- Issue of
- Jul 5-11, 2007
- Vol. 36, No. 41
News & Politics
- Our Town
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Follow-Up: The Meter's Still Running and the Mayor's Still Mum
Since 2003 the city has paid some $7 million in legal fees to fight five police torture lawsuits it probably can't win. The latest turn in this saga involves a secret settlement agreement designed to protect Daley.
- Media
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A New Branded Journalism
Medill is retooling the way it teaches the trade, to the dismay of faculty and students.
- Essay
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They Say Nay
Naturalists and neighbors of a Lake County forest preserve are up in arms about Chicago's plans for an Olympic equestrian center.
Columns & Opinion
Music
- Music Sidebar
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The Singles of Summer
Mixtape Yoda, the power of lip gloss, tomorrow's Beyonce today, and more.
- Music Column
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Sharp Darts: Where the Cool Kids Are
To hear the new sound of Chicago hip-hop, it helps to be on MySpace.
Arts & Culture
- Performing Arts Review
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Dance of the Seven Tales
The leisurely storytelling extravaganza Mirror of the Invisible World is classic Mary Zimmerman.
- Performing Arts Sidebar
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Choreography, Meet Plot
For movement theater to succeed, you need a plot as strong as the moves.
Food & Drink
Blogs
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- Bleader
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We didn't tell you so
Alderman Brendan Reilly announced on Tuesday that he will oppose demolishing the Lake Shore Center.
- Bleader
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All the cool kids are doing it
Why everyone you know is selling out.
- Bleader
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The decline of the decline of public housing
Is the city breaking its promise to relocate displaced public housing residents?
- Bleader
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Enjoy child porn? Join the FBI!
Is it wrong of Debbie Nathan not to be so repulsed by child porn that she can't think straight?
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What you really need to know about Sting
"Part of loving a woman is accepting Sting."
- Bleader
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Which shell is the pea under this time?
The governor's fiscal policy: let's rob Peter to pay Paul and then "find ways" of repaying Peter.
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- Bleader
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If you can't stand the heat . . .
Mayor Daley recently won another environmental award. This one was sponsored by his friends at Wal-Mart.
- Bleader
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La Russa missed the point
Pujols should have pinch-hit in the ninth with the bases loaded
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- Bleader
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What to grill
Grill a Barese sausage and save some for later.
- Bleader
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The wisdom of diverse crowds
Hard evidence that it's better to hire a diverse group of people than only the best experts you can find.
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Don't worry about the Constitution--the White House has its back.
Don't worry about the Constitution. The White House has its back.
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Walter Meego go Almost Gold
Local synth-poppers Walter Meego sign to Almost Gold.
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- Bleader
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Commodifying a dissenter
Joe Strummer's Tele gets copied.
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- Bleader
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Sacred texts
Doc Films opens up its closets.
- Bleader
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Grades of trade
'Direct trade,' 'fair trade,' and other coffee trade terms defined.
- Bleader
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Two trials for the price of one hotel room
Two trials for the price of one hotel room.
- Bleader
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30 years on, sevens are still clashing
The enduring power of Culture's "Two Sevens Clash."
- Bleader
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Is there life at the Defender?
Is anybody home at the Defender?
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- Bleader
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Eating elsewhere: The Land of the Seven Moles
Street eats in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Bleader
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Let out your daughters!
Words of encouragement for young lady music geeks?
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- Bleader
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This weekend and beyond
This week's talks, tastings, and tours.
- Bleader
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Surprise and fear . . . fear and surprise . . .
Your leaders want you to be afraid. Very afraid.
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Roby Lakatos plays hot, but not too hot
Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos plays with the Grant Park Symphony on Wednesday.
- Bleader
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City Noor gutted by fire
Albany Park's City Noor Kabab is burnt out of business.
- Bleader
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Sound and the city
Antonioni describes the sound of a city.
- Bleader
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What not to drink
What not to drink this summer.
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- Bleader
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Gender benders
Opposing the Iraq fiasco isn't defeatism, it's "very aggressive" -- a right-wing spokesperson says so.
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Have beard, won't travel
James Hetfield's facial growth frightens small children and British authorities.
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Dear John (Cruickshank):
Will the Sun-Times return to its roots?
- Bleader
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Schmaltz 'n' Roll
Gogol Bordello: punk rock's very own Borat.
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Instincts louder than words
Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone bring their peculiar, gut-trusting music to the Hideout.
- Bleader
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The window-washer pipeline
The Mexican village that washes Chicago's windows.
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- Bleader
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Johnny Frigo dead at 90; tonight's shows
Chicago violinist Johnny Frigo has died.
- Bleader
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Party Montreal
My new favorite DJs in Montreal.
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- Bleader
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The Oyster Whisperer lands at Ditka's in Oakbrook Terrace
The Oyster Whisperer now plays on Da Coach's team.
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Don't tell us more about the problem
Corporations are immensely powerful and immensely distrusted, but nobody is pushing a credible alternative -- says a leftist.
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The best food movie ever made?
Anthony Bourdain on Ratatouille.
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White Girl in the Promised Land
Thinking about the crime every white American profits from.
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How to write a lede, suburban edition
The lede of the week: elephant decapitated in LaGrange.