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Home » April Fools' Day

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Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day infinity

by Reader staff April 1, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inBlogs

Hey, it’s a brand-new Modest Mouse song!

by Leor Galil April 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Sort of.

The Castle, a real animal house, at 1623 W. Estes in Rogers Park
Posted inNews & Politics

What the hell is this place? 1623 W. Estes

by Web Behrens May 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Rogers Park’s leopard-print house has been the talk of the neighborhood for more than a decade.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Horror-fest essentials

by Drew Hunt October 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Criteria and picks for your own scary-movie marathon

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Posted inFilm

The Massacre: Shocks around the clock

by J.R. Jones October 10, 2013August 19, 2021

The long-running horror marathon the Massacre relocates to the Patio Theater.

Posted inBlogs

Concerning those movies that exist only in spectators’ imaginations

by Ben Sachs April 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Imagining a nonexistent movie classic starring Peter Sellers

Posted inBlogs

4/1 — Free “Liar’s Tour” Bike Ride

by Sam Worley April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

Tonight from 7 to 10 PM, Lee Diamond leads a free bicycle tour of the north side that leaves from West Town Bikes.

Posted inBlogs

Is anyone laughing?

by Michael Miner April 1, 2009August 19, 2021

The Tribune Company plays it for laughs on April 1.

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