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Restaurant Review
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Stop the presses: there's an interesting new spot in Lincoln Square
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Square restaurants, bars, Gather, The Warbler, Ken Carter, David Breo, Gene's Sausage Shop, PNA, Thai restaurants, Davis Theater, Carbon Arc Bar, Jibek Jolu, Monty Gaels, Taco in a Bag, Monti's, Barba Yianni, New Asia, Nhu Lan, Gideon Welles, Nick's Pizza & Pub, Spacca Napoli, Cibo Matto, the Wit, Charlie Trotter's, cocktails
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Theater Review
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A new adaptation ignores the realities of Jim Crow America in favor of spreading its message of love.
- by Justin Hayford
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Tags: Theater Review, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Court Theatre, Todd Kreidler, William Rose, Marti Lyons, race relations, Jim Crow, civil rights, interracial romance, Video
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Theater Review
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This Thomas Stockmann is courageous, tenacious, and a little nuts: a man of our times.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen, Goodman Theatre, Thomas Stockmann, Robert Falls, environmental disaster, Philip Earl Johnson, Scott Jaeck, David Darlow, Lanise Anthoine Shelley
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Savage Love
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What good’s a cock cage if you can get escape from it? Plus: a reluctant roomie, an enthusiastic spankee
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, male chastity devices, cock and ball torture, Prince Albert piercing, cock cage, D/s, dominant-submissive relationships, BDSM, spanking
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On Transportation
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Paths running down the grassy medians of streets like Stony Island and Humboldt could mimic the extensive network in Peru's capital.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, Lima, Peru, cycling, South America, bike paths, Chicago Boulevard System, World Bicycle Forum, Hugo Campodónico, Vincent Blanque, Ronnie Sanchez, Oboi Reed, Lima Bike, Actibícimo, Ciclovía
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Feature
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Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.
- by Joe Ward
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Tags: Feature, dave blanco, sheila blanco, carli blanco, Whitney Young High School, Hegewisch, Centers for Disease Control, mental health, suicide, gun violence, Illinois State University, University of Oxford, piano, violin, bullying, Saint Florian, Alexa James, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Saint John the Baptist, Whiting, Indiana, Whitney Young, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, School Social Work Association of America, Educators for Excellence, National Association of School Psychologists, Dr. John Walkup, Lurie Children's Hospital, Joyce Kenner
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Feature
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And the resources available for help
- by Joe Ward
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Tags: Feature, dave blanco, sheila blanco, carli blanco, suicide, national association of school psychologists, national suicide prevention line, national alliance on mental health issues chicago, harvard, alexa james,
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Feature
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Their new feminist Haggadah shows the way to a promised land of gender equality.
- by Debra Filcman
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Tags: Feature, Passover, Haggadah, seder, rape culture, feminism, Judaism, Jewish, Rape of Dinah, Revenge of Dinah, Research Training Internship, Jewish United Fund, DePaul University, Stephanie Goldfarb, #MeToo, Jordana Bornstein, Becca Gadiel, Access Hollywood, Donald Trump, sexism, ten plagues, ten commandments, Bible, Old Testament
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Politics
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Neither of the off-duty officers involved in the shooting or the dispute that preceded it were in full uniform, as police have claimed.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: Politics, Joshua Beal, Mount Greenwood, Chicago Police Department, CPD, police misconduct, police violence, Joseph Treacy, Thomas Derouin, police reform, IPRA, COPA, Lori Lightfoot, Mia Sissac, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Independent Police Review Authority, Kim Foxx, Cook County state’s attorney, criminal justice, Tiffaney Boxley, Cordney Boxley, Britnie Nelson, Michael Beal, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Video
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Artist on Artist
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On the eve of the first Chicago concert in nine years by his most beloved project, Gas, he answers questions from Whitney Johnson of Matchess.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Artist on Artist, Gas, Wolfgang Voigt, Kompakt, Whitney Johnson, Matchess, Simulation, Verma, Narkopop, Rausch, Sog, Cologne, Studio 1, Popacid, M:I:5, Wasserman, Königsforst, Rückverzauberung, Sacracorpa, techno, minimal, electronic music, ambient
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Movie Feature
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Profiles of Elvis Presley and Ruth Bader Ginsberg make their local premieres in this year’s edition.
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Tags: Movie Feature, Doc10, Obit., Casting JonBenet, The Cinema Travelers, Death in the Terminal, Elvis Presley, The King movie, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, RBG movie, Devil’s Freedom, The Other Side of Everything, Bisbee ’17, Robert Greene, Actress movie, Kate Plays C
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Movie Review
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The veteran fantasy filmmaker tells the story of a virtual-reality artist much like himself.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg, Tye Sheridan, Mark Rylance, King Kong, Mechagodzilla, R2-D2, Joker Baman, Chucky Child’s Play, Speed Racer, Back to the Future, Ernest Cline, Entertainment Weekly, Schindler’s List, Amistad, Saving Priva
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Emily Jane Powers, Restless, Part of Me, Erik Hall, In Tall Buildings, Beat Kitchen, Half Gringa, Jessica Risker, Fran, Paul Cherry, Olive Garden, FeelTrip, Flavour, Pitchfork, Virgin Hotels, Anna Burch, Divino Niño, Facs, Disappears, Trouble in Mind, Negative Houses, Empty Bottle, Ethers, Dim
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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Joe Carter's only LP came out in 1976, and original copies of the raw-as-hell Mean & Evil Blues now fetch more than $100.
- by Steve Krakow
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Joe Carter, blues, guitar, Winter Blues, Midland, Georgia, Muddy Waters, Smokey Smothers, Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, Lester Davenport, Cobra Records, 708 Club, Ricky's Show Lounge, Pepper's Lounge, Zanzibar Club, Elmore James Jr., Hormel, Mean & Evil Blues, Barrelhouse, Johnny Junious, Walter "Big Red" Smith, Aces, Little Walter, MCM, Ma Bea's, Louise's South Park Lounge, Lilly's, Ice Cream Men, I Didn't Give a Damn If Whites Bought It!, Ralph Bass, throat cancer, Video
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Bleader
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OK, we're as bad as Republicans who discount strikes against Trump, but Rauner proved he didn't deserve reelection almost from the day he was sworn in.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Republicans, Democrats, Illinois governor's race, Illinois gubernatorial race
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Bleader
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The longtime political watchdog emerged from the primaries as the Third District Republican candidate for Cook County Board, running for the seat vacated by Jerry "Iceman" Butler.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Clout City, News, Politics, Cook County election, 2018 primary, Cook County Board of Commissioners, George Blakemore, Toni Preckwinkle, Bill Lowry, J.B. Pritzker, Chicago City Council
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Bleader
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Chicago Dance Month Kickoff Celebration and more goings-on March 26-29
- by Rachel Yang
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Tags: Arts, Do This, Women's History Month, Badass Women of Chicago History, Den Theatre, Hot Pink or Ready to Blow, Chicago Dance Month, Kickoff Celebration, Chicago Cultural Center, Natya Dance Theatre, Deeply Rooted, Cerque Rivera, VGA Gallery, Gun Ballet, International Museum of Surgical Science, Candlelit Historic Mansion Tour, Countiss Residence
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Bleader
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The 36 panels currently on display at the Chicago Cultural Center are less than a third of the 488-foot-long work the artist created with CPS students in 1989.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Archive Dive, Arts, Education, Visual Art, Keith Haring, mural, Chicago Cultural Center, Irving Zucker, Gwynedd Stuart, CPS, Chicago Public Schools
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Bleader
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On John Hollenbeck's All Can Work, the ensemble and the material are the stars—which is saying a lot, given how many top-shelf improvisers play on it.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, John Hollenbeck, Large Ensemble, Claudia Quintet, All Can Work, Laurie Frink, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Malaby, Elf, Isfahan, John Wojciechowski, Video
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Bleader
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GoodKidsMadCity, a group of student activists, is organizing the "sit-/die-in."
- by Ashley Mizuo
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Tags: Chicagoans, News, Politics, goodkidsmadcity, no cop academy youth summit, rahm emmanuel, march for our lives, kofi ademola, national walkout day, john h stoger jr hospital, union park, Assata’s Daughters, Black Lives Matter Chicago
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Bleader
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Craigslist has preemptively shut down its personals section, the message board that dominated online searches for friendship, love, or sex about a decade ago.
- by Ryan Smith
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Tags: Boom!, The Internet, Craigslist, Missed Connections, Casual Encounters, M4M, M4W, W4M, Internet dating, Tinder, OKCupid, Bumble, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, Communications Decency Act, Congress, Trump
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Bleader
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"I really try to teeter the line between extremes," says design manager Katrina Wolf in this week's Street View.
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, Katrina Wolf, Bria Salvador-French, Smith & Davis Salon, Lincoln Park, fashion, street style, Street View, Depop, & Other Stories, Megan Ellaby, Emmeline Smooths, Doc Martens, pattern clash, Andrea Smith, Planned Parenthood
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Bleader
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The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.
- by Patrick Friel
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Tags: Crime, Film, Foreign, On Video, Television, Crime, mystery, thriller, film, boats, FilmStruck, Macao, Josef von Sternerg, Paramount, RKO, Howard Hughes, Nicholas Ray, Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame, Thomas Gomez, Dave Kehr, L'Avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, Lea Massari, Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Roberto Rossellini, La Notte, Eclipse, L’Eclisse, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Purple Noon, Alain Delon, Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Rene Clement, Paul Gegauff, Claude Chabrol, Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train, Henri Decae, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet, Playtime, Bill Kearns, Knife in the Water, Jerzy Skolimowski, Moonlighting, Roman Polanski, Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Don Druker, Night Moves, Arthur Penn, Bonnie and Clyde, Watergate, Gene Hackman, Melanie Griffith, Florida Keys, Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, Alan Sharp, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Mars, James Woods
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Bleader
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Mart Crowley's controversial drama about gay liberation turns 50.
- by Albert Williams
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Tags: Archive Dive, Arts, LGBTQ+, Theater, The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley, gay theater, gay liberation, cult theater, cult film, gay cinema, William Friedkin
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Bleader
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If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Amazon, Anthony Napolitano, Bruce Rauner, cannabis, Chicago Tribune, Chris Kennedy, Dan Biss, elected school board, Fritz Kaegi, Harold Washington, J.B. Pritzker, Jeanne Ives, Joe Berrios, Kelly Cassidy, legalization, marijuana, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel
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Bleader
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A bean-to-bar chocolate company and confectionery is expanding for the fourth time in seven years, and owners Sara Miller and Mary and Michael Ervin have big plans for the new space.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Ethereal Confections, Sara Miller, Mary Ervin, Michael Ervin, bean to bar chocolate, Woodstock, speakeasy, incubator kitchen, chocolate pairings
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Bleader
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Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
- by Jordannah Elizabeth
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Tags: Music, Jazz Institute of Chicago, jazz, Heather Ireland Robinson, MKH Arts Management, Beverly Arts Center, South Side Community Art Center, Marwen, After School Matters, Gallery 37, Jazz Links, Chicago Park District, Cultural Advisory Council, Arts Alliance Illinois, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, South Side Jazz Coalition, Room43, Norman's Bistro, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Women's Jazz Leadership Initiative
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Bleader
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It was a dangerous profession, as the Reader's Toni Schlesinger discovered.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Archive Dive, Food & Drink, restaurant critics, food critics, Toni Schlesinger, Allen Kelson, Carla Kelson, Chicago magazine, James Ward, Chicago Sun-Times, Don Rose, Terry Hunter
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A Beatles-themed Haggadah and other atypical ways to celebrate Passover
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Humor, Other Stuff, Religion, beatles, steve jacobs, margaret lyons, dj so called, josh dolgin, pharaoh, red sea, god, haggadah, passover, seder, shema, when I'm 64, eight days no yeast, weird al yankovic, shalom, elijah
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Bleader
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Shot entirely on an iPhone 7 Plus, the director's new psychological thriller considers gender politics and the zeitgeist.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Women's Issues, Unsane, Steven Soderbergh, Kafka, Franz Kafka, The Girlfriend Experience, Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, iPhone 7 Plus
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Bleader
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A referendum on primary ballots in 77 Chicago precincts showed 75 percent support of repealing the Rent Control Preemption Act.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: News, Housing, rent control, rent regulation, Rent Control Preemption Act, housing policy, affordable housing, statehouse, Lift the Ban, Lift the Ban Coalition, Will Guzzardi, DePaul Institute for Housing Studies, Chicago Rehab Network
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For two weekends, dancers, poets, curators, visual artists, and ecologists will gather at Columbia College to talk about movement.
- by Oliver Sava
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Tags: Arts, Dance, Process v. Product Festival, Dance Center, Columbia College, choreography, Molly Shanahan, Bebe Mller, Ellen Chenoweth, Jennifer Monson
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Bleader
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This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Bill Connors, who plays in the band Dim.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Bill Connors, Facs, Dim, Ethers, Empty Bottle
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Bleader
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William Shatner's enthusiam for the Amazon deal shows that the farther you are from having to pay for the Amazon deal, the more likely you are to support it.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, William Shatner, Fran Spielman, Sun-Times, Chicago, Robert Rivkin, Amazon, Captain Kirk, Dr. Spock
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Bleader
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Son Lux support Brighter Wounds with a headlining set at Lincoln Hall on Thursday, March 29.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Son Lux, Brighter Wounds, Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang, Slowly, yMusic, The Fool You Need, Video
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Bleader
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A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: News, Housing, Anothony Napolitano, aldermanic prerogative, GlenStar, 41st Ward, zoning, affordable housing, Peter Friedman, Chris Vittorio, Jefferson Park, John Arena, 45th Ward, NIMBYism, housing, development, O'Hare, Department of Planning and Development, zoning committee, City Council, Plan Commission, Metropolitan Planning Council, Marisa Novara
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Vendors, artists, punks, reenactors, Bill James, and bearded cultists: a full exploration of America's pastime.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Archive Dive, News, Sports, baseball, Opening Day, Cubs, Sox, World Series, Margie Lawrence, Rich Harris, Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Baseball Encyclopedia, House of David, Eden Springs, historical reenactors, Civil War Era Base Ball