Media
As alt-weeklies drop their funnies, is the end of a genre near?
The Arts
Can cash-strapped arts organizations offer anything cash-strapped corporations might want to buy?
Feature
Loren Billings lives out her days amid her memories at Chicago's Museum of Holography. But thanks to three mysterious "friends" and a million-dollar loan approved by Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, she could soon be on the curb.
Music Column
Mic Terror's new mix tape, odds and ends from the 1900s, and more
Music Review
Detroit rockers Death presaged punk, Indiana's Zero Boys epitomized it, and Volcano Suns carried it into the indie era.
Movie Review
The world inside a French classroom
Food & Drink Column
The charcoal-fired rotisserie chicken boom clears the way for an underrepresented Latin American cuisine.
Restaurant Reviews
Places for pollo and other regional dishes
Performing Arts Review
Comparing Gloria Bond Clunie's Living Green to Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece does Clunie no favors.
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Tra.kz isn't the killer music-sharing app for Twitterers that it clearly hopes to be, but it's a step in the right direction.
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Music , Crickets , RIAA , Metro , Kid Sister , Empty Bottle , Schubas , Twitter , The Internet , Murder City Devils , Tra.kz , music sharing , The Obits
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Sula Vineyards 2007 Sauvignon Blanc
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Contrary to reports you might have read in the Reader and the Sun-Times, alderman Toni Preckwinkle really does have a sense of humor.
by Ben Joravsky
Tags: News , Clout City , Chicago Sun-Times , Alderman Joe Moore , Alderman Burt Natarus , Mick Dumke , Alderman Brendan Reilly , Alderman Howard Brookins , Alderman Toni Preckwinkle , Laura Washington , The Fat Nag
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Chicago through the lens of Harper's Index.
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Contrary to initial reports, Lux Interior's passing was "unexpected" and "totally devestating"; what to send instead of flowers.
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2/15 -- Free talk on the science of sex
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A big fat zero?
by J.R. Jones
Tags: Film , Movies , Movie Critics , City of God , Alone in the Dark , Lord of the Flies , Metacritic , Blindness , Fernando Mereilles , The Constant Gardener , Mark Ruffalo , Julianne Moore , Gael Garcia Bernal , jose saramago , Happiness Todd Solondz , George Carlin , Bad Boys II , The Boy in the Striped Pajamas , House of the Sleeping Beauties , I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry , The Quiet , Saw II , Suddenly , Untraceable
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Why can't we have a public market like Cleveland's?
by Mike Sula
Tags: Food & Drink , Food Chain , Food , Cleveland , Michael Symon , Lola , Lolita , Velvet Tango Room , National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame , Rita's , olives , West Side Market
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With other job and business options limited, aldermen talk about bringing more Wal-Marts to Chicago.
by Mick Dumke
Tags: News , Clout City , Wal-Mart , Mayor Richard M. Daley , Chicago City Council , Anthony Beale , Howard Brookins Jr. , Chicago politics , green construction , Organized labor , green jobs , Ryerson steel , Big-Box Minimum Wage Ordinance
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2/16-2/20, 2/23-2/24 -- Free admission at Shedd Aquarium
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Hear indie rock for charity tonight at the Empty Bottle.
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Lucid TV drafts Steve Albini for a strip.
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Michael Snow's experimental film "New York Eye and Ear Control"--with its famous free-jazz soundtrack--screens Friday in Hyde Park.
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Chicago bands: need a vacation?
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Dissing Roland Burris, John Kass and the Chicago Tribune editorial page let out the verbal stops.
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2/14 -- Free downloads from Carrot Top artists the Handsome Family, Speck Mountain, and the Bitter Tears.
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Michael Shannon past and present.
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All of the Republican congressmen in Illinois voted against President Obama, proving the president has learned next to nothing from Mayor Daley.
by Ben Joravsky
Tags: News , Clout City , Mayor Richard M. Daley , Chicago politics , Mayor Richard J. Daley , Congressman Mark Kirk , President Barack Obama , stimulus bill , Congressman Aaron Schock , President Richard Nixon , President George W. Bush , Alderman Robert Fioretti
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2/13-2/28 -- Free screenings for heart health
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2/14-- Free bottle of champagne at Angels and Kings if you have someone's name tattooed on you
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A very long post on a very short medium.
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The Brit Awards vs. the Hood Internet
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Video: Peruvian fish and chips at D'Candela Restaurant
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2/16 -- "Dark Was the Night" listening party at the Empty Bottle
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Gary Wiviott looks in on Cemitas Pubela post Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Chicago-based fashion designers Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters, aka Creatures of the Wind, in W magazine.
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Tenor saxophonist and Chicago native Eric Alexander kicks off a four-night stand at the Jazz Showcase tonight.
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The Affrilachian Poets tonight at the AIC, and other notable AWP events this weekend.
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The Morse Theatre, its future already uncertain, cancels Friday's concert by Aaron Parks.
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Little annoyances from the Sunday papers -- the Chicago Tribune on Rod Blagojevich and the New York Times on Connecticut basketball.
by Michael Miner
Tags: News , News Bites , Rod Blagojevich , Chicago Tribune , New York Times , George Ryan , Roland Burris , Bill Powell , Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams , Arithmetic logic , Bob Secter
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Should Chicago Public Radio have kept Vocalo a secret from its own subscribers?
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How did I forget about Bardo Pond?
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Music , Crickets , Blogs , Garage Rock , psych , Mudhoney , free downloads , The Internet , Bardo Pond , Hawkwind , Nobunny , Raven , Raven Sings the Blues
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Paul Salopek of the Chicago Tribune wins a Polk Award for his coverage of an anti-terrorist Pentagon operation in the Horn of Africa.
by Michael Miner
Tags: News , News Bites , Chicago Tribune , National Public Radio , George Polk Awards , This American Life , Paul Salopek , The Giant Pool of Money , Adam Davidson , Alex Blumberg , George Polk , Waging War and Peace in Africa
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Young Chicago Authors will convene a page-and-stage lit conference, "Intersections: What's the Big Idea?"
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Carlos Quentin explains how the White Sox play their particular style of "Moneyball."
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The collapsing economy is the just the latest hassle for Touch and Go.
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Tiered pricing gets surreal: How much is a a Lambo ride with Danny Carey worth to you?
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Music , Crickets , Marketing , Devo , funny , Josh Freese , the record industry is dying , John Wesley Harding , Tool , Since 1972 , Trent Reznor , A Perfect Circle , Vandals
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Let's all be little Fonzies about Facebook.
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Despite her opponents' claims, Sara Feigenholtz isn't running for Congress as a reformer, largely because she's never been anything close.
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A look back at when the Reader was the free, money-losing, not-paying, hyper-local, zeitgeist-riding, media model of the future.
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Through 2/22 -- "Meet the Oscars, Chicago"
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Aldermen wonder if the city's new housing plans will do enough to address the foreclosure crisis.
by Mick Dumke
Tags: News , Clout City , Affordable Housing , Chicago Rehab Network , Chicago City Council , Ed Burke , Bob Fioretti , Chicago politics , Ray Suarez , foreclosures , Neighborhood Stabilization Program
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2/20-3/29 -- Free production of "Into the Woods"
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The Chicago Tribune sheds more of its writers,
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Do unpaid Huffington Post contributors write, or do they writer?
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A Red Orchid Theatre celebrates an Oscar nomination for ensemble member Michael Shannon.
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Carlos Monteagudo may not have much money or visibility, but with strong support from med school students, he's feeling optimistic.
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This week's talks, tastings, and events.
by Julia Thiel
Tags: Food & Drink , Food Chain , Food , Garfield Park Conservatory , Brasserie Jo , Cellar Rat Wine Shop , Mercy for Animals , Vegetarian Valentine’s Day Party , Sweet Treats , Chicago Bar Project , Winter Blues Pub Crawl , Two Brothers , Beer Education
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The Hypocrites' 2008 staging of Our Town heads to New York this week, and Lookingglass's new version of the same play opens here.
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2/13 -- Free science presentation on sword swallowing and quick barbeque ignition by Improbable Research
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2/19--Free accounting tips for creatives at the Cultural Center
