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Posted inBlogs

The best books we can’t wait to read in 2015

by Aimee Levitt January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Here’s a list of 29 upcoming titles we’re looking forward to.

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Devil in the White City vs. Chicago: City on the Make: Greatest Ever Chicago Book Tournament round one

by Bill Savage December 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Northwestern professor Bill Savage gives hell to Devil in the White City.

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Culture Vultures: Eric Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts, Friday Night Lights, and Savvy

by Sallyann Price August 4, 2011August 19, 2021

In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they’re watching, reading, and seeing

Posted inArts & Culture

Culture Vultures: Celebrating Chicago

by Lauri Apple June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town

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Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6

by Jerome Ludwig September 9, 2009August 19, 2021

Hardcover Fiction 1. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow 2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett3. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore 4. South of Broad by Pat Conroy 5. The Women by T.C. Boyle

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4/19 — A Working Man’s Guide to the World’s Columbian Exposition

by Tim Foley April 17, 2009August 19, 2021

A walking history tour focused on the lives of the men and women who labored to create the exposition.

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Cheese and more

by Kate Schmidt September 9, 2008August 19, 2021

David Hammond reviews the new Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe in Oak Park.

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Chris Connelly tonight at Quimby’s and other notable readings

by Whet Moser February 22, 2008August 19, 2021

Chris Connelly, Timuel D. Black, Stuart Dybek, Erik Larson, and John Edgar Wideman give free readings and lectures.

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