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Feature
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A Chicago history, 1898-present
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Feature, hipsters, Flat Iron Building, Bridgeport, neighborhoods, New York Times, next Seattle, Richard Lloyd, Jeff Huebner, history, Real World, Ed Marszewski, Lumpen Times, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Handley, Joe Judd, Shane Bugbee, Elliot Dicks, gentrification, Clem Jaskot Jr., Phyllis' Musical Inn, bars, Gold Star Bar, Nelson Algren, Wicker Park, HotHouse, Double Door, Pontiac, Subterranean, Flat Iron Building, Myopic Books, Quimby's Bookstore, Autonomous Zone Infoshop, Buys Bee, Earwax Cafe, Urbus Orbis, commercialization, bohemia, brohemia, Sarah Crawford, Fine Arts Building, artists' colonies, coffeehouses, nightclubs, The Little Room, South Loop, artists, tea, Auditorium Hotel, Ralph Clarkson, Henry Blake Fuller, George Ade, Hamlin Garland, Lorado Taft, Jane Addams, Bertha Palmer, Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Midway Studios, Floyd Dell, Evening Post, Evening Post's Friday Literary Review, Paul Durica, Margery Currey, salons, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Margaret Anderson, The Little Review, Richard Lloyd, Chicago winters, Towertown, Bauhaus, Bauhaus School, River North, Maxwell Bodenheim, them restaurants, Gold Coast House of Correction, Big John's Coal Scuttle, Jake Loeb, Thomas Dyja, Tree Studios, Prohibition, tearooms, Green Mask, Ballyhoo Cafe, drag shows, Dil Pickle Club, Washington Square Park, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square, Jack Jones, Tooker Place, Mae West, Ben Reitman, Chicago Tribune, alcohol, Charles Collins, Mitchell Dawson, Harriet Monroe, Clarence Darrow, Emma Goldman, Theodore Dreiser, Ring Lardner, Edgar Lee Masters, Joseph Weil, Bill Haywood, Jack Johnson, Chicago Literary Times, Michigan Avenue Bridge, douchebags, yuppies, bros, Alfreda Gordon, Chicago Sunday Times, development, beatniks, hippies, New Yorker, Emily Hahn, Slim Brundage, College of Complexes, Piper's Alley, Lincoln Restaurant, Maury's, Cholly Wendorf, Bill Smith, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, Hairy Who, Will Leonard, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bill Savage, Northwestern University, Frank Ryan, Norman Mailer, Dee Paira, Gavin Morrison, Rainbo Club, Logan Square, Jason Hammel, Logan Beach, Lula Cafe, Amalea Tshilds, Joe Bryl, Longman & Eagle, Reno, Bang Bang Pie, Parsons Chicken & Fish, Cozy Corner, Cole's Bar, Helen's, Two-Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Whistler, Scofflaw, Weegee's Lounge, Logan Square Farmers Market, Dill Pickle Co-Op, Cafe Mustache, New Wave Coffee, Abraham Conlon, Adrienne Lo, Matthias Merges, Jared Wentworth, Paul McGee, Maria Jaimes, Fireside Bowl, The Mutiny, John McDermott, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Latinos, buying property, Bridgeport, Pilsen, Jason Vincent, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Modern Cooperative, furniture stores, Nightwood, Co-Prosperity Sphere, public transportation, mass transit, Version Fest, Mash-Tun Festival
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On Culture
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And make a profit in the act.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, theater, Chicago Commercial Collective, off-Loop theater, CCC, nonprofit theater companies, nonprofit theater, theater season schedules, Brian Loevner, Chicago Dramatists, Broadway funding, theater funding, commercial theater, Commercial Theater Institute, Aurelia Cohen, About Face Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, theater production, TimeLine Theatre, Broadway Playhouse, Monty Cole, theater venues, Theater Wit, Stage 773, Victory Gardens Theater, Royal George Theater, Apollo Theater, P.J. Powers, Russ Tutterow, economics of theater, touring theater, office space
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Culture Vultures
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Plus: Chicago Urban Art Society founders on contemporary art mags and Supernatural Chicago's Neil Tobin on Lisa Alvarado's Still, Life
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Matthew LaFleur, Space-Mullet, webcomics, websites, Supernatural Chicago, Neil Tobin, Lisa Alvarado, Chicago Urban Art Society, Lauren Pacheco, Peter Kepha, Kolaj magazin, Elephant magazine, bookstores, magazines, Kroch's and Brentano's, contemporary art, writing, performance, first-person narratives, illustrators, Daniel Warren Johnson, science fiction
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Space
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Pete Klockau and Katie Monachos's house is home to six-foot totems and 200 tiki mugs.
- by Andrea Bauer
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Tags: Space, houses, Uptown, Pete Klockau, Katie Monachos, totems, mai tais, Jukebox Jam, tiki bars, tiki, Bloodshot Records, midcentury modern, tiki, drinks, bars, tiki mugs, collections, San Francisco, llama bars, Witco, monsters, horror-movie memorabilia, horror movies, Universal, decor, furnishings, dogs, Video
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Art Review
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Jessie Devereaux curates "A Stranger in Your Arms," just in time for Halloween.
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Tags: Art Review, October, styrofoam, A Stranger in Your Arms, Jessie Devereaux, Logan Boulevard, House of Usher, Brad Rohloff, Kate McQuillen, Woolly Mammoth, Recommended
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Music Feature
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Chicago hip-hop's latest hot dance is more fun than footworking, and it's already got a star in Lil Kemo—all it needs now is a crossover hit.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music Feature, Lil Kemo, Chance the Rapper, Wala Cam, Twitter, mixtapes, Datpiff, rap, Fake Shore Drive, west side, south side, hip hop, Travon Biggs, dance, bopping, K-Town, North Lawndale, bop, Dlow, Daryon Simmons, M.I.C, Sicko Mobb, King Louie, Wala Williams, CAN TV, YouTube, video, parties, clubs, Mikey Dollaz, I.L Will, Lil Chris, fiestas, rap videos, Fake Shore Drive, Andrew Barber, footworking, DJ Nate, Nathan Clark, DGainz, Team Fiesta, gangs, KC Ultra, Stunt Taylor, Breezy Montana, Shawty Doo, S.B.E., LeekeLeek, Cicero on da Beat, Chief Keef, happy rap music, Lil Ceno, Lil Trav, Entertainers Basketball Classic, Rucker Park, JLM Abundant Life Community Center, bop contests, Video
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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This folk duo is a lost treasure from Champaign's Red Herring coffeehouse scene.
- by Plastic Crimewave
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Steve Crowe, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Russ Mason, Jeff King, Don Mason, The Ridics, Rockford College, DeKalb, Illinois, Northern Illinois University, NIU, Le Cache, The Back Door, Champaign, Illinois, Red Herring, Mason & Crowe, The Herring, compilations, acid folk, coffeehouses, bars, fraternity houses, rallies, conscientious objectors, Nashville, Ruckus, The Sycamore Brothers, U-Gene Band
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Soundtrack Serenade plays Spinal Tap, and Chance the Rapper plays Bob Marley
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Den, Ray Keenan, Austin, Adam Harris, Ian Piirtola, Corey Mahaney, Crodar, Movie, Retrograde Tapes, Exhausted, BLVD Records, Quenchers Saloon, Soundtrack Serenade, The Royal Tenenbaums, Forrest Gump, This Is Spinal Tap, Tim Daisy, Makaya McCraven, Eric Montzka, Rolling Stone, Chance the Rapper, the Beatles, Acid Rap, Adult Swim, Black Dynamite, Bob Marley
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Cocktail Challenge
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North Pond bartender Justin Fox crafts a "complete coriander experience," from ice to garnish.
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Sean Still, Double A, coriander, North Pond, Justin Fox, Bruce Sherman, Death's Door, Wisconsin, Cilantro, Nick Ostapczuk, Bangers & Lace, Miracle Whip, cocktail challenge, Video
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Restaurant Review
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Tim Graham's restaurant in the Langham hotel covers too much of the map.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Travelle, Langham Hotel, Mediterranean cuisine, ouzo, caviar, Tru, Paris Club, Tim Graham, hotel restaurants, cocktails, foie gras, cherry, service, breads, olive oil, flatbread, seafood, mussels, frites, merguez sausage, sausage, fig, olives, snapper, anchovy, pork, menus, fish, harissa, whitefish, octopus, aspic, marrow, gazpacho, crab, eggplant, eggplant caponata, halibut, piri piri pepper, quail, lemon, Scott Green, desserts, Nutella, baklava, peach
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Movie Sidebar
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The Music Box presents a week of new documentary features.
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Tags: Movie Sidebar, Music Box, Docs at Box, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power, Bettie Page Reveals All, Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, Free the Mind, Informant, Plimpton!, Our Nixon, The Punk Singer, Shepard & Dark, Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, The Trials of Muhammad Ali
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On Politics
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Stony Island by any other name would still cut through decades of Chicago racial politics.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Stony Island Avenue, Arthur Brazier, Bishop Arthur Brazier, black voters, clout, subsidized housing, Richard M. Daley, Apostolic Church of God, Byron Brazier, Natalie Y. Moore, Lance Williams, Jeff Fort, Blackstone Rangers, books, history, Office of Economic Opportunity, OEO, The Woodlawn Organization, TWO, gangs, John Fry, First Presbyterian Church, crime, job training, churches, Northeastern Illinois University, Teddy Williams, Leon Finney, Disciples, WBEZ, south side, Woodlawn, neighborhoods
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Savage Love
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Plus: Top reasons why you should sleep with that colleague
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, straight male, monogamy, pedis, foot fetish, sexual boredom, kinks, crush, protective boyfriend
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What the hell is this place?
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A one-stop shop for vestments, cassocks, chalices, rosaries, and communion wafers.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: What the hell is this place?, The House of Hansen, Martin Arens, Gerard Arens, Bob Mangione, Saint Rita, What the hell is this place?
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Zoom in
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The Paramount Room has a new bike repair stand for the hundreds of cyclists who ride along Milwaukee.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Zoom in, Paramount Room, Jon Young, bikes, Milwaukee and Kinzie, Active Transportation Alliance, Jason Jenkins, Thorndale el stop, the Art Institute, West Town Bikes, Whole Foods Lincoln Park, South Loop
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Bleader
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Some of the best Oktoberfest beers available in Chicago were brewed right here.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Oktoberfest, marzen, Revolution, Two Brothers, Atom Smasher, Metropolitan, Afterburner, Ayinger, Left Hand, Sam Adams, Victory, Great Lakes, Leinenkugel, Atomsmasher, Plotkin, Witte, Speedranch, Boris, Pink, the Swan King, Pay to Pray, Flood Tactic, Video
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Bleader
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Thomas Keneally's latest historical novel is a great book, and great entertainment, too.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Books, Arts, History, Daughters of Mars, Thomas Keneally, Naomi Durance, Sally Durance, World War I, Testament of Youth, war novels, Australia, Gallipoli
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Bleader
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Did you know Joel Daly and Mary Mikva are also actors?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Theater, Arts, Media, News, Joel Daly, Mary Mikva, Howard Beale, Network, Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Nate Herman, To Kill a Mockingbird, Adam Langer, the Chicago Reader, Films for the Ear, 27 Live, Atticus Finch, Peter Finch, Paddy Cheyevsky, WLS News, Channel Seven, Happy Talk, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, Hans Fleischmann, Maggie Cain, Abner Mikva, Cook County Circuit Court, Rendition Theatre, Strindberg
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Bleader
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A brief history of pumpkin beers, and a tasting of several.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, pumpkin beer, pumpkin ale, Jack-o-Traveler Shandy, Wild Onion Pumpkin Ale, New Belgium Pumpkick, Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale, Lakefront Pumpkin Lager, Big Muddy Pumpkin Smasher, Southern Tier Pumking, Point Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale.
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Bleader
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Filter Photo Festival, Coyote 2013, and the rest of what's happening around town in visual arts this weekend
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Ben Medansky, ODLCO, Los Angeles, Filter Photo Festival, Coyote 2013, Flat Iron Artists Association, Flat Iron Arts Building, Gray Center for the Arts and Inquiry, Unfurling, Never The Same, Daniel Tucker, Rebecca Zorach, Chicago, Bone & Blood: Structural Bodies in Motion, Squid3 Gallery, Phillip Schalekamp, The Distance Between, University of Chicago
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Bleader
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The remarkable Cuban pianist and Buena Vista Social Club member Roberta Fonseca comes into his polystylistic own with his latest album Yo.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Buena Vista Social Club, Roberto Fonseca, Symphony Center, Cuban music, Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzalez, Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Yo, 80's, jazz, Audio
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, September 28
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, Gerald Clayton, Carrie Hanson, Monument, Saint Alphonsus Church, Oktoberfest
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Bleader
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The start of a really good breakfast sandwich
- by Gwynedd Stuart
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Tags: Neighborhoods, Food Chain, Food & Drink, la farine, one bite, avondale, milwaukee avenue, noble square, bakery, cafe, Logan Square, ciabatta, breakfast, quiche, adobo, rida shahin
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 2
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Atoms for Peace, UIC Pavilion, Amok, James Holden, Sam Amidon, Szold Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bright Sunny South, UCLA, Festival of Preservation, Gene Siskel Film Center, Shirley Clarke, Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World, Thom Andersen, Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographe
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Bleader
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Morsels from the local food and drink beat
- by Michael Gebert
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jason Vincent, Food Republic, Jason Kessler, Serious Eats, New City, Food Revolution Chicago, Letherbee Gin, Megan Weinerman, Brett Engel, Video
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One Reader writer went on a scavenger hunt for a CD copy of the brand-new debut mixtape from Save Money cofounder Vic Mensa, Innanetape.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Vic Mensa, Innanetape, Save Money, Kids These Days, Chance the Rapper, Acid Rap, Cocoa Butter Kisses, Magic, Orange Soda, Lovely Day
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An engraved tooth spread the word about this harsh-noise party.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Do This, Music, Wolf Eyes, the Owl, anniversary, noise rock, harsh noise, industrial, Parliament Tapes, vending machine, late night, 4 AM, Silver Apples, Mike Lust, Video
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At this fall drinks event on October 4, 20 of Chicago finest barkeeps play dealer's choice.
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Booze, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Reader, Cocktail Challenge, State & Lake, Mike Ryan, Sable, Paul McGee, Three Dots and a Dash, La Sirena Clandestina, Justin Anderson, Nahm Kim, Sunda, Karl Fernandez, Old Town Pour House, Dave Michalowski, Fischman's Liquors & Tap, Danielle Lewis, GT Fish & Oyster, Jessica Tessendorf, Barrelhouse Flat, Mike Sula, Catherine De Orio, Check, Please! theboozehound.com, Todd Appel, Brandon Phillips, the Drawing Room, Vlad Masillion, RM Champagne Salon, Joel Gardner, Lula Cafe
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"Gnarcissist" superheavy stoner-pop from some prolific East Coast metalheads.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Mutoid Man, Helium Head, Magic Bullet Records, Massachusetts, Cave In, Converge, Stephen Brodsky, Ben Koller
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After two years of school cuts and closings and TIF handouts for his cronies, it's understandable that south-siders would boo Mayor Rahm.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Father Michael Pfleger, Saint Sabina Church, 17th Ward, DePaul basketball arena, Marriott hotel, Chicago Transit Authority, Ventra, Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., William Kelly, Washington Times, Simeon High School, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah
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Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 127
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, summer/fall, skateboards, skater girls, California Girl, prints, color, Chicago street style, fashion, Image
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Koreatown ain't dead yet.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Cafe Orient 33, Korean food, Gogi, VIP Restaurant, Albany Park, Great Sea, Peking Mandarin, gampongi, ramen
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, September 30
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, SAIC, Michelle Grabner, A Study in Midwest Appropriation, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Bernie Sahlins, Second City, SCTV, First Class, New York City, Hank Hilbert, Ivan Vega
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Noting the major films to play at the University of Chicago this quarter, several of which are unavailable on DVD in the United States
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Whoa, Booze, Film, Doc Films, fall calendar, John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence, Todd Haynes, Todd Solondz, murder comedies, F.W. Murnau, Tabu, early sound cinema, David Fincher, Olivier Assayas, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, A City of Sadness, Dust in the Wind, Cold Water, L'Eau Froide, Sparks, Lincoln Hall, Terence Davies, Terence Davies Trilogy, Distant Voices Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Remember Last Night?, James Whale, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula's Daughter, Universal Pictures, The Thin Man
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, October 1
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Tavi Gevinson, Rookie Yearbook 2, Rookie, Brooklyn Brewery Mash, Headquarters Beercade, Small Bar Logan Square, Empty Bottle, Music Box, Prism, Dave Holland, Prism, Space, Evanston, Craig Taborn
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A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 27 and October 3
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Art House, Opening, Film, Computer Chess, Andrew Bujalski, Music Box Theatre, Gordon Kindlmann, Anne Dodge, Hong Sang-soo, School of the Art Institute, SAIC, Nobody's Daughter Haewon, Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I Declare War, Inequality for All, Mother of George, Metallica: Through the Never, Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World, Shirley Clarke, Thom Andersen, Eadweard Muybridge Zoopraxographer, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ron Howard, Rush, Formula 1, Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener, Please Give, Doc Films, The Terence Davies Trilogy, The Great Gabbo, Shadows, John Cassavetes, Olivier Assayas, Todd Solondz, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Summer Hours, Band of Outsiders, Jean-Luc Godard, House of Games, David Mamet, Sabotage, Alfred Hitchcock, Patio Theater, The Big Clock, Northbrook Public Library, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, 3-D, movies, Video
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, October 3
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Nick Offerman, Chicago Theatre, American Ham Tour, University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, Constance Lewallen, Karen Moss, "State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, " Matt Austin, Codi Ann Thomsen, Hutch Hutchinson, DJ David Lucas Bell, the Pamphleteers, Rebecca Crawford, Jonathan Ben-Isvy, Geoff Atkinson, Hideout, Blasted Diplomats, Flesh Panthers
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Books as a backdrop: Mayor Rahm stages a press conference in the Payton high school library that has no librarian because of his budget cuts.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Walter Payton College Prep, Timothy Devine, DePaul basketball arena, Marriott hotel, South Loop, Tax Increment Financing, Von Steuben, libraries, librarians, Persepolis
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Bleader
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Also Peace Day, upcoming classical music concerts, a foot cream that may cure HIV, the death of the mean book review, the accidental marathon winner, and the plight of migrant workers toiling on infrastructure projects for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar?
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?
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Mezcal, tonic syrup, beer-barrel bourbon, and more from the 2013 Independent Spirits Expo
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Pinckney Bend gin, tonic syrup, Jack Rudy, Del Maguey mezcal, Vida, Pechuga, Crema de Mezcal, Chichicapa, Minero, Santo Domingo Albarradas, Traverse City Whiskey Co., Great Lakes Distillery, pumpkin seasonal spirit, Lakefront Brewing pumpkin lager, New Holland Brewing, Beer Barrel Bourbon, Hatter Royale, Bill's Michigan Wheat
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, September 27
- by Jillian Sandler
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Annual Mussel Festival, Kiki's Bistro, Mexique, Cyrano's Farm Kitchen, Prong, Coldwaves II, Metro, Acumen Nation, Jamie Duffy, Hope for the Day, Plague Bringer, Iron & Wine, Chicago Theatre, Ghost on Ghost, Widowspeak, Video
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Why the new Tsui Hark film, playing this week at the River East 21, is ideal moviegoing for a Sunday morning
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Foreign, Gross, Moviegoing, Film, Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Tsui Hark, Andy Lau, Hong Kong cinema, Mark Chao, River East 21, moviegoing
