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Letters
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"Rather than a well rounded report, this article is simply the diary of one man's frustrations and grievances in a very complex neighborhood that has many people putting efforts forth to bridge its gaps."
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Our Town
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Invest in your community today, says former banker Ben Wong, and spend your retirement singing Elvis songs.
- by Anne Ford
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Tags: Our Town
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Media
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Untold tales behind the release of the imprisoned Cuban journalists.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media
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Politics
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A world-class city, a "green" mayor—what's the problem? Insiders say the city's budget woes are only part of the story.
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, recycling, recycling bins, blue carts, Department of Environment, waste, Mike Nowak, Chicago Recycling Coalition, Climate Action Plan, blue bags, Michael Picardi, Streets and Sanitation, Joe Moore, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, Scott Waguespack, City Council, blue cart program, blue bag program, National Solid Wastes Management Association, Tom Allen, Tom Byrne, Fran Spielman, Matt Smith, Chicago Sun-Times, privatization, Chicago High Density Residential and Commercial Source Reduction and Recycling Ordinance, Burke-Hansen Ordinance, Helen Shiller, 46th Ward, scavengers, Dina Demetrio
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Politics
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What was on the agenda when schools CEO Ron Huberman met with two key mayoral allies and a top Daley political adviser?
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics
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Restaurant Review
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Recommended Edgewater restaurants
- by Kate Schmidt, Philip Montoro, Laura Levy Shatkin and David Hammond
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bananas Foster Cafe, Ethiopian Diamond, Huaraches Doña Chio, Indie Cafe, La Fonda Latino Grill, Lalibela, Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Huaraches Dona Chio
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On Culture
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A new organization for gay higher-ed heads takes shape in Chicago.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: The Arts
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Gossip Wolf
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Art stars shooting rock stars, art rockers eating tacos, false Katy Perry sightings, and more
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Ryan McGinley, Smith Westerns, Cullen Omori, Pavement, Jeremy Lemos, John McEntire, Paul Mertens, Alison Chesley, Helen Money, Broken Social Scene, Katy Perry, Pelican, Alla, Jorge Ledezma, Graham Eliot Bowles, Cap'n Jazz, Dirty Diamonds, Promise Ring, Permanent Records, Heater, Zach McLuckie, Jeremy Freeze
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Music Sidebar
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The expansive Logan Square festival features a lineup of top shelf local music and nearly 30 curated gallery exhibitions.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Logan Square, Cole's, Elastic Arts, 1900s, White Mystery, Anywhere Space, Mixed Motion Art, Chicago Independent Film Festival, Milwaukee Avenue, Illinois Centennial Monument, Milwaukee between California & Kimball
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Music Sidebar
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Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Music Sidebar, Celebrate Clark Street, Rogers Park, Sound Culture, David Chavez, Mr. Something Something, world music, Funkadesi, Chicago Samba, Clark between Morse & Estes
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Soundboard
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Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet, Juana Molina, Struck by Lightning, David Dondero, Natacha Atlas, and more
- by Renaldo Migaldi, Peter Margasak, Steve Langendorf, Bill Meyer and Miles Raymer
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Tags: Soundboard, Renato Borghetti, Boris Malkovsky, Throw Down Your Hammer and Sing, Nate Wooley, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke, Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet, NRBQ, Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, Juana Molina, Struck By Lightning, Bomba Estereo, David Dondero, Zizek Club Summer tour, ZZK, Tremor, El Remolon, Chanca Via Circuito, El G, Natacha Atlas, Engines, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Elastic, FitzGerald's, Old Town School of Folk Music, Empty Bottle, Green Dolphin Street, Schubas, Beauty Bar, Hideout, 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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Key provisions of the proposed ordinance governing food trucks, which goes to the City Council and from there to committee today.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, good truck ordinance, food trucks, Mobile Food Facilities, Matt Maroni, Scott Waguespack, Vi Daley, City Council
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Bleader
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Members of Evanston's Talking Farm hold a Q&A after the Saturday screening of ana Sofia joanes's sustainable agriculture documentary "Fresh" at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Fresh, ana Sofia joanes, documentary, agriculture, farming, sustainable, industrial, obesity, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, Gene Siskel, Film Center, Talking Farm, Evanston, Skokie, Milwaukee, Virginia, Will Allen, Growing Power, Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms, Video
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Bleader
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Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Music, Bill Daniel, Sonic Orphans, Lost Pogo Dance Films, Nightingale, Christy LeMaster, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Best of Chicago, Best Alternative Film Venue, Beatles, Beatlemania, San Francisco, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Austin, Huns, Houston, Boy Problems, punk, Johnny Cash, kinoscope, Avengers, Video
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Bleader
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This week's Early Warnings include Band of Horses, Broken Social Scene, Guided by Voices, Clinic, !!!, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Negative Approach, and others.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Riot Fest, Guided by Voices, Clinic, Band of Horses, Blonde Redhead, Broken Social Scene, Negative Approach, Local Natives
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Bleader
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Farm tours, pop-up restaurants, butchering classes, and more.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, The Wit Hotel, Indiana, ChicaGourmets, Vandermolen Blueberry Farm, Rensselaer, Rob's Cob, Belstra Milling Pork Farm, A Day in the Country, Mado, Rob Levitt, butchering, Slow Food Chicago, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, anniversary party, Potter's Lounge, Palmer House Hilton, Secret Spirits Society, vodka, Patrick Coyne, Phillip Foss, Kith and Kin, Spirited Dinner, David Carrier, Hum Spirits, Rare Tea Cellar, Ineeka Organic Tea, Ineeka Green Tea Bier, Hum Botanical Spirit, Pharoah's Lemon tea, An Evening in the B.U.F.F., Dogfish Head, Victory Brewing Company, Stone Brewing Company, the Bad Apple, Dogfish Head Beer Dinner, Gaslight Bar & Grille, Bill Kim, Jason Hammel, Logan Square Kitchen, pop-up restaurant, Urban Belly, Belly Shack, Lula Cafe, Nightwood
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Bleader
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- by Mark Bazer
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Tags: The Interview Show, Graham Elliot Bowles, Lollapalooza, Grahamwich, Master Chef, Tattoos, Jane's Addiction, Kings of Leon, Charlie Trotter, Paul Kahan, Mark Bazer, Hideout, Chicago, Video
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Bleader
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The Silver Room hosts the annual Sound System Block Party on Sat 7/24.
- by Robin Peterson
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Tags: Style, Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Swag, Sound System Block Party, Silver Room, Ray Noland, Hebru Brantley, Glitter Guts, Moksha Yoga, Double Door
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Bleader
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You had to have a screw loose to work as a geek
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, carnival, circus, doctors, geek, pain, steel plate in head, surgeon, tusk, wild man, Wild men
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Bleader
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Wild is as wild does
- by Cliff Doerksen
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Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Circus, carnival, wild man, geeking, race, bite, biting, Wild Men of Borneo, P.T. Barnum, Leppo, lightning
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Bleader
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Streaming music now: The High Confessions, Freddie Gibbs, and more
- by Whet Moser
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Tags: Chicagoland, The High Confessions, Sanford Parker, Jeremy Lemos, Freddie Gibbs, Chris Connelly, T.L. Barrett, Beck, Tortoise, Yanni, Chameleon, Video
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Bleader
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Reviews of new restaurants Gaztro-Wagon, Cumin, and Cookie Bar, plus eight recommended restaurants in Edgewater.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, new reviews, Matt Maroni, Gaztro-Wagon, Cumin, Cookie Bar, Huaraches Doña Chio
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Bleader
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As a draft of the proposed food truck ordinance heads to the City Council, one of its architects, chef Matt Maroni, prepares to roll out his mobile Gaztro-Wagon for the first time.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, food trucks, Scott Waguespack, Matt Maroni, City Council, Vi Daley, Margaret Laurino, Gaztro-Wagon, Eugene Schulter, Ed Smith
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Bleader
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Run with the brides, vintage shopping by moonlight, and more throughout the weekend.
- by Heather Kenny
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Tags: Style, Sofia Vintage, sidewalk sales, vintage, sales, Running of the Brides, Filene's Basement, Kathryn Kerrigan, Tribeca, West Loop, Vive la Femme, 2 Sisters, Robin Richman, Helen Yi, Tula, Krista K, Habit
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Bleader
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New reviews and notable films in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Harold Lloyd, Harold Lloyd The Freshman, Portage, Silent Summer Film Festival, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Ben-Hur, Ramon Navarro, The Mark of Zorro, Douglas Fairbanks, The Penalty Lon Chaney, Harold Teen, Arthur Lake, Dagwood Bumstead, Blondie, Pollyanna, Mary Pickford, Agora, Alejandro Amenabar, The Sea Inside, Rachel Weisz, Alexandria, Lovers of Hate, Bryan Poyser, Mercy Scott Caan, Ramona and Beezus, Beverly Cleary, Salt Angelina Jolie, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Frank Tashlin, Artists and Models, Bank of America Cinema, Gene Siskel Film Center, Laurent Cantet The Class, Laurent Cantet Human Resources, Abbas Kiarostami Close-Up, Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill, David Lynch, Lost Highway, Music Box, Scott Tobias, Onion A/V Club, Alfred Hitchcock, The Wrong Man, Doc Films, film festivals, silent movies, movies, Video
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Bleader
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Chicago Filmmakers screens four short films Friday featuring "beautiful young couples naked, sunlit, and embracing in sumptuous environments" by James Herbert, best known for directing R.E.M. videos.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Music, James Herbert, Jim Herbert, R.E.M., music video, University of Georgia, Chicago Filmmakers, Soundings, Cantico, Piano, Frontier, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Pretty Persuasion, Driver 8, Feeling Gravity's PUll, Green Grow the Rushes, Turn You Inside Out, Low, Video
