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The peasant's party at Balena

The Boka Group comes late to pan-Italia, but it’s worth the wait

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Columnist Deanna Isaacs exposes the unlikely controversy of the city's innocent-sounding bike share program. Restaurant critic Mike Sula channels the Stones at rock-'n'-roll-minded Nellcote. Film critic J.R. Jones bestows four stars on Bobcat Goldthwait's blacker-than-black God Bless America, while theater critic Tony Adler (still) swoons over Eugene O'Neill's "harsh, bleak, and haunted" The Iceman Cometh. Leor Galil's cover story explores the relationship between brand-conscious hip-hop artists and promotions-savvy streetwear companies. And on the B Side, music critic Miles Raymer digs into a more treacherous aspect of the music biz: how sampling is still stealing even if the track is free.
The Reader's Bar Guide: Hundreds of bars searchable by neighborhood and our top recommended watering holes in Chicago

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Galleries & Museums
Studio Malick DePaul Art Museum
March 29
Music
May 16

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