- Issue of
- Apr 3-9, 2008
- Vol. 37, No. 28
News & Politics
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- Our Town
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Social Justice, With Soccer
A Chilean filmmaker explores the Middle East conflict through the eyes of Palestinian footballers.
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- Media
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The Right to Rant
A new law that protects citizens trying to participate in government gets its first day in court.
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- Politics
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It's All About the Olympics
Why is the Park District clamping down on its volunteer advisers?
Columns & Opinion
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- On Culture
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Oldest, Biggest, and Best?
Local filmmakers and an ex-employee say Chicago's Latino Film Festival has fallen behind the curve.
Music
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- Music Column
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Sharp Darts: The Genius of Crowds
The Internet has made the fan remix an integral tool for artists.
Arts & Culture
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- Feature
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As Del Lay Dying
On his deathbed, comedy genius Del Close held court at one last party.
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- Performing Arts Review
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The Bronte Beat
A new attempt to dramatize the sisters' lives falls short.
Film
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- Movie Review
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When the Music Makes the Movie
Scorsese masterfully captures the Stones onstage, but a clunky new Curtis Mayfield doc is still the better bet.
Food & Drink
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- Food & Drink Column
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Omnivorous: The Donald and the Dude
Surprising subtlety at Trump's new room and the return of the casually brilliant Schwa
Blogs
- Bleader
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You Shoot: Heal thy skies
You Shoot: Heal thy skies
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: "Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt."
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Cheap brews and great views at the Vic's Brew & View
Watching the NCAA men's basketball title game on a 20-foot screen in a 1,000-seat auditorium--alone.
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PR! What is it good for? Uh, absolutely nothing (say it again).
Todd Stroger wants more troops in his war on the media.
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Video: making mirza ghasemi at Masouleh
Watch Masouleh's Azim Nassiri make the northern Persian eggplant dish mirza ghasemi.
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Objects in rear-view mirror may be farther away than they appear
Someone tell Jody Weis about the Pogo Police Car of the Future!
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: "our fabled 'texture' of foreign / and native poverties."
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Wearing our intolerance on our chests (on the sleeve is extra)
Richard Posner finds the humor in intolerance.
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French pianist Frédéric Blondy sneaks into town
French pianist Frederic Blondy makes a very low-key Chicago debut with cellist Audrey Chen at Enemy on Friday night.
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School's out
Aldermen wonder why they're not better informed on school policy during a rare meeting of the City Council's education committee.
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Charlton Heston's back pages
Complicating the whole Charlton Heston thing.
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Poetry, music, world cuisine, and more at FLATFILEgalleries
Poetry, music, world cuisine, and more tonight at FLATFILEgalleries
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"Blackwater Invades Illinois" screening tonight
"Blackwater Invades Illinois" screens tonight at the DePaul Art Museum.
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Dance presentation at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Lunchtime dance performance at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts
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Newspapers and the future -- if any
Add your two cents on the fate of newspapers, a business that needs every penny it can find.
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Hammond on ramps
Reader contributor David Hammond's latest 'BEZ spot: ramps
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MLK blogging: From their archives, to my archives, to you
The widespread acceptance of Martin Luther King, Jr. took longer than you might think.
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You Shoot: Chicago from 34th
You Shoot: Chicago from 34th
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Schlitz Classic
As long as they don't try Crystal Schlitz, they'll be fine.
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Counting Crows tonight at the Apple Store
Counting Crows tonight at the Michigan Avenue Apple Store
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Parker/Lewis: can't lose (sorry)
George Lewis and Jeff Parker talk music, Chicago, and more.
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First look: Cinners
It ain't Cincinnati chili without a good story behind it.
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Jubilate Deo
Joe Crede's game-winning grand slam in yesterday's home opener isn't the reason for Sox fans to feel hopeful after last year's nightmare season.
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That hope thing cuts both ways
What does Obama see in that Daley guy, anyway?
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"The kind of street-smart, violent kid who adults couldn’t reach"
"indicative of a certain mentality that the vast majority of the public has just NEVER encountered"
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Matt & Kim & Mano & Hollywood
Chicago improves Matt & Kim again
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Todd Rittmann and the Molten Truth Trio tonight at the Empty Bottle
Todd Rittmann and the Molten Truth Trio at the Empty Bottle
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Burkina Electric: what dissolving borders really sound like
Burkina Electric, a group with African and European members, demonstrates a more genuine way to connect cultures.
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The legend of Charlton Heston
For some legends, like Charlton Heston, talent is optional.
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"A Kind of Poetry in his Nature"
What Would Lincoln Do?
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MLK and radicalism
Bloggers on the radicalism of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Intro to hoopdance class
Intro to hoopdance class
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Mr. Jobs and Me
Counting Crows at the Michigan Avenue Apple Store
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Chicago isn't Detroit
We don't want no filmmakers nobody sent.
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First one in
If anyone's wondering, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is ready and willing to fill Barack Obama's not-yet-vacant senatorial seat.
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Card games
Mayor Daley reintroduces race into the children's museum debate, and Alderman Brendan Reilly responds.
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Melanie Schiff talks shop
"It struck me as something I wanted to do. Make a rainbow through this sort of aggressive and stupid teenage gesture."
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Headlines, and their discontents
The Tribune's Frank James writes a nuanced story and is ripped for its unnuanced headline.
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12 new reviews
Twelve new reviews
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Fugazi meets the Blue Ribbon Glee Club
"Waiting Room" meets "Waiting Room"
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So long Thai Grocery
You have two and half weeks to stock up and say good-bye to Thai Grocery.
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WPB open houses
Creative community planning in Wicker Park-Bucktown.
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: "Somehow, she swam with just one flipper, even though she can only move in counterclockwise circles"
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You Shoot: Aquaphilia
You Shoot: Aquaphilia
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Que viva Mexico
From crying women to ranchera, a delectable new fest from the U. of C.'s Doc Films
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The Stella Adler School of Civic Bureaucracy
Daley oughta be in pictures. Like, instead of government.
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How do you say "Wonderboy" in Japanese?
Kosuke Fukudome makes an impression with his bat -- in more ways than one.
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: "Why travel, I thought, if not to be disabused of propaganda?"
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"World Music": actual foreign people no longer required
White Americans can apparently make "world music" now, but good luck getting respect if you're a foreigner who plays the traditional music they're ripping off.
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Mama said there'd be days like this
I feel stupid and contagious.