A review of The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works, by Henry Waxman with Joshua Green
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 48
Issue of Aug. 20 – 26, 2009
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Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video
Running through September 3 at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Posted inArts & Culture
Water Fools (Fous de Bassin)
A spectacle from France’s Ilotopie, performed on Lake Michigan—think of it as Cirque du Soleil Goes to Sea.
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Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
Black Diamond Heavies, Deal’s Gone Bad, and M.O.T.O. highlight a weekend of live music in Rogers Park.
Posted inNews & Politics
Reporting on Your Own House
The pitfalls of covering the publication you work for—and why you have to do it.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Savage Love, August 20, 2009: Bringing in a third, being that third, organic lube, and more
Q I just turned 20 and have been out of the closet for a year. A lesbian friend wants to hook me up with her gay friend, let’s call him Kyle, a cute, fit boy who runs track and does theater. The issue is, he’s just 17 and starting his senior year in high school, […]
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The List, August 20-26, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Clipse, the Horse’s Ha, Marmoset, Elvis Costello, De La Soul, and more
Posted inFood & Drink
Dark Roast, With a Whiff of Anarchy
With his trusty Bean Boss, Resistance Coffee’s David Meyers may have started a DIY roasting revolution.
Posted inNews & Politics
Letters & Comments, August 20, 2009
Why you think you’re entitled to, or would even want to, sit in broken glass spilling PBR on your ironic t-shirts is beyond me.
Posted inBlogs
IVI-IPO Sues the City Over the Parking Meter Deal
And credits the Reader for leading the way in looking into the deal.
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“Dead Men” star live, free Thursday
Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley in “Fifty Dead Men Walking” Jim Sturgess, who stars opposite Ben Kingsley in Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking as a a real-life Irish hustler recruited by British intelligence to inform on the IRA in 1980s Belfast, appears Thursday 8/20 at 7 PM at a free screening of the film.
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Chrissy Murderbot Has Dance Music in His DNA
Christopher Shively, aka Chrissy Murderbot, is one of the midwest’s sharpest dance-music vectors.
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Everything’s Funnier With Weltanschauung
Joint review of Swedish black comedy You, the Living and Will Ferrell-produced gag-a-thon The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Posted inNews & Politics
The Real Estate King of the Chicago City Council
Brand-new 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado owns more properties than any other council rep—including ten in his own ward. That’s a lot of potential conflicts of interest.
Posted inBlogs
Puerto Rican Short Film Program
There will be an outdoor screening of short films by Puerto Rican directors Javier Colón and Andrés Ramírez at 8 PM Saturday at the Humboldt Park Stables (3015 W. Division), part of the 2009 Puerto Rican Film Series. Parking, admission, and popcorn are all free; attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic […]