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On Politics
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The novice 15th Ward alderman wants the city to spend the money not on trees or vacant buildings, but on stopping gun violence.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: On Politics, Raymond Lopez, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, crime, Richard Mell, Chicago Skyway, Donald Trump, property taxes, property tax rebate, Rafael Yañez, Jesús “Chuy” Garcia
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On Transportation
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Judge William Hooks cited the defendant’s “remorse” for the crime, but the victim’s loved ones say that claim rings false.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, News, Transportation, Bobby Cann, Ryne San Hamel, William H. Hooks, Catherine Bullard, Maria Cann, Jason Jenkins, Sam Adam Jr., Active Transportation Alliance, bike fatalities, drunk driving, DUIs, homicides
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: The Co-Prosperity Sphere hosts 32 DJs in 24 hours to benefit Lumpen Radio, and Savage Sister guitarist Michael Tenzer returns with the synth-forward Soft Lashes.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Monobody, prog, Pyramid Scheme, Nnami Ogbonnaya, Slow Mass, Great Deceivers, Beat Kitchen, 32x24, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Logan Bay, Joe Bryl, WLPN, Lumpen Radio, K Sity, Mixtress Annie, Mykol, In-Between, Savage Sister, Michael Tenzer, Wild Patterns, Lazy Legs, Soft Lashes, Hypersensuality, Chain of Pink
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In Rotation
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Plus: Jason Shanley (aka Cinchel) on an immersive album from Chicago netlabel Pan y Rosas, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on meditating to war metal, and more
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: In Rotation, Harvey Averne Barrio Band, Cucaraca Macara, Jon Mueller, Trap Set podcast, Bestial Raids, war metal, Master Satan’s Witchery, Jason Shanley, Cinchel, Mirror of Nature, Littlebow, Three, Rural Colours, Katie English, Isnaj Dui, Foie Gras, Innermost Shrine, Heavily Gilded, Devotee, On Some Faraway Beach, Eno, Stella Veloce, For a Flat, Pan y Rosas Discos, Christina Dennaoui, Volutes, Old Blood Noise Endeavors, Procession pedal, delay, Austra, Future Politics, Feel It Break, Katie Stelmanis, Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa, Absolutely on Music, reverb, Video
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Music Feature
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Before the ACA, musicians were uninsured at more than twice the average rate—and with Trump pushing a repeal, they’re already suffering.
- by Lee V. Gaines
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Tags: Music Feature, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Obamacare, insurance, health care, repeal, health insurance, medical insurance, uninsured, preexisting condition, Matt Piet, Che Smith, Rhymefest, Helen Money, Alison Chesley, Racetraitor, Daniel Binaei, William Steffey, Lakshmi Ramgopal, Lykanthea, Jonathan Zeng, Grant Park Chorus, Chicago Fringe Opera, William Ferris Chorale, Natalie Grace Alford, Matthew Oliphant, Ensemble dal Niente, Lyric Opera, Chicago Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Blaine Welsh, Press, Erin Page, Alma Negra, Reivers, Eiren Caffall, Kami de Chukwu, Kami, Leather Corduroys, Carl Hauck, Sunjacket, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Trump, Future of Music Coalition, Help Musicians UK, Kevin Erickson, Medicaid, mandate, exchange, John Herndon, Tortoise, Audio
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Feature
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A mostly female cast and crew come together to tell the story of the friendship between writer Fatimah Asghar and musician Jamila Woods.
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Feature, Fatimah Asghar, Jamila Woods, Sam Bailey, Brown Girls, webseries, comedy, Open TV, Aymar Jean Chrstian, Nabila Hossain, Sonia Denis, Pilsen, Pakistan, Chicago Art Department, Video
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Feature
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With the new Englewood-set video game We Are Chicago, indie developer Michael Block attempts to convey the psychological experience of living in a high-crime neighborhood.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Feature, Michael Block, We are Chicago, Culture Shock Games, Empathy Games, Cart Life, Donald Trump, Richard Hofmeier, Video Games, Reclaim Our Kids, Englewood, Video
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Performing Arts Feature
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Thought-provoking productions at A Red Orchid and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are among this week's best bets.
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Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Assembled Parties, Richard Greenberg, Raven Theatre, Cody Estle, Loretta Rezos, JoAnn Montemurro, Niko Kourtis, The Book of Joseph, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Joseph Hollander, Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family's Correspondence From Poland, Barbara Gaines, Sean Fortunato, Francis Guinan, the Holocaust, Bootycandy, Windy City Playhouse, Robert O'Hara, Travis Turner, Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Redtwist Theatre, Steve Scott, Brian Parry, Jan Ellen Graves, Matt Edmonds, Faceless, Selina Fillinger, Northlight Theatre, BJ Jones, Ross Lehman, Susaan Jamshidi, Timothy Edward Kane, Joe Dempsey, Hobo King, Congo Square Theatre, Kyle Smith, Lionel Gentle, Velma Austin, Lyle Miller, Javon Johnson, Manual Cinema, The Magic City, Chicago Children's Theatre, the Station, The Nether, A Red Orchid Theatre, Jennifer Haley, Karen Kessler, Guy Van Swearingen, pedophilia, Starrs Is Getting Up There, John Starrs, Rhinofest, Doug Chamberlin
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Theater Review
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Razor-sharp dramatics and an air-tight production from Teatro Vista bring a complicated, slippery world to life.
- by Justin Hayford
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Tags: Theater Review, The Wolf at the End of the Block, Ike Holter, Teatro Vista, Ricardo Gutiérrez, Humboldt Park, Chicago Police Department, IPRA, police violence, Recommended
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Theater Review
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The 28th iteration of Curious Theatre Branch’s annual festival continues through February 26.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, Rhinofest, Curious Theatre Branch, Prop Thtr, fringe theater festival, fringe festival, Best of The Bowman Brothers Radio Hour, MItch Salm, Brian Byrne, Adam Webster, Footnotes for an Apology, Eileen Tull, Bad Dates, or What Killed That Monkey in Indiana Jones Only Makes Me Stronger, Harrison Ford, Penultimate Mohicans, .44 Cromagnum, Organic Theater Company, Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls
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Art Review
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Local collective ATOM-R host one more performance at the Graham Foundation in conjunction with an interactive exhibit at the International Museum of Surgical Science.
- by Sasha Geffen
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Tags: Art Review, Kjell Theøry, ATOM-R, Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey, Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality, Graham Foundation, Lucky Horseshoe, The Operature, Alan Turing, The Breasts of Tiresias, Guillaume Apollinaire, Obby 'Oss, Recommended, Video
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Space
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A tour of Jyl Bonaguro's art studio at Workshop 4200, an enormous industrial facility in Hermosa
- by Laura Pearson
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Tags: Space, Jyl Bunaguro, Space, Hermosa, Hammond Organ, factory, East Garfield Park, sculptor, marble, Video
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Movie Review
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Gene Siskel Film Center revives the beloved family dramas that treated cinema as an extension of the theater.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Marseille Trilogy, Marseilles Trilogy, Marcel Pagnol, Marius Marcel Pagnol, Fanny Marcel Pagnol, Cesar Marcel Pagnol, Orane Demazis, Raimu, Ginette Vincendeau, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Alexander Korda, Marc Allégret, André Fouché, classic French cinema, Recommended
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Movie Review
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Reader critics consider the year’s animated, documentary, and live-action nominees.
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Tags: Movie Review, Oscar Nominated Short Films 2017, Alan Barillaro, Piper film, Pixar Animation Studios, Finding Dory, Robert Valley, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Theodore Ushev, Blind Vaysha, National Film Board of Canada, Georgi Gospodinov, Syrian civil war, 4.1 Miles, Daphne Matziaraki, Marcel Mettelsiefen, Watani: My Homeland, Orlando von Einsiedel, The White Helmets, Khaled Khateeb, Juanjo Giménez Peña, Timecode, Aske Bang, Silent Nights, Timo von Gunten, La Femme et la TGV, Jane Birkin, Ennemis Interieurs, Selim Aazzazi, Kristóf Deák’s, Sing, short films, Academy Awards
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Restaurant Review
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A family’s Kenwood spot is a sibling to their restaurant in Africa.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Gorée Cuisine, Adama Ba, UNESCO World Heritage Site, tiebu djeun, soupe khandje, Yassa, Badou, Fatou, Djibi, Café Touba, thiakry, bissap, gingembre, thiou boulette, Île de Gorée, Chie Nene, Zaleski & Horvath MarketCafe, Recommended
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Bleader
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The medical director of Planned Parenthood of Illinois says the healthcare provider will stick with its mission, regardless of what the new president and Congressional Republicans do.
- by Jack Ladd
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Tags: News, Reproductive Rights, Gender Issues, Planned Parenthood, Amy Whitaker, health care, reproductive rights, abortion, Donald Trump, Congress, women, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
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Bleader
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On Vinnie Sperrazza's new Juxtaposition, pianist Bruce Barth and saxophonist Chris Speed pull the drummer toward a musical center.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Vinnie Sperrazza, Juxtaposition, Chimes, Chris Speed, Peter Brendler, Bruce Barth, jazz, Video
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Bleader
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Local label Hausu Mountain releases the new Fire-Toolz album, Drip Mental, through Bandcamp today—and the platform's proceeds go to the ACLU.
- by Ben Handelman
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Tags: Music, Things I Love, Angel Marcloid, Fire-Toolz, Mindspring Memories, Pregnant Spore, Hausu Mountain, Drip Mental, cassette, Bandcamp, ACLU, noise, electronic, experimental
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Bleader
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Over the past week the Reader has collected these music stories that are still worth your time today.
- by Austin Brown
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Tags: Music, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Englewood, Young M.A, Cabaret Voltaire, blogging, queer identity, dance music, R&B, The Whistler, Red Bull Music Academy, Kusanya Cafe, Slo 'Mo, Promontory, electronic music, industrial music, zajal, Richard H. Kirk, Sound Voyage
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Bleader
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Also, a 29-year-old political novice from Skokie is running for governor in 2018.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Leslie Munger, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, budget impasse, Illinois, Alex Paterakis, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Heather Mack, crime, Bali, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitism, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, A.P.B., The Chi, television
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Bleader
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Kebabs, fahsa, and ghormeh sabzi will make America great again.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Muslim Ban, travel ban, Muslim ban, Trump, Yemeni food, Mandi Noor, Shibam City, Somali food, Eric Grill, Mogodishu Restaurant, Bismilahi, Syrian food, Honeydoe, Iraqi food, Taza Bakery, Shawarma Inn, Noon-O-Kabob, Kabobi Grill
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Bleader
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Deadpool at Cinema Slapdown, the dance party Black Girl Magic, and more happenings from February 6-9
- by Brianna Wellen
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Tags: Arts, Do This, We Warm Chicago, Revolution Brewery, Winter Mix-Off, Roof, Tuesday Funk, Hopleaf, Lemuria, Subterranean, The Grelley Duvall, Hideout, Chicago Is Not Broke, Quimby's, Cinema Slapdown, Deadpool, Film Row Cinema, Disco Demolition, Book Cellar, Black Girl Magic, Berlin, Chicago Theatre Week, Men on Boats, Blizzard '67, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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Bleader
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The former Chicago Tribune correspondent is walking out of Africa, through Asia, and down through the Americas, tracing humanity's own first journey.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Politics, Paul Salopek, Out of Eden Walk, Central Asia, Ubekistan, Knight Foundation, National Geographic, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Harvard's Project Zero, Abundance Foundation, Chicago Tribune, Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prizes, Sudan, Darfur, Bill Richardson, Mohamad Banounah, Hassan Elema, Nick Fahy, Mark Schulte
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Bleader
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Also, the Double Door was evicted from its iconic Wicker Park location Monday.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Redflex, red-light cameras, Double Door, music, music venues, University of Chicago, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Lyft, ride sharing, Lady Gaga, Wrigley Field, Tao Group, Four Corners Tavern Group, nightclubs, restaurant openings, Video
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Bleader
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Chicago Opera Theater announces the departure of artistic director Andreas Mitisek; Lyric Opera announces a season that'll include Jesus Christ Superstar and Fellow Travelers.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Arts, Music, Opera, Performing Arts, Chicago Opera Theater, Andreas Mitisek, Douglas Clayton, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Amber Wagner, Fellow Travelers, The Invention of Morel, Anthony Freud, Renee Fleming, Gregory Spears, Greg Pierce, Henry Fogel, John Neumeier, Harris Theater, Studebaker Theater, Athenaeum Theatre, Thomas Mallon
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Bleader
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Laura Cannell's new album, Simultaneous Flight Movement, is a feast of sound filled with overtones and rich harmonies.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Laura Cannell, Simultaneous Flight Movement, recorder, overbow fiddle, British folk, Rhodri Davies, Charles Hayward, Video
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Bleader
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Also, Forrest Claypool accuses Rauner of "acting like Trump."
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Barack Obama, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Lisa Madigan, immigration issues, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Rahm Emanuel, Congress, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Stanford University, Double Door, music venues, music, restaurant openings, pizza, Italy, Rome, Video
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Bleader
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Challenged to create a dish with dulse, Lustbader combines northern European and Asian flavors.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, dulse, seaweed, dulse sourdough, bread, Ben Lustbader, Giant, bacon, Video
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Bleader
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This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist and Dim member Bill Connors.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Bill Connors, Hideout, Dim, Laffing Gas, Tuth
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Bleader
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Thelonious Martin drops a collection of instrumentals to celebrate the life of peerless producer J Dilla.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, J. Dilla, Thelonious Martin, A Dozen For Dilla, Brasil Chop, 12 O'Clock Track, hip-hop, Chicago hip-hop, Video
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Bleader
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Also, the Chicago police have stopped using a dated, controversial training video.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chris Kennedy, Bruce Rauner, Election 2018, Kennedy family, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ameya Pawar, Chicago Police Department, Department of Justice, rent control, Will Guzzardi, Jim Edgar, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, unsolved murders, Northwestern University, sexual assault, fraternities, Video
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Bleader
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The performance artist has two one-woman shows at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre: Written in Sand and Unicorn Gratitude Mystery.
- by Abbey Schubert
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Tags: Theater, Steppenwolf LookOut, Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre, Karen Finley, Written in Sand, AIDS crisis, Unicorn Gratitude Mystery, 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, performance art, National Endowment for the Arts, Finley v. NEA
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Joseph's first feature is a personal and multifaceted look at America's broken prison system.
- by Leah Pickett
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Tags: Film, Moviegoing, Race, Poverty, Jamal Joseph, Chapter & Verse, Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers, Donald Trump, capitalism, poverty, mass incarceration, school-to-prison pipeline, prison industrial complex, Harlem, Daniel Beaty, Fred Hampton, Young Lords, Tupac, Afeni Shakur, Tupac, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Michelle Alexander, Ava DuVernay, 13th. Michelle Obama, Ramarley Graham, black is beautiful, Video
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After a long wait, prolonged by the Trump executive order, a family finally makes it to Chicago.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Immigration, News, Donald Trump, executive order, immigration, refugees, immigration ban, RefugeeOne, Syria, Lincoln Square Moms, O'Hare International Airport, James Robart
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Bleader
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In his much-quoted talk to Stanford business students, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stretched the truth about his handling of Chicago's public schools.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Education, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Donald Trump, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Democrats, Mark Zuckerberg, Video
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Dinner With John, born Walter Long Jr. and formerly known as John Walt, was stabbed to death yesterday at age 24.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, RIP, Dinner With John, John Walt, Walter Long Jr., Pivot Gang, Saba, Joseph Chilliams, MFn Melo, Get Happy 2.0, Comfort Zone, Bucket List Project, West Side Bound 3, Malcolm London, ZMoney, Noname, Mick Jenkins, Supa Bwe, Kemo Walk, Video
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Irving Cutler, professor emeritus at Chicago State and author of The Jews of Chicago, looks back on local anti-Semitism
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: History, News, Religion, anti-Semitism, neo-Nazis, Irving Cutler, The Jews of Chicago, Jewish history, vandalism, Chicago Loop Synagogue, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Saint Cornelius School, swastikas, Carter Harrison, Henry Ford, the Dearborn Independent, Father Charles Coughlin, Davey Miller, Al Capone, the Holocaust, Nationalist Socialist Party of America, Marquette Park, Skokie, Frank Collin, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Julius Rosenwald, travel ban
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The editors and writers behind Punk Ethnography lead a reading and discussion Saturday afternoon at Corbett vs. Dempsey.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Do This, Music, Post No Bills, Free Shit, Punk Ethnography: Artists & Scholars Listen to Sublime Frequencies, Alan Bishop, Hisham Mayet, Rock Bishop, Sun City Girls, Michael Veal, E. Tammy Kim, John Corbett, Aaron Cohen, Shayna Silverstein, Travis Jackson, Burkina Faso, Jace Clayton, World Music 2.0, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Video
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Also, Obama's endorsement has been lucrative for alderman Sophia King's reelection campaign.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Bobby Rush, Chicago Police Department, racial profiling, Independent Police Review Authority, Anthony Guglielmi, Barack Obama, Sophia King, Rahm Emanuel, Will Burns, City Council, Chris Kennedy, Election 2018, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, Wolf Point, Merchandise Mart, Barbara Flynn Currie, Bruce Rauner, Ameya Pawar, Donald Trump, immigration issues, gun violence, gang violence, Eddie Johnson, Rick Bayless, Topolobampo, Video
