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Home » Best of Chicago 2013 » Page 3

Tag: Best of Chicago 2013

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best New Nonfiction Book by a Chicagoan

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Meaty by Samantha Irby

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Outré Dance

by Laura Molzahn June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

To some folks, all dance is weird. But whatever oddity they might see in ballet, this goes way beyond it.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Young Political Lobbyist

by Ben Joravsky June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

She’s quickly come to understand that politics is not always about who’s right.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Comedy Show to Satisfy Both English Nerds and Culture Snobs

by Shannon Nico Shreibak June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Actors come equipped with only their wits and their breeches.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Playwright

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Jon Steinhagen

Le Grand Amour
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Film Retrospective

by J.R. Jones June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

The series on this forgotten French comedian was eye-opening.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Literary Event

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Write Club

Paul Collins
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Best Place to Learn Dancing as a Second Language

by Kate Schmidt June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

It’s a gathering about as multiculti as you can imagine.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Former Paratrooper and Cubs Prospect Running a State Office

by Mick Dumke June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A wily Chicago politician with the clout that comes from controlling hundreds of public-sector jobs

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Open Mike for Bringing Chicago Together

by Molly Adams June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

The unpretentious open mike has seen drop-ins from the likes of Hannibal Burress, Neal Brennan, and Eric Andre.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Actor

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Manny Buckley

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Best Photographer

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Katie Hovland

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Best Performance in a Fat Suit

by Tony Adler June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

This actor has some experience with padding.

Kathie Kane Willis
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Best Data-Based Wonky Activists for Drug Policy Reform

by Mick Dumke June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

“If I hadn’t been a white woman with a private attorney, my experiences would have been much different.”

Chris Condren
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Revealing Joke About a Family Member

by Kevin Warwick June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A comic endears himself to the audience via his father’s secret hobby.

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