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Politics
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Now that CEO Ron Huberman is gone, the next step will be Rahm's.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Huberman, Terry Mazany, Arne Duncan, Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Daley, Rep. Heather Steans, Sen. James Meeks, Rep. Michael Madigan
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Restaurant Review
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Martial Noguier's classy boite vies with the Melman boys' clubby French grab bag
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Bistronomic, Paris Club, French cuisine, Martial Noguier, R.J. Melman, Jerrod Melman, Brasserie Jo, Jean Joho, Doug Psaltis, Tim Graham, Paris Club Bistro & Bar
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Movie Sidebar
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- by J. R. Jones, Albert Williams and Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Sidebar, European Union Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Arbor, Andrea Dunbar, Clio Barnard, The First Beautiful Thing, Paolo Virzi, Letters to Father Jacob, Klaus Haro, Nenette, Nicolas Philibert, Le Quattro Volte, Michaelangelo Frammartino, Rabbit a la Berlin, The Invisible Frame, Bartek Konopka, Tilda Swinson
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Gossip Wolf
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Intonation hosts a three-ring concert for the whole family. Plus: Diplo's new MySpace friend, a bitchin' tribute to Miles Davis, and more
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Intonation Music Workshop, Rock-n-Pop Circus, LIncoln Hall, Six in the Mix, Neon Chicks, Scorps, Dangerous Chicks, Pop Tots, Motsuk, Steve Coleman, M-Base, Five Elements, Mahoney's Pub and Grill, Miles Davis, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, Miles Davis Festival, Rainbow Body, Robert A.A. Loew, Night Gallery, Golden Birthday, Diplo, Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross, Houses
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Music Review
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Loud Family front man Scott Miller picks his favorites from a half century of pop, and his choices are fun to read about even when the're hard to agree with.
- by Michaelangelo Matos
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Tags: Music Review, Scott Miller, Music: What Happened?, Loud Family, Bob Lloyd, Pitchfork, Roy Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Elvis Presley, Beatles, Radiohead, Moby, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, Bruce Springsteen
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Soundboard
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Music Critics' Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick and Leor Galil
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Tags: Soundboard, Diplomats, Congress Theater, Sic Alps, Empty Bottle, Robbie Fulks, Michael Jackson, Lincoln Halls, Shams Ensembe, Ali Reza Ghorbani, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Boyd, Old Town School of Folk Music, Rotting Christ, Reggie's Rock Club, Marc Ribot, Mayne Stage, Fujiya & Miyagi, the Mid, Wanda Jackson, Ron Sexsmith, Schubas, White Hills, Liturgy, Lincoln Hall, The Mayne Stage Theater, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, 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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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Certified Copy, Abbas Kiarostami, Limitless movie, Neil Burger, The Lucky Ones, The Illusionist, Paul movie, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Music Box, Sci-Fi Spectacular, Mick Garris, Critters 2: The Main Course, Chuck Russell, The Blob, Gene Siskel Film Center, European Union Film Festival, The Arbor movie, Andrea Dunbar, The First Beautiful Thing, Letters to Father Jacob, Nenette movie, Le Quattro Volte, Rabbit a la Berlin, The Invisible Frame, Berlin Wall, The Lincoln Lawyer, Matthew McConaughey, Monogamy movie, Murderball, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne, Jane Powell, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Terrence Malick, Badlands movie, Jim Trainor, Charles Chaplin, The Kid movie, Mayne Stage, Marc Ribot, Dziga Vertov, The Man With the Movie Camera, Links Hall, Harold Lloyd, Movie Crazy, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Portage, Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire, Catherine Denueve, Roman Polanski, Repulsion movie, Luis Bunuel, Belle de Jour, Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Francois Ozon, 8 Women, Francois Truffaut, The Last Metro, Potiche, film festivals, movies, Video
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Bleader
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Usama Alshaibi, director of the in-progress documentary "American Arab," claims he was beaten March 6 in Fairfield, Iowa in an anti-Arab attack.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, News, Usama Alshaibi, Kristie Alshaibi, American Arab, Kartemquin, Fairfield, Iowa, attack, hate crime, Arab, Iraq, Baghdad, Nice Bombs, Muslim, Orange County, response, video, hate, documentary, Video
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Tatsu Aoki and Jonathan Chen perform live accompaniment to Aoki's films, Friday 3/18 at Chicago Filmmakers.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, Music, Japan, jazz, traditional, bass, violin, electronics, composition, improvisation, experimental, Tatsu Aoki, Jonathan Chen, image x sound, Chicago Filmmakers, Adebukola Bodunrin, traditional, Video
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Austin brewery Jester King has an imperial stout called Black Metal, with an entirely appropriate label.
- by Philip Montoro
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Tags: Crickets, Food Chain, Music, Food & Drink, Jester King, Austin, Black Metal, imperial stout, Jester King Black Metal Imperial Stout, West Lakeview Liquors, Immortal, beer, evil, grim, kvlt, frostbitten
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In this week's Omnivorous: a local Macedonian takes on Puglian food.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Viktorija Todorovska, tiella, teglia, The Puglian Cookbook, Italian food, Agate Surrey, mussels, potatoes, rice, Bari, Lecce, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food, Omnivorous
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Columbia College's Story Week Festival of Writers closes with Chicago Classics
- by Jerome Ludwig
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Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Columbia College, Story Week Festival of Writers, Chicago Classics, Rick Kogan, Richard Babcock, Danielle Chapman, Don De Grazia, Kimberly Dixon, Steve Edwards, WBEZ, Catherine Hally, Poetry Foundation, Brian Hieggelke, NewCity, Alex Kotlowitz, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Valya Dudycz Lepescu. Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Jerome Ludwig, Chicago Reader, Jonathan Messinger, TimeOut Chicago, Audrey Niffenegger, Bayo Ojikutu. Donna Seaman, Ellen Placey Wadey
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Fat Possum Records may have abandoned the blues for indie rock, but its Big Legal Mess imprint has been picking up the slack.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Reverend John Wilkins, Fat Possum Records, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Matthew Johnson, blues, Robert Palmer, Robert Mugge, You Can't Hurry God, Bishop Manning and the Manning Family, Converted Mind, gospel
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A stellar group of Fred Anderson collaborators pays homage to the late saxophonist Tuesday night at the Jazz Showcase.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Fred Anderson, Velvet Lounge, Jazz Showcase, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Hamid Drake, Chad Taylor, Harrison Bankhead, Henry Grimes, Tatsu Aoki, Jim Baker, Chicago jazz
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Fairfield, Iowa authorities confirm that they have identified the house and witnesses where filmmaker Usama Alshaibi was subjected to an alleged hate crime attack early Sunday.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
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Tags: Film, News, usama, alshaibi, hate, crime, arab, attack, filmmaker, documentarian, american arab, nice bombs, iraq, fairfield, iowa, witness, suspect, jefferson county, attorney, tim dille
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- by Alex Parker
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Tags: News, Japan, nuclear, earthquake, tsunami, Scottie Pippen, the Simpsons, LA Clippers, Washington Redskins, Dan Snyder, Chad Ochocinco, Jim Tyree, Chicago Sun-Times
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This week in Food & Drink: Puglian cookery, new French restaurants Bistronomic and Paris Club, Key Ingredient sorghum with chef Mindy Segal
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Viktorija Todorovska, Puglia, Puglian cuisine, cavatelli, southern Italian cuisine, Italy, Bistronomi, Martial Noguier, Paris Club, Jared and R.J. Melman, Hub 51, Key Ingredient, sorghum syrup, Hot Chocolate, Mindy Segal, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, bananas
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Reporting from Financing Farm to Fork, day one of the FamilyFarmed Expo.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, FamilyFarmed Expo, Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm, organics, yogurt, Coca-Cola, Honest Tea, Coke, natural foods, local food, Financing Farm to Fork, Community Financing, microlending, CSA, Kickstarter, Food Business Financing, Farm Financing Opportunities, crowd-funding, Suzanne Keers, Local First Chicago, Lucy Tuck, IFF, St. Louis, Calvin Holmes, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Englewood, Growing Power, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, CCLF, Good Food Festival
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Did the curious aroma of pucky make food bloggers swoon at R.J. and Jerrod Melman's new French spot?
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Paris Club, Lettuce Entertain You!, Jerrod Melman, R.J. Melman, Rich Melman, Brasserie Jo, comps, media previews, food blogs, The Feast, EaterChi, LTHForum, Elevate Your Presence, Chicago Food Snob, The Local Tourist, Yelp, Jeff Eats Chicago, Beauty and Her Feast, Stephanie Eats Chicago, Newtriton
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- by Alex Parker
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Tags: News, Jim Tyree, Chicago Sun-Times, Costco, Mayor Daley, United Nations, Libya, Moammar Gadhaffi, Japan, New York Times, Bob Dylan, Northwestern University
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This week's Early Warnings include A-Trak, the Beach Boys, Sheer Terror, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Jaga Jazzist, Here We Go Magic, and Lil B the Based God.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, A-Trak, Beach Boys, Jaga Jazzist, Dillinger Escape Plan, Sheer Terror, Bob Seger, Lil B
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- by Alex Parker
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Tags: News, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Libya, Japan, Bahrain, Syria, Burr Oak Cemetery, Tom Dart, Notre Dame, University of Illinois, Rahm Emanuel
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Relive the final night of a beloved trashy DIY venue.
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, the Mopery, DIY, DVD, Paper Mice, Loose Dudes, Mark Solotroff, Victor Spatafora, Gonzo Chicago
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A beer dinner for every palate, plus a foodie conference, a corndog celebration, and more.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, FamilyFarmed Expo, Is Vertical Farming the Future of Agriculture?, Antiques Roadshow: The Heirloom on Your Plate, Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon Morell, Stephanie Izard, Localicious, Liquid Soul, UIC Forum, Wiener and Still Champion, Dippin' Dogs, National Corndog Day, Taste and Tell, Chicago Amateur Bread Bakers, Andersonville, Lockwood, Greg Elliott, Jim DeBolt, Goose Island, Sofie, Juliet, Pere Jacques, Bourbon County Stout, Andy Motto, Two Brothers Beer Dinner, Prairie Path Golden Ale, Resistance IPA, Domaine DuPage, Ebel's Weiss, Quince, New Belgium, Jack's, Abbey, 1554 Black Ale, Fat Tire, the Hideout, Martha Bayne, Mike Sula, Soup and Bread
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New York tuba player Dan Peck does some startling things with his low-end instrument.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Dan Peck, Tom Blancarte, Brian Osborne, Heaven Gallery, jazz, tuba, improvised music, Acid Soil, International Contemporary Ensemble
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Derrick Carter, two generations of new-music composers, one man's rock-and-pop history, local gossip, and plenty of concert picks
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Reader, Derrick Carter, Scott Miller, Music: What Happened?, Ramon Zupko, Mischa Zupko, Gossip Wolf, Intonation Music Workshop, Diplo, Robby Fulks, Robyn Hitchcock, Rotting Christ, White Hills, Liturgy
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Reporting from the annual Family Farmed Expo, where the focus today is on food in the schools.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kathy Lawrence, FamilyFarmed Expo, food policy, food in the schools, School Food Focus, Chicago Public Schools, Rochelle Davis, Micheline Piekarski, Oak Park and River Forest High School, OPRF, Tasty Dog, Healthy Schools Campaign, Cook County, low-fat low-sodium cheese, MIT, Ken Kaplan, Collaborative Initiatives, National Integrated Regional Food System, NIRF, foodsheds, rural economy, USDA, Ann Wright, Regional Food Hubs, Localicious
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- by Alex Parker
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Tags: News, Carson Pirie Scott, Blair Kamin, Marshall Field's, Roger Keats, Illinois, Texas, Libya, U.S. Military, face transplant, CNN, Fox News, Video
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How to preserve food, courtesy of panelists at the FamilyFarmed Expo.
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, No Yolk!, backyard chickens, FamilyFarmed Expo, Stephanie Izard, cheese making, beekeeping, Yes We Can!, Liberty Gardens, Vicki Nowicki, root cellars, drying, food storage, food preservation, potatoes, The Local Beet, Rob Gardner, Henry's Farm, Joel Smith, Martha Bayne, health codes, Paul Virant, Vie, Cook County Department of Public Health, canning, aigre-doux, Illinois Link Card, Lula Cafe
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Following up on the Reader's November 18, 1977 "The Essence of Beeing" cover story and urban beekeeping events in March and April, 2011.
- by Vera Videnovich
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Tags: Inside the Reader, Chicagoland, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Behind Our Scenes, beekeeping, bees, honey, Michael Thompson
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Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the "Oscars of the food world."
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, Sky Full of Bacon, Grant Achatz, Alinea, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Patrick Fahy, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Monica Eng, Girl & the Goat, Rich Melman, Topolobampo, The Publican, Michael Carlson, Bruce Sherman, Paul Virant, James Beard Foundation Awards
