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Restaurant Review
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A restaurant group known for mediocrity brings more of it to Michigan Avenue.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Remington's, 4 Star Restaurant Group, Dunlays, Frasca, Smoke Daddy, Todd Stein, MK, Cibo Matto, the Florentine, Piccolo Sogno
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On Politics
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The foundation of Chicago's school system loses more funding.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Alderman Ameya Pawar, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, charter schools, pensions, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Roosevelt High School, Harper High School, Sullivan High School, Orr High School, Julian High School
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Savage Love
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A formerly horny soldier sure hopes not. Plus: munch etiquette
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, libido, nonmonogamy, Barak Gaster, University of Washington, mono, erection, FetLife, BDSM, kink, munch
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Movie Review
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A new feature from the SNL crew brings back the bad old days of Porky's
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Movie Review, Rhys Thomas, Staten Island Summer, Colin Jost, teen sex comedy, Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds, SNL, Colin Jost, Graham Phillips, Zack Pearlman, Ashley Greene, Fred Armisen, Bill Murray, Caddyshack, Bobby Moynihan, John Belushi, Animal House, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Superbad
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: New records on the way from RLYR and the duo of Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pitchfork Music Festival, Haim, Marina Squerciati, Chicago P.D., Nick Viall, Teklife, DJ Taye, Mic Terror, G-Zus Piece, Leather Corduroys, Joey Purp, Evan Weiss, Into It. Over It., Kittyhawk, Kate Grube, Jimmy Whispers, Ryler Walker, Bill MacKay, RLYR, Pelican, Bloodiest, Trevor da Brauw, Steven Hess, Magic Bullet
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Music Feature
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This south-suburban band, on their first Warped Tour to support their imminent debut LP, just want to make more room inside the genre they love.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music Feature, Knuckle Puck, Warped Tour, Simple Plan, pop-punk, Joe Taylor, John Siorek, Kevin Maida, Nick Casasanto, Ryan Rumchaks, Dan Lambton, While I Stay Secluded, Rise Records, Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Zack Zarrillo, Property of Zack, The Weight That You Buried, Real Friends, Video
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Bleader
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Also Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority, the long-term effects of rape, new construction in Uptown, John Kasich, people who travel the world for free, and ISIS's "suicide chickens"?
- by Reader staff
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Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, did you read?
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Bleader
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Led by Jeff Burke from the Marked Men and the Reds, Radioactivity play the Empty Bottle tomorrow in support of the new Silent Kill.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Radioactivity, Marked Men, the Reds, Denton, Texas, garage, punk, Jeff Burke, Silent Kill, Dirtnap, Mark Ryan, Daniel Fried, Gregory Rutherford, the Novice, Empty Bottle
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Bleader
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Director Lisa Portes spearheaded the Carnaval of New Latina/o Work at DePaul happening July 23-25.
- by Anne Ford
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Tags: Chicagoans, News, Lisa Portes, DePaul University, theater, New Latina/o Work, Carnaval, Cuba, UC San Diego, Shakespeare, Hamlet
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See the excellent group play, and hear today's 12 O'Clock Track, "Eternal Reveal."
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, Ratking, Empty Bottle, Eternal Reveal, 700-Fill, Antwon, Fat Tony, Hot Charity, Willis Earl Beal
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Bleader
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Catch up with one of our favorite local rappers.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, ShowYouSuck, Wicker Park Fest, Loose Slices 2: "The Mixtape or Something", Loose Slices 2, Mick Jenkins, Drake, mixtape, Pitchfork, Bob's Burgers
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The governor responds to the Reader's story about his fight to conceal his schedules from the public.
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, News, Politics, Governor, Bruce Rauner, Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, governor's schedule, governor's calendar, President Obama, Michael Madigan, FOIA request, attorney general
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Would Trump really dislike all these famous former prisoners, many of whom went on to run countries?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, Politics, News, Donald Trump, John McCain, James Bond Stockdale, John Cordwell, Lion's Head Pub, "The Great Escape, " Winston Churchill, John-Paul Sartre, Pope Benedict XVI, François Mitterand, Bert Kaempfert, Tito, Kurt Vonnegut, Nelson Mandela, Richard the Lionheart
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This week's gig poster was created by local illustrator Scott R. Miller.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Arts, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Scott R. Miller, LiveWire Lounge, Valkyrie, Thunder Driver, Bionic Cavemen, Ladies of Leisure
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Drama critics commit shameful blunder in reviewing Steppenwolf's Grand Concourse.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, American English, Sarah Laskow, atlasobscura.com, H.L. Mencken, Steppenwolf Theatre, "Grand Concourse, " Chris Jones, Hedy Weiss, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Heidi Schreck, Brittany Uomoleale, Yasen Peyankov, Gary Houston
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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, Andre Techine, In the Name of My Daughter, Agnes Le Roux, Alleluia movie, Lonely Hearts Killers, Ant-Man, Court movie, (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies, Irrational Man, Woody Allen, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pixels, Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal, Spencer Parsons: The Dream Is Always the Same, Unexpected movie, Kris Swanberg, Orson Welles, Chimes at Midnight, Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters, Guy Hamilton, Goldfinger, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Orson Welles, Mr. Arkadin, Buster Keaton, The Navigator, Silent Summer Film Festival, Stanley Kubrick, Spartacus, Terror in the Aisles, Christopher Lee, Horror of Dracula, The Wicker Man, Raw Meat, Chicago Onscreen, Change the Reel!, Video
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "The Belldog," off of Eno Moebius Roedelius's album After the Heat.
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, RIP, 12 O'Clock Track, Dieter Moebius, Kluster, Cluster, Harmonia, Brian Eno, Eno & Harmonia, Moebius, The Belldog, After the Heat, Video
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Chicago's deadly '95 heat wave turned 20, but complex questions raised in a 2002 Reader piece on the subject remain unanswered.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: News, Throwback Thursday, Segregation, throwback thursday, city on the hot seat, heat wave, north lawndale, garfield park, Eric Klinenberg, 2002, Harold Henderson
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The artist searches for liberation through photos, collages, Chatroulette transcripts, and cat videos.
- by Annette Elliot
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Tags: Arts, Dim the Lights, Segregation, Visual Art, Frances Stark, Intimisms, Mike Kelley, Structures That Fit My Opening, Chatroulette, Osservate, leggete con me, The Architect and the Housewife, Pull After Push, Bobby Jesus's Alma Mater, University of Southern California, South Central
