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Tag: Vol. 37 No. 44
Issue of Jul. 24 – 30, 2008
7/31 — Food, drinks, and pampering
Five hours of free food, drinks, and pampering for ladies
A sane way for a city to treat live music
Baltimore’s sane plan to deal with music venues
Little Richard: the nonridiculous years
A new repackaging of Little Richard’s early recordings provides a reminder of his potent beginnings.
More Obama advisor watch
Cass Sunstein raises some ire among Obama’s sort-of critics.
Did you even read the column you wrote?
Mary Mitchell and Carol Slezak should have reread their own columns before publishing them.
Yahdina U-Deen as Nina Simone
Yahdina U-Deen channels Nina Simone in Between the Keys.
7/28 — The Dials at the Bottle
The Dials, Walking Bicycles, and Aleks and the Drummer play a free show at the Bottle.
Recipe from disaster
Try this handy, taxpayer-financed recipe for Orange Crab Salad, courtesy of Todd Stroger.
Cheeseheads dominate ACS competition
Wisconsin dominates the American Cheese Society competition.
BS: The Todd Stroger Magazine
Why you’ll never get to read Cook County Magazine, the New Yorker of Todd Stroger PR.
Chicagoland movie minute: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The Dark Knight vs. the X-Files: a paranoia zeitgeist showdown at a theater near you.