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Restaurant Review
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Even without Charlie Trotter, the Elysian Hotel opens two terrific new restaurants. Plus: the return of Sepia's Kendal Duque and eight more openings
- by Martha Bayne, Mike Sula and Anne Spiselman
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Ria, Elysian Hotel, Jason McCleod, Marco Pierre White, Balsan, Danny Grant, Charlie Trotter, Kendal Duque, Bistro Bordeaux, La Bombonera, Fonda del Mar, Jibek Jolu, Mr. Brown's Lounge, Nohea Cafe, Shabuka Indian Grill, State Street Pizza Company, Cuna, Curried
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Performing Arts Review
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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s jolting close-up of life on the gulf coast
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Brother/Sister Plays, Tarell Alvin McCraney, In the Red and Brown Water, Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet, The Brothers Size, Tina Landau, Steppenwolf Theatre, Jacqueline Williams, Glenn Davis, James Schuette, Alana Arenas, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Upstairs Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Upstairs Theatre
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Savage Love
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"I suspect that 2,000 years of being told how Jesus suffered and died for our sins couldn't help but have an impact on the erotic inner lives of the faithful."
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love
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Feature
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By day Peggy Wilkins runs Unix servers at the U. of C. By night she tends her apartment-size collection of Playboys, moderates the Playboy Mailing List, builds Playmate databases, and even sends free advice to Hef.
- by Katie Buitrago
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Tags: Feature, Playboy, Playboy collectors, Peggy Wilkins, University of Chicago, Hugh Hefner, Playboy Playmate, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, pinup girl, GlamourCon, Playboy Mansion, Jimmy Jellinek, Maxim
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Letters
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"And yes, I am related to Ferris, but the question elevates beyond relationships to one of good old rational thinking."
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Our Town
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When you're spending $67 million on an engineering marvel like the Grand/Red Line stop, why not brag a little?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Our Town, State and Grand, CTA, transportation, el, Chicago Transit Authority, Red Line, construction, CDOT, Chicago Department of Transportation
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Politics
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Dan Hynes’s Harold Washington ad is a reminder that we’re still paying for the racial politics of the past.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, Video
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Music Column
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Pit Er Pat brings in a sampler, Rockie Fresh drops his first mix tape, Killer Moon hands out a heavy demo, and more
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music Column, Killer Moon, Pit Er Pat, The Flexible Entertainer, Puerto Muerto, Drumming for Pistols, Rockie Fresh, We Will Eat Rats to Survive
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Soundboard
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Critic's Choices and other notable concerts: Mose Allison, Explode Into Colors, Dana Hall, Seth Troxler, Polysics, and other notable shows
- by Peter Margasak, Barbara Yaross, Jessica Hopper, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick and Ann Sterzinger
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Tags: Soundboard, Mose Allison, Lights, Roche Moche, The Elixir of Love, Explode Into Colors, Dana Hall, Seth Troxler, James Blackshaw, Colorlist, GPKism, Polysics, Jazz Showcase, Mutiny, Civic Opera House, Subterranean, Green Mill, Smart Bar, Empty Bottle, Heaven Gallery, Quimby's, Double Door, Quimby's Bookstore, Lyric Opera House
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Matches blog
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Held onto the relationship long enough to gain a lifetime of dancing and singing.
- by Heartbroker
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Tags: Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories, Madonna, herpes, oozing, albums, Napoleon Dynamite, Calvin Klein, iPod, dance, arms, tickets, relationship, crabs, Chlamydia, Dion, Enya, Cds, iTunes, life, long, lifetime, troll, E!, facebook, break, up, break-up, ghosts, past, records, hooks, catch, obsession
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Bleader
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LaSalle Power Co. hosts the Unite 4 Haiti Benefit on Thu 2/4 with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.
- by Robyn Chang
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Tags: How to Help Haiti, LaSalle Power Co., Doctors Without Borders, Haiti benefit, DJ Billy the Kid, DJ Dante the Don, DJ Matt Roan, Platinum Crue Dance Troupe, RichKiddz, Dragon Bleu Vodka, Bottle Green Cordialand, Natalie Getz, Ginger Zee, Centered Chef, SRO Catering, Big Delicious Planet
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Bleader
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The American Theater Company presents the first installment of the Silver Project on Mon 2/8 at 7:30 PM.
- by Robyn Chang
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Tags: Free Shit, Performing Arts, Arts, Swag, American Theatre Company Chicago, Silver Project, free plays, performing arts, P.J. Paparelli, Quality of Life, Steven Belber, There Was So Much We Were Going To Do, Itamar Moses, So Unlike Me, Yussef El Guindi, Pee in the School, Stephen Karam, Famous Blue Raincoat, Brian Tucker
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Bleader
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On winter weeknights, only the tow trucks, the cops, and the true lunatics will cross a cabdriver's path.
- by Dmitry Samarov
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Tags: Hack, late nights, weeknights, cabdriver, Chicago, police, tow trucks, Hack, Dmitry Samarov
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Bleader
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Chicago Goes West, a young Canadian-American trio featuring Chicago trumpeter James Davis, plays a free show at the Whistler this Wednesday as part of a short American tour.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Chicago Goes West, jazz, James Davis, Nic Bédard, Karl Schwonik, Chronograph Records, the Whistler, Video
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Bleader
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Free dance and ice-skating lessons will be available through Chicago Winter Dance Fest, running 2/5 through 2/28.
- by Robyn Chang
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Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Chicago Winter Dance Fest, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, free dance lessons, free ice-skating lessons, Ice Reach, lessons, ice dancing, dancing, dance
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Bleader
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Lights, Empty Bottle, Mr. Brown's Lounge, Mose Allison, Jazz Showcase, Chicago Curry House, The Chaser, Facets, Fattoush Restaurant, Koosil-ja/DanceKumiko, Dance Center of Columbia College, Cuatro, August: Osage County, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Russian Tea Time, Jeffrey Haas, Barbara's Bookstore, Nightwood, Adler School Presents: Faces of Poverty Photo Exhibit, Black Walnut, Otom
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Bleader
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Early Warnings this week include Aloha, Aqualung, the Asylum Street Spankers, High on Fire, House of Pain, Killing Joke, White Rabbits, and Wishbone Ash.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Aloha, Empty Bottle, Aqualung, Jonsi, White Rabbits, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, High on Fire
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Bleader
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Please stop using "rock star" to describe your job, please.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland
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John Kass apologizes for a press with something to apologize for.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, John Kass, Scott Lee Cohen, WGN, Greg Jarrett, Mark Brown, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Fairchild, Adlai Stevenson III, Art Turner, Governor Pat Quinn, Bill Brady
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Bleader
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Prairie Fire, Leo's Coney Island of Chicago, the Southern, and other restaurants too new to review.
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Prairie Fire, Sarah Stegner, George Bumbaris, Leo's Coney Island of Chicago, Cary Taylor, the Southern, Revolution Brewing Company, Josh Deth, Longman & Eagle, the Empty Bottle, Ameer Kabob, Bagel on Damen, Ceres' Table, Epic, Filter, Izakaya Hapa, Karyn's on Green, Klopa Grill & Cafe, Lockdown Bar & Grill, Macku Sushi, the Purple Pig, Rockin' Taco
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Bleader
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A coffee exhibit at the Notebaert Nature Museum, the Logan Square Kitchen Pastry Market, the Vintage Strong Beer Fest at Delilah's, and more.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink
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Bleader
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American-Liberian filmmaker Armand Scott's inner-city drama "Separated at Birth" premieres Saturday 2/6 at Corpus Christi Hall.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Armand Scott, Separated at Birth, Liberia, DJ Shyee, Corpus Christi Hall, Benjamin Gardner, Sati Word, Tamiko Powell, Liberian Filmmakers Association, substitute teacher, Mr. Rogers, Devil in a Blue Dress, Panther, production assistant, Monrovia
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Bleader
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As reported by Monica Eng, the Health Department has destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of perfectly good food.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Monica Eng, The Stew, Kitchen Chicago, Health Department, licensing issues, Flora Lazar, Flora Confections, blogshepra
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Bleader
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Mixed-race couples had a tough row to hoe in Gilded Age Illinois
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Galesburg, Sam Monroe, Horace Chase, gun violence, miscegenation laws, race, racism, grammar, syntax, punctuation
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In advance of tomorrow's big announcement, two Reader critics use their minds and the power of the Internet to try to determine who will be playing Pitchfork this year.
- by Jessica Hopper
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Pitchfork, 2010, lineup, speculation, headliners, Pavement, St. Vincent, reunion
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The blog service Blogger, owned by Google, is cracking down on music blogs for alleged DMCA violations. But is it deleting innocent blogs too?
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Blogger, Google, the Internet, I Rock Cleveland, Ben Lipold, Shellshag, the law, John Mayer
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The guilty plea and prison sentence of his ally Isaac Carothers has awakened the reformer within Mayor Daley.
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Chicago politics, Chicago City Council, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Isaac Carothers, Office of Compliance, Inspector General, Duff scandal, Hired Truck scandal, parking meters, CTA, property taxes, Chicago Police Department
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Bleader
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To satisfy the public expectation of shock value without truly offending American sensibilities, Superbowl ads deal in mild racism, sexism, and homophobia.
- by Amanda Hess
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Tags: The Sexist, homophobia, sexism, racism, gay, LGBT, Tim Tebow, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, Superbowl, NFL, CBS, football, Video
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Bleader
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This weekend a new jewelry line debuts, local designers offer sustainable fabrics for sale, and more.
- by Heather Kenny
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Tags: Style, Denim Lounge, Connect Chicago, Nau, One Origin, Viviana Langhoff, Sofia Vintage, Randolph Street Market, Valentine Market, Marydee Reynolds, Saffron Vintage, Ariane Prewitt, vintage, sales, Chicago fashion designers, Annie Novotny, Frei Designs, Workshop, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Lara Miller, Melissa Baswell, Mountains of the Moon
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Bleader
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"Cuba: An African Odyssey," screening Monday 2/8 at Biblioteca Popular, follows Cuba's role in African liberation campaigns from the 60s through the 80s.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Cuba, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Angola, Congo, Belgium, Portugal, South Africa, CIA, anitcolonialist, liberation, Biblioteca Popular, An African Odyssey, Africa, Films of Rebellion, Toward 2010, Jihan El-Tahri, Egyptian, French
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Bleader
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New restaurants and nearby shows.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Food & Drink, Books, Funny Ha-Ha Loves You, James Kennedy, Claire Zulkey, Hideout, The Southern, Beeswax, Andrew Bujalski, Gene Siskel Film Center, Prairie Fire, Sarah Stegner, George Bumbaris, Prairie Grass Cafe, Fish Tank, Leo's Coney Island of Chicago, The Hurt Locker, Logan Theater, Longman & Eagle, Too New to Review
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Bleader
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Workers at the Andersonville restaurant Olé Olé have filed a federal suit against its owner, and coming up Tuesday is a Chicago summit of a national food service workers' rights organization, the Restaurants Opportunity Center United, along with the release of a report on workers in Chicago's restaurant industry.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, News, Clout City, Olé Olé, Restaurant Opportunities Center, "Behind the Kitchen Door: The Hidden Cost of Low Road Jobs in Chicagoland's Thriving Restaurant Industry, " Regina Pavone
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Bleader
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Before bus plunges came trunk mysteries
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Trunk mystery, police, dead body, trunk, corpse, murder, abortion, grave robbery, medical school, dissection
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Bleader
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New reviews and notable films in this week's Chicago Reader.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Beeswax, Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Gene Siskel Film Center, Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, Red Road, The Last Station, Leo Tolstoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy, Kerry Condon, Helen, Black Mail, Hurt McDermott, Dear John, Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson, From Paris With Love, John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Frozen, Open Water, Lady Terminator, Facets Night School, Mystery Team, Music Box, The Necessities of Life, Ward No. 6, Anton Chekhov, When in Rome, Kristen Bell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Luis Bunuel, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Doc Films, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas, Northbrook Public Library, Jacques Tati, Jour de Fete, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Erich von Stroheim, Queen Kelly, John Ford, The Quiet Man, Buster Keaton, Sherlock Jr., Chicago Symphony Ochestra, movies, Video
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, James Blackshaw, Empty Bottle, Big Star, Colorlist, Heaven Gallery, Fish Tank, Taxim, Fish Tank, Music Box, Julius Meinl, Blackmail, Carson's Restaurant, Koosil-ja/DanceKumiko, Mary's Wedding, Gene Siskel Film Center, Indie Cafe, Bike Winter Swap Meet and Urban Bicycle Expo, Jaks Tap, The Publican
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Thursday at the Cultural Center, flutist Nicole Mitchell premieres the new suite "Mother Nature" in a free concert with guest harpist Edmar Castaneda.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Nicole Mitchell, Mother Nature, Black Earth Ensemble, Edmar Castaneda, Chicago Cultural Center, John Scofield, Joe Locke, Marta Topferova, Paquito D'Rivera, arpa llanera, joropo, Colombia, jazz, Video
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The Civic Orchestra plays Sibelius's Fifth Symphony for the bargain price of $1 per seat.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Free Shit, Swag, CSO, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius, Sibelius 5, Alex Ross, Civic Orchestra, Leo McFall
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announced its first group of bands and performers, including Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Pavement, and St. Vincent.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Pavement, Raekwon, Lightning Bolt, Union Park, Modest Mouse
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Bleader
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A chance to win Cool Kids and Flosstradamus vinyl from Green Label Sound
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Green Label Sound, Mountain Dew, vinyl, free, Cool Kids, Flosstradamus, Holy Ghost, Matt and Kim, Video
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RNCDC's Valentine's Day show includes new choreography by Lauri Stallings and Robert Battle.
- by Laura Molzahn
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Tags: Performing Arts, Dance, Arts, River North Chicago Dance Company, Lauri Stallings, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, OutKast, Battleworks Dance Company, Robert Battle, Sherry Zunker, Frank Chaves, Monique Haley
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Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo plays a young woman at the center of a racial controversy in apartheid South Africa in "Skin," screens Thursday 2/4.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Sophie Okonedo, Oscar, South Africa, apartheid, Skin, Sam Neill, Alice Krieg, Sandra Laing, Chatham, ICE Theaters, Truth Be Told, Celebration of Black Heritage, Video
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Ward by ward voting numbers show the dominance of Toni Preckwinkle's Democratic primary win for Cook County Board president.
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Toni Preckwinkle, politics, Cook County Board, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Terry O'Brien, vote totals, Harold Washington, Washington coalition
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Bleader
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Not a human cannonball so much as a human grenade
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, W.H. Irving, Winthrop Beach, gunpowder, suicide, match, Louis Lingg, anarchists, pawn tickets, suicide, murder, Starbucks, police, detectives, conspiracy theories, furniture
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Explode Into Colors, Subterranean, Birchwood Kitchen, Dana Hall, Green Mill, Seth Troxler, Smart Bar, Arco de Cuchileros, Le's Pho, Beeswax, Gene Siskel Film Center, Xoco, The Hurt Locker, La Bombonera, The Brother/Sister Plays, Steppenwolf, Old Town Social, Little Boy Needs Ride and Notes to Molly, Prop Thtr, Kuma's Corner
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The Neon Marshmallow Festival, a promising new event devoted to experimental music and noise, arrives in Chicago this August.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Neon Marshmallow Festival, music festivals, experimental music, noise, Astral Social Club, Carlos Giffoni, Emeralds, Viaduct Theater, Red Electric Rainbow, Acid-Marshmallow, Daniel Smith, Matt Kimmel
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"The Will to Survive: The Story of the Gullah/Geechee Nation," a documentary about Sapelo Island, Georgia, screens at Kennedy King College on Tuesday 2/9.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Africa, Black History Month, Kennedy King College, Gullah, Geechee, Will to Survive, Sapelo Island, Savannah, Georgia, Walmart, Al Hawkins, Kathleen M. Humphries, Video
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Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Polysics, Double Door, Big Star, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Gene Siskel Film Center, Bijan's Bistro, Triangle of Death, Folleh S. Tamba, Meson Sabika, Rush Limbaugh! The Musical, Second City E.T.C., Salpicon, Nerds at Heart Love Fest, Istanbul Restaurant
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Wait, Golden Earring was good?
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Golden Earring, garage rock, psych rock, Lady Plays the Fuzz, Daddy Buy Me a Girl, Autoharp, video, Video
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Wills Tower, Willis Holdings, Robert Fioretti, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Jack George, Michael Daley, Daley & George, shadow budget
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City
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Two wheels good? Not so much before cars came along
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bicycling, Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Cycling, Bicycles, cars, traffic, Canadians, power, teamsters, safety, accidents, horses, wabblers, scorchers
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The latest episode features music from Vic Chesnutt, Peter Evans, Radian, Pit Er Pat, and many more.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Post No Bills, podcast, Post No Bills Podcast, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Vic Chesnutt, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Peter Evans, Radian, Algernon, Gnonnas Pedro, Legends of Benin, Ubhekitshe Namajongosi, Next Stop . . . Soweto, Hamid Drake and Bindu, Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles, Scott Amendola, Pit Er Pat, Cidadao Instigado
