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On Politics
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No matter what Illinois Democrats do to dislodge the budget stalemate, the governor will blast them.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: On Politics, Bruce Rauner, Michael Madigan, Springfield, state budget, Illinois budget, General Assembly, Saul Goodman, Better Call Saul, budget impasse
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Transportation
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Police said cyclist Louis Ray Smith “swerved into” a car before he was killed—but we’ve heard only the driver’s side of the story.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, Louis Ray Smith, East Garfield Park, bicycle fatalities, Willie Smith Washington, Jonathan Spivey, Rebekah Scheinfeld, CDOT, Blaine Klingenberg, Francisco Cruz, Jezniah Smith
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Psychedelic six-piece Lovejoy celebrate a long-gestating new album, and DJ Paypal invites ghetto-house innovator Jana Rush to East Room.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chris Crack, Troll Till They Fold, hip-hop, rap, Nobody Cares (Thanksforlettingmebemyself), Nobody Cares, Lovejoy, Phoebe, The Girl From the Crystal Cave, Martyrs’, King of Mars, Brisco Darling, DJ Paypal, footwork, ghetto house, East Room, Mall Music Inc., DJ Orange Julius, DJ Mastercard, Jana Rush, Jaru, Dance Mania, DJ Deeon, The Armageddon, Beta Orionis, Deep Space Objects, Objects Limited, Pariah
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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Early-80s weirdos the Bonemen of Barumba attacked pigs' heads with axes onstage and shared a label with Big Black and the Dead Milkmen.
- by Steve Krakow
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Bonemen of Barumba, Pop Group, Birthday Party, postpunk, Mark Panick, Jeff Jordie, Magnetic Dogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, 64th St. Wild Things, Tom Jonusaitis, Zorro DuPont, Club 950 Lucky Number, Fever Records, Big Black, Dead Milkmen, Tuts, Exit, Metro, Alien Sex Fiend, the Fall, the Cramps, Jello Biafra, John Peel, Steve Albini, Driving the Bats Thru Jerusalem, Hedden West, Iain Burgess, Sub Pop 7, Icons, Marty Busca, Tom “Scarecrow” McNamara, Sex Kittens, Spies Who Surf, Chac Mool, Black Friars Social Club, Razorhouse
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On Culture
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Just because you disagree with her criticism doesn’t make her a bigot.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: On Culture, Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times, Steppenwolf Theatre, Antoinette Nwandu, Pass Over, Anna D. Shapiro, David Schmitz, Change.org, Chicago Theater Accountability Coalition, ChiTAC, Ike Holter, Kevin Matthew Reyes, Tony Santiago, Sydney Charles, Sasha Smith, Chris Jones
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Performing Arts Feature
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A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week's best bets.
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Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Bette Davis, Bette Davis Ain't for Sissies, Joan Crawford, Jessica Sherr, Howard Hughes, Drag Party Party, Bina Martin, the Annoyance, Julia DeFerdinando, Hell in a Handbag Proudctions, The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, David Cerda, Lady X: The Musical, Adrian Hadlock, Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique, No Exit Cafe, cabaret, Jeremy Ramey, Randolph Johnson, Joshua Stephen Kartes, Fred Anzevino, Arnold Johnston, The King and I, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jose Llana, London Assurance, Dion Boucicoult, City Lit Theatre, Oscar Wilde, Terry McCabe, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Matthey Fahey, Barbara Zahora, The Agency Theater Collective, Nautilina, Brian Foster, Sommer Austin, Anna Lucero, Brendan Duffy, Safe in My Own Head, Jenn Noyes, Natalie Moretti, Tempel Lizzipans, Tempel Farms, dressage, When the Fog Begins to Lift
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Theater Review
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David Catlin’s dazzling aerial-acrobatic production returns.
- by Max Maller
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Tags: Theater Review, Lookingglass Theatre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, David Catlin, Nathan Hosner, Kareem Bandealy, Anthony Fleming III, Jamie Abelson, Walter Owen Briggs, Javen Ulambayar, Kelly Abell, Mattie Hawkinson, Cordelia Dawdney, Sully Ratke
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Art Review
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In his solo show, the New York-based polymath artist uses installation, video, music, and collage to remix the archival holdings of the Stony Island Arts Bank.
- by Danielle A. Scruggs
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Tags: Art Review, Derrick Adams, Derrick Adams: Future People, Stony Island Arts Bank, Rebuild Foundation, Theaster Gates, Recommended
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Movie Review
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Director Feras Fayyad rides with the White Helmets, the heroic volunteers of the conflict.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad, Firas Fayyad, Syrian civil war, Syrian miracle baby, Russia air war in Syria, Khaled Omar Harrah, Syrian Civil Defense, White Helmets, Bashar Assad, Recommended
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Introduction
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Reasons to love Chicago, and the people, places, and things voted Chicago's best in Arts & Culture, Food & Drink, Music & Nightlife, Goods & Services, City Life, and Sports & Recreation
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Tags: Introduction, Finer Signs, Kimski, murals, Won Kim
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From its flatness to midwestern niceness, let us count the ways.
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Reasons to love Chicago
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Pancake-flat topography made the city a center for engineering innovations.
- by Bill Savage
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Flatness, topography, Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Sanitary and Ship Canal, Great Lakes, flat, Illinois and Michigan Canal, hills, skyscrapers
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Reasons to love Chicago
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The Little Village shopping district reportedly generates more revenue than any other commercial corridor in the city save Michigan Avenue.
- by Robin Amer
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, 26th Street, Little Village, Mexico, shopping, small business, economy, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, immigration, Donald Trump, Michigan Avenue, Magnificent Mile
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Reasons to love Chicago
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The 4100 block of South Berkeley Avenue might be beautiful, but it has a troubled history.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Oakland south-side neighborhood, 4100 South Berkeley, Berkeley Avenue, Cicero Hine, Great Migration, Milton Mizenburg Jr., Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, Lloyd King, Section 8
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Reasons to love Chicago
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The unconventional rest stops are a distinctive feature of the U.S. roadway system.
- by Jake Malooley
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Illinois tollway oasis, Reagan Memorial Tollway, Tri-State Tollway, PACE Associates, Charles “Skip” Booher Genther, Lincoln Oasis, David Haid, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Vinita Oklahoma, Dixon Illinois
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Reasons to love Chicago
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It costs more to live in a city as large and diverse as Chicago, but these international markets help you get your money’s worth.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, food, groceries, international groceries, ethnic markets, Fresh Farms, Patel Brothers, Argyle, Devon, Hoa Nam, Tai Nam, Viet Hoa, Whole Foods, Jewel-Osco, Chiu Quon Bakery, Sukhadia's Sweets and Snacks, bun mam, lap kai, sinigang na baboy, Indian, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, south Asian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Leela Punyaratabandhu, mint, cilantro, pork belly, basmati, shrimp
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Reasons to love Chicago
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This annual industry convention is more overwhelming than Willy Wonka’s factory tour—but you’re much less likely to get turned into a giant blueberry.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Sweets & Snacks Expo, McCormick Place, Jack Link, Jack Link’s, candy, confectionery, convention, chips, jerky, Glitterguts, Sarah Joyce, Cassava Crunch, Albanese Confectionery Group, jelly beans, Jelly Belly, Minion Fart, why why why, Every day we drift further from God’s light
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Reasons to love Chicago
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The short-lived 1980s police drama was created by Michael Mann and shot largely in Chicago.
- by Lee Bey
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Crime Story, TV, Dennis Farina, Michael Mann, television, NBC, Miami Vice, King of New York, Bad Lieutenant, Abel Ferrara, Thief
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Reasons to love Chicago
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Shopping at K-Pop of Chinatown is as close as you can get to Shinee and BTS without a concert ticket.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, K-pop, 2nd Album Repackage, Now, We, 2 Cool 4 Skool, Big Bang, Lovelyz, Leessang, Exo, BTS, K-Pop of Chinatown, Bulletproof Boy Scouts, Wings, Korea, shop, Monsta X, Rosemont Theatre, Shinee
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Reasons to love Chicago
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Corporate consolidation has flattened out the big commercial outlets, but low-power and college stations still have plenty of personality.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, WLUW, WZRD, WRME, WNUR, Northwestern University, Loyola University, MeTV, Northeastern Illinois University, Lumpen Radio, CHIRP, radio, college radio, community radio, low-power FM, LPFM
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Reasons to love Chicago
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The sudden unseasonable temperature spike is cause for citywide celebration.
- by Jake Malooley
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Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, that first warm day, winter, summer, temperature, municipal holiday, Senate, Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency, snowfall, National Weather Service
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Arts & Culture
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Chicago's best cinema, theater, comedy, visual art, literature, and more readers' poll winners
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Food & Drink
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Chicago's best restaurants, chefs, bars, burgers, pizza, and more readers' poll winners
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Music & Nightlife
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Chicago's best bands, clubs, venues, parties, and more readers' poll winners
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Goods & Services
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Chicago's best clothing store, record shop, veterinarian, dentist, and more readers' poll winners
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City Life
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Chicago's best neighborhoods, best tour, best attraction, best person to follow on Twitter, and more readers' poll winners
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Sports & Recreation
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Chicago's best park, gym, beach, trainer, public pool, and more readers' poll winners
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Bleader
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Music critic, gallerist, and scholar John Corbett publishes the complete run of his Down Beat column Vinyl Freak in a single book.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium, Sun Ra, Terri Kapsalis, Anthony Elms, Alton Abraham, Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground 1954-68, Staffan Harde
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Bleader
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Many in the media are blaming Bernie Sanders's harsh tone for the mass shooting in Virginia this week. But there was no violent rhetoric at the former presidential candidate's recent summit in Chicago.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Media, News, Politics, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, New York Times, CNN, Wolf Blitzer, Naomi Klein, Van Jones, Jane Sanders, National Nurses United, James Hodgkinson, Steve Scalise, the American Spectator
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Bleader
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Axe Throw, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, and plenty of other happenings June 19-22
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, black lives matter, axe throwing, thunderbolt, hitler on the roof, sidetracks, slushies and science, dance divas, essay fiesta, book cellar
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Bleader
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Also, Chance the Rapper is bringing sign language interpreters on tour.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Sophia King, City Council, James Abrams, Alan King, Chicago River, tourism, Shoreline Sightseeing, TripAdvisor, United Airlines, Boeing, Chicago Public Schools, Kenwood Academy, Lindblom Math and Science Academy, Morgan Park High School, Walter Payton College Prep, Ecuador, Nicaragua, hate crimes, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chance the Rapper, American Sign Language, Vytopna, Prague, restaurant openings, Video
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Bleader
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Also, less than a quarter of Chicago teens reportedly attend their neighborhood public high schools.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson, selective enrollment schools, public schools, Byline Bank, IPO, banks, finance, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Soldier Field, Chicago Lighthouse, clocks, manufacturing, factories, Target, Amazon, O'Hare International Airport, American Airlines, Video
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Bleader
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There's a massive backlash to the sale of menswear company Bonobos (founded by Chicago native Andy Dunn) to Wal-Mart.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Money, News, Technology, Bonobos, Andy Dunn, Wal-Mart, Amazon, Whole Foods, NPR, Jimmy Butler, menswear, branding, trade wars
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Bleader
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On Sunday night Metallica played their first Chicago show since 2009 (not counting Lollapalooza in '15) to support last year's Hardwired . . . to Self-Destruct.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Music, Visual Art, Metallica, photos, Bobby Talamine, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett, Hardwired . . . to Self-Destruct, Soldier Field, thrash, metal, Slideshow
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Bleader
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Contemporary classical quartet Nordic Affect beautifully blend past and future on their recent second album, Raindamage.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Nordic Affect, Clockworking, Raindamage, Iceland, Valgeir Sigurdsson, 12 O'Clock Track, contemporary music, Video
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Bleader
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A Toto show in the Chicago suburbs has become my dad's "wake before he sleeps," now that he's been diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Dim the Lights, Music, Toto, Africa, MTV, Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, Rosanna, cancer, Yacht Rock, Steely Dan, Steve Lukather, Video
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Bleader
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Also, the parents of a college student who disappeared downtown ten years ago are still looking for answers.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, Brendan Reilly, Millennium Park, Riverwalk, North Avenue Beach, downtown crime, Chicago Public Schools, interest rates, J.P. Morgan, state budget impasse, Bruce Rauner, Puerto Rico, Illinois General Assembly, bond ratings, Standard & Poor's, Jesse Ross, missing persons, missing people, Sheraton hotel, Cook County medical examiner's office, Chicago Police Department, Chicago River, Marina City, Chicago history, BLVD, restaurant openings, Video
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Bleader
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Yomi plays an early-afternoon set on the third and final day of this weekend's Logan Square Arts Festival.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Do This, Music, Michele Annise, Yomi, 12 O'Clock Track, High Love, Blake Davis, Mfn Melo, Pivot Gang, Logan Square Arts Festival, Mamby on the Beach, Video
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Bleader
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This week's featured gig poster was made my local artist Bill Connors.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Arts, Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Bill Connors, Body/Head, Diamond Terrifier Cipher, Facs, Bohemian National Cemetery
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Bleader
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Also, a former pro wrestler, who also happens to be Kellyanne Conway's first client, is running for Illinois governor.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, David Orr, Cook County, Cook County Clerk's office, City Hall, state budget impasse, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, Kellyanne Conway, Jon Stewart, Election 2018, Libertarian Party, Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods golf course, Jackson Park/South Shore golf course, Jackson Park, South Shore Cultural Center, Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, Damn Fine Coffee Bar, GO Tavern & Liquors, Giant, Sink/Swim, Best Intentions, Lost Lake, Longman & Eagle, Video
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Bleader
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On Monday, Dave Rempis plays an improvised solo concert; on Wednesday, he leads a band through the material on a great record by soulful South African bassist Johnny Dyani.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Dave Rempis, Johnny Dyani, Song for Biko, Blue Notes, Lattice, free jazz, Don Cherry, Dudu Pukwana, Makaya Ntshoko, Jazz Record Art Collective, Option Series, Video
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Bleader
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Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Thompson Center, Jim Durkin, Mike Madigan, Brendan Reilly, state budget impasse, heath care, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Donald Trump, Congress, U.S. Senate, American Health Care Act, U.S. House of Representatives, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Joseph Berrios, Cook County Board, Cook County Assessor's Office, property taxes, Trevor Kalanick, Uber, Silicon Valley, venture capital, Arianna Huffington, Chicago Cubs, Kyle Schwarber, Goodman Theatre, Howard Witt, Robert Falls, Video
