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The Jokers contributed one great single to the 60s garage-rock boom

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The Jokers contributed one great single to the 60s garage-rock boom

Their only two recordings have both been reissued on retro compilations, but sketchy liner notes have left the band a mystery till now.

By Steve Krakow

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Three walks in the woods

The Forest Preserves of Cook County, which cover 70,000 acres, are an inexhaustible source of social-distance-compliant space.

By Zach Mortice
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Dozens of reports from inside Cook County Jail paint a grim picture as COVID-19 cases soar 5

Prisoners say the jail, which has seen more than 800 confirmed cases, is a "death trap."

By Maya Dukmasova

We are bringing together twenty of Leor Galil’s best music features from the past ten years in one book

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The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 45

By Reader staff | 05.04.20
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By Reader staff | 05.02.20
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Eccentric Chicago musician Zango the Third warps soul, pop, and lounge into strangely magnetic songs

By Leor Galil | 05.01.20
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Chicago rapper Joshua Virtue irreducibly defines pandemic life on Jackie’s House

By Leor Galil | 05.01.20

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Comic In defense of clutter
Propagation Money doesn’t grow on trees, but other trees do!
Isaacs | Culture There will be no tiptoeing through the Chicago Botanic Garden’s tulip

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The rural eastern gray squirrel has long been a valued food source, but what about its urban cousin?

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When Chicago cops shoot

Since 1986 more than 1,600 people have been shot by Chicago police officers—an average of more than one person a week. In the 208 cases closed over the last two years, not a single shooting has been found to be unjustified. Should we be reassured?

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