Deanna Isaacs on Culture
Prentice's reprieve from destruction allows a look at NU's tear-down rationale—and the alternatives
by Deanna Isaacs
Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture , Prentice Women's Hospital , Chicago Architectural Club , Bertrand Goldberg , Neil Cohen , Northwestern University , architecture , preservationism , Martin Felsen , Chicago Architecture Foundation , medical research , Lurie Medical Research Center , Jonah Lehrer , Isaac Kohane , groupthink
Savage Love
Dan on quick cash for a babysitter and a touch choice for a polyamorist
Ben Joravsky on Politics
Mayor Emanuel praises United for returning money it was required to return anyway
by Ben Joravsky
Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics , Chicago Tribune , United Airlines , Mayor Emanuel , Rahm Emanuel , TIF , Richard M. Daley , Mayor Daley , Mayor Richard M. Daley , Rod Blagojevich , City Hall , Republic Windows and Doors , Willis Tower , Roseland , 77 W. Wacker , State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio , Christen David
Three Beats
Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap , Disappears play Rainbo, and more
by Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti and Peter Margasak
Tags: Three Beats , Chance the Rapper , Donald Pullen , Rockie Fresh , Rick Ross , Childish Gambino , LSD , Disappears , Danny Zaretsky , reissues , Gordon Anderson , Real Gone Music , record labels , Rainbo Club , Dusty Groove
Music Feature
Does music born of Dirty South drug wars have any place in squeaky-clean dance clubs?
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Music Feature , trap rap , trap music , Roland 808 , Lex Luger , Rick Ross , EDM , David Drake , So Many Shrimp , Complex Magazine , acid trap , trap-ah-ton , trapstep , Flosstradamus , SoundCloud , Diplo , Jeffree's , Mad Decent , Trap Shit 6/9 , UZ , Million Dollar Mano , Tumblr , Rihanna , Calvin Harris
Gossip Wolf
The live debut of furry supergroup Ratso & the Rabbits, plus new albums from Shiloh and Dark Fog
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Tags: Gossip Wolf , Chic-a-Go-Go , Ratso , Jake Austen , Ratso & the Rabbits , Nobunny , Rhythm Chicken , punk , Shiloh , Rick Riggs , Ryan Ensley , Dark Fog , psych
Movie Review
Pang Ho-cheung’s Vulgaria raises the dirty joke to the level of art
by Ben Sachs
Tags: Movie Review , Hong Kong , Vulgaria , Gene Siskel Film Center , Pang Ho-cheung , Johnnie To , Wai Ka-fai , Fulltime Killer , Trivial Matters , Love in a Puff , dirty joke
Cocktail Challenge
Public House bartender Monica Dim crafts the Professor Plum
Restaurant Reviews
Homestyle Taste delivers the undersung food of northeast China
by Mike Sula
Tags: Restaurant Reviews , Northeastern Chinese food , Bridgeport , Chinatown , Chinatown Square mall , Dongbei , Northern City , Homestyle Taste , Shenyang , Ed's Potsticker House , Cheng Hai Wang , Nancy Wu , Aiken Zhou , Dragon King , Manchuria , liang jang pi , Shandong Province , da la pi , colorful wide cold noodle , chilied whole-fish hot pots , stupid chicken , di san xian , Tony Hu , Lao Dongbei , Recommended
Dance Critic's Choice
ScrapArtsMusic plumbs the musical potential of plumbing
Culture Vultures
Chicagoans recommend a detective thriller, an American Indians primer, and old Japanese prints
Theater Review
Profiles Theatre revives Will Kerns Hellcab
Theater Review
Court Theatre's Charles Newell directs James Joyce's "The Dead"
by Zac Thompson
Tags: Theater Review , James Joyce , James Joyce's "The Dead" , The Dead short story , Dubliners , Richard Nelson , Shaun Davey , Gabriel Conroy , Philip Earl Johnson , Court Theatre , Susie McMonagle , Rob Lindley , Doug Peck
Art Critic's Choice
The National Public Housing Museum presents "The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation"
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Come for the Cuban, come back for the empanadas
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Am I the only one who thinks you could switch a few nationalities in the new Red Dawn and have a documentary of America's invasion of Afghanistan?
by Asher Klein
Tags: Crime , Shots Fired , Film , war , Red Dawn , invasions , America , Afghanistan , Drew Hunt , insurgency , Red Army , protest films
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The Tribune 's view of Mayor Rahm's Chicago is a little different than ours
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Dark Fog's new record stands out in a crowd of faceless local psych acts
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Notes on the latest Bollywood feature to play at the River East 21
by Ben Sachs
Tags: Foreign , Film , Son of Sardaar , River East 21 , Bollywood , Sanjay Dutt , Arjan Bajwa , Buster Keaton , Our Hospitality , Bugs Bunny , Madlib , Beat Konducta in India
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How one rapper's egotistical contempt made for a turkey of a performance
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Observing the crowd dynamics of a weekday afternoon multiplex screening
by Ben Sachs
Tags: Broken , Dim the Lights , Film , Cloud Atlas , Andy Wachowski , Lana Wachowski , River East 21 , moviegoing , Clifford Odets , Paradise Lost , universal values , why DCP sucks
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A Wired article gives some insight into how technology's role in the Israel-Hamas conflict
by Tal Rosenberg
Tags: Boom! , The Internet , News , Israel , Palestine , Hamas , social media , technology , Fajr-5 rockets , Tel-Aviv , Jerusalem , Noah Shachtman , Robert Beckhusen , Wired magazine , Danger Room blog
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A wealth of newly released interview footage gives a kaleidoscopic sense of the Beat Generation's legacy
by J.R. Jones
Tags: Books , Television , Film , Gregory Corso , What Happened to Kerouac? , Richard Lerner , Lewis MacAdams , Shout! Factory , Jack Kerouac , Neal Cassady , Allen Ginsberg , William S. Burroughs , On the Road , Walter Salles , Cannes Film Festival , John Krokides , Kill Your Darlings , Jack Huston , Ben Foster , Daniel Radcliffe , The Steve Allen Show , William F. Buckley , Firing Line , Lawrence Ferlinghetti , Michael McClure , John Clellon Holmes , Edie Parker Kerouac , Carolyn Cassaday , Herbert Huncke , Jan Kerouac , The Beverly Hillbillies , Political Fallout of the Beat Generation , Naropa Institute , Paul Krassner , The Realist , Abbie Hoffman , Timothy Leary , Howl , Naked Lunch , Beat Generation , documentaries , counterculture , movies , Video
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The underrated trumpeter Russ Johnson leads a terrific Chicago band through a set of his music at the Hideout on Wednesday
by Peter Margasak
Tags: Music , Post No Bills , Russ Johnson , jazz , Jason Stein , University of Wisconsin--Parkside , Co Streiff , In Circles , The Loper , Hideout , Audio
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Lawrence Durrell's Justine , my nominee for novelistic turkey of the ages.
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A special exhibit displays some of the exquisite items in the Newberry's vast collection, on the occasion of the library's 125th anniversary
by Jerome Ludwig
Tags: Books , Do This , Arts , Newberry Library , University of Chicago Press , Kelly McGrath , Walter Newberry , Bughouse Square , Nelson Algren , Man With the Golden Arm , Jack Kerouac , Malcolm Cowley , Montaigne , Shakespeare , first folio , Herman Melville , Moby-Dick , Dill Pickle Club , baseball cards , American Tobacco Company , Jay Ryan , Bird Machine
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Chicago Journal and Skyline won't be published by Wednesday Journal Inc. beyond December
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NU's new research building won't be much like MIT's legendary Building 20
by Deanna Isaacs
Tags: Arts , Architecture , MIT , Building 20 , Northwestern University , Noam Chomsky , Morris Halle , Stewart Brand , How Buildings Learn , Jonah Lehrer , Groupthink , New Yorker
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The ten biggest turkeys I've reviewed
by J.R. Jones
Tags: Gross , This Will Kill You , Turkey Week , Film , Variations on a Theme , George Carlin , Doctor Benny , Nolan H. Lebovitz , Timothy Dowling , Josh Holloway , Jennifer Jostyn , Mark Binder , Eight Crazy Nights , Punch-Drunk Love , Adam Sandler , The Hills Have Eyes , Wes Craven , Alexandre Aja , High Tension , Rondo Hatton , Operation Iraqi Freedom , I Hate Valentine's Day , Nia Vardalos , My Big Fat Greek Wedding , John Corbett , Mike Starr , Stephen Guarino , Amir Arison , Rachel Dratch , Judah Friedlander , Jason Mantzoukas , Land of the Lost , Will Ferrell , Universal Pictures , Brad Silberling , Anna Friel , Danny McBride , Sid and Marty Krofft , H.R. Pufnstuff , Sigmund and the Sea Monsters , The Life of David Gale , Alan Parker , Mississippi Burning , Kevin Spacey , Laura Linney , Jimmy Stewart , Call Northside 777 , Kate Winslet , Love Ranch , Joe Pesci , Robert De Niro , The Good Shepherd , Helen Mirren , Taylor Hackford , Ray movie , Boogie Nights , Rocky movie , Play the Game , Paul Campbell , Andy Griffith , Marla Sokoloff , Northwestern University , Marc Fienberg , SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 , Bob Clark , Porky’s , Baby Geniuses , Look Who's Talking , Spy Kids , Jon Voight , Untraceable movie , Diane Lane , Rube Goldberg , Sony Pictures Entertainment , The Adventures of Pluto Nash , The Back-up Plan , Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever , Boat Trip , Broken Bridges , Darkness Falls , Detention , Feardotcom , How Much Do You Love Me? , Killer Elite , Mercy , Miss March , New Year's Eve , Paper Heart , Rambo , The Real Cancun , Spun , The Trip , Young @ Heart , Your Highness , bad movies , turkeys
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Also Sarah Palin for president, Patton Oswalt, and a letter from Kurt Vonnegut
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A heavy, hypnotic jam from the new album by British guitarist Justin Adams and Gambian griot Juldeh Camara
by Peter Margasak
Tags: 12 O'Clock Track , Music , Post No Bills , JuJu , Justin Adams , Juldeh Camara , In Trance , Nightwalk , 12 O'Clock Track , African music , riti , Audio
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Dongbei style meat and potatoes at Bridgeport's second northeasten Chinese restaurant
by Mike Sula
Tags: One Bite , Food Chain , Food & Drink , Northern City , Dongbei , Homestyle Taste , Ed's Potsticker House , meat and potatoes , baby potatoes with soy sauce , Bridgeport , Chinese food
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Simple, cheap burgers and fries
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A haiku that asks the question, Uh oh, what now?
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Vosges Haut-Chocolat's mass-market line of chocolate bars provides budget-friendly access to Katrina Markoff's delicious genius
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Turkey mousseline, Obama's green beef curry, Trotter's millions dollar wine auction and other food news bites
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The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
by Mick Dumke
Tags: Crime , Politics , Clout City , News , Chicago , law , lawsuits , settlements , judgments , police , misconduct , Anthony Abbate , Karolina Obrycka , Chicago Police Department , code of silence , Angela Caputo , Chicago Reporter , Robert Fioretti , outside counsel , budget
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The wine at this music venue cum winery cum restaurant is pretty good—the rest, not so much
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Let's talk about something more pleasant than the No. 1 ranked Irish. Please.
by Mick Dumke
Tags: Mudville , Sports , News , Notre Dame Fighting Irish , Michigan Wolverines , Michigan State Spartans , college football , NCAA football , Purdue Boilermakers , Ohio State Buckeyes , Penn State Nittany Lions , Big Ten , Minnesota Gophers , Indiana Hoosiers , Iowa Hawkeyes , Wisconsin Badgers , Nebraska Cornhuskers , Illinois Illini , Northwestern Wildcats , USC Trojans
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
by J.R. Jones
Tags: Film , Vulgaria , Gene Siskel Film Center , Ben Sachs , Pang Ho-Cheung , The Comedy movie , Tim Heidecker , Eric Wareheim , Neil Hamburger , It's Such a Beautiful Day , Don Hertzfeldt , Hitchcock movie , Psycho Alfred Hitchcock , Anthony Hopkins , Scarlet Johansson , Janet Leigh , Life of Pi , Ang Lee , Yann Martel , Red Dawn , John Milius , Tales of the Night , Michel Ochelot , Azur & Asmar , Kirikou and the Sorceress , Zu Warriors , Tsui Hark , Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain , Don Siegel , The Beguiled , Clint Eastwood , Portage Theater Chicago , Northwest Chicago Film Society , Terrence Malick , Days of Heaven , Logan Theater Chicago , Tsui Hark , Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame , Gene Siskel Film Center , John Huston , The Man Who Would Be King , Northbrook Public Library , Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Music Box Chicago , Wes Anderson , Rushmore movie , Douglas Sirk , Written on the Wind , Fred Camper , Madea's Big Scholarly Roundtable , Northwestern University Block Museum of Art , Peter Neville , Richard Knight Jr. , Scrooge and Marley , Greg Kot , Jim DeRogatis , Sound Opinions , The Blues Brothers , The Sound of Music Sing-Along Event , Chicago movies , Video
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The Bulls owner doesn't need a subsidy for the United Center any more than the Ricketts need one at Wrigley Field
by Ben Joravsky
Tags: Mudville , Politics , Sports , News , Chicago Bulls , Chicago Cubs , Joe Ricketts , President Obama , Jerry Reinsdorf , Michael Jordan , Phil Jackson , Jerry Krause , Wrigley Field
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Also Sun-Times negotiations, Harold Washington, and Zach Randolph
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Manic Japanese progressive thrash from Doom's 1986 EP Go Mad Yourself! is just the thing for Black Friday
by Philip Montoro
Tags: 12 O'Clock Track , Music , 12 O'Clock Track , Doom , Why!? , Go Mad Yourself! , Complicated Mind , Public Collectors , Marc Fischer , Temporary Services , thrash , prog , metal , Japan , Taka , Pirarucu , Joe , Audio
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This week's gig poster was designed by Chicago's Dan Grzeca for the Swans.
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Facts are fairly inflexible, but reporters can have their way with contexts
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , News , Chicago Humanities Festival , Mother Jones , Monika Bauerlein , Adam Hochschild , Hurricane Sandy , Hurricane Katrina , Leon Wieseltier , The New Republic , George Will , context
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A new track from two of the 1900s
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Previewing the provocative New York indie feature, which opens in Chicago on Friday
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Looking at Rose Frantzen's work in light of her recent exhibit at the Figge Art Museum
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Garry Wills lets Mitt Romney have it
by Michael Miner
Tags: Media , Politics , News , Mitt Romney , Garry Wills , Neil Steinberg , New York Review of Books , Chicago Sun-Times , David Speer , Michael Ferro , New York Times
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What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, November 21, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , City Winery , Danny Barnes , Waco Brothers , Al Scorch Country Soul Ensemble , Heaven Hill Distillery , Hito Steyerl , Art Institute of Chicago , Comedians You Should Know , Timothy O'Toole's in Streeterville , Marty DeRosa , Danny Kallas , Bob Palos , Joe Kilgallon , Ricky Gonzalez
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What's on the Agenda for Saturday, November 24, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , Club Foot , Ukrainian Village , Tim McAtee , The Hipsters , Williamsburg , Brooklyn , Bucktown Bazaar , Holstein Park , Kids These Days , the Vic , Traphouse Rock , Miles Raymer , Mathian
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Also Kim Jong-il, "Trapped in the Closet" flowcharts, and Boss being canceled
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What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 22, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , The Chicago Photography Collective , 5x7 , Mary Rafferty , Charles Steele , Chopin Theatre , Ukrainian Village , House Theatre of Chicago , The Nutcracker , Dan Jakes , The Chicago Blues All-Stars , Lincoln Park , Kingston Mines
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Live hip-hop, old-school metal, and lotsa Leonard Cohen
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Sometimes, one generation's turkey is the next generation's feast
by Ben Sachs
Tags: Books , Arts , Turkey Week , Film , Turkey Week , Variations on a Theme , Herman Melville , Moby-Dick , Vincent Van Gogh , Resident Evil , The Rules of the Game
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, November 23, 2012
by Drew Hunt
Tags: Do This , Leonard Cohen , Akoo Theater , Rosemont , Chicago Theater , Miles Raymer , Loom , Nothing Without a Company , Ike Holter , Timber Lanes , North Center , Tony Adler , Queer Thoughts , Pilsen , Homosapien 2 , Pia Howell
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In a fake Facebook contest. Also: Honey Boo Boo.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Election 2012 , Segregation , Turkey Week , Food & Drink , News , White House , Barack Obama , Honey Boo Boo , Here Comes Honey Boo Boo , Jesus H. Christ , turkeys , Thanksgiving , Turkey Week , Variations on a Theme , Glitzy , pageant gay pigs
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Pressured by consumers' near-infinite selection of news to read, newspapers and other media companies need to consider summaries as the best way to earn clicks
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The perfect noise-worshipping pop song
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The veteran German free jazz pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach finds renewed inspiration in Thelonious Monk
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Tortoise Club, Fat Rice, and other recent restaurant openings
by Kate Schmidt
Tags: Food Chain , Food & Drink , Tortoise Club , Keene Addington III , lobster Thermidor , John Barleycorn , Bel 50 , the Big Cheese , macaroni and cheese grilled cheese , Ing , OON , Pl-zen , MorseL , X-Marx , Abraham Conlon , Andrienne Lo , Rare Tea Cellar , Hugh Amano , Food on the Dole , Fat Rice
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Take a listen to the sinister and melancholic "666" by Olympia duo Ragana
by Leor Galil
Tags: 12 O'Clock Track , Music , 12 O'Clock Track , Ragana , 666 , Olympia , black metal , doom metal , emo , All's Lost , Anti-Gravity Bunny , Justin Snow
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The bike race/food drive showcases the generous side of the bike-messenger subculture
by Nyki Salinas-Duda
Tags: Poverty , Two Wheels , Food & Drink , Adrian Gonzalez , Cranksgiving , Nico Deportago-Cabrera , Four Star Courier Collective , Devin Dizzle , Taylor Garbin , Adam Walsh , Marie Snyder , Greater Chicago Food Depository , Chicago Cuttin' Crew , cycling , food drive
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Brooklyn neo-disco at Schubas this weekend
