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Reader’s Agenda, Christmas Eve: Notable plays, movies, and some Porn and Chicken

by Drew Hunt December 24, 2012August 19, 2021

Reader‘s Agenda, Christmas Eve, 2012

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On basic cable tonight: Steff Bomb

by Kevin Warwick August 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Steff Bomb shows off her crafting skills tonight on TLC’s Craft Wars

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The best of Chicago music and nightlife, power-pop news, and more on the B Side

by Miles Raymer June 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Photo booths to make out in, bands that sound like robot squid, and shows to go see

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Instagrammer?! Hardly know ‘er!

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

A slide show of our favorite photo submissions

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The best of our readers’ hilarious Best of Chicago votes

by Jordan Larson June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Your 100,000 opinions (mostly) captured the pulse of the city. And then there were the outliers.

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Best People Who Come Over and Remove Cat Pee From Your Furniture so You can Pretend Like Your Cat Never Pees on Anything

by Andrea Bauer June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

A-Abace Cleaning Services

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Best Hand Car Wash

by Andrea Bauer June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Quiroga’s Car Washes & Detail

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Best Drag City Promotion

by Peter Margasak June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Cave’s flatbed truck performance

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Best Band That Could Self-Destruct at any Minute

by Miles Raymer June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

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A photo of Morrissey with a cat on his head

by Kevin Warwick June 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Morrissey let someone put a cat on his head for a promo photo

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The Reader + Paul Octavious + Best of Chicago

by Paul John Higgins May 4, 2012August 19, 2021

The Reader is teaming up with the talented local photographer/designer Paul Octavious for our Best of Chicago issue

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This week on the B Side

by Miles Raymer June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

The Best of Chicago and highlights of the coming week’s shows

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Kaplan’s Liquors Kicks Out the Dummies

by Mike Sula August 25, 2010August 19, 2021

Bridgeport’s Kaplan’s Liquors, aka Maria’s, is reopening as Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar this Friday.

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Sonic Orphans

by Ed M. Koziarski July 23, 2010August 19, 2021

Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.

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Best of Chicago 2010: Party Pics

by Sean Cronin July 13, 2010August 19, 2021

From the “photo booth” at our Best of Chicago 2010 party, July 9.

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