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Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues

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For decades, house music has shaped pop worldwide—but many of the spaces that birthed it here disappeared so quickly they barely left a trace.

By Leor Galil

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LLCs affiliated with Pangea, Chicago's most frequent filer of eviction cases 2

Real estate developer Pangea owns hundreds of shell companies that insulate the company from litigation. Here's a list of the ones we've identified.

By Maya Dukmasova
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Pangea has taken thousands to eviction court. The story of an apartment empire 26

The company has claimed credit for reviving south and west side communities, even as it’s filed more than 9,000 eviction cases since 2009.

By Maya Dukmasova
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Attorneys improve tenants’ chances of avoiding eviction 8

But not by much, a new database shows.

By Maya Dukmasova

Below the Belt suffers from a too-vaguely-imagined dystopia

By Katie Powers | 11.00 AM
It Is Magic takes a sympathetic look at the world of storefront theater

By Dmitry Samarov | 11.00 AM
La Havana Madrid returns, bringing cha cha, salsa, and love

By Josh Flanders | 11.00 AM
Miracle is the theatrical equivalent of a no-stakes late-season game

By Josh Flanders | 11.00 AM
More than a decade after its premiere, Next to Normal is still brilliantly weird

By Jack Helbig | 11.00 AM

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