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Charles Stepney built lasting cathedrals inside Black music

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Screwball smear tactics

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Politics has always been a “smelly kitchen,” to borrow a phrase from Jean Anouilh’s version of Antigone. But in 1933, two new cooks entered that kitchen. And the recipes they […]

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Guitarist Eli Winter taps into Chicago’s musical resources

by Bill Meyer August 16, 2022August 15, 2022

People pick their college for a lot of reasons beyond education. In Eli Winter’s case, one of the factors that persuaded him to choose the University of Chicago was the […]

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Vargo Brother Ferments embraces Fast Food Nation at the next Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula August 16, 2022August 15, 2022

Taylor Hanna and Sebastian Vargo are masters of the fine art of low and slow fermentation. And they’re strict disciples of the Paul Masson Primary Principle: “We will sell no […]

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Ruido Fest celebrates the diverse sounds of Latin alternative music in its return to Union Park

by Jamie Ludwig August 16, 2022August 17, 2022

Ruido Fest stands out as more intentional and visionary than most of Chicago’s destination festivals. When it launched in 2015, it was billed as the country’s only three-day outdoor music […]

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Electro beats, fiction, and more

by Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin August 15, 2022August 16, 2022

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Chicago native Addy Harris makes tender, commanding indie rock as Rat Tally

by Leor Galil August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

Addy Harris sings with a dewy softness in her group Rat Tally, but you can hear and feel the iron will behind her performances even over a roaring rock band. […]

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Chicago explorers Bitchin Bajas to pay homage to Sun Ra

by Steve Krakow August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

Last fall Chicago drone explorers Bitchin Bajas released a cassette of synthesizer-only Sun Ra covers called Switched on Ra (Drag City). The trio of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, and Dan […]

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An Unacquainted Orchestra, Tasting India, and tea

by Salem Collo-Julin August 14, 2022August 15, 2022

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FroSkate shoe release, tattoos, music fests

by Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

FroSkate, a BIPOC-led skate collective that centers female, trans, queer, and gender nonconforming skaters, is celebrating the release of the FroSkate x Nike SB Dunk. The skate shoe drops this […]

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Gardens, free stuff, dancing, and laughs

by Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Get some fresh air today by joining a free garden tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo (2001 N. Clark). Every second Saturday, a staff horticulturist leads groups through the zoo’s […]

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