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APRIL 14, 2006
| THIS WEEK'S ISSUE |
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- SECTION 1
- DEPARTMENTS
- Letters
- "I'm at a complete loss for words as to why and how Liz Armstrong is allotted a full page (sometimes more) for her meaningless, transparent, uber-self-absorbed attention seeking."
- Hot Type
- How will the state supreme court rule on the fair report privilege Anne Burke wants to kill now that it's ushered Burke into its ranks?
- By Michael Miner
- The Straight Dope
- Is pot really bad for you?
- By Cecil Adams
- Chicago Antisocial
- Here's an idea for your next party: performance art.
- By Liz Armstrong
- THE READER'S RESTAURANT SPECIAL
- Let Us Now Praise R.J. Grunts
- How Rich Melman and his Lettuce Entertain You empire set the scene for Chicago's culinary revolution.
- By Elizabeth M. Tamny
- Saving Kendall
- The kitchens on its Goose Island campus are stocked with state-of-the-art equipment and the halls are bustling with future chefs and restaurateurs. But not four years ago Kendall College was a sinking ship.
- By Martha Bayne
- Plus: Looking to Go Pro? Which culinary school is right for you?
- The Man in the Mercedes
- Jerry Kleiner's specialty is charging into industrial neighborhoods with flashy concept restaurants. But his latest challenge is a little different: notoriously flash-resistant Hyde Park.
- By Nicholas Day
- The First Family of Fried Chicken
- How Harold's Chicken Shack grew from a mom-and-pop stand to a chain 62 strong and still expanding.
- By Mike Sula
- Plus: Harold's by the Numbers: A mathematical system for finding the best Harold's in the city.
- The Weirdware Connection
- Those cork presenters and anti-plates and bacon-holding bows at Alinea had to come from somewhere.
- By Heather Kenny
- Beyond Morton
- Stefana Williams is bringing the sea salt.
- By Scott Eden
- A Chefs' Family Tree
- By Elizabeth M. Tamny
- REVIEWS
- Movies
- The films of Douglas Sirk at the Music Box
- By Fred Camper
- Art
- "Shojo Manga! Girl Power!" at Columbia's C33 Gallery"
- By Bert Stabler
- Theater
- Love Song at Steppenwolf
- By Kerry Reid
- Books
- George & Martha by Karen Finley
- By Tony Adler
- PLUS
- Ink Well
- This week's crossword: Losing It
- By Ben Tausig
- Complete Section 1
- SECTION 2
- The Business
- Chicago Public Radio isn't just ditching its plans for an all-music station--it's ditching music programs altogether.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Restaurants
- The top 50 restaurants as determined by Reader Restaurant Raters' overall scores
- Galleries
- Jonathan Gitelson's "The Car Project" at Peter Miller
- By Fred Camper
- SECTION 3
- The Meter
- Dan Schneider's been plugging away for years in Pedal Steel Transmission and Hummingbiird, but it was two solo tracks he recorded at home that bought him a ticket to Europe.
- By Bob Mehr
- SECTION 4
- Savage Love
- Belated Brokeback bitching, castration fetishists, and more
- By Dan Savage
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