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Letters
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"I carry my guns to shoot people with, because some people need to be shot."
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Media
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The Better Government Association was in on some of the most exciting investigative reporting of yore. But director Andy Shaw says just exposing wrongdoing is no longer enough.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Pulitzer Prizes, Jack Fuller, Mirage investigation, Greg Hinz, Jamie Kalven, Invisible Institute, Patrick Fitzgerald, Greylord, McCormick Foundation
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Politics
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How to interpret the inspector general's sample audit of the Central Loop honeypot
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, TIF, tax increment financing, Mayor Daley, inspector general, Joe Ferguson, Central Loop TIF district, Harold Washington, Harold Washington College, Millennium Park, Public Building Commission, Wendy Funk, Larry Dakof, Todd Stroger, PBC, Leslie Hairston, Peter Scales
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Food & Drink Column
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A rich Chinese food scene in the western suburbs, thanks in part to the telephone biz
- by Rob Lopata
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Tags: Food & Drink Column, niu rou mian, Mapo Restaurant, Lantern Festival, Fabulous Noodles, Naperville, lo bak go, Tang Dynasty, dongpo, Mapo Restaurant, Super H Mart, Katy's Dumpling House
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Movie Review
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In two new docs: Osama bin Laden's servants in and out of Gitmo, U.S. soldiers in and out of Afghanistan
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, The Oath, Restrepo, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington, Laura Poitras, Osama bin Laden, Korangal Valley, Valley of Death, Abu Jandal, Dialogue Committee, Military Commissions Act of 2006, Salim Hamdan, Operation Rock Avalanche, Larry Rougle, Gene Siskel Film Center, Pipers Alley, Video
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Gossip Wolf
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Eminem drops a deuce, Brenmar drops a dance mix, the downstate Pygmalion fest nails down its lineup, and more
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
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Tags: Gossip Wolf
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Music Sidebar
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Back on tour for the first time since 1999, Lilith Fair visits Chicago with a lineup that includes Mary J. Blige, La Roux, Sarah McLachlin, Court Yard Hounds, and Heart.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Lilith Fair, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Sarah McLachlan, Mary J. Blige, La Roux, Heart, Court Yard Hounds, Chicago Women's Health Center
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Music Sidebar
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Evanston introduces some international flavor to Dawes Park this weekend, with performances by Red Baraat, Kenge Kenge, Grupo Rebolu, and others.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Ethnic Arts Festival, Dawes Park, Red Baraat, Kenge Kenge, Miyumi Project, Von Orthal Puppets, West Indian Folk Dance Company, spoken word, Grupo Rebolu
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Music Sidebar
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Robyn, Liars, Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong and Bill Meyer
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Video
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Music Sidebar
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LCD Soundsystem, Freddie Gibbs, the Smith Westerns, Raekwon, and more
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Music Sidebar
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Sleigh Bells, Major Lazer, St. Vincent, Pavement, and more
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Music Sidebar
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Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong and Bill Meyer
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Tags: Music Sidebar, PItchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Pavement, Big Boi, Sleigh Bells, Delorean, Modest Mouse, Girls, Freddie Gibbs, Dam-Funk, LCD Soundsystem, American Poster Institute, Flatstock, CHIRP Record Fair, Chicago Independent Radio Project, Coterie, Rock For Kids, Reader's Biker Village, Neon Indian, Liars, Here We Go Magic, Sharon Van Ettan, Bear in Heaven, Ninjasonik, Rory Lake's Karaoke Dreams, Tesco Vee, Bitchpork, Bottom Lounge, Abbey Pub, The Abbey
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Music Column
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How Freddie Gibbs went from pimp to Pitchfork
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music Column, Beauty Bar, Union Park, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik, Freddie Gibbs, Gary, Indiana, Interscope, The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs, Str8 Killa, Str8 Killa No Filla, Video
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Soundboard
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Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Cap'n Jazz, Tesco Vee's Hate Police, Konono No. 1, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
- by Peter Margasak, Jessica Hopper, Miles Raymer, Brian Costello, Monica Kendrick and Bill Meyer
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Tags: Soundboard, Samantha Crain, Hole, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Candy Claws, Best Coast, Cap'n Jazz, E.T. Habit, Tom Petty, Tesco Vee, Kenge Kenge, Konono No. 1, Ariel Pink, Good for Cows, Darren Johnston, Lisandro Meza, Schubas, the Vic, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, The Cave - Serbian Cultural and Arts Center, St. Sava, Empty Bottle, Bottom Lounge, Permanent Records, United Center, Abbey Pub, Quimby's, Dawes Park, SPACE, Elastic, Lincoln Hall, Hideout, Old Town School of Folk Music, Quimby's Bookstore, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music
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Bleader
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Restrepo, Afghanistan war, Korangal Valley, Taliban, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Pipers Alley, The Oath, Osama bin Laden, Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo, Gene Siskel Film Center, GasLand, out Halliburton, Chicago Filmmakers, Inception Christopher Nolan, The Living Wake, Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Adventureland, Facets Cinematheque, Predators, Something Better Somewhere Else, Ron Lazzeretti, The Sorceror's Apprentice, Disney, Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Wild Grass, Alain Resnais, Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Music Box, Ernst Lubitsch, Cluny Brown, Doc Films, Richard Linklater, Dazed and Confused, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Clara Bow, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood, Chicago movies, movies, Video
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Bleader
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Mixologist Peter Vestinos is headed west.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Peter Vestinos, the Tasting Room, Sepia, Wirtz Beverage Group, the Exchange, Third Coast Cocktail Club, Bar DeVille, NoMi, Naha, the Roof at the Wit, cocktails, San Francisco
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Bleader
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If you're born blind, one head is better than two
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Cats, infanticide, two heads, freak, mother, kill, natural selection, survival of the fittest
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Bleader
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This week's Early Warnings include Chapterhouse, Early Man, Nachtmystium, the Ettes, Foals, the Ponys, the Vaselines, Riot Fest, and Miike Snow.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Riot Fest, Foals, Ponys, Miike Snow, Early Man, Ettes, Vaselines, Nachtmystium
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Bleader
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Rooftop dinners, cupcake contests, foraged foods, and more.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Center on Halsted, alfresco, After School Matters, Middle Eastern cuisine, Dining on the Rooftop, Boulder Beer, Jake Melnick's Corner Tap, all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink, Hazed & Infused, Singletrack Copper Ale, Barry Sorkin, Smoque BBQ, Smoque Signals, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Kendall College, Bing Zhou, Sandy Chen, Koi Sushi & Chinese, Chinese dumplings, pot stickers, Bill Shores, gardening, kitchen garden tour, Rick Rayless, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Wines of Chile, Bleeding Heart Bakery, opening, cupcake eating contest, cupcakes, Alterra Coffee, Kuma's Corner, the Alley, Metropolitan Brewery, Taste of River North, Green Door Tavern, La Madia, Zocalo, Ai Sushi, Steve's Deli, Bonsoiree, foraged foods, northwest, organic wine, Vie, Paul Virant, Nathan Sears, Back to Basics, Spanish small plates, tapas
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Bleader
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Thanks to a new partnership with the Chicago Public Library, Gabe Levinson won't need a permit to give away books in city parks. But if that hadn't happened...
- by Brian Costello
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Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Politics, Bicycling, Cycling, Books, Clout City, Book Bike, Gabriel Levinson, Joe Moore, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library
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Bleader
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Free ice cream, Liquid Soul performance, and Bleeding Heart Bakery demo at Kenmore Live Studio on Sat 7/17.
- by Robin Peterson
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Tags: Music, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Swag, Kenmore Live Studio, Liquid Soul, Chicago Luxury Ice Cream Festival, Bleeding Heart Bakery, Michelle Garcia, ice cream, free food, free music
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Bleader
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Daniel Carerra's "Primera Comunion" screens with other winners of the Ovation Short FIlm Contest, Thursday at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Primera Comunion, Daniel Carrera, Ovation, Short Film Contest, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, Me You A Bag & Bamboo, Lara Everly, Eli Akira Kaufman, Winning the Peace, Jarrett Lee Conway, Foolishly Seeking True Love, Noah Lambie, While You Were Out, Tiffany Schlain, The Tribe, Video
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Bleader
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The Healthy Food Hub-Community Supported Agriculture offers a free permaculture workshop on Sat 7/17 at the Betty Shabazz International Charter School.
- by Robin Peterson
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Tags: Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, Healthy Food Hub-Community Supported Agriculture, Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living, Fred Carter, permaculture, Betty Shabazz International Charter School, HFH-CSA, community garden
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Bleader
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Chicago Fringe Fest offers a free showcase.
- by Keith Griffith
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Tags: Free Shit, Performing Arts, Arts, Swag, Chicago Fringe Festival, Black Rock Pub, Red Hot Annie, Innervation Dance Cooperative, Vintage Theater Collective, Crash Pad, Dan Hanrahan, fringe theater, Chicago Fringe Festival
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Bleader
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So much Pitchfork stuff. And so much non-Pitchfork stuff too.
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, Sharp Darts, Photo Pit, Gossip Wolf, Secret History of Chicago Music, Sally Fingerett, Freddie Gibbs, Konono No. 1, Ariel Pink, Cap'n Jazz, Eminem
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Oscar nominee George Fenton conducts the Grant Park Orchestra accompany highlights from the BBC nature series "Planet Earth" in "Planet Earth Live," Wednesday at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Music, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, George Fenton, Grant Park Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival, BBC, Planet Earth, Planet Earth Live, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Video
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Bleader
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Bradley Rust Gray's romantic microdrama "The Exploding Girl" starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Bradley Rust Gray, Zoe Kazan, So Yong Kim, Exploding Girl, Blue Whiskey, Film Festival, Michael P. Noens, Coasting, Darren & Abbey, CNGM Pictures, Elia Kazan, epilepsy, Brooklyn, In Between Days, Treeless Mountain, Jack & Diane, Mark Rendall, 30 Days of Night, TJ Jagodowski, David Pasquesi, Alex Karpovsky, Trust Us This Is All Made Up, Palatine, Being Bucky, UW Madison, Bucky Badger, Wisconsin, Scott Smith, John Fromstein, Amy S. Weber, Annebel & Bear, Michigan, Todd Berger, Scenesters, Video
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Bleader
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Donate your jeans to a good cause, check out jewelry by Illinois artists, and more this weekend.
- by Heather Kenny
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Tags: Style, Bebe, Clothes4Souls, Akira, Illinois Artisans, Tel Aviv Couture, Cynthia Rowley, Art Effect, Armitage Sidewalk Sale
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Bleader
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The Washington Post reports a vast, invisible fourth branch of government has grown up around antiterrorism since 9/11
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, News, Washington Post, "Top Secret America, " Homeland security, The Atlantic, Dana Priest, William Arkin, 9/11
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Bleader
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An ambitious new exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center presents images, sounds, and ephemera from the legendary Manhattan loft documented by photographer Gene Smith.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, W. Eugene Smith, Gene Smith, Jazz Loft Project, Sam Stephenson, Thelonious Monk, Hall Overton, jazz, loft, New York, Chicago Cultural Center, Jason Moran, Lin Halliday, Sonny Clark
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Bleader
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Sex guarantees, iffy hip-hop legends, flashlight wrestling, and magic.
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Gathering of the Juggalos, Tone Loc, Vanilla Ice, Insane Clown Posse, juggalos, hip-hop, Video
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Bleader
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Long before the Chinese manufacturing filled the gap, American parents were producing their own deadly toys at home
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Dynamite, blasting caps, rattle, baby, death, playthings, toy, negligence
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Bleader
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Conrad Black is out of prison
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, Conrad Black, Chicago Sun-Times, Judge Amy St. Eve, Roger Hertog, National Post, Tasha Kheiriddin, Seth Lipsky, Wall Street Journal, Judge Richard Posner, Hollinger International
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Bleader
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Does Naperville have better Chinese food than Chicago?
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Rob Lopata, Chinese food, Korean food, suburbs, Mapo Restaurant, Super H Mart, Tang Dynasty, Fabulous Noodles, Noodles Delight, bak kut teh
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Wanuri Kahiu's 2008 drama "From a Whisper," about life ten years later for those left behind by the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya, screens today at 2 p.m. at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Wanuri Kahiu, From a Whisper, Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Embassy, bombing, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1998, August 7, Dusable Museum, African American History, African Jubilee Film Festival, Video
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Bleader
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J.R. and Jessica talk Pitchfork with Chicago Public Radio's Steve Edwards.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Music, Gossip Wolf, Hit It or Quit It, J.R. Nelson, Jessica Hopper, podcast, video, WBEZ, Steve Edwards, Chicago Public Radio, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival
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Bleader
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Homer Township passes English-only resolution, but what will it do about the Tea Party's English?
- by Lauri Apple
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Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, News, Clout City, Homer Township, English, Will County, Steve Balich, Homer/Lockport Tea Party, typos
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Bleader
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Beer on the rocks has its merits.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, bia da, beer ice, iced beer, Vietnam, Michelada, bia hoi, Budweiser, Old Style, Miller High Life
