lights, Sparks, Mickey Mouse, Black Breath, Abraham Levitan, Shame That Tune, Baby Teeth, MOG, Van Morrison, M.I.A., Shepard Middle School, Adele, Maroon 5
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Artist on Artist
Diamanda Galas talks to Mark Solotroff of Anatomy of Habit
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Tags: Artist on Artist, Diamanda Galas, death, metal, Iannis Xenakis, John Paul Jones, Erasure, Bloodyminded, Rotting Christ, AIDS, amananthes, bel canto, Rabid Rabbit
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Gossip Wolf
A HoZac comp of one-off bands, another Smith Westerns record, and a Dylan cover with Tim Heidecker
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, HoZac records, Blackout Fest, garage rock, Alex White, Aron Orlowski, Wes Kerstens, Brian Miller, Odie Wilson, Nathan Webber, Zach Medearis, Chris Anderson, Justin Champlin, Rubber Vomit, Smith Westerns, Cullen Omori, Pukkelpop, Tim Heidecker, Earth is a Man
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
Gospel singer and bluesman Blind Joel Taggart may have been the first guitar evangelist ever to make a record
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Movie Review
Woody Harrelson is a cop with woman problems in Oren Moverman's Rampart
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Woody Harrelson, Oren Moverman, LAPD, crime drama, family drama, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Brie Larson, Sammy Boyarsky, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Audra McDonald, womanizer, chauvanist
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Movie Critic's Choice
With Crazy Horse, Frederick Wiseman documents a legendary nude cabaret
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Key Ingredient
Challenged with Middle Eastern dried limes, Iliana Regan of One Sister improvises a panna cotta dessert
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Restaurant Reviews
At Bridgeview's Sheeba, the Aljahmi brothers turn out authentic Yemeni cuisine
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Middle Eastern food, El Bulli, Ferran Adria, culinary foam, Yemen, hulba, salta, fahsa, Bridgeview, tanoor, Anees Aljahmi, Ismael Aljahmi, Sheeba, Recommended, Slideshow
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Performing Arts Review
Steppenwolf Theatre's Garage Rep offers productions by three local troupes
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Culture Vultures
In-the-know Chicagoans recommend "Charles James: Deconstructed," the Poetry Foundation, and Home/Land
- by Drew Hunt and Joey Jachowski
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Emma Batia Arnold, Tres Awesome, New York Fashion Week, Charles James, Chicago History Museum, Donnie Madia, Publican Quality Meats, Poetry Foundation, Cheryl Pope, Albany Park Theater Project
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Performing Arts Sidebar
Molly Shanahan premieres The Delicate Hour at the Dance Center of Columbia College
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Lit Sidebar
Public offerings from the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Lit Sidebar, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, publishing, books, Carol Ann Duffy, Philip Levine, Audrey Niffenberger, Aleksander Hemon, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lifeline Theatre, Windy City Queer
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Lit Sidebar
Louder Than a Bomb enters its tenth year of poetry slams
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Art Critic's Choice
Outsider show "Heaven + Hell" runs at both LUMA and Intuit
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Chicagoans
This week's Chicagoan: Melineh Kano, program director for Refugee One
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Show us your [____]
Each week, we ask you to show us something. This week it's Josh Garrett's home brewery
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Zoom in
Zoom in: Big Smile Dental's toothy grin in Avondale
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Bleader
You can make your own preserved lemons, but they're cheap and easy to buy
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Persian classical master Kayhan Kalhor plays a custom hybrid instrument on his new album, I Will Not Stand Alone
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A preview of two upcoming screenings devoted to George Kuchar
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The Cubs and White Sox embody the promise of spring and renewal
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The Blackhawks shore up their defense, in part by dealing John Scott
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What's wrong with novelizing the life of a dead person?
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Tonight on WBEZ's Radio M, I'll play music by the New York Gypsy All-Stars, who play Martyrs' on Saturday.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Radio M, Tony Sarabia, WBEZ, international music, Bonga, New York Gypsy All-Stars, Mighty Sparrow, Martyrs', Video
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Bleader
Fresh reviews from the Reader's performing arts critics
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Dance, Arts, Devil May Care, Garage Rep, Shakespeare, Diary of a Madman, Elder Gods, Hamlet, Kill Me, Man Boobs, A Midsummer Night's Dream, My Kinda Town, Recycled Circus, The Ritz, Romeo and Juliet, South Pacific, Superior Donuts, They Are Dying, Molly Shanahan, LUMA, Heaven and Hell, Association of Writers & Writing Programs
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So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Liturgy, Vampire Weekend, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Willis Earl Beal
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Looking at Kenneth Lonergan's film, Margaret
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Hanna Rosin apologizes for a piece on Jan Berenstain
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Long-gone minimalist synth-pop from 1982 (and also from space)
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The pancake chain is giving away flapjacks in exchange for donations to the Children's Miracle Network
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A wrap-up of Doc Films's recently concluded Yilmaz Guney retrospective
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Margaret's protagonist, Lisa, is in it for herself
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Film, Margaret Week, Gene Siskel Film Center, Kenneth Lonergan, New York, David Chase, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, Jeannie Berlin, Lorraine Bracco, George Bernard Shaw
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The Tribune might want to tell us a little more about columnist Candace Jordan than it does
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Pinball players I have known and loved
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The Get Lit campaign solicits donations for a bike light giveaway
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This week's "Variations on a Theme": Pinball Week
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Doing more with less
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The night Oliver North came to town
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Oliver North, George Bush, Michael Dukakis, 1988 presidential election, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Just Say No, Willie Horton, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, St. Joseph, Joe Biden, Jimi Hendrix
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The New York Times sets the chess record straight
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, Media, News Bites, New York Times, corrections, chess, Justin Sarkar, Adam Hunt, Dylan Loeb McClain, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, Caro-Kann Defense, White Castle, Republican debates
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Mick and Ben go to the University of Chicago to talk about marijuana
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Mick Dumke, University of Chicago, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Antonin Scalia, marijuana, reefer, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Jeff Bridges, Brad Pitt, the Big Lebowski, True Romance
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Heartwarming family movies deserve more respect. A fancy prize will bring it
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, Film, News Bites, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Francis Ouimet, Harry Vardon, Ted Ray, U.S. Open, The Saddest Music in the World, Guy Maddin, Disney, Heartland Film Festival, Winnipeg
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The local designer plans to focus on her business
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Remembering Steve Kordek, a hero of the game
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Lyric Opera of Chicago has commissioned an opera based on Ann Patchett's novel Bel Canto.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Theater, Music, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ann Patchett, Bel Canto, Renee Fleming, Jimmy Lopez, Nilo Cruz, Stephen Wadsworth, Sir Andrew Davis, Danielle de Niese
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A guide to understanding the Democratic Party's endorsement mailing
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Party, Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, Patrick Daley Thompson, Water Reclamation District, marijuana, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney
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A preview of Rafi Pitts's Iranian feature The Hunter, opening this Friday at Facets
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New music from the Chicago Underground Duo
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, 12 O'Clock Track, Chicago Underground Duo, Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Pulsar Quartet, Throne of the House of Good and Evil, Hideout, Whistler, Age of Energy, Moon Debris, Northern Spy, Video
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Prepare for tomorrow night's Promise Ring reunion show with the video for "Why Did Ever We Meet?"
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Promise Ring, the Promise Ring, Nothing Feels Good, Why Did Ever We Meet?, Metro, emo, 12 O'Clock Track, Jason Gnewikow, Video
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Frederick Wiseman, Crazy Horse, Oren Moverman, Rampart movie, Woody Harrelson, Chico & Rita, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Hell and Back Again, An Evening With Don Hertzfeldt, It's Such a Beautiful Day, My Way Home, Bill Douglas, On the Ice, Thin Ice, Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Laure Prouvost, Don Siegel, Charley Varrick, University of Chicago Doc Films, Otto Preminger, Daisy Kenyon, Northbrook Public Library, Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest, Lancelot du Lac, Gene Siskel Film Center, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Music Box, Mikio Naruse, Her Lonely Lane, Jean-Luc Godard, In Praise of Love, Howard Hawks, Twentieth Century, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Instituto Cervantes, Flamenco School, The Spanish Room, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Andrew McCall, Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, movies, Video
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Turing Machine's "Slave to the Algorithm," from the upcoming What Is the Meaning of What.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Turing Machine, Jerry Fuchs, Maserati, Krautrock, prog, instrumental, Brooklyn, Temporary Residence
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In this week's Food & Drink: the Yemeni restaurant Sheeba, Key Ingredient dried limes, more Middle Eastern
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Sheeba, Bridgeview, Yemeni cuisine, Anees Aljahmi, Ismael "Smiley" Aljahmi, Key Ingredient, dried limes, Iliana Regan, One Sister, underground supper clubs, Craig Schoettler, the Aviary, dried bamboo fungus, Al-Khaymeih, Masouleh, Semiramis, Zaytune Mediterranean Grill
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A sampler of food news from around the web this week.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, TipsyCake, Rockit Ranch Productions, Cinners, Monti's, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, Baconfest, Eataly, Frances Brennan, Do-Rite Donuts, Acadia
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Pop-punk band the Promise Ring plays reunion show at the Metro
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Recommending Fjords by Manual Cinema
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Paranormal, Onstage, Lit & Lectures, Music, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Manual Cinema, Ada/Ava, Chicago Q Ensemble, Kyle Vegter, Fjords Vol. 1, Zachary Schomburg, Poetry Foundation, Video
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The Daily Illini asks for help from students and alums to survive.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, Daily Illini, Illini Media Company, Lil Levant, News-Gazette Inc., Roger Ebert, Daily Nebraskan, Paul Davia, Chicago Sun-Times, Jill Disis, WPGU
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Local restaurants to participate in Chicago's Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Food, Clout City, G8, NATO, Illinois Restaurant Association, Lori Healey, Chicago Gourmet, Henri, The Gage, Dirk Flanagan, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Tony Hu, Tony Gourmet Group.
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How I emerged as the real winner in the 32nd ward race for Democratic committeeman
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, Cook County Board Commissioner John Fritchey, Alderman Scott Waguespack, Frank Coconate, 32nd ward, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Lincoln Restaurant, Owen Kilmer, the Miami Heat
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I visited Upton's Naturals and discussed the seitan empire's expansion.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Vegetarian Week, Food & Drink, Food, Upton's Naturals, seitan, vegetarian, vegan, Green Grocer, Dan Staackmann, Whole Foods, Chicago Cargo, West Town
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On Friday composer Nomi Epstein presents a new OTS commission that situates folk ideas in an experimental context
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What's in the February 23, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Miles Raymer, Stern pinball, pinball, Michael Miner, sports journalists, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, United Neighborhood Organization, UNO, charter schools, Juan Rangel, You Are Here, Chicagoans, Melineh Kano, refugee, Refugee One, Show Us Your, Josh Garrett, home brewery, Zoom In, Avondale, Bright Smile Dental, Savage Love, Mormons
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After a bitter lawsuit between brothers, a favorite Albany Park Middle Eastern restaurant reopened this week
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Al-Khaymeih, Albany Park, Sheeba, Middle Eastern food, Bridgeview, Yemeni food, Lebanese food, Pierre Mounsef, George Mounsef, Sanabel Bakery, Al Khyam Grocery, Huaraches Dona Chio
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Spanish-style chorizo from Publican Quality Meats.
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A "meaty" film premiere, a cookbook signing, a wild game dinner, and more
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Uncommon Ground Devon, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Small Bar Fullerton, New Belgium, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread Cookbook, Foodease, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Academy Awards, Pete Miller's Seafood and Prime Steak, Fear no Art Chicago, The Dinner Party, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Luna Negro, Underground Food Collective, Tru, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Quince, Few Spirits, The Purple Pig, Heaven on Seven, The Underground, Y-Me.
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An intense conversation between Diamanda Galas and Mark Solotroff, a sixth grader's musical faves, a lost pioneer of guitar evangelism, and more
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Diamanda Galas, Mark Solotroff, Kevin Warwick, Abraham Levitan, Baby Teeth, Rebecca Worth, Piano Power, Gossip Wolf, Bob Dylan, the Secret History of Chicago Music, Blind Joel Taggart, Wugazi, Nguzunguzu, Arriver, the New York Gypsy All-Stars, Tennis, Marijuana Deathsquads
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Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are New Yorkers experiencing a hippie commune in the latest from Role Models director David Wain
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An upstart company challenges the Stern monopoly
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The long-running Klezmatics, America's premier klezmer group, play the Old Town School on Sunday.
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The psyche-y, juke-worthy "Silkk"
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That sure is one huge dord
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Science, Flotsam and Jetsam, New York Times, Journal of Voice, vocal fry, dord, the Awl, Dord Day, National Pancake Day, Wikipedia, Douglas Quenqua
