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On Culture
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PJ Paparelli was killed in Scotland last month, but his last show, The Project(s), lives on.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: On Culture, Roosevelt University, D. Bradford Hunt, Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Published Housing, University of Chicago Press, American Theater Company, PJ Paparelli, Joshua Jaeger, The Project(s), Justin Hayford, Yeast Nation, Urinetown, The Big Meal, The Humans, Ayad Akhtar, Disgraced, Columbinus, Columbine, Stephen Karam, The Humans, Chicago Community Trust, Raven Theatre, National Public Housing Museum, Cabrini-Green, Robert Taylor Homes, Timuel Black, Hallie Amy, Beatrice Harris, Columbinus, Richard J. Daley
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Theater Review
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A musical with good advice
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, The Secret Garden, Court Theatre, Laura Kipnis, Title XI, Frances Hodgson Burnett, New York Times, Julie Shulevitz, Walt Whitman, Marsha Norman, Heidi Ettinger, Charles Newell, Lucy Simon, Doug Peck, Rob Lindley, Alka Nayyar, James Earl Jones II, Marya Grandy, Suzanne Gil, Elizabeth Ledo, Aubrey McGrath
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Feature
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Longtime residents of Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and other areas around the highly anticipated 606 project are organizing to make sure they're not priced out of their neighborhoods.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Feature, Bloomingdale Trail, The 606, High Line, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, property taxes, Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Avondale, Garfield Park, Delia Ramirez, real estate, Bucktown, Bob Safranski, Steve Marks, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Jennifer Velasquez, Joe Berrios, Geoff Smith, Latin United Community Housing Association, Juan Carlos Linares
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On Politics
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Teachers file a grievance over filthy schools.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, school janitors, privatization, Chicago Public Schools, Aramark, SodexoMagic, Tim Cawley, Lauren FitzPatrick, Oriole Park, Erika Wozniak, Annette Rizzo, Earvin "Magic" Johnson
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Hausu Mountain erupts again with three oddball tapes, and Already Dead cofounder Joshua Tabbia leaves town.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Teklife, Treated Crew, Live From Your Mama's House, Mic Terror, Pilsen Food Truck Social, Empty Bottle, DJ Spinn, Heavee, DJ Phil, Hausu Mountain, All the Way, Natalie Chami, TALsounds, Light and Dark, Potions, Tom Owens, Piper Spray, Krolorog, Already Dead Tapes & Records, Panda Kid, Daymaker, Problems That Fix Themselves, ADT, Joshua Tabbia, CHIRP Record Fair, Pitchfork
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In Rotation
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Plus: Sound designer Ed Herrmann on one of the 20th century's great orchestral works, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on what's funny about Babymetal, and more
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: In Rotation, Babymetal, House of Blues, Tristan Honsinger, ICP Orchestra, Dave Hunt, Anaal Nathrakh, Ed Herrmann, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Mathias Spahlinger, There Is No Repetition: Mathias Spahlinger at 70, TurangalÎla, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Olivier Messiaen, Osvaldo Budón, Tablaturas Espaciales
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Movie Review
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In the director's new rom-com Aloha, a Jerry Maguire type learns to trust people and be a nice guy.
- by Gwynedd Stuart
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Tags: Movie Review, Cameron Crowe, Aloha, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Say Anything. . ., Jerry Maguire, cynicism, Ione Skye, Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bill Murray, Video
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Movie Review
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The television bromance leaves the boob tube but is still all about a bunch of boobs.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Doug Ellin, Entourage, HBO, Mark Wahlberg, Jeremy Piven, Donnie Wahlberg, Adrian Grenier, Billy Bob Thornton, Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Dillon, Video
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Bleader
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Also the GOP, robots, Jon Fine, Pedialyte, and the world's tallest cow?
- by Reader staff
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Tags: did you read?
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Bleader
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In SuperMutant Magic Academy, growing up is far more interesting than mastering telekinetic powers.
- by Dominic Umile
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Tags: Books, Arts, Visual Art, Jillian Tamaki, SuperMutant Magic Academy, This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki, Frontier 7, graphic novels, comics, CAKE
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Bleader
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It's Pakistani pastrami.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Cooking, One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, hunter beef, corned beef, brisket, Pakistani food, barbecue, Gary Wiviott, Colleen Rush, Low & Slow 2: The Art of Barbecue, Smoke-roasting, and Basic Curing, Low and Slow: Master the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons, Barn & Company
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Bleader
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The Pew Research Center has released a report on where the generations get their political news.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Pew Research Center, political news, baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Fox News, NBC News, Twitter, Facebook, New York Times, Rush Limbaugh
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Bleader
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Street View featuring the attendees of the SAIC 2015 fashion show
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, menswear, spring, SAIC, SAIC 2015, The Walk 2015, Ikram Goldman, Diane Pernet, fashion, Chicago street style
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Bleader
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"We've got to find a way to let Negroes get what most white folks already have," Lyndon Johnson told his speechwriter in 1965.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Poverty, Segregation, Politics, News, Lyndon Johnson, LBJ, Howard University, To Fulfill These Rights, Richard Goodwin, civil rights movement, Voting Rights Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, racial segregation, racial discrimination, slavery, poverty, War on Poverty, family structure, single-parent families, Dr. Martin Luther King, Douglas Kiker, New York Herald Tribune, Vietnam War, Watts riot, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Video
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Bleader
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Chow down on today's 12 O'Clock Track, from the local rapper-producer's X (Vol. 1).
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Lucki Ecks, Mac N Cheese, X (Vol. 1), Chief Keef, Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, Surf, Lil Durk, Remember My Name
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Bleader
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The bridge table is a teeming cauldron of humanity—but are people still reading about it?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Frank Stewart, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Patrick Fitzmaurice, Tribune Content Agency, "Goren on Bridge, " "Daily Bridge Club, " Phillip Alder, New York Times, Margaret Sullivan, Alfred Sheinwold
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Bleader
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The Chicago psych band plays music from its recent album Blood Dancer.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Crown Larks, Blood Dancer, Jack Bouboushian, Lorraine Bailey, Bill Miller, Chris Boonenberg, Do Division, "Chapels, "
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Bleader
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On their debut album, Fight for Yourself, Zex combine pointy-haircut punk with classic heavy metal and catchy power pop.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Zex, punk, DIY, NWOBHM, glam, Ottawa, Ontario, Fight for Yourself, Fear No Man, Gretchen Steel, Jo Capitalcide
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Bleader
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Talking with Momotaro cook and rising Japanese chef Scott Malloy about how a kid from Tennessee learned to love Japanese food.
- by Michael Gebert
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Scott Malloy, Becky Malloy, Ceres Table, Momotaro, izakaya, Yusho, L2O, Arami, Video
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Bleader
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This week's gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Dan Grzeca, Metro, Built to Spill, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Clarke & the Himselfs
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Bleader
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Also LBJ, the political beliefs of various jobs, Pat Tomasulo's protest in Tampa, digital music archives, rabbit holes, sexist literary prizes, and Susan from Seinfeld?
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, did you read?
