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Culture Vultures
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The Old Town School's Open House Friday, Jackson Park's Osaka Garden, and "Morbid Curiosity" at the Cultural Center
- by Joey Jachowski
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Betsy Odom, Stephanie Friedman, University of Chicago, Osaka Garden, Museum of Science and Industry, Kate Keleman, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Old Town School of Folk Music, Harris Gallery, Jackson Park
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Restaurant Review
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Irving Park's new market and bar brings the goods to a formerly dining-deprived enclave
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Jennifer Wisniewski, Lisa Fosler Kelly, Old Irving Park, Independence Park, transubstantiation, church-sanctioned cannibalism, Javier Perez, Al Dente, Cafe Absinthe, Naha, Green Dolphin Street, Curtis Gamble, charcuterie, pierogi, Bread & Wine
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On Media
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How Sun-Times Media left the Chicago News Cooperative behind
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago News Cooperative, James O'Shea, journalism, Chicago Sun-Times, Bruce Sagan, John Canning Jr., Wrapports LLC, Michael Ferro, MacArthur Foundation, New York Times, James Tyree, Chicago media
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Savage Love
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Plus: Should I hide my dom-sub relationship from my mistrusting daughter? And: A MFF testimonial
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, pedophile, pedophilia, child abuse, sexual abuse, mandatory reporting, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, dominant, submissive, D/s, consensual role-play, threesomes, MFF threesome, nonmonogamous marriage, monogamish
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Feature
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A missing gun, a wavering prosecution, and decades of regret.
Part 2 of 2.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Feature, race relations, South Side, gangs, gang violence, interracial violence, criminal justice, Joe Henson, Englewood, Gage Park, Back of the Yards, Canaryville, Holy Cross Hospital, racism
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Artist on Artist
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"When I play in Chicago, you got an 80-year-old white lady sitting next to a 16-year-old black kid"
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Tags: Artist on Artist, Robert Glasper, Justin Dillard, piano, jazz, Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Ledisi, Yasin Bey, Mos Def, rap, soul music, Russell Malone, Cecil Taylor, Steinway, Slideshow
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Movie Sidebar
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Tales of desire and duplicity screen this week at Gene Siskel Film Center
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Tags: Movie Sidebar, 15th European Union Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ave, Konstantin, Bojanov, Beats Being Dead, Christian Petzold, Belle Epine, Rebecca Zlotowski, Beyond, Noomi Rapace, Pernilla August, Innocence, Jan Hrebejk, Letters to Angel, Tonu Oja, Putin's Kiss, Welcome to "All Saints", Sotiris Goritsas, Video
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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: The wayward Sam Zurick returns for an Owls reunion, and Baby Teeth drop their fourth LP
- by Jessica Hopper and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Julian Malone, 2008ighties, Ruby Hornet, 2dopeboyz, Calez, Legit, Sam Zurick, Cap'n Jazz, David Foster Wallace, Tim Kinsella, Joan of Arc, Davey Von Bohlen, Baby Teeth, Abraham Levitan, Peter Andreadis, MC Steinomite, Detholz!
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Bleader
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Rumors of Romney's surplus spouses are greatly exaggerated.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Grammar, Piety, Politics, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Hoggamus higgamus, polygamy, monogamy, Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, William James, Rational Irrationality, John Cassidy, New Yorker, The Good Wife
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Bleader
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The immense conspiracy—Alinsky, Obama, Mitt Romney's dad, and now a mysterious videotape
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Media, News, Saul Alinsky, Pam Dickler, "The Love Song of Saul Alinsky, " Herb Schapiro, George Romney, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Andrew Breitbart, "Romney's Way, " Ben Shapiro, Godspell
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Bleader
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A cupcake machine is coming, openings and closings, Giordano's to change things up.
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Ashley Triestram, Ada Street, Giordano's, Pekin House, Beaudevin, Bubbles Wine Bar, O'Hare Airport, Storefront Company.
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Bleader
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The latest reviews from Reader critics
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Theater, Arts, Dance, The Convert, The North Plan, El Stories, FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life, Las Hermanas Padilla, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, Paradise Lost, The Price, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Same Planet Different World
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Bleader
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Illinois keeps incarcerating more nonviolent offenders—and it's costing you money
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Clout City, News, arrests, budget, cannabis, Dennis Reboletti, Department of Corrections, drugs, Dwight, Illinois, inmates, marijuana, offenders, Pat Quinn, possession, pot, prisoners, prisons, state budget, Tamms, war on drugs
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Bleader
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In his Vimeo-specific documentaries, filmmaker Sean Dunne profiles a gaggle of juggalos, a record archivist, a bowling hustler, and a man living in his van in Manhattan.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Film, Sean Dunne, American Juggalo, Vimeo, documentary, Man in Van, Manhattan, film, Video
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Bleader
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Comrade Cycles, a worker-owned bike shop, opened last week in Ukrainian Village.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Cycling, Opening, Sports, Comrade Cycles, worker-owned bike store, bike co-op, Jesse Hautau, Bailey Newberry, Steve Parkes, West Town Bikes, the Recyclery, Working Bikes
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Bleader
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Could the e-reader save long-form journalism?
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Grammar, Media, Long-form journalism, e-readers, Kindle Singles, New York Times, Dwight Garner, Amazon, Atavist, Byliner, Chicago Reader, feature stories, magazines, Tori Marlan, Josh Neufeld, Second Son, HBO, Lawrence Lessig, One Way Forward, bounties
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Bleader
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In this week's Food & Drink: Bread & Wine, Key Ingredient bamboo fungus
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bread & Wiine, Irving Park, Curtis Gamble, Craig Schoettler, the Aviary, bamboo fungus, Charles Joly, the Drawing Room
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Bleader
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Dope Body's "Lazy Slave," from the forthcoming Natural History.
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Dope Body, Rollins Band, Drag City, Natural History, Pissed Jeans, grunge, mid-90s, possessed, Video
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Bleader
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We open Obsolescence Week with a consideration of the VHS tape
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: On Video, Obsolescence Week, Film, VHS, DVD, home viewing, Obsolescence Week, Tropic Thunder, Chloe in the Afternoon, Everything Is Terrible!, Variations on a Theme
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Bleader
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Trumpeter Brian Lynch brings a hard-bop band to Andy's this weekend.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Brian Lynch, Eddie Palmieri, Art Blakey, Latin jazz, hard bop, Andy's, Mayne Stage, Unsung Heroes, Terra Firma Irma, Joe Gordon
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Bleader
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Chicago Film Archives launches its first-ever sale of 16-millimeter holdings from the old public library collection
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Chicago Film Archives, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Roots TV series, America TV series, Alistair Cooke, Chicago Public Library, Anne Wells, film archives, 16-millimeter films, movies
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Bleader
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A preview of the Jeonju Digital Project shorts program, playing Sunday and Wednesday at the EU Film Festival
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Jeonju Digital Project, Claire Denis, Jose Luis Guerin, Jean-Marie Straub, To the Devil, Memories of a Morning, An Heir, European Union Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center
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Bleader
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Ryan Duggan's poster for Sausage Fest, a SXSW send-off at the Empty Bottle organized by Permanent, Captcha, Moniker, and Rotted Tooth Records
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Ryan Duggan, Sausage Fest, Empty Bottle, Permanent Records, Captcha Records, Moniker Records, Rotted Tooth Recordings, SXSW
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Bleader
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- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, European Union Film Festival, Putin's Kiss, Nashi, Innocence, Belle Epine, Friends With Kids, Jennifer Westfeldt, Being Flynn, Robert De Niro, Fighting 69th, James Cagney, Forgiveness of Blood, Joshua Marston, John Carter, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pixar, Andrew Stanton, Lured, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Lasse Halstrom, Abderrahmane Sissako, Bamako, David Fincher, Fight Club, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, Pola Rapaport, Writer of O, Talking Pictures Festival, Video
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Bleader
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Three easy ways to get some style
- by Heather Kenny
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Tags: Style, men's style, menswear, men's fashion, the Gap, colored jeans, RVCA, Asos, Kenneth Cole, men's accessories, Rugby by Ralph Lauren, Giles & Brother, revolveclothing.com, Bloomingdales, Paul Smith
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Bleader
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Warm postdubstep, postsingularity house
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, electronic dance music, 12 O'Clock Track, Four Tet, Burial, Nova, dubstep, house music, Soundcloud
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Bleader
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A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park's Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.
- by Daniel Gerzina
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Botanic Garden, Death's Door Spirits, Templeton Rye Spirits, Angel's Envy, Rhum Clement, Dumante, Kindred Spirits, Hoyt's Chicago, Goose Island, Nicholas Barron, Setai Fifth Avenue, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Joan Holloway, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Alliance Francaise, Festivale de la Francophonie, Soiree Commune, Signature Room, 97.1 The Drive, Bob Stroud, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, David Snyder, Uncommon Ground, The Southern, Butch McGuire's, Chicago House, Fairmont Chicago, ENO Wine Bar, Matt Whalen, Pastoral Lakeview, Carnivale, Casa Noble, St. Patrick's Day, Guinness, Bailey's, Katherine Anne Confections, Brews for History, Chicago Metro History Fair, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Beer and Revolutionaries, Bill Savage.
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Bleader
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The lone solo album by psych-funk guitar genius Eddie Hazel is back in print.
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Eddie Hazel, Funkadelic, pyschedelia, George Clinton, California Dreamin', Jimi Hendrix, Ernie Isley, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Games Dames and Guitar Thangs, Temptations, Maggot Brain
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Bleader
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Michael Gebert's newest video, "The Butcher's Karma," is now streaming online.
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Kahan, Erling Wu-Bower, Publican Quality Meats, Bartlett Durand, Black Earth Meats, Video
