Savage Love
Dumped for an ex; directing a diaperer
Feature
Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago's poor black neighborhoods
by Steve Bogira
Tags: Feature , poverty , homicides , murders , segregation , wealth , heart disease , diabetes , stroke , infant mortality , South Side , Years of Potential Life Lost , Englewood
Music Feature
An artsy, ambitious new mixtape puts Jeremih on the same page as Frank Ocean and the Weeknd
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Music Feature , Jeremih , the Weeknd , Frank Ocean , R&B , indie R&B , Jay-Z , Drake , Birthday Sex , Natasha Mosley , FKi , Sak Pase , Gucci Mane , 2 Chainz , Video
Artist on Artist
Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran talks to Mia Park of Chic-a-Go-Go
Tags: Artist on Artist , Duran Duran , Mia Park , Nick Rhodes , synth-pop , Chic-a-Go-Go , Girl Group Chicago , kirtan , inspiration , yoga , Plato
Gossip Wolf
Daniel Knox helps out The Master , Chrissy Murderbot gets down with his dog, and the Burlington turns five
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Tags: Gossip Wolf , Daniel Knox , Music Box , Paul Thomas Anderson , John Atwood , Chris Shivley , Chrissy Murderbot , Chris E. Pants , Bloodiest , Rabbit Rabbit , Cave , E+ , Lasers and Fast and Shit , Burlington
The Secret History of Chicago Music
The story of popular 70s show band Dave Major & the Minors ends with their front man killed by police after a double murder
Movie Review
Bart Layton's The Imposter tells the story of con man Frederic Bourdin
Key Ingredient
Challenged with mochiko, the rice flour used in mochi, Nellcote's Ray Stanis makes gnocchi
Restaurant Reviews
Brothers Pat and Mike Sheerin excel at the unusual and conceptual at Trenchermen
by Mike Sula
Tags: Restaurant Reviews , Pat Sheerin , Mike Sheerin , Kevin Heisner , Matt Eisler , steampunk , cuttlefish , donuts , Tona Palomino , Trenchermen , Recommended
Culture Vultures
Chicagoans recommend a dialogue-exposing gallery, an orchestra rehearsal, and a sausage shop
Performing Arts Review
Sean Graney and the Hypocrites parody Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Chicagoans
Meet a Chicagoan who's going train hopping after six years in the military
Zoom in
Two huge totem poles guard the entrance to a Bridgeport Boys and Girls Club
Show us your [____]
We check out Maggie Chavez's collection of nearly 200 Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls
Bleader
The Prince of Chivo starts cooking at the tequila-focused restaurant Masa Azul in mid-September
by Mike Sula
Tags: Food Chain , Food & Drink , Jonathan Zaragoza , Birrieria Zaragoza , Masa Azul , tequila , Jenny Kessler , Mexican food , goat , birria , Andrew Zimmern , Bizarre Foods , Sepia , Butcher & Larder , Pleasant House Bakery
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What's on the Agenda for Thursday, August 23, 2012
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The Music Box Theatre's head projectionist talks about the conversion to digital cinema and explains how DCP projection works
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Listen to Interpol's "Say Hello to the Angels" and fondly remember the band's good times
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Mourning brilliant action director Tony Scott, who committed suicide at the age of 68
by Ben Sachs
Tags: R.I.P. , Arts , Film , Tony Scott , obituary , Deja Vu , Enemy of the State , Spy Game , Unstoppable , Domino , Man on Fire , Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 , Olivier Assayas , demonlover , Jerry Bruckheimer , Michael Bay , Information Age , Ridley Scott , Beverly Hills Cop II , Gene Hackman , John Travolta
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 24, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , Hot Chelle Rae , Allstar Weekend , Lincoln Park Zoo , Jammin' at the Zoo , MC Tree , B-Side , Underground Wonder Bar , Streeterville , Tony Baines , Walter J. Liveharder , Jah Safe , Il Subliminal , DJ ThermOne , The Boulevard , Logan Square , St. Luke's Lutheran Church
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The Cook County Board president catches shit on behalf of the ghost of Ronald Reagan
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Steff Bomb shows off her crafting skills tonight on TLC's Craft Wars
by Kevin Warwick
Tags: Whoa , Television , News , Steff Bomb , TLC , Craft Wars , Best of Chicago , indie crafter , crafts , basic cable , Tori Spelling , Screech
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A new course surveys the director's career as his latest feature, Django Unchained , nears release
by J.R. Jones
Tags: Film , Quentin Tarantino , RZA , Russell Crowe , The Man With the Iron Fists , Hostel movie , Eli Roth , Django Unchained , Jamie Foxx , Kerry Washington , Leonardo DiCaprio , Django Corbucci , Sandy Fries , College of DuPage , Reservoir Dogs , Pulp Fiction , Kill Bill. film studies , movies
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Let's have more deep thoughts on rape
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Why it's foolish to be alarmed by "story-less" movies
by Ben Sachs
Tags: Shots Fired , Film , Graeme McMillan , The Bourne Legacy , Time Magazine , Jacques Rivette , Celine and Julie Go Boating , story-less movies , Jonathan Rosenbaum , Gene Siskel Film Center , genre movies , Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Chuck Jones , Looney Tunes , Charlie Chaplin
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Stream "Proceed to Memory," the latest single from San Diego indie-pop act Pinback
by Leor Galil
Tags: 12 O'Clock Track , Music , 12 O'Clock Track , Pinback , Proceed to Memory , Rob Crow , Autumn of Seraphs , Information Retrieved , Goblin Cock , Misfits , Ladies , Zach Hill , Optiganally Yours
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A generation of powerful Chicago women had babies there, and many of those babies are themselves now grown and influential
by Michael Miner
Tags: Architecture , Media , News , Northwestern Memorial Hospital , Northwestern University , Prentice Women's Hospital , Bertrand Goldberg , Preservation Chicago , Jonathan Fine , Landmarks Illinois , Lisa DiChiera , Dr. Marvin Rosner , June Rosner , Streeterville Organization of Active Residents , Bruce Corson , Chicago Tribune , Marie Dillon
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The Colorado-based brewery Oskar Blues brings its cans to Chicago
by Julia Thiel
Tags: One Sip , Food Chain , Food & Drink , Oskar Blues , G'Knight , Dale's Pale Ale , Ten Fidy , Old Chub , Mama's Little Yella Pils , Deviant Dale's IPA , Gubna , barrel-aged
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Asking a squirrel what she thinks about Mike Sula's "Chicken of the trees"
by Tal Rosenberg
Tags: Seriously? , Squirrels Week , Food & Drink , Variations on a Theme , Squirrels Week , Mike Sula , Chicken of the trees , squirrels , eastern gray squirrel , WBEZ , Carol Sciuris , Newberry Library , Washington Square Park , Bughouse Square , I've officially lost my mind
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Back when the president was just a candidate, poverty was on his agenda
by Steve Bogira
Tags: Election 2012 , Neighborhoods , Poverty , Media , Politics , News , Barack Obama , poverty , Anacostia , Robert F. Kennedy , community organizing , Paul Tough , New York Times , Harlem Children's Zone , Geoffrey Canada , Bob Herbert , The Grio , Peter Edelman , So Rich So Poor , Valerie Jarrett , Georgetown law
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Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events hands off its Chicago Artists Resource website, brand, and programming to the Chicago Artists' Coalition
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When we write about carnivorousness, Brien Comerford can be counted on to take the bait
by Jerome Ludwig
Tags: Eco , Squirrels Week , Food Chain , Food & Drink , Squirrels Week , Mike Sula , Brien Comerford , squirrels , Sausagefest , carnivorous , Field & Street , Jerry Sullivan , Hunting for Frogs on Elston , Variations on a Theme , University of Chicago Press
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Designer Scott Williams created this week's featured gig poster
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Lightning Bolt finally capture their frantic live sound on the new "King Candy"
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Chill rap when I've needed it the most
by Miles Raymer
Tags: 12 O'Clock Track , Music , Kami de Chukwu , Heavy , Light , hip-hop , 12 O'Clock Track , Flying Lotus , Chief Keef , Million Dollar Mano , Treated Crew , Groundislava , Jonwayne , Nosaj Thing , weed
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Tracing a line from local "soul trap" originator Tree to California experimental-metal band Wreck & Reference
by Leor Galil
Tags: Things I Love , Music , Sunday School , Tree , Tremaine Johnson , No Youth , Ableton Live , GarageBand , soul trap , Wreck & Reference , metal , Video
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The abundance of squirrels that inhabit college campuses had led to two camps, prosquirrel and antisquirrel
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Revisiting Ulrich Seidl's controversial Dog Days (2001) in light of the American remake currently in theaters
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The crackdown on piracy by proxy looks to get interesting
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Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 040
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Strange glitches mar an intriguing new website, SoundGecko
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Robert Feder shouldn't be so hard on Michael Ferro
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Neo-goth, proto-emo, death metal, and Seattle hip-hop
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What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 22, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , Ravinia Fest , Donald Fagen , Michael McDonald , Boz Scaggs , The Dukes of September , Brooklyn , Yeasayer , the Vic , Fragrant World , Peter Margasak , Joyce Selander , Joyce Queen of the Mountain: Female Courage and Hand-to-Hand Combat in the World's Largest Money Pit , Book Cellar , Ravenswood
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In this week's Food & Drink: Mike and Pat Sheerin's Trenchermen, Key Ingredient mochiko
by Kate Schmidt
Tags: Food Chain , Food & Drink , Trenchermen , Wicker Park restaurants , Mike Sheerin , Pat Sheerin , Blackbird , Signature Room at the 95th , Tona Palomino , Key Ingredient , Ray Stanis , mochiko , Nellcote , Ben Sheagren , Hopleaf
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Nocebos—drugs that increase the side effects of knowing about side effects
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Republicans think Todd Akin makes them look bad. They're right.
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Race is a significant factor in how much sleep you get, according to a new study
by Sam Worley
Tags: Crime , Science , Dim the Lights , News , Mercedes Carnethon , Douglas Quenqua , New York Times , sleep , race , Kristen Knutson , Northwestern , Steve Bogira , segregation , inequality
