For generations, my family has owned a piece of untold Black history in Boley, Oklahoma. This year, I finally got to see it.
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Odessa tries to shed some light, but only ends up going in circles
The production’s motivation and accents disappoint.
Posted inMusic
Forty years after “Whole Wide World,” Wreckless Eric is doing some of his best work
Some musicians might deem it a drag to be best known for their first single, but English rock songwriter Wreckless Eric’s a pretty good sport about it. He’s still willing to play “Whole Wide World” and his other hits for Stiff Records 40 years after their release, but Eric (whose given surname is Goulden) is […]
Posted inNews & Politics
I’m voting for Hillary Clinton, but I don’t vote with my vagina
I’m voting for Clinton with a brain that understands what having a vagina means.
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Where to watch fireworks in Chicago and celebrate Fourth of July 2016
Celebrate America’s Brexit, the Fourth of July.
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Hanging out at the used-car lot that was Rod Stewart and Santana on Saturday night
The two classic-rock mainstays flew to Allstate Arena and boy are their arms tired!
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 12/6: The Nutcracker, Tasting Table Open Market, and Chicago Serbian Film Fest
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, December 6
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12 O’Clock Track: Celebrate Independence Day with Dan Deacon’s “USA” suite
It’s the Fourth of July, which is about a good a time as any to listen to a moving and gorgeous work in four parts.
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Gossip Wolf: Teith drops a posthumous debut LP
Teith drops a posthumous debut LP, Tree and Danny Brown talk collaboration, and more.
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The Red Dawn remake looks like a strong argument for ending the war in Afghanistan
Am I the only one who thinks you could switch a few nationalities in the new Red Dawn and have a documentary of America’s invasion of Afghanistan?
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The invasion of the Chicago Humanities Festival
The Chicago Humanities Festival presents its fall schedule of lectures, panels, and performances
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Foxy Shazam and the Accidentally Racist Single
Rock revivalists accidentally revive an icky part of rock’s past
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Looking after our own
For better or worse, we all would rather handle nasty matters like child abuse in house.
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Grand Funk Harley-Davidson
An “American Band” serenades the hogs on 9/11. Plus: Tyson Torstensen of Ga’an and Magical Beautiful jumps on the podcast wagon, and Icy Demons main man Griffin Rodriguez returns to record Mike Reed’s Myth/Science Assembly