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Restaurant Review
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The kitchen at Avondale’s Ludlow Liquors is so good it gets its own name.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Ludlow Liquors, Old Habits, Avondale, the Orbit Room, cocktail bars, Nick Jirasek, Eric Valdivia, Wade McElroy, Jeff Donahue, Leisure Activities, Sportsman's Club, Estereo, Larry's, Mark Steuer, the Beefy Boy, Depot Diner, Tony Fitzpatrick, Theaster Gates, Currency Exchange Café, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, the Moonlighter, Fort Willow, bar food, lumpia, crab dragoon, cocktails, Kevin Heisner, rib tips, Ludlow Liquors/Old Habits, MicroMagic frozen meals, Recommended
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Restaurant Review
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Irving Park's Serbian bakery has savory pastries of epic proportions, and much more.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Irving Park, Astoria Café & Bakery, Cafe Beograd, Užice, Zlatimor District, Serbia, Dragan Lazić, Suljaga, komplet lepinja, kaymak, gibanica, przenice, sarma, pršuta, mantije, Vegeta, pasulj, eastern European cuisine, Astoria, Queens, burek, slava kovac, knedle, kiflitse, moskva śnit, Saša Matić, Backstreet Boys, Željko Vasić, Lepa Brena, Snjezana "Suzi" Jeftenic, Tanya Jeftenic, Recommended
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Art Feature
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Do immigrants really find a better life in the U.S., or is it just a fantasia of prosperity full of barely concealed threats?
- by Kerry Cardoza
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Tags: Art Feature, Yvette Mayorga, American dream, Mexican immigrants, Mexican-American, immigration, U.S.-Mexico border, Really Safe in My Room, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, border politics, Candy Land, Gallery 400, Out of Easy Reach, Allison Glenn, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hello Kitty, Selena, Moline, Jerez, confectionary, cake frosting, Chicago Artists Coalition, Bolt residency, Janine Mileaf, fiber and material studies, Monuments, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sculpture, The Politics of Desire, Expo Chicago, High Maintainence, National Mexican Museum of Art
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Art Feature
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The artist, Eugene "Eda" Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.
- by Jeff Huebner
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Tags: Art Feature, King Memorial Mural, Eda Wade, Wall of Respect, mural, public art, Martin Luther King Jr, Chicago Council on Fine Arts, Eugene Wade, Black Arts movement, Organization of Black American Culture, Margaret Burroughs, Georg Stahl, Harold Haydon, porcelain enamel, vitreous enamel, enamel painting, Artist-in-Residence Program, Department of Human Services, Bronzeville, Daniel Schulman, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Koehnline Museum of Art, Will Burns, Toni Preckwinkle, Pamela Cummings, Marko Mihajlovich, Geraldine McCullough, Our King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Sonja Henderson, John Pitman Weber, Marquette Park, King Community Service Center, Bonheur Development Corporation, Perkins McDowell
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Theater Review
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Its Spanish title, La Luz de un Cigarrillo, is more fitting.
- by Jack Helbig
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Tags: Theater Review, Ashes of Light, Mercury Theater, La Luz de un Cigarrillo, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Miranda Gonzalez, Nydia Castillo, Sipriano Cahue, family drama
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Theater Review
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Oh, the good old days when a former president admitted to criminal complicity on prime-time television!
- by Dmitry Samarov
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Tags: Theater Review, Frost-Nixon, Redtwist Theatre, Richard Nixon, David Frost, Peter Morgan, Scott Weinstein, Brian Perry, Brandon Wardell, Adam Bitterman, Jeffrey D. Kmiec, television interview, presidential corruption
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Theater Review
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Like the original production, Kokandy Productions' revival weaves serviceable material into a compelling story.
- by Albert Williams
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Tags: Theater Review, Grand Hotel, Kokandy Productions, Vicki Baum, Luther Davis, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston, Tommy Tune, Wally Harper, John D. Glover, Brenda Didier, musical
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Theater Review
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There’s plenty of drama in the story of Chicago’s street murals—but not here.
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater Review, Blood Mural, MPAACT, Lauren LL Lundy, murals, Jeff Huebner, public art, street art, This is Modern Art, Kevin Coval, Idris Goodwin, Brittany Davis, Elaina Sanders
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Savage Love
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Plus: What’s good for the gander is good for the gander.
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, adultery, serial adultery, monogamy, ethical nonmonogamy, open relationships, affairs, divorce, couples counseling, cuckold, cuckquean, kinks, cheating, nonexclusive relationship
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On Transportation
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A plaque explaining the controversial Italian aviator's legacy could be added to the lakefront memorial, officials said.
- by John Greenfield
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Tags: Transportation, Italo Balbo, Benito Mussolini, fascism, Italy, World War II, Balbo Monument, Balbo Drive, Dominic DiFrisco, Edward Burke, Ed Burke, Gilbert Villegas, Sophia King, Brendan Reilly, Mackenzie Thurman, Martha Donnelly, Justin Heath, Chicago Park District, Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, Enza Ranieri, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, Anthony Cardoza, Beno Weiss, Susan Weiss
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Movie Review
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Clips from movies shot in San Francisco are edited into a reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Film, The Green Fog, Guy Maddin, Archangel, The Saddest Music in the World, The Forbidden Room, San Francisco Film Society, Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo, Jacob Garchik, Chuck Norris, Greed movie, Barbary Coast movie, San Francisco movie, The Love Bug, Recommended
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: White Mystery keep on celebrating their first decade, the All Smiles hip-hop showcase reaches its sixth birthday, and more.
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Wax Trax!, industrial, Wire, I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits, Confessions of a Knife, Groovie Mann, Buzz McCoy, White Mystery, Hellion Blender, 4/20, sixth anniversary, tenth anniversary, 30th anniversary, Empty Bottle, Alex White, Francis White, All Smiles, Rich Jones, Tonic Room, Big Body Fiji, J. Bambii, Manasseh, Decent Militia, Jon Kirby, Numero Group, North Carolina, Video
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Music Feature
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More than a century ago, Joe Hill wrote some of the most enduring anthems in the radical union’s Little Red Songbook—and today’s activists carry on that legacy of struggle through music.
- by Kim Kelly
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Tags: Music Feature, Little Red Songbook, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, Wobblies, Joe Hill, Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, Billy Bragg, John Darnielle, Mountain Goats, Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine, Nightwatchman, Lucy Parsons, Eugene V. Debs, Big Bill Haywood, There Is Power in a Union, The Rebel Girl, The Preacher and the Slave, Pie in the Sky, Solidarity Forever, Which Side Are You On?, I’m Too Old to Be a Scab, Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, Haymarket Affair, Ralph Chaplin, Circles & Ciphers, No Cop Academy, Black Lives Matter, Movement for Black Lives, BLM, M4BL, Ethan Ethos, Rebel Diaz, Chance the Rapper, Jamila Woods, G Herbo, Austin Lunn, Panopticon, Kentucky, Florence Reece, Talib Kweli, Dropkick Murphys, Fight for 15, Big Red Songbook, Alexandra Bradbury, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, strike, Flood Wall Street, Video
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Music Feature
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An expert negotiator, he went to bat for stars as big as James Brown and Muddy Waters, but he also clawed back royalties for countless forgotten artists who’d never gotten their due.
- by Yana Kunichoff
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Tags: Music Feature, Jay B. Ross, Bernard Rosenblatt, Jeff Mandell, entertainment lawyer, obituary, memorial, Promontory, blues, house music, contract negotiation, the Rappin' Lawyer, James Brown, Muddy Waters, Jerry "Iceman" Butler, Ray Charles, Albertina Walker, Koko Taylor, Syl Johnson, Chi-Lites, Dinah Washington, Rufus, Screamin' Rachael, Dana Devine, Dancin' Man, Perry Kanlan, Nate the Baby, Spike Dapper, Rachael Cain, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Ron Hardy, Willie Dixon, Tomiko Dixon, Columbia College, Jay B. Ross Foundation, Gene Chandler, Mud Morganfield, Oliver Torres, DJ Fade, John Wright, South Side Soul, Lavon Pettis, Tony Wilson, Young James Brown, Platinum Band, Sol Kat, Curtis McClain, Robert Royale, Joseph "Mojo" Morganfield, Video
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
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Trumpeter and organist Deacon Jones played for Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, and Carlos Santana, and spent 18 years with John Lee Hooker.
- by Steve Krakow
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Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Melvyn Jones, Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, Deacon Jones, organ, trumpet, Hammond B-3, Baby Huey & the Babysitters, Baby Huey, Harold Jones, Johnny Ross, James Ramey, Curtis Mayfield, Curtom, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Elvin Bishop, Carlos Santana, Buddy Miles, Marva Wright, Willie Dixon, Jealous, Mr. Lucky, Chill Out, Mighty Balls of Fire, Babe’s & Ricky’s Inn, Downtown Blues & Comedy Club, Garrett Morris, Makin’ Blues History, Gregg Allman, Dr. John, Deacon Jones Blues Band, Video
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Bleader
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This new theatrical adaptation of David Lang's Pulitzer-winning choral piece is a lot to take in, but it's worth it.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Theater, Arts, David Lang, The Little Match Girl Passion, Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Match Girl, Dado, Alex Monroe, Beyond This Point, Facility Theater
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Bleader
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What happens when you combine a Hulk and a Wolverine?
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Arts, Books, Marvel Comics, comic books, Marvel, comics, Weapon H, Incredible Hulk, Wolverine, Hulk, Weapon X, Greg Pak
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Bleader
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To beat the Machine, you gotta be the Machine and other lessons for Toni Preckwinkle and the next generation of Democratic Party leaders.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Eddie Vrdolyak, Ed Burke, Fast Eddie, Harold Washington, John Stoger, Alan Dobry, Richard Mell, South Africa, Botha, apartheid, Chicago Tribune, Pat Quinn, Hillary Clinton, Luis Arroyo, Robert Fioretti, Niles Sherman, Chicago Machine
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Bleader
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"If Laquan McDonald hadn't been killed and they'd elected to charge him with a crime, we would still be waiting to see that video."
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: News, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act, State House, state politics, Anthony DeLuca, Chicago Heights, police misconduct, police, Matt Topic, Loevy & Loevy, civil rights, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, Brandon Smith
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Bleader
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A recipe from Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces, by chef Bill Kim of Randolph Row's BellyQ, shows that his notion of barbecue stretches far beyond the borders of Korea.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Condiments, Cooking, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Bill Kim, Belly Q, Urban Belly, Belly Shack, Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces, Chandra Ram, Plate magazine, Ten Speed Press, Penguin Random House, Korean pesto, nuoc cham, gochucchang, lemongrass chili sauce, Charlie Trotter's, Korean cooking, Korean fusion, recipes, Asian food, Read It and Eat bookstore, cooking demos
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Bleader
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Let us now praise the great auteur whose career ranged from silent movies to Elvis.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, History, Michael Curtiz, Music Box Theatre, Alan K. Rode, biography, A Million Bid, Noah's Ark, Casablanca, The Breaking Point, Mildred Pierce, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros., Jack Warner, Darryl Zanuck, White Christmas
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Bleader
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Students across the city plan to leave class and gather in Grant Park Friday to protest gun violence.
- by Ashley Mizuo
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Tags: Education, News, Politics, gun control, gun violence, walk out, CPS, Chicago, Chicago Parks District, Chicago Schools, Grant Park, Chicago Student Walkout, school, permits, Chicago Public School, Francis Parker School, Northside College Preparatory School, Colorado, Columbine High School, Harold Washington Library
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Bleader
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Here are all the green goings-on Friday 4/20.
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, waldos forever fest, do312, 1833, tweakfest, avery brewing company, sam tallent, lucy lux, comedy bar, don't kid yourself: drugs are bad, volumes bookcafe, moca, mick jenkins, dj green sllime
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Bleader
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Yes, they were fake.
- by Vince Cerasani
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Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Media, News, Behind Our Scenes, #420Day, 4/20, cannabis, culinary cannabis, medical marijuana, recreational marijuana, Video
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Bleader
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The film Beirut and more goings-on the week of 4/23-4/26.
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, jpegmafia, veteran, natural affection, eclipse theatre, william inge, stranger things, caroline davis, constellation, heart tonic, doors, you were never really here, joaquin phoenix, taxi driver, robert deniro
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Bleader
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The president has added more red tape for pot dispensaries and has scared banks from taking their deposits.
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: News, Politics, Weed Week, Bank of Springfield, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, cannabis, Donald Trump, James Cole, Jeff Sessions, Joseph Friedman, marijuana, medical marijuana, PDI Medical, President Clinton, President Obama, President Trump
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Bleader
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The streaming-video channel FilmStruck collects early films by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
- by Patrick Friel
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Tags: Crime, Film, Foreign, On Video, The Internet, FilmStruck, Alfred Hitchcock, The Lodger, Frenzy, Dave Kehr, Rich and Strange, Marnie, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Joan Barry, Henry Kendall, Number 17, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sabotage, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney, John Loder, Young and Innocent, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Derrick de Marney, Nova Pilbeam, The Birds, Basil Radford
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Bleader
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The North Shore may have to find another depository for its used books.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Arts, Books, News, Evanston Public Library, used book sale, renovation plan, Evanston City Council, Karen Danczak Lyons, Ben Schapiro, Don Westphal, John Devaney, library, used books
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Bleader
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Sarah Nardi's 2013 profile of the chef Brandon Baltzley is both sympathetic and sharp.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Archive Dive, Food & Drink, Brandon Baltzley, Sarah Nardi, Tribute, Mado, TMIP, chef, Hot Mess, Emily Belden, Kevin Pang, Buffalo Jump
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Bleader
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Despite being under federal investigation, the Cook County circuit court clerk announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor Sunday.
- by Ashley Mizuo
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Tags: News, Politics, Dorothy Brown, Cook County, Mayor, 2019 election, Chicago, woman, Hilton, Circuit Court Clerk, Richard M. Daley, Federal investigation, law enforcement
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Bleader
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One of Chicago's oldest public housing developments is getting ready to reopen starting this summer on the north side.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: News, Housing, Lathrop, Lathrop Homes, north side, public housing, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority, Lathrop Community Partners, Sarah Wick, Related Midwest, Heartland Housing, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, affordable housing, mixed-income housing
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Bleader
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Curated by guest programmers Rebecca Ladida and Jess Lee, the free program at Comfort Station features work from Canada, Iran, and the U.S.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Do This, Film, LGBTQ+, Comfort Station, Logan Square, I'm Not Sure What You Mean, Rebecca Ladida, Jess Lee, Raul Benitez, Reeling Film Festival, Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, When the Kid Was a Kid, 2 Snakes, Kristin Li, Sweet Affliction, Rami George, Alli Logout, Lucid Noon Sunset Blush, Playing Games, Hannah Welever, Anna Leventhal
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Bleader
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Virtuosic trio Once & Future Band play Thalia Hall on Tuesday, opening for As the Crow Flies.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Things I Hate, Things I Love, Once and Future Band, John Dwyer, Castle Face Records, prog-rock, fusion, Phil Manley, I'll Be Fine
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Bleader
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This Thursday, April 26, Jeff Rosenstock plays at Logan Square Auditorium—it's all ages, of course, and tickets cost $15.
- by TJ Kliebhan
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Tags: Do This, Music, Jeff Rosenstock, DIY, punk, Worry, Post-, Logan Square Auditorium, interview, Pitchfork Music Festival, Craig of the Creek, Bomb the Music Industry!, Video
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This week's featured gig poster was created by artist, musician, and Reader contributor Steve Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave.
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Plastic Crimewave, Steve Krakow, Hideout, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Wet Tuna, Ash & Herb, Drag City
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Tamms Correctional Center was Illinois's only supermax prison. The Reader may have played a part in shutting it down.
- by Maya Dukmasova
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Tags: Archive Dive, Crime, News, Tamms Correctional Center, Tamms, Jeffrey Felshman, prison, Reginald Berry, incarceration, IDOC, Illinois Department of Corrections
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Bleader
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Black Pegasus owner Marc Davis talks about how his microlabel managed to release two tracks from the sessions for Common's 1992 debut, Can I Borrow a Dollar?
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Marc Davis, Common, Common Sense, Black Pegasus Music, Seven Sense, Black Pegasus, Chicago hip-hop, Charms Alarm, U.A.C. Freestyle, Video
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The refurbished bank will include a 19th-century bar, an improved library, and a brand-new multiartist show.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Theaster Gates, Stony Island Arts Bank, Obama Presidential Center, Shinique Smith, "Out of Easy Reach, " Rebuild Foundation, Tregg Duerson, University of Chicago
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The Rumble comes to Cobra Lounge on April 27 and 28, with sets by Incendiary, Wisdom in Chains, Strife, Racetraitor, Nine Eyes, Spine, and many more.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Do This, Music, Things I Love, This Will Kill You, The Rumble, This Is Hardcore, hardcore, Shane Merrill, Empire Productions, Cobra Lounge, the Killer, Young & Dead, Jon Ortiz, Taylor Wadley, Thousand Mile Stare, In This Defiance, Wisdom in Chains, Incendiary, Strife, Racetraitor, Spine, Nine Eyes, Video
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Bleader
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Steve Bogira reminds us that a statistic is also a human being.
- by Aimee Levitt
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Tags: Archive Dive, News, Poverty, Segregation, Laverne Williams, Steve Bogira, Lavette Williams, Gloria Williams, West Garfield Park, fire, teenage mothers
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The Chicago Film Society presents a rare 35-millimeter screening of the Japanese director's 1991 drama, a simple, tender story of love, friendship, and surfing.
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Foreign, Takeshi Kitano, A Scene at the Sea, Music Box Theatre, Chicago Film Society, Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Sonatine, Fireworks, Kikujiro, Achilles and the Tortoise, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, shomin-geki, Buster Keaton, Oasis, Lee Chang-dong, Video
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Bleader
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In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a'knocking.
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Archive Dive, Paranormal, Science, ET, seti, space, aliens, mop, star trek, the next generation, picard, space lawyers, Declaration of Principles Concerning the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, allan goodman, nasa, peter boyce, exploration
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Bleader
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Guitarist Håvard Volden explores his obsession with microscopic sonic detail in a series of exploratory recordings, including a new duo with Jenny Hval.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Jenny Hval, Håvard Volden, Lost Girls, Accept, Moon Relay, Carlo Costa, In the Wake, Awash, Muddersten, Playmates, Private Pleasure 1, experimental music, improvisation, Henrik Olsson, Martin Taxt
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Post Animal at Lincoln Hall and more goings-on 4/27-4/29.
- by Steve Heisler
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Tags: Arts, Do This, post animal, lincoln hall, stranger things, joe keery, american pleasure club, teen suicide, When I Think of You in a Castle, Ryan Keberle, Find the Common, Shine a Light, Constellation, Princess Nokia, 1992 Deluxe, Destiny Frasqueri, 9 to 5 the musical, den theatre, firebrand theatre, second city, gaslight district