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Restaurant Review
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Playful Italian at the Wit, million-dollar views and $23 burgers on Trump's Terrace, and fussed-up brunch at Jam in Ukrainian Village
- by Mike Sula and Anne Spiselman
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cibo Matto, Todd Stein, The Wit Hotel, The Terrace at Trump, Frank Brunacci, Jam, Jerry Suqi, Jeffrey Mauro, Wit Hotel, Briciola
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Restaurant Review
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Ten more recent openings
- by David Hammond, Julia Thiel, Mike Sula, Anne Spiselman and Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Abuelo's Mexican Grill, Division Ale House, Felony Franks, blogsherpa, Jim Andrews, Istanbul Restaurant, Yasar Demir, Jimmy Ma, Lan's Old Town, Roof, Wit Hotel, Todd Stein, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Royal Coffee, Panini Panini, Dawit Bekele, Sarkis, Sarks in the Park, Wings o' Flavor, jerk chicken, Frank Brunacci
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Art Feature
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Julius Caesar, a great gallery in a domestic space, tries to stay afloat with a weekend of free performances and screenings and a silent auction, September 26-27
- by Bert Stabler
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Tags: Art Feature, Fest Fest, the Suburban, 65Grand, Julius Caesar, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Diego Leclery, Colby Shaft, Hans Peter Sundquist, Dana DeGuilio, Michiko Itani, Susanna Coffey, Candida Alvarez, Volpi: 5s, juliuscaesarchicago.com
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Lit Feature
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November 2-15 at various venues
- by Jerome Ludwig
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Tags: Lit Feature, Tim Reid, Tom Dreesen, Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White, Lynda Barry, Matt Groening, Robert Reich, Robert Mankoff, Michael Miner, Tony Kushner, Jonathan Lethem, Jules Feiffer, Chris Ware, Dick Gregory, Lawrence Wechsler, John Hodgman
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Performing Arts Review
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Halcyon Theatre pairs two plays about the aggravations of being dead.
- by Zac Thompson
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, Halcyon Theatre, Lincoln Square Theatre, Lorca in a Green Dress, A Shroud for Lazarus, Nilo Cruz, Juan Castañeda, Rotimi Babatunde, Federico García Lorca,, Jenn Adams, Will Davis, Mary Jo Bolduc, Riso Straley
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Savage Love
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"Someone telling me that God hates me is about as hurtful as someone telling me that the Blue Fairy thinks I look fat in these jeans."
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, God, The Blue Fairy, gays, Savage Love, sex workers, DTMFA, bad relationships, sex advice, pegging, BDSM, spanking
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Feature
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The complete season in theater, dance, comedy, movies, music, lit, and art
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Tags: Feature, chicago, fall arts, fall preview, theater, dance, comedy, music, movies, readings, lectures, art, galleries, museums, 2009
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Feature
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Writer/director of Fake, opening at Steppenwolf September 20
- by Albert Williams
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Tags: Feature, Eric Simonson, Steppenwolf, Fake, Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lifeline Theatre, The Song of Jacob Zulu, The Capeman, On Tiptoe, Susan Raab, Piltdown Man
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Feature
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Dancer Ayako Kato, who runs the production company Art Union Humanscape and presents the monthly Ephiphany Dance Experiment at Epiphany Episcopal Church
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Feature, Ayako Kato, University of Michigan, Art Union Humanscape, Jason Roebke, Epiphany Dance Experiment, Epiphany Episcopal Church, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham, butoh, Noh, Kazuo Ohno, Hijikata Tatsumi, Ten Nights Dream
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Feature
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Asian performers put their own spin on selections from Asia-centric musicals, from South Pacific to Aida, in a revue opening October 21
- by Albert Williams
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Tags: Feature, Christine Bunuan, Erik Kaiko, Silk Road Theatre Project, SRTP, Jamil Khoury, Silk Road Cabaret, Silk Road Cabaret: Broadway Sings the Silk Road, Rodgers & Hammerstein, The King and I, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures, George Forrest, Robert Wright, Kismet, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Miss Saigon, Elton John, Aida, Bombay Dreams, A.R. Rahman, Don Black
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Feature
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Dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire offers a glimpse of "the real Africa" in the world premiere of Lions Will Roar, Swans Will Fly, Angels Will Wrestle Heaven, Rains Will Break: Gukurahundi, created and performed with musician-poet-activist Thomas
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Feature, Nora Chipaumire, Lions Will Roar, Swans Will Fly, Angels Will Wrestle Heaven, Rains Will Break: Gukurahundi, dance, choreography,, Thomas Mapfumo, Blacks Unlimited, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Matabeleland massacres, Bessie
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Feature
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11/14-11/15 at Auditorium TheatreThe New York-based company, a leading purveyor of stylishly athletic works by emerging choreographers, comes to the Auditorium Theatre November 14-15.
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Feature, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Auditorium Theatre, Roosevelt University, Wal-Mart, Sam Walton, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Crystal Pite, The Second Person, Nederland Dans Theater, Cliff Martinez, Solaris, Sunday, Again, Didy Veldman, Frame of View
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Feature
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The couple behind CoCoComa will put out eight singles on their new Trouble in Mind label by December.
- by Brian Costello
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Tags: Feature, White Wires, Cave Weddings, Wheels on Fire, Ty Segall, Lisa Roe, CoCoComa, Trouble in Mind, Bill Roe, Fresh & Onlys, Sonic Chicken 4, Tyler Jon Tyler, Goner Records
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Letters
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When it comes to learning about what our aldermen and other elected officials are up to, I think we should adopt a six-word motto: the more, the sooner, the better.
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Our Town
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Jonathan Leyser works to finish the first documentary covering the literary icon's entire life.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Our Town, Jonathan "Yony" Leyser, Jonathan Leyser, William S. Burroughs, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, Junky, Queer, Naked Lunch, James Grauerholz, John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Jello Biafra, Amiri Baraka, Peter Weller, Yony Leyser, David Cronenberg, Bill Ayers, Anne Waldman, Errol Morris, Hal Willner, Maysles brothers, Elgin Mental Health Center, Northern Illinois University, ThinkArt, Video
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Media
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Scott Stantis has wanted the job for so long the place he now works may not be place he wanted to work.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media
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Music Feature
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November 5-8, eclipsed only by the Chicago Jazz Festival as the most impressive and adventurous jazz event of the year
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music Feature, Umbrella Music Festival, European Jazz Meets Chicago, Liudas Mockunas, Hans Koch, Martin Brandlmayr, David Stackenas, Guus Janssen Trio, Achim Kaufmann, Frank Gratkowski, Wilbert de Joode, Matthew Shipp, Bobby Bradford, Akira Sakata, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray, Powerhouse Sound, Nate McBride, Jeff Parker, Ken Vandermark, Joe McPhee
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Music Feature
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9/9-9/13 at the Empty Bottle
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music Feature, Adventures in Modern Music, Adventures in Modern Music festival, Empty Bottle, the Wire, Haptic,Thrones, Caroliner, Lucky Dragons, Andy Moor, DJ/Rupture, Burning Star Core, Ty Segall, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Blank Dogs, Phantom Orchard, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori
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Music Sidebar
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The city's free Latin music festival retuns to Grant Park.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, Grant Park, La India Canela, Aterciopelados, Manny Oquendo, Old Town School of Folk Music, National Museum of Mexican Art, Lila Downs, Latin, Banda Manzanera, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music
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Soundboard
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Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: M.O.T.O., the Brunettes, La India Canela, Steely Dan, and more
- by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Ann Sterzinger, Brian Costello and Jessica Hopper
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Tags: Soundboard, Willie Pickens, A. Spencer Barefield, Ettes, M.O.T.O., Paul Caporino, Brunettes, The Intelligence, La India Canela, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, Plankton Man, Steel Panther, Steely Dan, Free Energy, FEML, Latin Electronic Music Festival, Gordon Grdina, Gordon Grdina Trio, Chicago House Music Festival
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Bleader
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- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Michael Pfleger, Rev. Pfleger, Father Pfleger, St. Sabina, Archdiocese of Chicago, priest, pastor, Bob Hercules, Barack Obama, Eva Kor, Saul Alinsky, Senator Obama Goes to Africa, Forgiving Dr. Menegele, Holocaust, Josef Mengele, Mengele Twins, community organizer, community organizing, Black Harvest, Gene Siskel, Film Center, Bob Hercules, Radical Disciple, Video
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Bleader
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- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Music, Kent Lambert, Roommate, Roots & Culture, Zummer Tapez, mixtape, Animal Charm, Shana Moulton, Michael Robinson, Emily Kuehn, Video
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Bleader
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Pics from the Reader's music and concert Flickr pool
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Visual Art, You Shoot, YouShoot, Andrew Bird, Nobunny, Jay Reatard, Bone Awl, Company of Thieves, Wicker Park Fest, Empty Bottle, Schubas, Parks & Gardens
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Bleader
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- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Jimmy Bosch, podcast, salsa, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, Viva! Chicago, salsa dura, Frankie Vazquez, Post No Bills, rumba
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Bleader
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- by Nicholas Teddy
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Tags: Food Chain, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Swag, Dave's, Famous Dave's, Famous Daves, Daves, David, Davy, free, free entree
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Bleader
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The city's historically weak free Latin music fest takes a leap forward this year.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, Viva! Chicago, Enrique Munoz, Barry Dolins, Chicago, music festivals, Grant Park, La India Canela, Lila Downs, Banda Manzanera, Manny Oquenda, Jimmy Bosch, Frankie Vazquez, Andy Gonzalez, Herman Olivera, Aterciopelados
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Bleader
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- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, 2010 primary elections, Illinois state budget, budget deficit, Illinois politics, politics, governor, Barack Obama, 2006 Senate primary, tax hike, tax increase
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Bleader
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- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Visual Art, Jerzy Kenar, Dancing Colors, Chris Sweeder, Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan, Botnik!, Mark Taylor, Hooking Up, Bucktown Arts Fest, sculpture, Senior Citizens Park, animation, Video
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Bleader
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- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, Chicago politics, politics, City of Chicago, Jenny Hoyle, Department of Law, Chicago Police Department, lawsuits, settlements, Chicago city budget, Chicago city finances, budget deficit
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Bleader
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- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, time-lapse video, Bruno Pieroni, Chicago videos, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Opera Theater, Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah, St. Patrick's Day, dyeing the river, Video
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Bleader
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- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, politics, Chicago politics, Chicago City Council, Roberto Maldonado, real estate, property, Humboldt Park, 26th Ward, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, property taxes, Chicago city budget, financial disclosure, transparency
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Bleader
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Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores's oversight compromise.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Clout City, Chicago politics, politics, Manny Flores, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago 2016 Olympics, Chicago City Council, Olympics funding, transparency, Scott Waguespack, Joe Moore, Roberto Maldonado
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Bleader
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- by Nicholas Teddy
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Tags: Bicycling, Free Shit, Cycling, Swag, bike tour, burnham, daniel burnham, lakeshore, lake shore drive, campaign for a free and clear lakefront, lincoln square, free
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Bleader
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- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Sports, Wisconsin Badgers, UW Madison, University of Wisconsin, Bucky Badger, Being Bucky, Scott Smith, John Fromstein, Landmark's Century Centre, Midwest Independent Film Festival, Illinois Institute of Art, Forno Diablo, Video
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Bleader
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- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Good Morgan Harbor Grill, Houndoug's, Hot Doug's, Dolce, Paprika, blogsherpa, Arun's, Brisku's, D'Candela
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Bleader
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- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Jessica Hopper, Girls' Guide to Rocking, Hideout, Girls Rock! Chicago, Chicago, servicey, Ghost Bees, Glass Bricks, Katie Stelmanis
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Bleader
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- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, Chicago Tribune, Cameron Todd Willingham, Maurice Possley, Steve Mills, David Grann, New York Times, Bob Herbert, The New Yorker, Associated Press, Barry Scheck, The Innocence Project, Craig Beyler, Hughes Associates, Amy Fisher, Joey Buttafuoco, Long Island Press, Robbie Wolliver, Long Island Lolita
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Bleader
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- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago, Calumet City, Pullman, Harvey, Dixmoor, Blue Island, Gary, northwest Indiana, A Chicago Sojourn, Robert Powers, photography, Charles Sheeler, River Rouge
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Bleader
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- by Alex Yablon
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Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Daniel Burnham, Pat Quinn, documentary, free, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City, Make No Little Plans, Video
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Bleader
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- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Cibo Matto, the Terrace at Trump, Jam, blogsherpa, Abuelo's Mexican Grill, Sarks in the Park, Royal Coffee, Wings O' Flavor, Felony Franks, Istanbul Restaurant, the Roof at the Wit, Lan's Old Town, Division Ale House
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Bleader
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- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Dan Savage, Keith Olbermann, Countdown, Michelle Bachmann, Glenn Beck, GOP, Savage Love, Howard Beale, Oligarhy, Video
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Bleader
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- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Bicycling, Chicagoland, Media, Cycling, John Conroy, Gary Rivlin, Drive-By, Lake Street, crime, mugging, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture
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Bleader
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Plus: you can now subscribe to Peter Margasak's podcast via iTunes.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Post No Bills, podcast, Chicago Jazz Festival, Von Freeman, Dee Alexander, Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell, Dan Cray, Klang, James Falzone, William Parker, Nicole Mitchell, Post No Bills podcast
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Bleader
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- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Sam Yahel, jazz, Steely Dan, Hammond B-3, organ, George Fludas, Matt Penman, Jochen Ruckert, Walt Weiskopf, Michael Leonhart, Joe Strasser, Larry Young, Hometown
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Bleader
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- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Film, Visual Art, Books, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Jonathan "Yony" Leyser, Jonathan Leyser, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, Video
