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On Culture
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The inaugural spectacle, set for October 4, is a symbolic communal exorcism.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Great Chicago Fire Festival, Redmoon Theater, Chicago River, Chicago Riverwalk, Rahm Emanuel, props, effigies, fire, Chicago Children's Chois, sculptures, fireworks, Venetian Night, Richard M. Daley, bazaars, food, crafts, neightborhoods, Sandro Miller, art, kayaks, After School Matters, photo booths, books, Frank Maugeri, communal exorcisms, symbolism, festivals, reenactments
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On Politics
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Mayor Emanuel sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in TIF reserves.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, TIFs, tax increment financing, Tom Tresser, Rahm Emanuel, schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, activists, taxes, property taxes, blight, Civic Lab, think tanks, budgets, TIF districts, transparency, school budgets, education funding, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, spending, Jeanette Taylor, local school councils, Mollison Elementary School, south side, receiving schools, school closings, Kimberly Henderson, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, DNAinfo, 3rd Ward, Pat Dowell, accounting
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Savage Love
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Sex toys as an alternative to the turkey baster. Plus: a better method for kinksters with vanilla partners, sarcastic quips for silly questions, and more
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, orgasm, testicles, erection, Dan Savage, Savage Love, death grip masturbation, erectile dysfunction, ball clamps, ball stretchers, pro dom, water sports, piss play, kinksters, threesome, cribbage, pegging, santorum
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Crowdfunding for a documentary on first lady of children's music Ella Jenkins, and a fresh 12-inch single from the Black Madonna
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Monica Kendrick, Vukari, En to Pan, Roads to the North, Panopticon, Peter Murphy, M83, Beat Kitchen, Beak, Anatomy of Habit, Ella Jenkins, Tim Ferrin, Ella Jenkins: We'll Sing a Song Together, Chicago Cultural Center Juicebox, Black Madonna, Smart Bar, Marea Stamper, Nite Owl Diner, Chrissy Murderbot
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Music Feature
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Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Myra Melford, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Dave Holland's Prism, and Marshall Allen's centennial tribute to Sun Ra
- by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer
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Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, jazz
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Feature
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For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer responsible for a treasure trove of images from 1940s India.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Feature, photographs, photography, Jerri Zbiral, Alan Teller, state sales, India, Irving Leiden, 10th PTU, 1945, anthropology, World War II, Okinawa, Evanston, Lake Forest College, Gwynn Milbeck Stupar, U.S. Army, West Bengal, 10th Photographic Technical Unit, Army Air Corps, cameras, Speed Graphic, Library of Congress, Maxwell Air Force Base, archives, University of Chicago, photography archives, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Library, Jim Nye, Ralph Nicholas, Marta Nicholas, American Institute of Indian Studies, AIIS, Karanagarh Temple, Schneider Gallery, art, sculpture, Fulbright Program, grants, Kolkata, University of Iowa, Philp Lutgendorf, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Amritah Sen, Alakananda Nag, photographers, history, Bengal, Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence, Prabir Purkayastha, Bengal Famine of 1943, racism, minorities, Salur, Kharagpur, Asid Agarwal, SJ Ghosh, Salua Air Force Base, Salua, IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, Gurkhas, Facebook, Balaji Temple, priests, Lewis Paltz, David Paltz, film, Texas, exhibits, video, paintings, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, auctions, Nandeswar temple, jungle, Swarna Chitrakar, story scrolls, painting, Slideshow, Video
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Theater Review
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But Mike Leigh's 1979 play is more about the agony.
- by Chloe Riley
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Tags: Theater Review, Cole Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, Boyd Harris, Layne Manzer, Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake, Hampstead Theatre, Shade Murray, Abigail's Party, Maura Kidwell, Michaela Petro, The Glass Menagerie, Heath Hays, Grant Sabin
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Comedy Critic's Choice
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Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Bill Burr headline the stand-up touring festival's second go-round.
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Oddball Comedy Festival, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle, Funny or Die, Hannibal Buress, Michael Che, Jim Jefferies, Chris Hardwick, Broad City, standup comedy, Recommended
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Space
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Keith Sadler's home holds a gallery's worth of artwork and other oddities.
- by Andrea Bauer
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Tags: Space, Keith Sadler, Stephen Warde Anderson, art, Uptown, outsider art, folk art, collections, salt and pepper shakers, JFK salt and pepper shakers, paintings, sculptures, carnival banners, souvenirs, souvenir plates, St. EOM, Eddie Owens Martin, apartments, Intuit, Hawkins Bolden
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Movie Review
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In Jealousy, the veteran director revisits his guilty childhood.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Review, Philippe Garel, Jealousy, Philippe GarelAndy Warhol, Nico, The Inner Scar, Les Hautes Solitudes, The Birth of Love, Wild Innocence, Rebecca Convenant, Olga Milshtein, Anna Mouglalis, Brigitte Sy, LouisGarrel, Recommended, Video
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Movie Review
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Noir City: Chicago 6 presents international film noir rarities.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Music Box, Film Noir Foundation, Noir City, Music Box, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Akira Kurosawa, Stray Dog, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Quai des Orfevres, Juan Antonio Bardem, Death of a Cyclist, Criterion Collection, The Black Vampire, Fritz Lang, M, Joseph Losey, Too Late for Tears, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Dixon, Charles McGraw, Caged, Tension, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Audrey Totter, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Born to Be Bad, Drunken Angel, Pepe le Moko, Rififi
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Key Ingredient
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Challenged to create a dish with shiokara, the River Roast chef breaks his own rule against making foams.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Key Ingredient, River Roast, John Hogan, Shiokara, seafood, ika no shiokara, cuttlefish, squid, viscera, textture, Asian markets, terrines, eel, burdock, daikon, foam, cream, dashi, soy sauce, mirin, rice wines, soy lecithin, Japanese food, vegetables, lime juice, cooking, recipes, Video
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Restaurant Review
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A suburban storefront tries to spiff up meat and potatoes.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Qulinarnia, Polish restaurants, Mount Prospect, potatoes, Jadwiga, Poland, Agnes Janowska, salads, soups, appetizers, parsley, celery, marjoram, zurek, borsch, bacon, pork, sausage, pickles, cheese, arugula, quinoa, cranberry sauce, tartare, eggs, blue, capers, garlic, herring, onions, apples, microgreens, mushrooms, puff pastry, entrees, cod, fish, spinach, duck, carrots, broccoli, Smak-Tak, filet mignon, sauerkraut, pierogi, lobster, tomatoes, desserts, cheesecake, red wines, white wines, beer, Polish beers, Warka Radler
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Bleader
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Gondry's adaptation of Boris Vian's unfilmable novel is much darker in its original-release version than in the 94-minute cut that recently played in Chicago.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Books, Foreign, On Video, Film, Mood Indigo, Michel Gondry, Boris Vian, surrealism, Romain Duris, Audrey Tatou, Naked Lunch, David Cronenberg
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Bleader
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To stop the bloodshed, members of the City Council propose more cops, jobs, church, and trips to Great America.
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, guns, gun violence, shootings, violence, roots of violence, poverty, gangs, murder, Rahm Emanuel, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, Englewood, Auburn-Gresham, Chatham, black caucus, aldermen, City Council, Chicago City Council, gun shops, gun stores, gun control, Latasha Thomas, 17th Ward, Roderick Sawyer, Sixth Ward, Jason Ervin, 28th Ward, Michael Chandler, 24th Ward, Lona Lane, 18th Ward, Deborah Graham, 29th Ward
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Bleader
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, August 27
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist, Women and Children First, Veggie Bingo, Hideout, T-Pain, auto-tune, Double Door
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Bleader
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Previewing an experimental mini-festival called Dearest Chicago, Please Love Me! Yours Truly, Detroit
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Art House, Film, Visual Art, Nightingale Cinema, Brandon Walley, Sabine Gruffat, I Have Always Been a Dreamer, experimental film, Dearest Chicago Please Love Me Yours Truly Detroit
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The Christopher Saathoff Foundation hosts a celebration of the local musician ten years after his tragic passing.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Do This, Music, Christopher Saathoff, the Christopher Saathoff Foundation, Empty Bottle, Miss Alex White, Alex White, Chris Playboy, Chin Up Chin Up, the Sweeps, Brokeback, Mount Saint Helens, DJ STV SLV, benefit
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Bleader
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The Button Man of Bridgeport sends in a new batch of howlers depicting Mayor Rahm as a vampire, Roman emperor, martian, and gangster.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Jennifer McLaughlin, Paul John Higgins, Reader, Bridgeport, vampire, Napoleon, Mars Attack, Red light cameras, River North, River Point, Stevie Wonder, Romulus Augustus, Michael Jordan
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 23
- by Kerry Cardoza
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Food & Drink, Threadless, Ezra Furman, Bacon, Sports & Beer, Blackfinn Ameripub, Matthew Hoffman, Mosnart, You Are Beautiful
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Netflix's new animated comedy tells the story of washed-up horse actor.
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Arts, Television, Small Screen, Comedy, BoJack Horseman, Netflix, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, Patton Oswalt, Black Keys, comedy, animation
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Opening, Film, Ben Sachs, Philippe Garrel, Andy Warhol, Jealousy Philippe Garrel, Gene Siskel Film Center, Noir City: Chicago 6, Music Box Chicago, Film Noir Foundation, Laughter Fredric March, Laughter Nancy Carroll, Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Unquiet American: Transgressive Comedies From the U.S., Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange, Alfred Molina, John Lithgow, Bound by Flesh, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Frank movie, Michael Fassbender, A Letter to Momo, Hayao Miyazaki, Masculinity/Femininity, Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, Davis Theater Chicago, The November Man, Pierce Brosnan, To Be Takei, Star Trek, George Takei, Cinda Firestone, Attica movie, Logan Center for the Arts, Bob Fosse, Cabaret movie, Michael Roemer, Nothing But a Man, University of Chicago Doc Films, George Miller, The Road Warrior, Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps, Gene Siskel Film Center, John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, McHenry Outdoor Theater, Terror in the Aisles, Drive-In Massacre, film festivals, movies, Video
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Day three in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, News, Terrence Scott, West Humboldt Park, west side, murder, drugs, drug trade, arrests, drug-related arrests, heroin, Jason Austin, crime, violence, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Robert Soto, Kathryn Romberg, Joan Lefkow, U.S. attorney's office, prosecutions, witnesses, prison, federal prosecutors, Richard Kling, drug dealers, neighborhoods, Greg Swiderek
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The veteran pianist is part of a three-concert series at PianoForte leading up to the Chicago Jazz Festival next week.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, John Wright, PianoForte, Chicago Jazz Festival, Matthew Shipp, Sam Grossner, South Side Soul, "LaSalle Street After Hours", Video
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Bleader
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Twenty-six bands plus a farewell from Rodeo.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Do This, Music, ElSounds Fest, Chicago Singles Club, Notes & Bolts, Midwest Action, Loud Loop Press, Frontier Psychiatrist, Local Loop, Cafe Mustache, Cole's, free, Absolutely Not, Velocicopter, Rodeo, Peekaboos, Flesh Panthers
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Jackie Robinson West was playing baseball for one reason: to win.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, Sports, News, Grantland Rice, Little League World Series, Jackie Robinson West, Williamsport, PA, John Kass, Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune
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Previewing revivals of Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night and Cinda Firestone's Attica
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, History, University of Chicago, Doc Films, Logan Center for the Arts, South Side Projections, Attica, History Is Made at Night, Cinda Firestone, Frank Borzage, Video
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Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, The Gang's All Here, L'Argent, Kirikou and the Sorceress, The Naked City, Nosferatu, The 39 Steps, Time Bandits
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The awards show celebrates music videos as a pretense, and in the process it insults the medium.
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Broken, Narcissism, Music, MTV, Video Music Awards, music videos, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Kanye West, Usher, Taylor Swift, Video
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Make the most of FXX's Simpsons marathon.
- by Gwynedd Stuart
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Tags: We're Old, Arts, Television, Small Screen, the simpsons, fxx, marathon, fox, bart simpson, homer simpson, marge simpson, lisa simpson, maggie simpson, matt groening, conan o'brien, sideshow bob, kelsey grammer
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Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, The Gay Divorcee, Happy-Go-Lucky, the Red Shoes, To Catch a Thief, To Have and Have Not, White Material, Andrei Rublev
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State rep Ken Dunkin and county commissioner John Fritchey will talk baseball, crime, reefer, and politics with Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke at the Hideout on September 2.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, News, Ken Dunkin, John Fritchey, Jackie Robinson West baseball team, Little League, Hideout, Mick Dumke, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, baseball, First Tuesdays
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A stone-cold soul-jazz classic from the brilliant guitarist, with drummer Idris Muhammad and organist Ronnie Foster
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Grant Green, Big John Patton, "Hot Sauce, " Alive!, soul-jazz, funk, "Sookie, Sookie, " Don Covay, Idris Muhammad, Ronnie Foster, 12 O'Clock Track, Video
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Puig Destroyer's "Mike Trout." It's baseball-themed grindcore. What more could you possibly want?
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Puig Destroyer, Mike Trout, Yasiel Puig, Pig Destroyer, grindcore, baseball, Dodgers, Angels
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The Republican candidate for Illinois governor did not approve this message.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Humor, Politics, News, Bruce Rauner, Illinois gubernatorial election, taxes, tax returns, Rahm Emanuel, Mitt Romney, carried interest, private equity, tax loopholes, Cayman Islands
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Two new releases contribute to the ongoing celebration of the quirky genius.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Sun Ra Arkestra, centennial, The Sun Ra Arkestra Live in Nickelsdorf 1984, "Love in Outer Space, " In the Orbit of Ra, "Plutonian Nights, " Chicago Jazz Festival, Marshall Allen, John Szwed, John Corbett, Art Hoyle, Art Yard, Saturn Records, Trost, John Gilmore, Danny Thompson, Peter Dennett, Strut Records
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Photographer Jason Reblando's "New Deal Utopias" examines the manufactured Greenbelt Towns some 80 years after they were developed to provide relief to those crippled by the Great Depression.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, New Deal Utopias, Jason Reblando, Greenbelt, Rexford Tugwell, Garden City, Great Depression, Greenhills, Ohio, Greendale, Wisconsin, New Deal, Roosevelt's Resettlement Administration, photography
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The Burkina Faso singer leaves behind a dynamic, polystylistic legacy of work.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: RIP, Music, Post No Bills, Amadou "Balaké" Traore, Africando, Burkina Faso, Bar Konon Mousso Bar, Super Bar Konon Mousso, African music, Deni Sabali, Viva Africando, Video
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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, August 22
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Harvard Sailing Team, Beat Kitchen, Theaster Gates, Retreat, Richard Gray Gallery, Black Artists Retreat, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Zero Boys, Cobra Lounge, punk
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An exclusive premiere of a track from the north-side MC's recent debut, Bittersweet Victory
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Premiere, Video Premiere, Noelz Vedere, Censored Love, Bittersweet Victory, Kiara Lanier, Video
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Opening, Film, J.R. Jones, Dinosaur 13, Sue dinosaur, Field Museum of Natural History, Ben Sachs, Eric Rohmer, A Summer's Tale, Land Ho!, Paul Eenhoorn, This Is Martin Bonner, Aaron Katz, Cold Weather, Martha Stephens, Are You Here, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, The Forgotten Kingdom, From Above, If I Stay, Chloe Grace Moretz, Moebius, Kim Ki-duk, The One I Love, Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Waltzes From Vienna, Alfred Hitchcock, Johann Strass II, When the Game Stands Tall, Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Laura Dern, James Cameron, Avatar, Millennium Park, Howard Hawk, The Dawn Patrol, University of Chicago Doc Films, Frank Borzage, History Is Made at Night, David Lynch, Mulholland Drive, Music Box, Mel Brooks, The Producers, Bill Duke, A Rage in Harlem, Gene Siskel Film Center, Under Capricorn, Terror in the Aisles, Night of the Demons, Davis Theater Chicago, Linnea Quigley, Nightingale Chicago, Dearest Chicago Please Love Me Yours Truly Detroit, Basement Media Fest: Lo-Def Lo-Tech Lo-Fi, movies, Video
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Daniels's exuberance and weird integrity could have benefitted a good number of recent movies.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Moviegoing, LGBT, Film, Lee Daniels, The Butler, moviegoing, John Waters, The Paperboy, Precious, Shadowboxer, Wong Kar-wai, Vivienne Westwood
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Did freelancing add to James Foley's peril?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, James Foley, Michael Lev, GlobalPost, Chicago Tribune, Paul Salopek, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Martin Chulov, the Guardian, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, foreign correspondents
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Day two in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, News, Terrence Scott, Jeffrey Scott, Joan Lefkow, West Humboldt Park, west side, murder, drugs, drug trade, arrests, drug-related arrests, heroin, Jason Austin, crime, violence, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Robert Soto, Kathryn Romberg, U.S. attorney's office, prosecutions, witnesses, prison, federal prosecutors, Richard Kling, drug dealers, neighborhoods
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Day four in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, News, West Humboldt Park, west side, murder, drugs, drug trade, arrests, drug-related arrests, heroin, Jason Austin, crime, violence, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Robert Soto, Kathryn Romberg, Joan Lefkow, U.S. attorney's office, prosecutions, witnesses, prison, federal prosecutors, David Garcia, Gustavo Granados, drug dealers, neighborhoods
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Highlights from the filmography of Kim Ki-Duk
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Kim Ki-Duk, Moebius, Facets Cinematheque, Breath, the Isle, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . .and Spring, 3-Iron, the Bow, Korean New Wave, Godfrey Cheshire
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This week's featured gig poster was created by Daniel MacAdam of Crosshair.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Daniel MacAdam, Crosshair, Metro, Deer Tick, Weeks
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is the title track off of the bassist's 1973 album—he plays the Chicago Jazz Festival Saturday night.
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Dave Holland, Prism, Conference of the Birds, ECM, Chicago Jazz Festival 2014, Sam Rivers, Anthony Braxton, Miles Davis, Barry Altschul, Video
