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Introduction
Best of Chicago 2012: An exhaustive exploration of our city and all its eccentricities
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Tags: Introduction, Best of Chicago 2012, bourbon, deadlines, exploration, John Herndon, Tortoise, marijuana, pot decriminalization, Meaghan Garvey, "Moneyworth"
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Food & Drink
Best of Chicago 2012: Food & Drink
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Goods & Services
Best of Chicago 2012: Goods & Services
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City Life
Best of Chicago 2012: City Life
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Goods & Services
Haberdash
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Goods & Services
Sararose Krenger of Stix and Roses
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Goods & Services
Tavi Gevinson
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Goods & Services
Night and Day Vintage
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Goods & Services
The Brown Elephant
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Goods & Services
Alamo Shoes
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Goods & Services
Hazel: 29
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Goods & Services
Labrabbit
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Goods & Services
The Bike Lane
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Goods & Services
Reckless Records
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Goods & Services
Sprout Home
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Goods & Services
Early to Bed
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Goods & Services
Wolfbait & B-Girls
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Goods & Services
Steff Bomb
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Goods & Services
Kriser's
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Goods & Services
Urban Out Sitters
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Goods & Services
Urban Out Sitters
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Goods & Services
Blum Animal Hospital
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Goods & Services
The Tat Cave
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Goods & Services
Kidd Joe of The Tat Cave
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Goods & Services
Ashland Tire & Auto
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Goods & Services
Dental Salon
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Goods & Services
Julie Brandies, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Goods & Services
Pinky Nail
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Goods & Services
Urban Oasis
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Goods & Services
Joe's Barbershop Chicago
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Goods & Services
Charles Ifergan
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Goods & Services
Salvage One
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Goods & Services
The Peninsula
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Goods & Services
Apartment People
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Goods & Services
Jen Laskov, Prudential Rubloff
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Arts & Culture
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
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Music & Nightlife
Brendan Kelly & the Wandering Birds
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Music & Nightlife
The Lawrence Arms
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Arts & Culture
Hit the Wall
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Music & Nightlife
40 Oz. Kings
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Arts & Culture
Jersey Boys
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Music & Nightlife
Bloodiest
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Arts & Culture
The Iceman Cometh
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Music & Nightlife
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Arts & Culture
Musical of the Living Dead
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Music & Nightlife
Tom Muellner
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Music & Nightlife
Tie: Funkadesi / Occidental Brothers Dance Band
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Arts & Culture
Steppenwolf Theatre
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Music & Nightlife
The Right Now
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Music & Nightlife
Tie: The Right Now / Deep Blue Organ Trio
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Arts & Culture
The Inconvenience
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Music & Nightlife
Last False Hope
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Music & Nightlife
Brendan Kelly
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Music & Nightlife
DJ Zebo
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Arts & Culture
Dream Theater Company
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Music & Nightlife
Ghosthouse
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Music & Nightlife
Jay Ryan
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Music & Nightlife
Loud Loop Press
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Arts & Culture
Jonald Reyes
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Arts & Culture
Ike Holter
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Music & Nightlife
Rye Bread Radio
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Arts & Culture
Manny Buckley
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Music & Nightlife
Katie Degroote (Gingerman Tavern)
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Arts & Culture
Annelise Lawson
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Music & Nightlife
Red Scare Industries
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Arts & Culture
Carisa Barreca
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Arts & Culture
Sherman Edwards
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Arts & Culture
Octavarius
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Arts & Culture
100 Proof Comedy, ComedySportz Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Matter Dance Company
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Arts & Culture
Harris Theater
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Arts & Culture
Gorilla Tango Burlesque
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Music & Nightlife
Scott Cramer
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Music & Nightlife
Pitchfork
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Sketchfest
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Music & Nightlife
Lincoln Hall
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Arts & Culture
Gallery Provocateur
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Music & Nightlife
Empty Bottle
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Arts & Culture
Halloween Exhibition at Gallery Provocateur
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Arts & Culture
Gallery Provocateur
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Music & Nightlife
The Shrine
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Arts & Culture
Theaster Gates
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Music & Nightlife
Green Mill
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Arts & Culture
G. Edwin Taylor
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Music & Nightlife
Rosa's Lounge
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Arts & Culture
Bad at Sports
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Music & Nightlife
Smart Bar
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Arts & Culture
Liz Gresey
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Music & Nightlife
Porn and Chicken
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Arts & Culture
Beth Kamhi's Power of Flowers
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Music & Nightlife
Stardust
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Arts & Culture
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
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Arts & Culture
Renegade Craft Fair
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Music & Nightlife
Scofflaw
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Arts & Culture
"Feast" at the Smart Museum
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Music & Nightlife
Tie: L&L Tavern / Cole's
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Arts & Culture
First Fridays at the MCA
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Arts & Culture
Music Box Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Music Box Theatre
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Music & Nightlife
The Roof at the Wit
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Arts & Culture
Chicago International Film Festival
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Music & Nightlife
The Owl
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Arts & Culture
Ted Tremper
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Music & Nightlife
Admiral Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Joseph Hayes
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Arts & Culture
Alex Kotlowitz
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Arts & Culture
When No One Is Watching by Joseph Hayes
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Music & Nightlife
Blue Havana
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Arts & Culture
MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche
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Music & Nightlife
GlitterGuts
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Arts & Culture
Larry Sawyer
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Music & Nightlife
Simon's Tavern
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Arts & Culture
Myopic Poetry Series
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Music & Nightlife
Alice's Lounge
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Sports & Recreation
Keith "Cap" Porter
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Sports & Recreation
Norm Van Lier
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Sports & Recreation
Benny the Bull
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Sports & Recreation
Jaya Emerson, Chicago State University
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Sports & Recreation, Best of Chicago 2012, Jaya Emerson, Chicago State University, track and field, shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, javelin throw, Charlotte, North Carolina, Critics' Picks
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Sports & Recreation
Kirby Puckett
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Sports & Recreation
Frank Pellico, Blackhawks
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Sports & Recreation
Brawla Poundstone
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Sports & Recreation
Rainbow Beach Park
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Sports & Recreation
Cortland and Southport
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Sports & Recreation
Just south of Foster Avenue pier
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City Life
Britt Julious
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: City Life, Britt Julious, Britticisms, Groupon, This Recording, Gapers Block, Rhizome, Design Bureau, Twitter, Tumblr, social media, Critics' Picks
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City Life
Chicago Reporter
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City Life
Proco "Joe" Moreno (1st)
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City Life
Ameya Pawar (47th)
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City Life
1990s Helen Shiller (46th)
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City Life
Robert Fioretti
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2012, Robert Fioretti, alderman, Second Ward, Leon Despres, Richard J. Daley, Leslie Hairston, Rahm Emanuel, Jesse Jackson, Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Critics' Picks
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City Life
Best of Chicago 2012: Chicago moves toward sort of almost decriminalizing possession
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City Life
Security checkpoint, Cook County criminal courthouse
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City Life
Former home of the Hansberry family
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City Life
Tie: Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, Raise Your Hand Coalition, and Parents in Beverly, and Mount Greenwood
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City Life
Transportation commissioner Gabe Klein
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City Life
The Curse of the Billy Goat
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City Life
When Cubs fans finally get off the train at Addison
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City Life
Hayes Drive at Lake Shore Drive
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City Life
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
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City Life
The Conservatory
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Goods & Services
Uncharted Books
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Goods & Services
CakeStyle
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Goods & Services
Monitor Formal Wear
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Goods & Services
Lost Eras
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Goods & Services
Meaghan "Moneyworth" Garvey
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Goods & Services
Peggy Skemp
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Goods & Services
Logan Hardware
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Goods & Services
Woolly Mammoth Antiques & Oddities
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Goods & Services
FoundRe: Furnishings
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Goods & Services
The Chicago Neighborhoods
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Goods & Services
Tatine Candles
- by Heather Kenny
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Tags: Goods & Services, Best of Chicago 2012, Tatine Candles, Margo Breznik, scented candles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hazel, Larkspur, RR#1, RR #1, Critics' Picks
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Goods & Services
Lang Ice Company
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Goods & Services
Kilbourn Park plant sale
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Goods & Services
The Feed Store
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Goods & Services
A-Abace Cleaning Services
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Goods & Services
Theodore Shoe Repair
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Goods & Services
Chad McDade, Ace Motorcycle & Scooter Company
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Goods & Services
Quiroga's Car Washes & Detail
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Goods & Services
Allyu Spa
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Goods & Services
Jill Coyne
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Food & Drink
El Ideas
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2012, El Ideas, Phillip Foss, Palmer House, Lockwood, Kevin McMullen, Scott Manley, Andrew Brochu, Bill Talbott, Critics' Picks
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Food & Drink
Paul Fehribach, Big Jones
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Food & Drink
Fried lemon, onion, and jalapeño at Fish Bar
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Food & Drink
Guapichosa, Scofflaw
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Food & Drink
Brimstone BBQ
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2012, Brimstone BBQ, barbecued brisket, Arman Mabry, Mike Tsoulos, Stacey Egan, Hideout, Star Lounge, The Continental, Star Lounge Coffee, Critics' Picks
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Food & Drink
Sunshine Cafe
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Food & Drink
Inspiration Kitchens
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Food & Drink
Bristol/Balena chef Chris Pandel's fish sauce
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Food & Drink
Pimiento cheese spread at Barnaby's of Northbrook
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2012, free cheese, pimiento cheese spread, Barnaby's of Northbrook, Frank Zielinski, The Antoinette Pope School Cookbook, Creative Cookery television show, Michael Green, Barnaby's Northbrook, Critics' Picks
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Food & Drink
Ukrainian dumplings and a Molotov Cocktail flight of vodka at Russian Tea Time
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Food & Drink
Ashland and Cortez
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Food & Drink
Dragonlady Lounge
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Food & Drink
Baby octopus skewers at Chizakaya
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Food & Drink
Spinzer Restaurant
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Food & Drink
Taste of Lebanon
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Food & Drink
Caffé Streets
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Food & Drink
Royal Coffee
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Food & Drink
Allium's Brown Bag special at Bloomingdale's
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Food & Drink
Fritz Pastry
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Food & Drink
Lithuanian Napoleonas torte, Racine Bakery
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Food & Drink
Strawberry-Rhubarb-Citrus Ade, Frog N Snail
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Food & Drink
The Drawing Room
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Food & Drink
Suntory Yamazaki sherry cask, Yusho
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Food & Drink
Telegraph Wine Bar
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Food & Drink
Pipeworks Brewing's Ninja vs. Unicorn Double IPA
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Food & Drink
5 Rabbit Cerveceria's 5 Grass
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Arts & Culture
The last four plays at Trap Door Theatre
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, Trap Door Theatre, string of theatrical stunners, Beata Pilch, Peter Handke, They Are Dying Out, Werner Schwab, Overweight, Unimportant, Misshape—A European Summer, Kate Hendrickson, Anger/Fly, The Word Progress on my Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True, Matei Visniec, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
Janet Ulrich Brooks
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Arts & Culture
Mary Bonnett
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Arts & Culture
Timothy Douglas
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Arts & Culture
Enron at Timeline Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Calixto Bieito's Camino Real at Goodman Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Opera Theater
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Arts & Culture
Cole's open mike
- by Brian Costello
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Tags: Arts & Culture, stand-up comedy, free stand-up comedy, everybody and their grandmother, Cole's Bar, Cole's open mike, Ken Witzgall, Hannibal Buress, Tim Meadows, Cole's, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
Muntu Dance Theatre's "Spice It Up"
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Arts & Culture
The Other Dance Festival
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Arts & Culture, subversive dance, The Other Dance Festival, Hamlin Park field house, Peter Carpenter, Rituals of Abundance for Lean Times #4: Considering the Pelvis, Ondine Geary, Darrell Jones, Hoo-Ha (Eat This Remix), Jenny Shore Butler, Raizel Performances, Foreign Policy dance, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
Off Off Broadzway
- by Marissa Oberlander
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Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, audience heckling, Off Off Broadzway, Day Drinking and Sleep Eating, Dolly Natrix, Jill Valentine, Ricki Dickyouless, Mandy Whitenack, MC Andy Drogynous, Kelly Bolton, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
Odds N Friends Dance Video Puppet Jam at Hungry Brain
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Arts & Culture
John Preus's Red Flags Salon
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Arts & Culture
The Hyde Park Art Center and Istria Cafe gelato
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Arts & Culture
Humans and the natural world
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, recurring artistic theme, humans and the natural world, Colleen Plumb, Animals Are Outside Today, Brushwood Gallery, Rebecca Beachy, Ground at ACRE, Jim Lutes, Dumb Country, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
"Morbid Curiosity" at the Chicago Cultural Center
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, supercreepy exhibit, Morbid Curiosity, Chicago Cultural Center, Rembrandt, Francisco Goya, Richard Harris, Kathe Kollwitz, Jasper Johns, Sandow Birk, The Depravities of War, Richard Reutimann, Death of Venus, Critics' Picks
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Arts & Culture
Critical Fierceness Grant
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Arts & Culture
"Old" Prentice Women's Hospital
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Arts & Culture
Designslinger.com
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Cultural Center
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Arts & Culture
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
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Arts & Culture
Northbrook Public Library
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Arts & Culture
Second Saturday Silent Cinema at Music Box Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Film Archive
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Arts & Culture
Logan Theatre
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Arts & Culture
Chicago Cinema Society
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Arts & Culture
Jim Trainor
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Arts & Culture
Mikio Naruse and Hideko Takamine at Doc Films
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Arts & Culture
East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21
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Arts & Culture
Read/Write Library
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Arts & Culture
CityFiles Press
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Arts & Culture
The Oak Park Public Library gerbils
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Arts & Culture
Gillian Flynn
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Music & Nightlife
Cave's flatbed truck performance
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Music & Nightlife
Football
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Music & Nightlife
Jim Elkington
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, Jim Elkington, London, the Zincs, Janet Bean, Horse's Ha, Nathan Salsburg, Avos, Jon Langford, Skull Orchard, Douglas McCombs, Brokeback, Kelly Hogan, Laetitia Sadier, Critics' Picks
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Music & Nightlife
Lord Mantis
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Music & Nightlife
The Hecks
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Music & Nightlife
Incognito
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Music & Nightlife
Young Chop
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Music & Nightlife
The sample of the little kid saying "Tony Baines!" on Tony Baines beats
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Music & Nightlife
Meaghan "Moneyworth" Garvey
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Music & Nightlife
Chance the Rapper's #10Day mix tape
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Music & Nightlife
Traxman, Da Mind of Traxman
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Music & Nightlife
Running, Asshole Savant
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Music & Nightlife
Ryan Duggan
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Music & Nightlife
John Yingling
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Music & Nightlife
diychi.org
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Music & Nightlife
Matt Kimmel
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, new booker with an ear for the weird, Matt Kimmel, Daniel Smith, Neon Marshmallow, Empty Bottle, Burlington Bar, Burlington, The Burlington, Critics' Picks
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Music & Nightlife
Olivia Block & Greg Kelley, Resolution
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Music & Nightlife
Peira
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, experimental label, Peira, Brian Labycz, Green Pasture Happiness, Aaron Zarzutski, Daniel Fandiño, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nate Wooley, Katherine Young, Ivan Naranjo, Maria Stankova, ICElab, Critics' Picks
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Music & Nightlife
International Phonograph
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Music & Nightlife
Chrissy Murderbot's lip whistles at Pitchfork
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Music & Nightlife
Cathedral of the Black Goat
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, black-metal festival, Cathedral of the Black Goat, Cafe Lura, Black Witchery, Nyogthaeblisz, Loss band, Ritual Combat, Deiphago, Myrmydon Antichristus, Black Devotion, Perversion band, Hellvetron, Void Meditation Cult, Critics' Picks
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Music & Nightlife
John Herndon's tattoos
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Music & Nightlife
Vic's Drum Shop
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Music & Nightlife
Bucket O'Blood Books and Records
- by Monica Kendrick
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, a conversation about how fucked in the head Orson Scott Card is, Orson Scott Card, Bucket O'Blood Books and Records, Marc Ruvolo, Hamlet's Father, Hamlet, Johann's Face, Bucket o' Blood Books and Records, Critics' Picks
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Music & Nightlife
Judy Garland's "Chicago," at her 1961 Carnegie Hall concert
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Music & Nightlife
Dusty Grooves
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Music & Nightlife
Hot on the Heels at Danny's
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Music & Nightlife
Feed the Homies at 6 Corners Sports Bar
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Music & Nightlife
Bottom Lounge
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Music & Nightlife
Daisuke Miyagawa at Cove Lounge
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Music & Nightlife
Second Story
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Music & Nightlife
Best of Chicago 2012: Best Jukebox to Play Ride the Lightning in Its Entirety Just Because
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, play Ride the Lightning in its entirety, Whirlaway Lounge, Metallica, Ride the Lightning, Dr. Dre, The Chronic, Rage Against the Machine, KRS-One, I Got Next, Critics' Picks
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Sports & Recreation
Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
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Sports & Recreation
Alshon Jeffery, Chicago Bears
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Sports & Recreation
West End
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Sports & Recreation
Timothy O'Tooles
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Sports & Recreation
Cubby Bear
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Sports & Recreation
Timothy O'Toole's
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Sports & Recreation
The Globe Pub
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Sports & Recreation
Timothy O'Toole's
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Sports & Recreation
Wicker Park
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Sports & Recreation
Humboldt Park
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Sports & Recreation
Montrose Beach
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Sports & Recreation
North Branch Trail
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Sports & Recreation
Critical Mass
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Sports & Recreation
South Shore
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Sports & Recreation
Chris's Billiards
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Sports & Recreation
Diversey River Bowl
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Sports & Recreation
Kayak Chicago
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Sports & Recreation
Montrose Beach
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Sports & Recreation
Columbia Yacht Club
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Sports & Recreation
Galter LifeCenter
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Sports & Recreation
Michelle Blakely, Blakely FIT
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Sports & Recreation
Bloom Yoga Studio
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Sports & Recreation
Helios Center for Movement
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Sports & Recreation
Holstein Park
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Sports & Recreation
Lakeview YMCA
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City Life
John Hancock Center
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City Life
Chicago Cultural Center
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City Life
Millennium Park/the Bean
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City Life
Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise
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City Life
Puppet Bike guy
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City Life
Proco "Joe" Moreno
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City Life
Andy Thayer, Gay Liberation Network
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City Life
Harold Washington
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City Life
Barack and Michelle Obama
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City Life
Adam Airhart, Brunswick Corporation
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City Life
Center on Halsted
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City Life
Milwaukee Avenue
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City Life
University of Illinois at Chicago
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City Life
Cooper St. James, WLUW 88.7
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City Life
This Is Hell!, WNUR 89.3
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City Life
Chuck Mertz, WNUR 89.3
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City Life
Brendan Kelly, @badsandwich
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Food & Drink
Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, the Aviary)
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Food & Drink
Mickey Neely (Scofflaw)
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Food & Drink
Eater Chicago
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Food & Drink
Girl & the Goat
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Food & Drink
The Violet Hour
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Food & Drink
Juliet and Romeo (the Violet Hour)
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Food & Drink
Danny Shapiro (Scofflaw)
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Food & Drink
Telegraph Wine Bar
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Food & Drink
Alpana Singh
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Food & Drink
Koval Distillery
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Food & Drink
Half Acre Beer Company
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Food & Drink
Revolution Brewing Company
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Food & Drink
Daisy Cutter Pale Ale (Half Acre Beer Company)
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Food & Drink
Lion's Pride Organic Whiskey (Koval Distillery)
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Food & Drink
Kuma's Corner
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Food & Drink
Piccolo Sogno
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Food & Drink
Bellezza Gelato Caffe
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Food & Drink
The Southern Mac & Cheese Truck
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Food & Drink
Dill Pickle Food Co-op
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Food & Drink
Upton's Naturals
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Food & Drink
Nichols Farm & Orchard
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Food & Drink
Logan Square Farmers Market
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Food & Drink
Paulina Market
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Food & Drink
Tim Ashorian (Bellezza Gelato Caffe)
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Food & Drink
The Signature Room at the 95th
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Food & Drink
New York Bagel & Bialy
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Food & Drink
Bleeding Heart Bakery
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Food & Drink
Kuma's Corner
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Food & Drink
Friendship Chinese
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Food & Drink
Bellezza Gelato Caffe
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Food & Drink
Hot Chocolate
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Food & Drink
Doughnut Vault
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Food & Drink
Sultan's Market
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Food & Drink
Forever Yogurt
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Food & Drink
Greek Islands
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Food & Drink
Black Dog Gelato
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Food & Drink
Hema's Kitchen
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Food & Drink
San Soo Gab San
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Food & Drink
Frontera Grill
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Food & Drink
Sultan's Market
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Food & Drink
Kasia's Deli
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Food & Drink
Lou Malnati's
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Food & Drink
Maxwell Street Original
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Food & Drink
Revolution Brewing Company
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Food & Drink
Shaw's Crab House
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Food & Drink
Soul Vegetarian East
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Food & Drink
Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse
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Food & Drink
Tie: Coast Sushi Bar / Tank Sushi
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Food & Drink
Opart Thai House
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Food & Drink
Chicago Diner
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Music & Nightlife
Wurkstep, plus whatever the hell The-Drum and
Supreme Cuts are doing
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, new local strains of psych, wurkstep, The-Drum, Sich Mang, Supreme Cuts, Sense Net, Chrome Lips, Whispers in the Dark, Critics' Picks
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
Art-world operator fingers a villain in gallerist Ann Nathan—or not
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Paul Klein, Klein Artist Works, school for artists, ArtLetter, Amy Lowry, Ann Nathan, Ruth Duckworth, Jeffrey Conroy, Tony Fitzpatrick, Ann Nathan Gallery
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Savage Love
Dan on ogling boyfriends, vibrator enthusiastics, and selfish masturbators.
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, boobs, cheating, boob watching, breasts, cleavage, discretion, checking out women, checking out men, female orgasm, vibrators, buying a vibrator, monogamish, masturbation
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Music & Nightlife
Best of Chicago 2012: Music & Nightlife
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Music Sidebar
Dinosaur Jr., the Raveonettes, and compostable everything at Green Music Fest this Saturday and Sunday
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Green Music Fest, Wicker Park, Dinosaur Jr., Raveonettes, Bailiff, Minor Characters, Santah, Hey Rosetta!, California Wives, Aktar Aktar, Mark Rose, Apteka, Viceroy, Passafire, Oh My God, Milano
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Gossip Wolf
The first Shoes album in 18 years, plus new releases from Geronimo and MC Open Mike Eagle
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Shoes band, DIY, Zion, Illinois, Black Vinyl, John Murphy, Jeff Murphy, Gary Klebe, Numero Group, Geronimo, Buzz Yr Girlfriend, Indian Summer, Open Mike Eagle, Serengeti, Danny Brown, Blockhead
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Movie Critic's Choice
The Color Wheel screens all week at Facets Cinematheque
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Movie Sidebar
Chicago Filmmakers presents the 24th Onion City experimental festival
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Sidebar, Patrick Friel, Onion City Experimental FIlm and Video Festival, Seeking the Monkey King, Ken Jacobs, J.G. Thirwell, Ben Rivers, Sack Barrow, Matt McCormick, Future So Bright, Lewis Klahr, The Pettifogger, collage animation, Bobby Abate, A Party Record Packed With Sex and Sadness, Shana Moulton, Decorations of the Mind, Joshua Thorson, Horizon, John Torres, Mapang-Akit, Across & Down, Lori Felker, Jake Barningham, JB Mabe, The Colors That Combine to Make White Are Important, Barry Doupé
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Arts & Culture
Best of Chicago 2012: Arts & Culture
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Dance Critic's Choice
The Paris Opera Ballet performs to program here to begin a U.S. tour
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Dance Critic's Choice, Paris Opera Ballet, Rahm Emanuel, ballet, Loius XIV, Jean Corali, Jules Perrot, Giselle, Suite en Blanc, Serge Lifar, Maurice Béjart, Roland Petit, L'Arlesienne
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Comedy Critic's Choice
A special, queer-centric edition of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
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Art Critic's Choice
Design Cloud Gallery's "Kink" exhibits work by Harry Sudman and JoJo Baby
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Bleader
What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Bleader
Drug policy expert Kathie Kane-Willis discusses Chicago's proposal to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, Kathie Kane-Willis, Roosevelt University, Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Council, marijuana, pot, possession, tickets, arrests, decriminalization, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Danny Solis, Evanston, Chicago Heights, gateway theory, stepping stone theory
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Bleader
Experimental-music group Aperiodic performs James Tenney's minimalist Swell Piece Thursday on Oak Street Beach
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Aperiodic, Nomi Epstein, James Tenney, Swell Piece, Make Music Chicago, Joseph Clayton Mills, Ammie Brod, Katherine Young, Alison Knowles, minimalism, Oak Street Beach, Video
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Bleader
The trial of black-metal musician Jef Whitehead finally comes to a close
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Bleader
A gang of eight-year-old Canadian girls review the new Justin Bieber album, destroy arts criticism
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Bleader
Jackie Jackson of the Jackson Five talks about the acts early days in Chicago as he prepares for Friday night's return home concert at the Star Plaza
- by Jake Austen
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Tags: Things I Love, Music, Jackson Five, Jacksons, Michael Jackson, Chicago soul, R&B, Motown, pop, White Sox, Magikist, White Castle, midgets, Dancin' Man, Video
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Bleader
Chicago is in deep trouble, says urban blogger Aaron M. Renn
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Bleader
Tonight at the Bluebird: California craft beers and cookies
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Bleader
Revisiting Fritz Lang's 1953 women's picture
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Bleader
A new remix by a shadowy, typographically challenged trap producer
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, UZ, LOLGurlz, 5kinAndBone5, Robert Jeffrey, Mad Decent, Jonah Weiner, Jeffree's, trap music
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Bleader
Revisiting the great German director's second American western
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: On Video, Film, Fritz Lang, Western Union, You and Me, Ben Sachs, Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Thomas Pynchon, telegraphs, Morse code
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Bleader
Not just the Green Music Fest but also Colin Stetson, Japandroids, Dope Body, and more
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Bleader
Morrissey let someone put a cat on his head for a promo photo
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Bleader
The more we use our air-conditioners, the more we need to use our air conditioners
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Bleader
Les Rhinoceros, a D.C. prog band who made their first record in high school, play Township on Wednesday
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Les Rhinoceros, Redwalls, Smith Westerns, Tzadik Records, John Zorn, prog rock, Moon, Johnway, Township
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Bleader
Nacho Picasso's sick, twisted, and fun "Tool Man"
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Nacho Picasso, Tool Man, Seattle, The-Drum, Sich Mang, Lord of the Fly, Blue Sky Black Death, Haleek Maul
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Bleader
A brand new power-pop gem from Young Governor, the solo project of Fucked Up's Ben Cook
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Bleader
Launching HuffPo—a lot easier than curbing the NRA
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Columbia Journalism Review, Mother Jones, Michael Shapiro, Adam Weinstein, Arianna Huffingon, Huffington Post, National Rifle Association, Kenneth Lerer, Duncan Watts
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Bleader
Occupied Chicago Tribune responds to the Tribune complaint about domain names
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Bleader
Cigars paired with barbecue, cocktails with Italian cuisine, strawberry treats and activities, and more
- by Alison Marcotte
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Food Chain, CigarBQUE, Beyond Design, Bar Forza, Long Grove Strawberry Festival. 2 Sparrows, Tenuta Santome, Haberdash EDC, Chicago Summerfest, Dose Market, River East Art Center, Fear No ART, The Dinner Party, Mayne Stage, Tuesday Night Dinner, Big Bang Pie Shop
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Bleader
A cut from The Golden Years, the new first new album by the Viennese trio in eight years
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Trapist, The Golden Years, Ballroom, Martin Brandlmayr, Joe Williamson, Radian, Martin Siewert, The Gun That's Hanging on the Kitchen Wall, 12 O'Clock Track, Audio
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Bleader
We're releasing Best of Chicago over Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram today before it officially launches on Thursday.
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Bleader
Previewing the highly Surinamese film One People and other movies playing around town tonight
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Do This, Film, One People, Pim de la Parra, Facets Multimedia, African Diaspora Film Festival, Suriname, Doc Films, Gene Siskel Film Center, Northwest Chicago Film Society, My Neighbor Totoro
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Bleader
The White Sox stink it up against the Cubs in a "city serious" opener Monday
- by Ted Cox
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Tags: Adam Dunn K Watch, Mudville, Sports, White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Ring Lardner, BP, Hormel, Zach Stewart, John Danks, Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski
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Sun-Times sportswriters disagree on need for a euphemism for "pissed off"
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What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, June 20, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Ecstasy of Order, the Music Box, Mogwai, Metro, Balam Acab, Wander/Wonder, Miles Raymer, Valient Thorr, Double Door, Holy Grail, Royal Thunder, Kickass
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An inquiring child tries to make sense of an alderman's position on marijuana and other stuff
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Bleader
Photo booths to make out in, bands that sound like robot squid, and shows to go see
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Bleader
What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, June 21, 2012
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Bleader
Your 100,000 opinions (mostly) captured the pulse of the city. And then there were the outliers.
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Bleader
Reefer justice: a modest proposal to treat the sons and daughters of Tribune readers like they were kids on the west side
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, June 22, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, In These Times, Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords, Kellen Alexander, Seth Dodson, Nedtalks, the Hideout, Chicago Pride Fest, Jo Jo, Frenchie Davis, Guinevere
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Bleader
How to be photogenic even if you're not a model
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Bleader
Looking at two exceptionally well-photographed shorts in this year's Onion City Film Festival
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Arts, Film, Onion City Film Festival, Sack Barrow, Ben Rivers, Chicago Filmmakers, Dust Studies, Michael Gitlin, My Neighbor Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki, early childhood, 16-millimeter photography, HD video
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Bleader
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Steven Emshwiller of War Paint Studio
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Bleader
The great director made Marilyn Monroe break out in red blotches
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Marilyn Monroe, Fritz Lang, Patrick McGilligan, Clash by Night, Natasha Lytess, Barbara Stanwyck, House by the River, Republic Pictures, An American Guerrilla in the Philippines, 20th Century-Fox, Jerry Wald, Norman Krasna, Clifford Odets, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Cannery Row, Nicholas Musuraca, Cat People, Out of the Past, Monterey, movies, Video
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How Punch-Drunk Love is the most useful film I've ever seen
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Best Week, Film, Adam Sandler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Variations on a Theme
