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Tag: Vol. 39 No. 45
Issue of Jul. 29 – Aug. 4, 2010
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7/31 — Free Seminar on Japanese Woodblock Prints
Floating World Gallery offers a free seminar on Japanese woodblock prints on Sat 7/31.
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New Guitar Music at the Hideout Tonight
Dan Burke’s Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.
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7/31 — Free Beerfest at Whole Foods
Lakeview’s Whole Foods hosts a free beer tasting on Sat 7/31.
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The Best of the Rest
A day-by-day breakdown of the notable shows this week that aren’t already covered elsewhere in the Reader.
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Mick Dumke: New Job, Same Great Aldermanic Quotes
Much as I already miss Mick Dumke, at least I still get to read him: Sixth Ward alderman Freddrenna Lyle wondered if food would be sold in the wee hours of the night “so people can have something to eat to absorb that liquor.”
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The Gray Lady Gets Into the Gutters
The Fireside Bowl makes it into the New York Times.
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When the Budget Is Blighted…
…even the mayor’s budget director starts floating the idea of tapping TIFs. It’s a question Progress Illinois has been analyzing.
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Annals of Tax Branding
Pat Quinn’s budget director: We’re raising income taxes from 3% to 5%. Pat Quinn: no, we’re adding a 1% “surcharge for education.”
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Edna’s Is Closing for Good Tomorrow
Edna’s Stewart’s eponymous west-side soul food restaurant will close as of August 1; an oral history by Amy Evans of the Southern Foodways Alliance offers a picture of what we’ve lost.
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Cause of Death: Internet
Well, at least neither of them are convicted felons. Or “Big Willie”.
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So Two Dance-Friendly, Hipster-Beloved Political Rap Acts Walk Into a Studio
Das Racist and BBU mix it up.