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Home » Vol. 38 No. 39

Tag: Vol. 38 No. 39

Issue of Jun. 18 – 24, 2009

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This week’s food and drink events

by Julia Thiel June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

A pig roast and cooking class, Hyde Park Art Center’s first Fryvalry, a tasting of spirits from Koval Distillery, Taste of Chicago, and more.

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Free Yacht show tonight (with tequila)

by Kevin Warwick June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Yacht stops by the Ravenswood Billboard Factory tonight for a free performance. It happens to coincide with a Hornitos Tequila cocktail party.

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The pirates pay

by Miles Raymer June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Arrrr. Another pirate gets hit hard in a file sharing ruling.

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Fingers on the pulse

by Mick Dumke June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Alderman Richard Mell sends out an e-mail asking constituents if they think the city should abandon its bid for the 2016 Olympics.

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Free outdoor screenings

by Nicholas Teddy June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

A guide to free outdoor movies this summer.

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Pat Ryan scheduled to insult our intelligence today

by Whet Moser June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

2016 chair Pat Ryan will appear before city council today with his dog-eaten homework about the Daley Games financial guarantee.

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Hot looks

by Heather Kenny June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

What to wear in this weather if you can’t rock gym shorts and a wifebeater at the office.

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6/24 — Two hosted bars

by Keith Griffith June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Let the liquor companies ply you with their free wares tonight at two separate marketing events.

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John Callaway

by Michael Miner June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

WTTW’s John Callaway dies suddenly.

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Ain’t that a kick in the head

by Whet Moser June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Medill’s commencement speech was less than inspiring to this aspiring-to-keep-being-a journalist.

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Everything old is new again

by Whet Moser June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

The Chicago Reporter has a must-read analysis of Wells Fargo’s lending practices in Chicago – which is suggestive of the predatory lending that devastated Lawndale during the mid-20th century.

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Go get ’em, Tiger!

by Ben Joravsky June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

County commissioner Tony Peraica asks state’s attorney Anita Alvarez and attorney general Lisa Madigan to take legal action against Mayor Daley over his Olympic funding commitments.

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Ladylike

by Ed M. Koziarski June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Brian Favorite explores the traditional Tongan subculture of men and boys who live as women and girls in his documentary “Like a Lady: The Fakaleitis of Tonga,” screening tonight at Unity in Chicago Church.

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Pioneering playwright Doric Wilson visits Chicago

by Albert Williams June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

A leader of the off-off-Broadway and gay theater movements arrives for the midwest premiere of one of his plays.

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6/24 — Drop-in health services for women

by Nicholas Teddy June 23, 2009August 19, 2021

Drop-in health services, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, at the Howard Brown Health Center.

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