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Politics
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The brownnosing Chicago Public Schools CEO gets “dunked on” after questioning the honesty of tough-as-nails Tenth Ward alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, Forrest Claypool, Susan Sadlowski Garza, Scott Waguespack, John Arena, George Cardenas, Ricardo Muñoz, Paul Simon, Rahm Emanuel, Martin Ritter, Chicago Teachers Union, aldermen, City Council, City Hall, Michael Scott, Francis Parker
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On Culture
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You’ll need as much assistance as the CAB provides to fully experience the Cultural Center show.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: On Culture, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Cultural Center, Make New History, Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee, Garrett Karp, Chicago Pile-1, Ania Jaworska, Frida Escobedo, Grand Army of the Republic Rotunda, IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, Horizontal City, Superstudio, UrbanLab, Vertical City, Tribune Tower
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage answers this and other burning questions from a live appearance in San Francisco.
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Savage Lovecast, San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, dating apps, serial first daters, side boob, Tim Gunn, PDA, gay bars, etiquette, bridezilla, elopement, cannabis lubricant, spreadables, edibles, consent, bubble butt, Donald Trump
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On Transportation
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LDS Church "elders" and "sisters" use pedals to proselytize, with Jesus as their copilot.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mark Bingham, Sherry Bingham, Amanda Aamodt, Emily McCrary, Logan Square, West Town Bikes, Alex Wilson, Illinois Chicago Mission, Streetsblog Chicago, God, religion, missionaries
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Tall Pat Records bows out with a couple more rock ’n’ roll blowouts, and Billy Ocean turns up at a club out by O’Hare for some reason.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Joyride Records, Permanent Records, Jesa Espinoza, Rosemary Villaseñor, Pat Sullivan, Tall Pat Records, Cuddlestock, Comfort Station, Comfort Station Benefit, fund-raiser, Goose Island, Empty Bottle Presents, Big Star Records, Ryley Walker, Nobunny, Quarter Mile Thunder, Bloodiest, Negative Scanner, Billy Ocean, Joe’s Live, Kenny “Jammin” Jason, Hot Mix 5, Caribbean Queen, Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Dave McCune, Hunter Husar, Sr. Marlowe, Sonorama, Video
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Music Feature
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Not even arena gigs with his famous sister, comedian Amy Schumer, can tempt him from his drive to make better jazz.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music Feature, Jason Stein, bass clarinet, jazz, Lucille!, Delmark, Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer, Last Comic Standing, Celebrity Family Feud, Locksmith Isidore, Hearts & Minds, Jason Stein Quartet, Constellation, Hungry Brain, 3030, Northern Spy, Greg Ward, Eric Revis, Jim Black, Paul Giallorenzo, Jason Roebke, Mike Pride, Keefe Jackson, Joshua Abrams, Tom Rainey, Ken Vandermark, Bridge 61, In Exchange for a Process, The Story This Time, Journal, Nate McBride, Mike Reed, Josh Berman, Frank Rosaly, University of Michigan, Don Walden, Montana, Bozeman, Helena, Bennington, Russ Johnson, Kyle Bruckmann, Charles Rumback, Video
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Performing Arts Feature
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Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and the Annoyance's long-running slasher parody are among this week's best bets.
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Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Ages of Man, Thornton Wilder, Theatre Above the Law, Tony Lawry, Building the Wall, Richard Schenkkan, Stage Left Theatre, Amy Szerlong, For One, Gunder Mansion, (Re)discover Theatre, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Quest Theatre Ensemble, Joe DiPietro, Jimmy Roberts, Laura Sturm, Liz Jarmer, Gavin Donnellan, Christian Aldridge, Alys Dickerson, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Northlight Theatre, Matthew Lopez, Nate Santana, Jeff Kurysz, Sean Blake, A New Brain, William Finn, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Theo Ubique, James Lapine, Fred Anzevino, No Exit Cafe, Chase Heinemann, Tyler Franklin, Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric Opera, Joffrey Ballet, Gluck, Dmitry Kolchak, Lyric Opera Chorus, Andrianna Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, John Neumeier, Perfect Arrangement, Topher Payne, Pride Films and Plays, Lane Anthony Flores, Eric Lindahl, Autumn Teague, Riley Mondragon, Kelli Harrington, Derek Von Barham, Splatter Theater, Annoyance Theatre, Del Close, Martin DeMaat, Viola Spolin, slasher films, late-night shows, slasher parody, Friday the 13th, John Waters, Striking Out: A Gay Baseball Musical, Pride Films and Plays, Marco Braun, Take Me Out, The Twilight Zone, Olivia Nielsen, Adam Levin, Ryan Ford, Sylvester, Lifeline Theatre, Christina Calvit, Dorothy Milne, Andrés Enriquez, Samantha Newcomb, Alan Donahue, A Year With Frog and Toad, Chicago Children's Theatre, Robert Reale, Willie Reale, Andy Nagraj, Shawn Pfautsch, Matthew C. Yee
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Theater Review
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He said it—in A View From the Bridge
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, A View From the Bridge, the New Vic, Arthur Miller, Goodman Theatre, Ivo van Hove, Catherine Combs, Brandon Espinoza, Daniel Abeles, Red Hook, Jan Versweyveld, The Crucible, HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee, Recommended
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Art Review
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A major survey of the Iraqi-American, Chicago-based artist finally arrives.
- by Lee Ann Norman
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Tags: Art Review, Michael Rakowitz, Backstroke of the West, Museum of Contemporary Art, Iraq, Northwestern University, Enemy Kitchen, Kevin Lasko, Park Avenue Autumn, Taliban, Afghanistan, Recommended
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Movie Feature
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The Chicago-born filmmaker’s astonishing documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time tells the story of one of the greatest film finds in history by using the discovery itself.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Feature, Bill Morrison, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Dawson City film find, film preservation, film restoration, Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon Gold Rush, Library of Congress, Unievrsity of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, Alex Somers, Chicago White Sox, 1919 World Series, Chicago Black Sox scandal, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Kenwood neighborhood Chicago, State and Lake movie theater Chicago, Hyde Park Harper Theater Chicago, Dunes Drive-In Gary Indiana, University of Chicago Cobb Hall, University of Chicago Doc Films, Reed College, Cooper Union, Robert Breer, Robert Breer Eyewash, Robert Breer Blazes, Cynosure, Film Center Building, Hell’s Kitchen, Ridge Theater, Video
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Movie Review
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Judi Dench stars as Queen Victoria, riling the Royal Court with her new Indian pal.
- by Andrea Gronvall
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Tags: Movie Review, Victoria & Abdul, Victoria and Abdul, Stephen Frears, Judi Dench, European Union, Their Finest, A United Kingdom, Churchill Brian Cox movie, Dunkirk Christopher Nolan movie, Viceroy’s House, Queen Victoria, John Madden, Mrs. Brown, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Brown, Abdul Karim, 1887 Golden Jubilee, Shrabani Basu, Lee Hall, Billy Elliot, The Queen movie, My Beautiful Laundrette, Dirty Pretty Things, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Edward VII, British history, British monarchy, colonial India, Video
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Restaurant Review
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A varied menu of imaginative, well-executed food—from eastern European to Korean—should endear this spot to Humboldt Park.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar, Bar Marta, Royal Belgian osetra, Jan Henrichsen, Humboldt Park, caviar, Sturgeon Moon, Guy Meikle, Nana, Recommended
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Bleader
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Also, Alderman Ray Lopez wants to overhaul the "deeply flawed" CPD gang database.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Bears, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Donald Trump, Soldier Field, Ray Lopez, Chicago Police Department, gangs, gang database, Dennis Hastert, Tom Cross, Scott Cross, Gianni Versace, Lee Miglin, Andrew Cunanan, serial killers, American Crime Story, FX, Family Matters
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Bleader
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Wicker Park Bucktown Fall Dinner Crawl, the Chicago Architecture Biennial's "Sight Six," and more happenings from September 25-28
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, klepper, opposition with jordan klepper, pre-vinylette society, women sign painters, the bat live, iO, panic at the honky tonk, annoyance theatre, chicago architecture biennial, chicago cultural society, comedy central, books on the chopping block, chicago public library
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Bleader
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Also, a Rascal Flatts restaurant is (seriously) opening in the Fulton Market District.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, National Football League, Pittsburgh Steelers, Democratic Governors Association, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Daniel Biss, Sharon Fairley, Independent Police Review Authority, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, soda tax, pop tax, sweetened beverage tax, Cook County, Michael Bloomberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, restaurant openings, country music, Rascal Flatts, West Loop, Fulton Market district, Video
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Bleader
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Philadelphia poet Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, reveals herself as a formidable improviser on the new debut album by Irreversible Entanglements.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa, Irrerversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Achiles Navarro, Tcheser Holmes, International Anthem, Don Giovanni
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Bleader
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Also, Whitney Young High School suddenly cancels the rest of its football season.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Colin Kaepernick, National Football League, Anthony Guglielmi, Instagram, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Sharon Fairley, Whitney Young High School, football, Chicago Public Schools, Kenneka Jenkins, Rosemont, freezer, protesters, Lake Michigan, South Shore Cultural Center, Video
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Bleader
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This week's featured gig poster was designed by Jay Ryan.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, The Bird Machine, Jay Ryan, Hideout, Hideout Block Party, Electrical Audio, Man Or Astro-Man, Screaming Females, Danielson, Nina Nastasia, Shannon Wright, Meat Wave, Facs, Mint Mile, Dianogah
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Bleader
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Pivot Gang cofounder Joseph Chilliams released his debut, Henry Church, in August, after months of career highs and personal lows—including the death of friend and collaborator Dinner With John.
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Joseph Chilliams, Henry Church, Chicago hip-hop, rapper, Pivot Gang, Saba, Melo, John Walt, Dinner With John, Jamila Woods, Noname, Telefone, Bucket List Project, Buck, Shake My Ass, B2KK, Fergie, Charlie Murphy, How to Not Be Memphis Bleek, Video
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Bleader
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Michel Rodriguez Cintra of Lucky Plush, Wilfredo Rivera of Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, and Victor Alexander of Hedwig Dances represent in Movements, at Hairpin Arts Center Friday.
- by Oliver Sava
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Tags: Dance, Arts, Hairpin Arts Center, LatinxArts festival, Movements: A Show of Work by Three Immigrant Dancemakers, Michel Rodriguez Cintra, Lucky Plush, Give and Take, Jordan Reinwald, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Wilfredo Rivera, American Catracho, Hedwig Dances, Victor Alexander, Among Us, Neutral, Kacie Smith
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Bleader
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Also, Rahm Emanuel says Trump is trying to distract Americans from important issues like the North Korea crisis.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police Department, Jason Van Dyke, Vincent Gaughan, Amazon, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Oscar Munoz, Penny Pritzker, United Airlines, Loop Capital, Abbott, National Football League, Donald Trump, North Korea, Puerto Rico, abortion, Lurie Children's Hospital, Jackson Chance Foundation, Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital, Carrie Meghie, Video
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Bleader
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Eve Ewing at Columbia College, the South Asian Film Festival, and more goings-on about town the weekend of September 29-October 1
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, eve ewing, columbia college, the upside down, emporium pop ups, south asian film festival, signature move, claire zulkey, funny ha-ha, naomi duguid, nestor gomez, 80 minutes around the world, income tax
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Bleader
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Violet Hour celebrates its tenth anniversary, Fleet Foxes perform at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 2-5.
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, eddie izzard, dylan moran, in transit, athenaeum theatre, gene siskel film center, albert maysles, romi crawford, violet hour, bending the rules, chicago podcast festival, matt besser, improv4humans
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Bleader
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Brooklyn Afrobeat mainstays Antibalas, who play Thalia Hall on Friday, expand their sound on their new album.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Antibalas, Afrobeat, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Where the Gods Are in Peace, Gold Rush, Duke Amaya, Martin Perna, Video
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Bleader
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Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Hugh Hefner, Los Angeles, Playboy, Playboy Mansion, Chicago history, Steinmetz High School, Playboy Club, Bruce Rauner, abortion, Chicago Cubs, MLB playoffs, MLB, Washington Nationals, National League Division Series, National League Central Division, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Oxford University, Rahm Emanuel, Brian Hopkins, Ed Burke, Equifax, Oriental Theater, Chicago theater, The Cher Story, Pretty Woman, Cher, Samantha Barks, Steve Kazee, Bryan Adams, Broadway in Chicago, Video
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Bleader
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The Philadelphia-based veteran, who's just as fluent in the music of Jelly Roll Morton as he is playing Eurocentric free improvisation, performs Friday night with Harrison Bankhead.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Dave Burrell, free jazz, The Crave, Jelly Roll Morton, Bob Stewart, Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Fyllevägen, Trandans, Harrison Bankhead
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Bleader
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A new grassroots coalition is mobilizing in the face of rising rents and no-cause evictions.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: News, Housing, Rent control, rent regulation, eviction, Rent Control Preemption Act, Lift the Ban coalition, Will Guzzardi, Bronzeville, Pilsen, Timothy Collins, Marc Janowitz, Lugenia Burns Hope Center, Roderick Wilson, gentrification, Albany Park, Deb Mell, Ron Abrams, Silver Property Group, Autonomous Tenants Union, Jake Marshall
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Bleader
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Also, more than 1,000 people turned out for Kenneka Jenkins's funeral.
- by Kate Shepherd
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Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Luis Gutierrez, FEMA, Puerto Rico, James Meeks, Kenneka Jenkins, House of Hope, San Francisco, New York City, Manhattan, cost of living, Amazon, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Boykin, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, soda tax, pop tax, Katsu, Katsu Imamura, restaurant closings, Video