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Feature
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I sat down with six ex-cops to talk about policing and excessive force–and to find out why cops do what they do.
- by Francine J. Sanders
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Tags: Feature, policing, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Larry Williams, OPS, Office of Professional Standards, police misconduct, excessive force, Andrew Wilson, Jon Burge, Police Board, IPRA, Independent Police Review Authority, interviews, police officers, former police officers, Bronzeville, neighborhoods, military training, Nathaniel Hanserd, fearlessness, 95th Street Gents, gangs, Cook County sheriff's department, Donna Adams, Donna's Cafe, South Loop, Englewood, investigations, drug dealers, drug houses, Julie Schalk, internal affairs, 1968 Democratic Convention, Albert Lee Parks, justice, police culture, crime, questions
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On Culture
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Not far from Navy Pier, another expo beckons (and this one's free).
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: On Culture, art, art collectors, Expo Chicago, South Side Community Art Center, Work Progress Administration, WPA, SSCAC, violence, black artists, black male artists, Heather Robinson, black men, neighborhoods, south side, Dawoud Bey, Hebru Brantley, Sherman Beck, Stephen Flemister, Gerald Grifin, Faheem Majeed, Raymond Thomas, paintings
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On Politics
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Kari Lydersen's new book explains how Emanuel earned the nickname "Mayor 1 Percent."
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, books, Kari Lydersen, Ari Emanuel, Alan Goldsher, New Trier West, bullying, Barack Obama, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care reform, Aspen Institute, The Nation, Bill Clinton, SecurityLink, SBC Communications, Bill Daley, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn, organized labor, TIFs, tax increment financing, privatization, school closing, interviews
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Savage Love
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What to do about neighbors who won't keep it down. Plus: Do you need to disclose that blow job?
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, lesbian, noise pollution, hipster mustache, Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q, Tony Award, monogamous relationship, sex, creative writing, closeted gay men, Craigslist, nonmonogamous gay couples, Jeffrey Dahmer
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Dean Ween sits in with a local Ween tribute band, and more.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Spektral Quartet, Bananaphone, Mobile Miniatures, Nico Muhly, Augusta Read Thomas, David Lang, Ween, the Pod, Tonic Room, Nick Nepomiach, Psych Fest, Dean Ween, Keith Rankin, Impossible Chew, Giant Claw, LiveWire Lounge, Natalie Chami, Good Willsmith
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In Rotation
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Plus: Lakshmi Ramgopal of Love and Radiation on her favorite echo pedal, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Emily Reo’s gorgeous Olive Juice, and more
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: In Rotation, Emily Reo, Elestial Sound, experimental pop, Lil Wayne, Chance the Rapper, mixtapes, Peter Cottontale, Nate Fox, Cam, summer festivals, music festivals, Kriss Stress, Notes & Bolts, Chicago Underground Music Archive, John Yingling, World Underground, China, Japan, Missoula, Montana, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Halcali, Capsule, Yasutaka Nakata, Perfume, Coltemonikha, collections, records, record collecting, Steve Krakow, Lakshmi Ramgopal, Love and Radiation, Lykanthea, Strymon, guital pedals, El Capistan dTabe Echo, effects pedals, Gazelle Twin, Sugarcane, Elizabeth Walling, EPs, remixes, Color War
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Music Feature
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The new compilation Kill Yourself Dancing collects the daringly eclectic output of the late-80s Chicago house-music label.
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music Feature, Sunset Records, compilations, DJs, Jerome Derradji, Still Music, record labels, Matt Warren, pop music, music genres, Madchester, house music, Miguel Garcia, Ralphi Rosario, Hot Mix 5, Bauhaus, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Jesse Saunders, recording, 1980s, Alex Rojo, Robert Rojo, Sunset Mobile Disco, dance parties, major labels, A&R, Master Plan, White Knight, 2 Live Crew, AKA, AKA Records
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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The story of the single that Roctober's Jake Austen calls "perhaps the most bizarre 45 in Chicago history"
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Mr. Lee & the Rarrangers Band, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jake Austen, Roctober, Roctober Magazine, 45s, singles, Argo, Illinois, Lee Kirksy, GM, General Motors, La Grange, Illinois, comedy, The Velvatones, pantomime, Al Sullivan, Guys and Gals club, Shirley King, Lucky Bombshell, Chaka Khan, Alvin Cash, Motown, The Jackson Five, Soul Train, The Skyway Lounge, Al Green, Masheen Company, Jimmy Mitchell, cover versions, Life Records, jukeboxes, Jus' Blues Music Foundation, Living Legend awards
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Theater Review
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In Katori Hall's play, Martin Luther King Jr. faces his own Gethsemane.
- by Keith Griffith
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Tags: Theater Review, Martin Luther King Jr., The Mountaintop, Court Theatre, Katori Hall, The Lorraine Motel, Gethsemane, Jesus, David Alan Anderson, Coca-Cola, Recommended, Video
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Theater Review
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Pigpen Theatre Company's musical fable drowns in charm.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, Seems Pigpen Theatre Company, The Old Man and the Old Moon, Writers' Theatre, Carnegie-Mellon University, Arya Shahi, Brooklyn, Sarah Ruhl, New Innocence, Stuart Carden, the Bible, Baron von Munchhausen
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Book Review
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A new biography of the outsider artist has too much to prove, and not enough to prove it with.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Book Review, books, biography, Henry Darger, Jim Elledge, artists, outsider artists, dramatization, literary reconstruction, history, speculative fiction, Elsie Paroubek, sexual abuse, nuns, boys' homes, memoirs, citations, Steve Danziger, historiography, Open Letters Monthly, Robert Hughes, Time magazine, Roman Catholicism, cultural criticism, gender, Michael Bonesteel, symbolism, male femininity, sexuality, queering
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Book Review
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They have their say in High Rise Stories, a new book of oral histories.
- by Janet Potter
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Tags: Book Review, Chicago Housing Authority, High Rise Stories, University of Illinois, Audrey Petty, Dolores Wilson, Cabrini-Green, Ashley Cortland, Ogden Courts, Timeline of Housing and Civil Rights in Chicago, Paula Hawkins, Recommended
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Performing Arts Review
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The two groups mark ten years of collaboration with a joint retrospective.
- by Jena Cutie
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Melissa Thodos, Thodos, Stephen Burns, Thodos Dance Chicago, Sybil Shearer, In a Vacuum, Pictures at an Exhibition, Doug Perkins, Greg Beyer, Recommended
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Space
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The design throughout Lauren Feece's home is influenced by the four years she spent in Puerto Rico working on a coffee plantation.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Space, Puerto Rico, Lauren Fleece, Chris Silva, Wicker Park, houses, yards, artists, Santeria, altars, Video
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Movie Review
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The Family features Robert De Niro parodying not just his past films but Americans abroad.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Review, witness protection program, My Blue Heaven, Sister Act, The Family, Luc Besson, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo, Boris Godunov, Looney Tunes, mafia, The Heat, Identity Thief, We're the Millers, Grown Ups 2, The Hangover Part III, The Lone Range, R.I.P.D., Despicable Me 2, Monsters University, The Croods, Buster Keaton, Mack Sennet, Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Joe Dante, Sam Raimi, the Coen brothers, Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men, Bruno Dumont, Video
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Movie Review
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In Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve's latest, art meets the dark.
- by Andrea Gronvall
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Tags: Movie Review, Thanksgiving Day, Pennsylvania, Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve, Incendies, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Aaron Guzikowski, Roger A. Deakins, Freemason, Recommended, Video
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Cocktail Challenge
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Double A bartender Sean Still goes for "fall flavor with a summertime feel" in a tribute to David Bowie.
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Cocktail Challenge, figs, David Hermach, Clark Street Ale House, Double A, Sean Still, From Sean to Dusk, White Russian, Fig Lebowski, Mercadito Chicago, Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page, The Flavor Bible, cocktail challenge, Video
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, September 15
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Open Streets, Milwaukee Avenue, Bucktown, Logan Square, Wicker Park, Edgewater Historical Society, Edgewater Glen, The Birds, Hell in a Handbag Productions
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Bleader
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Chefs Rick Bayless, Carlos Gaytan, Jorge Vallejo, and Alex Stupak offer their thoughts on what constitutes modern Mexican cooking.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mod Mex, Kendall College, Frontera, Rick Bayless, Carlos Gaytan, Jorge Vallejo, Alex Stupak, modern Mexican cooking, Mexican cuisine
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader Agenda for Friday, September 13
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Dia de los Muertos, National Museum of Mexican Art, José Guadalupe Posada, North Carolina, Torry Bend, Scotty Iseri, Paper Hat Game, Cafe Tacvuba, Aragon Ballroom, Video
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Bleader
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The Berlin-based just-intonation advocate and composer collaborates with the North Carolina weirdos on the stunning new record Appalachian Excitation
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Arnold Dreyblatt, Megafaun, Appalachian Excitation, La Monte Young, just intonation, Home Hat Placement, 12 O'Clock Track, experimental music
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Bleader
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This week's gig poster was created by Leslie Herman, a local artist and member of the band Bow & Spear.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, Leslie Herman, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic, Bow & Spear, Boots With Spurs, the Burlington
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, September 14.
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Beethoven Festival: Love 2013, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Wilco, Glenn Kotche, No Age, Joan of Arc, Club Nutz, DJ Juiceboxxx, Chicago Bacon Takedown, bacon, Lincoln Hall
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 17.
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Mike Sula, Parson's, Smalls Smoke Shack, Irving Park, Portland, Strfkr, Metro, Miracle Mile, Chrome Sparks, Feelings, Harold Washington Library, Rebecca Sive, Frances G. Beinecke, Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, The Role of Women in Local and National Politics
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, September 16.
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Melbourne, Australia, No Lights No Lycra, Brooklyn, Vancouver, Glasgow, Berlin, Defibrillator, Douglas Pearce, Death in June, Reggie's Rock Club, Et Nihil, Video
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Bleader
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Talking to the woman who evacuated Syria's Jews
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Alexander Leve, Judith Feld Carr, Syrian Jews, John Kass, Harold Troper, The Ransomed of God: The Remarkable Story Of One Woman's Role in the Rescue of Syrian Jews, President's Medal of Distinction, Order of Canada, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, Sudbury, Ontario
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 19
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Expo Chicago, International Exposition of Contemporary Modern Art, Navy Pier, Festival Hall, Tony Karman, Englewood Jazz Festival, Ernest Dawkins, Kelan Phil Cohran, Timuel Black, Khari B., Miguel Zenon, Rhythm Collective, Jazz Showcase, Hamilton Park Cultural Center
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Bleader
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Noting a few ways that filmmakers can defamiliarize the presence of actors
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Moviegoing, The Swimmer, Burt Lancaster, Joan Rivers, Janet Landgard, Frank Perry, Eleanor Perry, Music Box Theatre, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, Todd Solondz, Happiness, Joaquin Phoenix, The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
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Bleader
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We sit down with Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto, the masterminds behind Canadian electronic duo, to talk about life on the road and the group's beginnings for our ongoing live-video series.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Soundcheck, Music, Majical Cloudz, Soundcheck, Devon Welsh, Matthew Otto, Impersonator, Childhood's End, Schubas, Matador, Video
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Bleader
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Riot Fest's nostalgia party ended with lots of rain and a ripping Replacements set, but the weekend had its forward-looking moments too.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Mudville, 90s Nostalgia, Music, Riot Fest, Replacements, Pixies, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Flag, Guided By Voices, Peter Hook, Joy Division, Pet Symmetry, Radkey, Screeching Weasel, Mission of Burma, Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr., Dismemberment Plan, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Chris Conley, Saves the Day, Davey Havok, AFI, Bad Books
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 18
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Davy Rothbart, This American Life, My Heart Is an Idiot, Found Magazine, Found Unfinished Business Tour, Schubas, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Dear Elizabeth, Poetry Foundation, Leor Galil, Shigeto, Bottom Lounge, Shigeto, No Better Time Than Now, Ghostly International, Hammond B-3
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Bleader
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Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 120
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, summer, pop of color, cutie, combat boots, nice hair, fashion, Chicago street style, Image
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Bleader
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Weather marred the opening of the University of Chicago Logan Center/Arts Incubator show "The Distance Between."
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Arts, Music, Visual Art, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts, Arts Incubator, The Distance Between, Leroy Bach, Cecil McDonald, Jr., Tomeka Reid, Cauleen Smith, Avery R. Young, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Alex Inglizian
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Bleader
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We need to stamp out this toxic, incredibly popular, hate speech
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: On the Charts, Music, Tyler Farr, Mike Scott, Wilson G. Bradshaw, Ludacris, Kendrick Lamar, racism, On the Charts, Video
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Bleader
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Drake's anticipated third album leaked just days before local MC-producer Martin Sky dropped his debut mixtape, and both releases include beats that demand to be put on repeat.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Drake, Nothing Was the Same, Wu-Tang Forever, Own It, Martin Sky, Time(less), Fake Shore Drive, Pearl Gawd, Pound Cake, It's Yourz, Jay Z, hip-hop, rap, Video
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Bleader
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The hefty new Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture features a host of well-traveled local contributors.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Books, Cooking, Arts, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Bruce Kraig, Collen Taylor Sen, street food, Monica Eng, Cynthia Clampitt, David Hammond, Delta tamales, Yoland Cannon
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A review of Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Books, Arts, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland, India, Calcutta, Naxalbari, Naxalite, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, literary symbolism
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If you're looking for Chris Chandler, seek the barricades.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Chris Chandler, Bob Chandler, Denise DeClue, Chicago Journalism Review, Chicago Free Press, Daily Planet, Les Miserables, University of Nebraska, Chicago Sun-Times, 1968 Democratic Convention, George McGovern, Robert Kennedy, Harold Washington, Grayson Mitchell, Ed Vrdolyak, Fred Eychaner, Charles Swibel, WBBM TV, Bill Kurtis, Alton Miller, northavenuemagazine.com, Jim Tuohy, Audio
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Bleader
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In his rush to hold press conferences to announce the construction of new schools, Mayor Rahm forgot one thing: He has no money to fund them.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Education, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Nick Sposato, Chicago Public Schools, Payton high school, Al Raby high school, Farady elementary, Melody elementary, Gallistel elementary, Wildwood elementary, Dever elementary, 36th ward, toilet paper
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Bleader
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The first day of the Humboldt Park festival featured performances from Danzig, Joan Jett, Saul Williams, Screeching Weasel, and more!
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Riot Fest, Music, Riot Fest 2013, Fall Out Boy, Danzig, Joan Jett, Screeching Weasel, Saul Williams, Gwar, ferris wheel, fake blood
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Bleader
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The Zelienople side project almost gets back together to play its first show in four years as its eponymous 2006 debut gets reissued.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Good Stuff House, Holodeck, Time-Lag, Zelienople, Mike Weis, Matt Christensen, Scott Tuma, Bar DeVille, Over/Out, drone, experimental music
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The deficit is in remission. That's the good news.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: $$$, Poverty, Politics, News, Congressional Budget Office, federal budget, deficits, entitlement programs, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Baby Boomers, early childhood education, poverty, War on Poverty, Lyndon Johnson
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Bleader
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Also Lynda Barry, the pet pigs of James Taylor and Michael Pollan, Detroit's bankruptcy, the New Yorker's latest redesign, the world's oldest man, Saturday Night Live, "Blondie," a mass shooting at the U.S. Navy Yard, and a Persian cat in space?
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?
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Bleader
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No blood today, but there was vomit.
- by Mara Shalhoup
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Tags: Riot Fest, Whoa, Music, Riot Fest, Saturday, Humboldt Park, X, the Lillingtons, Dinosaur Jr, Guided by Voices, Flag, Blondie, Rancid, Public Enemy, Violent Femmes, Blink-182
