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Culture Vultures
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"Charles James: Deconstructed," the Poetry Foundation, and Home/Land
- by Drew Hunt and Joey Jachowski
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Emma Batia Arnold, Tres Awesome, New York Fashion Week, Charles James, Chicago History Museum, Donnie Madia, Publican Quality Meats, Poetry Foundation, Cheryl Pope, Albany Park Theater Project
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Lit Feature
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It's here, and it's big
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Lit Sidebar, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, publishing, books, Carol Ann Duffy, Philip Levine, Audrey Niffenberger, Aleksander Hemon, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lifeline Theatre, Windy City Queer
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Restaurant Review
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The Bridgeview spot is one of few local restaurants to feature Yemeni cuisine
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Review, Middle Eastern food, El Bulli, Ferran Adria, culinary foam, Yemen, hulba, salta, fahsa, Bridgeview, tanoor, Anees Aljahmi, Ismael Aljahmi, Sheeba, Slideshow
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On Media
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When journalists preach on sport's Big Themes, they're lecturing the wayward
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Michael Miner on Media, sports, all-star game, World Series, Super Bowl, David Brooks, sportswriting, making meaning, Jeremy Lin, Stanley Cup, Tim Thomas, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Knight
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Savage Love
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Plus: coy texting ex, and your chance to make dead Mormons gay!
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, bathroom fetish, coprophilia, college boyfriend, pooping, ex-girlfriend, GGG, marriage, monogamish, Mormons, baptism
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Feature
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Chicago has long been the capital of pinball manufacturing. As the industry struggles, will rock 'n' roll be its salvation?
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Feature, pinball, rock 'n' roll, AC/DC, Stern Pinball, Williams Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Bally Pinball, Gotlieb Pinball, bagatelle, Steve Ritchie, arcade, arcade video games, Slideshow, Video
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Politics
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A visit with UNO's Juan Rangel
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Politics, charter schools, teachers unions, United Neighborhood Organization, Hispanics, Saul Alinsky, Juan Rangel, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Ed Burke, UNO Charter School Network Soccer Academy, Miguel d'Escoto, soccer, white liberals, public schools, Chicago Public Schools
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Artist on Artist
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'Prince is a guy that I would love to meet and do something with. I think we'd have a blast together.'
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Tags: Artist on Artist, Diamanda Galas, death, metal, Iannis Xenakis, John Paul Jones, Erasure, Bloodyminded, Rotting Christ, AIDS, amananthes, bel canto, Rabid Rabbit
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Movie Review
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In Rampart, Woody Harrelson is an LAPD officer in trouble with the ladies as well as the law
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Movie Review, Woody Harrelson, Oren Moverman, LAPD, crime drama, family drama, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Brie Larson, Sammy Boyarsky, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Audra McDonald, womanizer, chauvanist, Video
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Gossip Wolf
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Label to drop a comp of gonzo one-off garage-trash bands. Plus: Smith Westerns work on a new record, buy new sunglasses
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, HoZac records, Blackout Fest, garage rock, Alex White, Aron Orlowski, Wes Kerstens, Brian Miller, Odie Wilson, Nathan Webber, Zach Medearis, Chris Anderson, Justin Champlin, Rubber Vomit, Smith Westerns, Cullen Omori, Pukkelpop, Tim Heidecker, Earth is a Man
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In Rotation
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Plus: Reader staff writer Kevin Warwick on Black Breath's upcoming ripper and sixth-grader Rebecca Worth on the merits of Adele
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Tags: In Rotation, Friday Night Lights, Sparks, Mickey Mouse, Black Breath, Abraham Levitan, Shame That Tune, Baby Teeth, MOG, Van Morrison, M.I.A., Shepard Middle School, Adele, Maroon 5, Video
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Bleader
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New music from the Chicago Underground Duo
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, 12 O'Clock Track, Chicago Underground Duo, Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Pulsar Quartet, Throne of the House of Good and Evil, Hideout, Whistler, Age of Energy, Moon Debris, Northern Spy, Video
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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, Frederick Wiseman, Crazy Horse, Oren Moverman, Rampart movie, Woody Harrelson, Chico & Rita, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Hell and Back Again, An Evening With Don Hertzfeldt, It's Such a Beautiful Day, My Way Home, Bill Douglas, On the Ice, Thin Ice, Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Laure Prouvost, Don Siegel, Charley Varrick, University of Chicago Doc Films, Otto Preminger, Daisy Kenyon, Northbrook Public Library, Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest, Lancelot du Lac, Gene Siskel Film Center, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Music Box, Mikio Naruse, Her Lonely Lane, Jean-Luc Godard, In Praise of Love, Howard Hawks, Twentieth Century, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Instituto Cervantes, Flamenco School, The Spanish Room, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Andrew McCall, Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, movies, Video
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Persian classical master Kayhan Kalhor plays a custom hybrid instrument on his new album, I Will Not Stand Alone
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Kayhan Kalhor, I Will Not Stand Alone, Ali Bahrami Fard, Persian classical music, kamancheh, shah kaman, bass santour, The Laziest Summer Afternoon
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Heartwarming family movies deserve more respect. A fancy prize will bring it
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, Film, News Bites, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Francis Ouimet, Harry Vardon, Ted Ray, U.S. Open, The Saddest Music in the World, Guy Maddin, Disney, Heartland Film Festival, Winnipeg
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A "meaty" film premiere, a cookbook signing, a wild game dinner, and more
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground Devon, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Small Bar Fullerton, New Belgium, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread Cookbook, Foodease, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Academy Awards, Pete Miller's Seafood and Prime Steak, Fear no Art Chicago, The Dinner Party, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Luna Negro, Underground Food Collective, Tru, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Quince, Few Spirits, The Purple Pig, Heaven on Seven, The Underground, Y-Me.
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How I emerged as the real winner in the 32nd ward race for Democratic committeeman
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, Cook County Board Commissioner John Fritchey, Alderman Scott Waguespack, Frank Coconate, 32nd ward, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Lincoln Restaurant, Owen Kilmer, the Miami Heat
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A sampler of food news from around the web this week.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, TipsyCake, Rockit Ranch Productions, Cinners, Monti's, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, Baconfest, Eataly, Frances Brennan, Do-Rite Donuts, Acadia
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The night Oliver North came to town
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Oliver North, George Bush, Michael Dukakis, 1988 presidential election, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Just Say No, Willie Horton, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, St. Joseph, Joe Biden, Jimi Hendrix
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What's in the February 23, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
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Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Miles Raymer, Stern pinball, pinball, Michael Miner, sports journalists, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, United Neighborhood Organization, UNO, charter schools, Juan Rangel, You Are Here, Chicagoans, Melineh Kano, refugee, Refugee One, Show Us Your, Josh Garrett, home brewery, Zoom In, Avondale, Bright Smile Dental, Savage Love, Mormons
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The Daily Illini asks for help from students and alums to survive.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News Bites, Daily Illini, Illini Media Company, Lil Levant, News-Gazette Inc., Roger Ebert, Daily Nebraskan, Paul Davia, Chicago Sun-Times, Jill Disis, WPGU
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Fresh reviews from the Reader's performing arts critics
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Dance, Arts, Devil May Care, Garage Rep, Shakespeare, Diary of a Madman, Elder Gods, Hamlet, Kill Me, Man Boobs, A Midsummer Night's Dream, My Kinda Town, Recycled Circus, The Ritz, Romeo and Juliet, South Pacific, Superior Donuts, They Are Dying, Molly Shanahan, LUMA, Heaven and Hell, Association of Writers & Writing Programs
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So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Liturgy, Vampire Weekend, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Willis Earl Beal
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Turing Machine's "Slave to the Algorithm," from the upcoming What Is the Meaning of What.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Crickets, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Turing Machine, Jerry Fuchs, Maserati, Krautrock, prog, instrumental, Brooklyn, Temporary Residence
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Prepare for tomorrow night's Promise Ring reunion show with the video for "Why Did Ever We Meet?"
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Promise Ring, the Promise Ring, Nothing Feels Good, Why Did Ever We Meet?, Metro, emo, 12 O'Clock Track, Jason Gnewikow, Video
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Mick and Ben go to the University of Chicago to talk about marijuana
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Antonin Scalia, Brad Pitt, cannabis, Jeff Bridges, marijuana, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Mick Dumke, reefer, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, the Big Lebowski, True Romance, University of Chicago
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An intense conversation between Diamanda Galas and Mark Solotroff, a sixth grader's musical faves, a lost pioneer of guitar evangelism, and more
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Crickets, Music, Diamanda Galas, Mark Solotroff, Kevin Warwick, Abraham Levitan, Baby Teeth, Rebecca Worth, Piano Power, Gossip Wolf, Bob Dylan, the Secret History of Chicago Music, Blind Joel Taggart, Wugazi, Nguzunguzu, Arriver, the New York Gypsy All-Stars, Tennis, Marijuana Deathsquads
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I visited Upton's Naturals and discussed the seitan empire's expansion.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Vegetarian Week, Food & Drink, Upton's Naturals, seitan, vegetarian, vegan, Green Grocer, Dan Staackmann, Whole Foods, Chicago Cargo, West Town
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In this week's Food & Drink: the Yemeni restaurant Sheeba, Key Ingredient dried limes, more Middle Eastern
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Sheeba, Bridgeview, Yemeni cuisine, Anees Aljahmi, Ismael "Smiley" Aljahmi, Key Ingredient, dried limes, Iliana Regan, One Sister, underground supper clubs, Craig Schoettler, the Aviary, dried bamboo fungus, Al-Khaymeih, Masouleh, Semiramis, Zaytune Mediterranean Grill
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Tonight on WBEZ's Radio M, I'll play music by the New York Gypsy All-Stars, who play Martyrs' on Saturday.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Radio M, Tony Sarabia, WBEZ, international music, Bonga, New York Gypsy All-Stars, Mighty Sparrow, Martyrs', Video
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Lyric Opera of Chicago has commissioned an opera based on Ann Patchett's novel Bel Canto.
- by Deanna Isaacs
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Tags: Theater, Music, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ann Patchett, Bel Canto, Renee Fleming, Jimmy Lopez, Nilo Cruz, Stephen Wadsworth, Sir Andrew Davis, Danielle de Niese
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A guide to understanding the Democratic Party's endorsement mailing
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, cannabis, Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, Democratic Party, marijuana, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Patrick Daley Thompson, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Water Reclamation District
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That sure is one huge dord
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Science, Flotsam and Jetsam, New York Times, Journal of Voice, vocal fry, dord, the Awl, Dord Day, National Pancake Day, Wikipedia, Douglas Quenqua
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The long-running Klezmatics, America's premier klezmer group, play the Old Town School on Sunday.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Klezmatics, Live at Town Hall, klezmer, Old Town School of Folk Music, Frank London, David Krakauer, Margot Leverett, Moroccan Game
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The New York Times sets the chess record straight
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, Media, News Bites, New York Times, corrections, chess, Justin Sarkar, Adam Hunt, Dylan Loeb McClain, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, Caro-Kann Defense, White Castle, Republican debates
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After a bitter lawsuit between brothers, a favorite Albany Park Middle Eastern restaurant reopened this week
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Al-Khaymeih, Albany Park, Sheeba, Middle Eastern food, Bridgeview, Yemeni food, Lebanese food, Pierre Mounsef, George Mounsef, Sanabel Bakery, Al Khyam Grocery, Huaraches Dona Chio
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Margaret's protagonist, Lisa, is in it for herself
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Film, Margaret Week, Gene Siskel Film Center, Kenneth Lonergan, New York, David Chase, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, Jeannie Berlin, Lorraine Bracco, George Bernard Shaw
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Local restaurants to participate in Chicago's Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, G8, NATO, Illinois Restaurant Association, Lori Healey, Chicago Gourmet, Henri, The Gage, Dirk Flanagan, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Tony Hu, Tony Gourmet Group.
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Recommending Fjords by Manual Cinema
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Paranormal, Onstage, Lit & Lectures, Music, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Manual Cinema, Ada/Ava, Chicago Q Ensemble, Kyle Vegter, Fjords Vol. 1, Zachary Schomburg, Poetry Foundation, Video
