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On Politics
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The mayor’s new Neighborhood Opportunity Fund throws small entrepreneurs a few crumbs—but the program is a lot of PR hokum.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: On Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Rod Sawyer, Gilbert Villegas, North Branch, Cabrini Green, downtown Chicago, tax increment financing, TIF
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On Transportation
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The assaults in Europe and New York City were terrifying, but routine crashes are a bigger problem.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, Pedestrian fatalities, vehicle attacks, terrorist attacks, London, Nice, Stockholm, Berlin, Times Square, New York, Streetsblog New York, Transportation Alternatives, Richard Rojas, Daley Plaza, pedestrian injuries, pedestrian fatalities, bollards, CDOT, OEMC, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Guglielmi
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her new book on Jason Molina, and Takashi Murakami’s MCA exhibit attracts some notable guests.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, The Bug, punk, DIY, hardcore, D-beat, Humbug, Not Normal Tapes, Ralph Rivera, C.H.E.W., Penetrode, Neck Chop Records, Dianetics, And Psycho Horse, Negative Scanner, Daylight Robbery, Erin Osmon, Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost, Quimby’s, Takashi Murakami, The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bono, the Edge, U2, Christian Slater, Mr. Robot, My Lonesome Cowboy
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Music Feature
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The network’s volunteers want to teach their tactics to Chicago’s DIY community—because the hard work of preventing and healing from harassment and assault won’t get done unless everyone shares it.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Music Feature, F12 Network, FASN, Feminist Action Support Network, DIY, Earphoria, Eco Collective, Fed Up Fest, workshop, intervention, de-escalation, accountability, sexual assault, harassment, survivors, Kitty Cordero-Kolin, Ben Hopkins, PWR BTTM, Sasha Tycko, Kelley Grenn, Plus Sign, Jes Skolnik, Project NIA, Let Us Breathe Collective, People’s Response Team
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Lit Feature
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In her new book, the Canadian journalist and author argues that Trumpism is more than just a person—it’s an institutional dilemma.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Lit Feature
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Theater Review
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Steppenwolf’s Pass Over is unflinching on the war against young black men.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, Steppenwolf Theatre, Pass Over, Antoinette Nwandu, Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan, Danya Taymor, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, Alton Sterling, race, Parade, Charm, Recommended
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Art Review
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A new exhibit of the Japanese artist’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art is a dizzying depiction of the current cultural moment.
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Art Review, Takashi Murakami, The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, Superflat, Mr. Dob, Kanye West, Graduation album, The Life of Pablo, Louis Vuitton, © Murakami, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Japan, Nihonga, Marc Ecko, Complexcon, Michael Darling, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Recommended
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Bleader
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- by Emily Wasielewski
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Tags: Do This, Arts, Science Night, Steppenwolf, Experimental Garage Sale, Sound Studio, GetLoFi, JD McPherson, Subterranean, Daily Show, SNL, Michael Che, Weekend Update, Thalia Hall, World Naked Bike Ride, Old Town Art Fair, Green Music Fest, Bang! Gotcha Joe!, Fulton Market Kitchen, CJ Hungerman, Dominic Sansone, Midsommarfest
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Bleader
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The searing 1973 trio record King Alcohol collides European aesthetics and the probing free jazz of New York's peak "new thing" years.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Corbett vs. Dempsey, John Corbett, Unheard Music Series, FMP Records, King Alcohol, Rüdiger Carl, Günter Christmann, Detlef Schönenberg, KA ALT #4, free jazz, Audio
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Bleader
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Also, early Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Glenne Headly passed away.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Mike Madigan, Bruce Rauner, budget impasse, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rico, FALN, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña, Barack Obama, honorary street signs, DePaul University, Glenne Headly, Steppenwolf Theatre, Anna Shapiro, Funkenhausen, restaurant openings, Carriage House
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"Spaces Without Drama" at Graham Foundation, and more happenings June 12-15
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, shefest, are you smarter than a comedian?, spaces without drama, reading under the influence, four man show, is it still funny?, caddyshack, tamale sepp, seven deadly sins
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Trey Edward Shults's arty horror film is a case of form overwhelming content.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Shots Fired, Trey Edward Shults, It Comes at Night, Joel Edgerton, George A. Romero, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, postapocalyptic America, A.O. Scott, Video
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Bleader
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Also, alderman Ameya Pawar says Democrats contributed to the rise of Rauner and Trump.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Cook County Jail, Tom Dart, Department of Justice, consent decree, Ameya Pawar, Democratic Party, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Montrose Beach, domestic violence, Sheridan Park, Alexis Stubbs, criminal justice reform, LGBT issues, Midsommarfest, Mojo, coffee, New Zealand, restaurant openings, Video
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Vile Creature make a lot of metal for just two people, with great melodies and a supremely satisfying guitar tone—and they play Chicago on Friday night.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Do This, Music, LGBTQ+, Vile Creature, doom metal, doom, queer, vegan, Ontario, St. Catharines, A Pessimistic Doomsayer, Weenie Hut Jr's, Pussy Foot, Pyrex, Toward the Sword, Vic, KW, A Steady Descent Into the Soil, Signaturetone Recording, Adam Tucker
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Led by Chad Ubovich of Ty Segall's Fuzz, Meatbodies are playing their part in LA's renaissance of scuzzy rock.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Ty Segall, Los Angeles, Fuzz, Mikal Cronin, Meatbodies, Chad Ubovich, Alice, In the Red Records, 12 O'Clock Track, Haunted History, Video
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Also, police officers tied to Laquan McDonald shooting will return to CPD's payroll but not the streets.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Lisa Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, consent decree, Chicago Police Department, police reform, Joseph Berrios, property taxes, Cook County Assessor's Office, Cook County, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, Chicago Police Board, Eddie Johnson, Dennis Rodman, North Korea, Chicago Bulls, Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, Sofitel, urban wildlife, eagles, Sepia, Proxi, Video
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This week's featured gig poster was created by Atlanta-based designer Nick Hollomon.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, the Hold Steady, Empty Bottle, Thalia Hall, Nick Hollomon
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Cultural historians, ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson, and the Illinois Humanities Council resurrect Chicago's Pekin Theatre, which opened at 27th and South State in 1904.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: History, Jazz, Music, Pekin Theatre, ragtime, Reginald Robinson, Tim Samuelson, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Robert T. Motts, Joe Jordan, Will Marion Cook, Bronzeville, the Stroll, Video
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Grand Rapids label Heardrums drops a seven-inch collaboration between veteran singer Doug Shorts and long-grinding MC Robust.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, Doug Shorts, Robust, Brian Kuptzin, Andrew Brearley, Sheila Hernando, Master Plan Inc., Homer Steinweiss, Frank Dukes, Video
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Robin Swicord's literary adaptation is a dud.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Books, Film, Wakefield, Bryan Cranston, Landmark Century Cinema, Robin Swicord, E.L. Doctorow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, literary adaptation, The Swimmer, John Cheever, Frank and Eleanor Perry
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Brenna Pierson-Tucker and Christopher Tucker's company brings three world premieres to Links Hall.
- by Matt de la Peña
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Tags: Dance, Arts, Esoteric Dance Project, Perspective, Links Hall, Brenna Pierson-Tucker, Christopher Tucker, Kelleigh Harman McIntosh, Links Hall at Constellation, Perspective, Infinite Silhouettes, A Superfluity of Movement, Momentum of Being, Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata
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Also, Lin-Manuel Miranda might star in a Chicago Hamilton performance during the last week of August.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Black Lives Matter, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, police brutality, police reform, consent decree, gun violence, Congress, Rodney Davis, David Orr, property taxes, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Broadway, Oscar Lopez Rivera, FALN, Barack Obama, budget impasse, Illinois Senate, Illinois House of Representatives, Matthias Merges, Stephanie Izard, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Video
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On Saturday at Quimby's, Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her first book, Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Jason Molina, Riding With the Ghost, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Erin Osmon, biography, Oberlin, Secretly Canadian, Bloomington, Didn't It Rain, Steve Albini, Video
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Asheville guitarist Shane Parish comes back to Chicago for a solo show in support of two recent duo albums.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Shane Parish, Frank Rosaly, Hera, Ain't No Grave, Labrys, Few More Days, Michael Libramento, Live at the Mothlight, Ahleuchatistas
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Also, Cook County will stop prosecuting some traffic offenses due to lack of resources.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, budget impasse, Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, Cook County, Cook County State's Attorney, Illinois lottery, Powerball, Mega Millions, Barack Obama, Obama Presidential Center, Obama Library, FBI, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Yingying Zhang, Stephen Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Douglas Park, Chicago Park Board, Video
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W. Kamau Bell, Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Gold Coast Arts Fair, and more happenings from June 16-18
- by Emily Wasielewski and Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, chicago women's funny festival, sharon solwitz, w. kamau bell, trans beach party, five fingers of self defense, whiskey by the water, beauty and the beast, father's day dance party, BBQ brunch, gold coast arts fair, chicago book and paper festival
