Now that Mayor Lightfoot has officially revealed the three finalists for Chicago’s casino, the bamboozling of the city will begin. Oh, Chicago, you know you’re getting bamboozled. I think you sorta like it—a little attention from the boss. It’s like you matter as they try to win you over into supporting something you don’t really […]
Tag: Noam Chomsky
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Staffer Ryan Smith says goodbye to the Reader
Social media editor Ryan Smith has some parting words about politics and his three-and-a-half-year tenure at the Chicago Reader.
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Noam Chomsky, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, and more things to do in Chicago this week
The Girl Talk, the Steezus Tour, and more happenings from September 26-29
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Not coming to the Disney Channel: Michel Gondry’s Microbe & Gasoline
With Microbe & Gasoline, Michel Gondry finds an emotional story equal to his imaginative talents.
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Embrace of the Serpent slithers into town, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/9: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, Winter Wonderfest, and I Am Divine
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, December 9
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Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week’s domination screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Gondry doodles Chomsky’s noodle
Michel Gondry illustrates Noam Chomsky in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
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NU’s plans, groupthink, and the legendary Building 20
NU’s new research building won’t be much like MIT’s legendary Building 20