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Why won’t City Hall fight for Chicago’s homegrown music scene?

The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but the city doesn’t protect its own treasures.

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Portraits and archival photographs evoke a long journey.

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Outsider rapper Sharkula and oddball electronic artist Mukqs make a surprisingly approachable collaborative EP.

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The Real American Pie

Mince pie was once inextricable from our national identity. Blamed for bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race, it nonetheless persisted as an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?

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