Campfires and Bird Names like their music better when they don’t try to make it sound perfect.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 3 – 9, 2011
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Photo Pit: Yann Tiersen and Breathe Owl Breathe, Bottom Lounge, February 25
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The Reader at 40: 1979
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.
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The List: March 3-March 9
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Barrington Levy, Resonance Ensemble, American Heritage, Iron & Wine, Janet Jackson, the Ex, Nels Cline, Rafael Toral, and more
Posted inFilm
Chicago Irish Film Festival
Friday, March 4, through Wednesday, March 9, at the Beverly Arts Center
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How Ameya Pawar Bowled Over 47th Ward
How Ameya Pawar bowled over voters in the 47th Ward
Posted inFood & Drink
Morsels: Homaro Canto’s Ing Opens
Bringing nanobeers and hand-pulled noodles. Plus: Fish Bar and Carnival at SushiSamba Rio
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European Union Film Festival
Friday, March 4 through Thursday, March 31 at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Posted inBlogs
Neil Gaiman Is the Featured Author for This Year’s One Book, One Chicago
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is the featured book for Chicago’s annual citywide reading program, One Book, One Chicago
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Gossip Wolf: The Scoop on Pitchfork Headliners
Superchunk, TV on the Radio among Pitchfork possibilities. Plus: Ruby Hornet gets into the record biz, Dawnbringer’s first show in 13 years, and more
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Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot the Messenger—Namely, Me
Mayor Daley offers to demonstrate the effectiveness of banning guns by shooting a certain reporter in the ass with one.