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Block Four: Chernobyl 2011

Local filmmakers Julian Hayda and Father Myron Panchuk document the squatters living within the “Zone of Alienation” around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the failed reactor’s crumbling container, in their documentary “Block Four: Chernobyl 2011,” screening Thursday 4/28 at the Chicago Cultural Center.

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Morning Newsfeed: Goose Island’s Embarrassing Moment, Chicago and the Civil War, a Bullet Train to O’Hare, Costco’s Expensive Ring, and More

Goose Island’s brewmaster says he’s embarrassed after, well, taking a leak in a pair of pint glasses at a Wicker Park bar this weekend. (Tribune) Today marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Chicago played an important role in the conflict. (Sun-Times) Lakeview residents largely panned the idea for a neighborhood […]