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Dusty Groove is selling off thousands of LPs for a dollar each

Plus: Anonymous local dark-ambient producer Faithful drops a free EP, and the Better Yet podcast raises funds for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago with a Wilco tribute compilation.

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Since moving to Hyde Park, this free community-focused festival has blossomed into one of Chicago’s most important cultural institutions.

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Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chicken pox or tuberculosis

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