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Feature
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Kelvyn Cockrell started going to Henson elementary at age six, and he never stopped. But now that the school is among 50 closed by CPS, he'll have to.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Feature, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, school closings, Henson Elementary School, Kelvyn Cockrell, security guards, North Lawndale, charter schools, Matthew Henson Elementary, neighborhoods, poverty, last day of school, elementary schools, school support staff, parents, teachers, school administrators, Kahinde Longmire, Mia Bonds, Bernadette Shields, special education, Demetrius Hobson, chants, picnics, principals, Joanne Bradley, basketball, coaches, gangs
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Zoom in
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Richard J. Daley is inextricably tied to Bridgeport, sure, but what's up with the stopover in Auburn-Gresham?
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Zoom in, Richard J. Daley, Bridgeport, Michael Daley, South Parnell, Comiskey, Auburn-Gresham, South Side Irish Parade, Southtown Parade
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On Culture
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An 11th-hour effort fails to save the longtime home of Organic and Black Ensemble theater companies.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: On Culture, Stuard Gordon, Organic Theater Company, David Gassman, theater, architecture, William Petersen, William H. Macy, Jim Belushi, Joe Mantegna, George Wendt, Bob Sickinger, Off-Loop theater, Hull House, David Mamet, Jackie Taylor, Black Ensemble Theater, Pegasus Players, Rahm Emanuel, Uptown, Crombie Taylor, James Cappleman, City Council, Jim Jacobs, League of Chicago Theatres, Deb Clapp, Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago, Ilesa Duncan, Nick Rabkin, zoning, preservation, development, Uptown Hull House Center
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On Politics
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With the latest round of budget cuts, Mayor Emanuel dooms the education polices he forced into place.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jean de Lafayette Elementary School, teachers, protesters, school closings, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, principals, David Vitale, longer school day, Humboldt Park, TIFs, tax increment financing
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Savage Love
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A postmenopausal woman relearns an old trick. Plus: Mom can't find her clit, and a kinkster can't find her former libido.
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, menopausal woma, libido, enema, maturbation, Leah Torres, obstetrician/gynecologist, colon, bowel movements, clit, vagina, estrogen, BDSM, polycystic ovary syndrome, hysterectomy, D/S, nympho, orgasm
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Kommandant's former front man lands in Stone Magnum, and Come does an in-store at Saki.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Dischord, the Evens, Amy Farina, Ian MacKaye, Logan Hardware, Jim Zespy, Fugazi, John Loder, The Odds, Nick Hernandez, Kommandant, Stone Magnum, Michigan City, Indiana, From Time . . . to Eternity, Nite Cap, Cardiac Arrest, Radiation Sickness, Come, Saki, Empty Bottle, Adam Reach, Carrot Top, Touch and Go
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In Rotation
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Plus: Tyler Andere of Portals on moody German techno, the Reader's Leor Galil on Anti-Gravity Bunny, and more
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: In Rotation, Lemuria, emo, punk, Anti-Gravity Bunny, Justin Snow, Parts & Labor, Mamaleek, Wreck & Reference, Ragana, experimental music, blogs, house music, Breach, techno, Smallville Records, Robag Wruhme, Christopher Rau, DJ Koze, Pampa Records, Young Thug, MCs, Becky G., Becky Gomez, Leor Galil, Rafa Alvarez, Different Sleep, Drake, Trippy Turtle, Cashmere Cat, Twitter, Soundcloud, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, Amanda Bynes, Mike Will Made It, J. Robbins
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Music Feature
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He's been a doorman, a karate instructor, even an extra in an Adam Sandler movie—and now, after decades of trying, he might finally make it in the music business.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music Feature, Doug Shorts, Wells High School, Chatham, Chess Records, Shades of Brown, soul, vocal soul, funk, Cermakk, Cherries Records, R&B, 45s, seven-inches, Andrew Brearley, records, Herb Butler, WHPK, Master Plan Inc., Bob Abrahamian, record collectors, The Players, Meaty Ogre, doormen, Galapagos4, Brian "Robust" Kuptzin, Sheila Hernando, DJ Shred One, Jazzman, compilations, Numero Group, Frank Dukes, Dap-Kings, Homer Steinweiss, Frederick Douglass Shorts, The Mannequins, The Visitors, Joe Stevenson, Dean Knox, James Clark Revue, Eddie Manning, The Fugitives, Archie Brooks, song-writing, David Rivkin, David Z., record producers, Ed Cody, Brunswick, Gary Jackson, Raymond Haley, Mundo, vanity labels, Wabash YMCA, Motown, Roosevelt Purifoy, Buccellati, mvoies, cassettes, gospel music, CDs, albums, home studios, Funkland, Record Dugout, Steve Batinich, Joe Lopez, Numero Group, Rob Sevier, tapes, acetates, Video
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Music Sidebar
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The "arts" in this case include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.
- by Shannon Nico Shreibak
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Kedzie, Diversey Avenue, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Milo & Otis, Los Vicios de Papa, Cave, Dam-Funk, Jugo de Mango, Bare Mutants, All Tiny Creatures, Basic Cable, Luca Cimarusti, Lawrence Peters Outfit, Emmett Kelly, Cairo Gang, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tobacco, Bill MacKay & LeRoy Bach, Santah, Dumpster Babies, Waco Brothers, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, ShowYouSuck, AfriCaribe, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Football, Netherfriends, Chicago Diner, Lula Cafe, Reno, Cards Against Humanity, Sonnenzimmer, Galer
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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This powerful R&B singer helped shape rock 'n' roll with her raucous 1956 smash "Jim Dandy."
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, blues, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Delores LaVern Baker, Merline Johnson, Club DeLisa, Little Miss Sharecropper, Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar, Todd Rhodes, King Records, Atlantic Records, Georgia Gibbs, R&B, 1950s, Ed Sullivan, Alan Freed, Jackie Wilson, Bessie Smith, Chicago Blues Festival, 1980s
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Art Feature
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Anne Elizabeth Moore's comic confederation takes a crowbar to closed doors in the art world.
- by Janet Potter
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Tags: Art Feature, art openings, art exhibitions, Ladydrawers Comics Collective, Ladydrawers, comics, art collectives, social justice, artists, Anne Elizabeth Moore, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, gender, comic books, graphic novels, women artists, transgender artists, writers, illustrators, bias, Todd Akin, postcards, comics industry, sex, books, money, race, Melissa Gira Grant, sex workers, Polly Yates, Elliott Junkyard, Danielle Chenette, Sarah Bell, mural, collaboration, art installations, Sarah Jaffe, Delia Jean Hickey, Miller's Pub, coloring books, fairy tales, cartoons
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Art Feature
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A new MCA show demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.
- by Noah Berlatsky
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Tags: Art Feature, MCA, comics, Daniel Clowes, art, books, art museums, Roy Lichtenstein, Bart Beaty, fine art, Kailyn Kent, superheroes, R. Crumb, lowbrow, crafts, highbrow, Chris Ware, Roger Brown, Jim Belushi, John Belushi, collectibles, Charles Schulz, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Museum of Contemporary Art
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Theater Review
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The ensemble's new revue, A Clown Car Named Desire, goes for a goofy, slapstick energy.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, Second City, E.T.C., A Clown Car Named Desire, Ryan Bernier, Tron, Brooke Breit, Mike Kosinski, Chris Witaske, American Apparel, Katie Rich, Holly Laurent, Tawny Newsome, Carisa Barreca, Punam Patel, Michael Lehrer
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Comedy Critic's Choice
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The comic has helped change the way race and class are talked about on TV.
- by Molly Adams
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Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Hari Kondabolu, Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, Spin, Das Racist, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Queens, London School of Economics, Superman, NSA, Bill Maher, Recommended
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Festival
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It's not just about the parade.
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Tags: Festival, Pride Weekend, Back Lot Bash, Pride Parade, Chicago Dyke March, Pride Cruise, Melissa Etheridge, Frat Night Thursday, Jawbreaker!, dance parties, parties, gay composers, music, theater, drinking, run, Melissa Ferrick, Edie Carey, Dot Dot Dot, Uh Huh Her, DJs, Jane Beachy, Scott Cramer, Teen Witch Fan Club, Baathaus, City Winery, Goose Island, Sahara Kabob, Mayne Stage, Berlin, Margate Park, Navy Pier, Ravinia Festival, Scarlet, House of Blues, Lake View Presbyterian Church, Victory Gardens Theater, Center on Halsted, Neo-Futurarium
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Lit Critic's Choice
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The Trainspotting and Skagboys author joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.
- by Jerome Ludwig
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Tags: Lit Critic's Choice, Irvine Welsh, Skagboys, Trainspotting, Theater Wit, October, Printers Row Lit Fest, Filth, White Sox, Blackhawks, Public House Theatre, Put 'Em Up, Second City, John Cates, Pat McKenna, Don De Grazia, The Public House Theatre, Recommended
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Performing Arts Review
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But not too much.
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, Chicago Tap Theatre, Think Factory Theater, Mama's Boy, Arne Parrott, Kurt Schweitz, Mama's Boy, Maxwell Street, Harrison McEldowney, Mark Yonally, Jennifer Pfaff Yonally, Kirsten Uttich, Rich Ashworth, Helen Gay, Recommended
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Performing Arts Review
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Atalee Judy returns to her roots.
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, Suburbs, Minneapolis, Atalee Judy, Texas, Lower Manhattan, Cro-Mags, Breakbone DanceCo., BONEdanse, the Holocaust, Bully.punk.riot, Melissa Ganser, Megan Klein, Mark Earls, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature, Mac.VS.pc, Line.TEST, Futball.DUET, New Model Army, Dead Kennedys, Young Gods, Kurt Weill, Recommended
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Performing Arts Sidebar
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The fifth annual Naked July offers performance in the buff.
- by Chelsea Hohn
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Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, National Pastime Theater, Naked July 2013: Art Stripped Down, The Living Canvas: For the People!, Vaudezilla, Urban Jungle, Gary Schirmer, Le Chat Noir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pride Films and Plays, Kill Your Boyfriends, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, Richard Siken, Andrew Bird, Cat Power, Portishead, Derek Van Barham
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Space
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If your apartment had a fountain room and a sprawling outdoor space shared with good friends, you'd have trouble leaving it, too.
- by Andrea Bauer
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Tags: Space, Jesse Woghin, Maria Krasinski, Rachel Winn, James Barron, apartments, Logan Square, rooms, corner apartments, Flameshovel Records, fountains, kitchens, pinball, patios
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Movie Review
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Neil Jordan gives the vampire story a personal spin.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Review, Byzantium, Neil Jordan, The Company of Wolves, Little Red Riding Hood, The Butcher Boy, Breakfast on Pluto, Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Moira Buffini, A Vampire Story, Video
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Movie Review
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A new documentary revisits three Detroit brothers who rocked in obscurity.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Detroit, protopunk, Death, Drag City Records, For the Whole World to See, Dannis Hackney, Bobby Hackney, A Band Called Death, Groovesville Productions, Clive Davis, Arista Records, Rough Francis
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Movie Sidebar
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The five-day blowout includes documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.
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Cocktail Challenge
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Ingi Sigurdsson of Terrace at Trump strives to avoid "the pumpkin pie effect."
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Ingi Sigurdsson, Barrelhouse Flat, Mark Brinker, Terrace at Trump, Aviary, Josh "Sonic" Relkin, Sable, capers, cocktail challenge, Slideshow
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Restaurant Review
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Parson's Chicken & Fish is a summer party at a hipster Harold's—for now.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Parson's Chicken & Fish, hot sauces, fish, chicken, pollock, hush puppies, baccala, funnel cake, clam rolls, shrimp, salad, oysters, cheese toast, octopus, bars, beer, Negroni slushy, michelada, Dip Unit, hip-hop, Harold's Chicken Shack, YouTube, fried chicken, upscale fried chicken, Big Jones, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Logan Square, Longman & Eagle, Big Star, cocktails, patios, whiskey, Ping-Pong, Recommended
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Bleader
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A close look at the climax of Paul Newman's Sometimes a Great Notion, which screened in Chicago this past Monday.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: This Will Kill You, Film, Paul Newman, Sometimes a Great Notion, Richard Jaeckel, death, cinema, duration, Alfred Hitchcock, Torn Curtain, David Cronenberg, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises
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Bleader
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The poultry at this Filipino storefront is pricier than Parson's.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Cooking, One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bacolod Chicken Haus, inasal chicken, Filipino food, Parson's Chicken & Fish, lumpia, kare kare, balut, Mike Sula on Cooking
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Bleader
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An interview with the woman who cofounded the Piven Theatre Workshop and has written a book about her teaching methods
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater, Arts, Comedy, Joyce Piven, Byrne Piven, Jeremy Piven, Shira Piven, Piven Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Theatre Club, Viola Spolin, Susan Applebaum
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Bleader
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Psychological warfare: the secret to the Hawks' success
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: It's Complicated, Sports, News, Blackhawks, Hawks, hockey, Chelsea Dagger, United Center, 2013 Stanley Cup, psychological warfare, Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Tommy Hawk, Rocky Wirtz, Video
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Bleader
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Will Schwalbe talks about his memoir about reading with his mother.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Books, RIP, Arts, Will Schwalbe, Mary Anne Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club, reading, The Hobbit, Gilead, Crossing to Safety, Joseph and His Brothers, book clubs, chemotherapy, pancreatic cancer
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Bleader
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A reissue of the 1978 debut album by Public Image Ltd. shows off its highs and lows in stark relief.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Public Image Ltd., John Lydon, Sex Pistols, First Issue, Metal Box, Second Edition, Jah Wobble, Keith Levene, punk rock, post-punk, Annalisa, Religion I, Fodderstompf, Light in the Attic, Video
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Bleader
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Bric-a-Brac, Best of Chicago, Nick Mayor, grand opening, party, show, free, all ages, Todd Novak, HoZac, Nordic Thunder, Justin Howard, the Hussy, Slushy, Kid Color
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Do This, Music, New record store Bric-a-Brack celebrated it's grand opening with a party this Saturday., Video
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Bleader
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "I Am the Sum," from Video's 2011 LP, Leather Leather.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Video, Denton, HoZac Blackout, K-Holes, bourbon, Tyvek, Texas
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Bleader
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Is the station's pledge drive missing a bet?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, WBEZ, education coverage, Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea, This American Life, Harper High School, Jerome McDonnell, Shannon Heffernan, Sally Eisele, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public Media, Daniel Ash
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Bleader
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As the Chicago-reared rapper makes his blue-collar alter ego a continued source of fascination on the new Kenny Dennis LP.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Serengeti, Dennehy, Kenny Dennis, Kenny Dennis LP, There's a Situation on the Homefront, Tha Grimm Teachaz, Anders Holm, Workaholics, Video
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Bleader
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Between now and Wednesday, your live-music options include the Flight of Sleipnir, Cold Cave, Fendika, Chris Stamey & the Fellow Travelers, Stinking Lizaveta, and Smith Westerns.
- by Tosten Burks
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Tags: Do This, Music, live music, concert listings, Soundboard, Flight of Sleipnir, Cold Cave, Fendika, Chris Stamey, Cobra Lounge, Empty Bottle, Constellation, Hideout, SPACE
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Bleader
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The sappy, corny flipside to Miley Cyrus
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: On the Charts, Music, Ciara, Future, Mike Will Made It, Miley Cyrus, One Million Moms, On the Charts, "Body Party, " "We Can't Stop", Video
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 23
- by Tosten Burks
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Agenda, Michael Palascak, Zanie's, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, GMAC Mass Choir, Millennium Park, Chicago Craft Beer Festival, Two Brothers Summer Festival, Aurora
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Opening, Film, Best of Chicago, Best New Underground Venue, Best Free VHS Collection, Best Avant-Garde/Experimental Film Series, Mike Leigh, Life Is Sweet, Terence Nance, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, This Is the End, Augustine movie, The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola, Far Out Isn't Far Enough, Tomi Ungerer, Heat Lightning, Warner Bros., Perfect Days Czech, Signal Czech, Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street, Northbrook Public Library, Alex Cox, Repo Man, Gene Siskel Film Center, John Carpenter, They Live, Folktales and Folk Music, I Ain't Lying: Folktales From Mississippi, Gravel Springs Fife and Drum, Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer, Black Cinema House, University of Chicago Doc Films, movies, Video
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, June 27
- by Tosten Burks
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Best of Chicago, Best of Chicago Bash, Twin Peaks, Nootka Sound, DJ E-Six, Air Sex World Championships, Abbey Pub, The Plant
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, June 25
- by Tosten Burks
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Cook County Social Club, iO Theater, Montrose Dog Beach, Belmont Harbor Dog Beach, Evanston Dog Beach, West Town Pub Crawl, Fendika, Constellation
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Cynicism and the national defense
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, U.S. Constitution, BackStory, Civil War, Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Fathers, National Security Agency, Washington Post, the Guardian, Chicago Tribune, the New Republic, Edward Snowden, NSA surveillance, President Obama, Jack Fuller, American Civil Liberties Union, American Library Association, Distributed Common Ground System, Palantir, Robert Draper, Keith Alexander
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Bleader
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In honor of their reunion tour taking place this fall, today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Christbait Rising" by Godflesh.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Godflesh, Christbait Rising, Streetcleaner, reunion, Jesu, tour, Metro, industrial, industrial metal, heavy music, Kanye West, Yeezus, heavy, drum machine, croissants, damn croissants, Video
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Bleader
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The Washington, D.C., dance duo's 2011 single is the kind of carefree summertime funk track you'll want to put on repeat to help you relax for an hour or a day.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Beautiful Swimmers, Open Shadow, Son, NPR, Title Tracks, John Davis
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Top Five John Carpenter films
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, John Carpenter, Gene Siskel Film Center, Music Box, Escape from New York, They Live, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, Big Trouble in Little China, Halloween
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Previewing the Doc Films program through the end of August
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Opening, Film, Doc Films, summer calendar, F.W. Murnau, City Girl, Jean-Luc Godard, Andy Warhol, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masculine Feminine, Vivre sa Vie, Sisters of the Gion, Life of Oharu, Kiss, Lupe, local filmmakers, Melika Bass, Jim Trainor, Joe Swanberg, Kris Swanberg, Silver Bullets, Empire Builder, Expose Me Lovely, Mexican Bus Ride, Luis Bunuel, Noel Burch, Satyajit Ray, Charulata, Mike Gibisser
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The buck stops somewhere else—Mayor Emanuel plays the blame game for the failure of the gay marriage bill and a resolution to the teacher pension issue.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, News, Chicago Teachers Union, DePaul basketball arena, gay marriage, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Richard M. Daley, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, Richard M. Daley, State Rep. Greg Harris
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This week's featured gig poster was designed by Tyler Deal of Idiot Pull.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, Tyler Deal, Idiot Pull, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Lincoln Hall, peacock
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Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include Cakes da Killa, Naked Raygun, Owen, the Matthew Shipp Trio, and the Milwakuee Avenue Arts Festival.
- by Tosten Burks
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Tags: Do This, Music, live music, concert listings, Soundboard, Cakes da Killa, Smart Bar, Big Star, Chris Stamey, Park West, Naked Raygun, Metro, Owen, Beat Kitchen, Matthew Shipp Trio, Constellation
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The opening track from one of the greatest jazz records of all time, by guitarist Sonny Sharrock
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Sonny Sharrock, free jazz, Ask the Ages, Promises Kept, Bill Laswell, Last Exit, Peter Brötzmann, Linda Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Machine Gun, 12 O'Clock Track, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Charnett Moffett, Jeff Parker, Tortoise, Hedvig Mollestad, free jazz, Video
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The language of jazz affords instant collaborations—New York reedist Oscar Noriega performs Sunday with a first-time combo of Chicagoans.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Oscar Noriega, Jeff Parker, jazz, Hungry Brain, Luciano's Dream, Endangered Blood, Chris Speed, Nice Try, Tim Berne, Snakeoil, improvisation, Audio
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The brilliant one-trick pony superproducer is back on top.
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: On the Charts, Music, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Daft Punk, Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland, Kendrick Lamar, Azalea Banks, Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Odd Future, On the Charts, Video
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A suburban beer festival is relaxing—and, by the same token, not very exciting.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Two Brothers, Two Brothers Summer Festival, Two Brothers Roundhouse, Stone Oak-Smoked Old Guardian, Laughing Panda Green Tea IPA, Red Eye Coffee Porter, Revelry Imperial Red Ale
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The inside story of a local masterpiece
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Do This, Music, Liz Phair, Brad Wood, Chicago, Wicker Park, alt rock, indie rock, Jessica Hopper, Spin, Exile in Guyville
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Mad Men ends its season; the think pieces go on and on.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Arts, Television, Media, News, Mad Men, Don Draper, Matthew Weiner, newrepublic.com, Jane Hu, Evan Kindley, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip Maciak, theatlantic.com, Slate, Seth Stevenson, Hanna Rosin, Paul Ford, NSA surveillance, Edward Snowden, npr.org, Linda Holmes, The Sopranos, Tony Soprana, Dr. Melfi
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The finalists and winners from Saturday's third Mash Tun Fest in Bridgeport—which is to say these are 12 beers you should definitely try.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Mash Tun Journal, Mash Tun Fest, Bridgeport, Maria's Packaged Goods and Community Bar, Maria's, Ed Marszewski, Rachael Marzsewski, Eric Olson, Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting, Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo Wheat, Half Acre Navaja, Lagunitas Fusion 16, Against the Grain Bo and Luke, WTF Is This, Bold and Beautiful, Hopped and Confused, Every Day Is Like Sunday, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Scratch Brewing, Deathspell Omega, Video
