Brandon Baltzley’s new Crux collective hosts a second pop-up dinner, this one with a late-Roman theme, at Evanston’s Pensiero Ristorante on Monday.
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 6 – 12, 2011
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Numero Group hosts a yard sale
Numero Group hosts its inaugural fall yard sale this Saturday in Little Village from 9 AM to 3 PM.
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A move to take back TIFs
A big week of Chicago protest rolls on, with demonstrators targeting banks and TIFs.
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Third annual Edison Park Comedy Fest
The third annual Edison Park Comedy Fest features performances by Tony Valle, Mike Stanley, Joe Kilgallon, and others.
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A bit of the old, a bit of the new in Mayor Emanuel’s first budget
In presenting his annual budget to the City Council, the mayor did what all smart politicians do—he emphasized that things were a mess when he took over, but declared that he would make the tough choices to get the city back on track. “I inherited a government that needed to be reshaped,” the mayor said. […]
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Now Playing: My Week With Marilyn
Michelle Williams stars as Marilyn Monroe in this British drama, screening as part of the Chicago International Film Festival.
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The poorest 99 percent
Occupy Chicago: a movement for the have-somes and the have-plentys
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Daydreaming with Bleached
Former Mika Miko members take a headfirst dive into sunshiny pop
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Zola Jesus sharpens her sound
On her new album “Conatus” Zola Jesus finds a new clarity.
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The fatal attraction of the James R. Thompson Center
Another suicide at the James R. Thompson Center
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Hindi Zahra’s smoke-and-mirrors exoticism
The French singer Hindi Zahra may look exotic to us, but her music is comfortingly familiar.
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Take Back Chicago Week of Action: Day two, Taking Back Our Homes
Day two of Take Back Chicago’s week of citywide demonstrations, with today’s focus on home foreclosures.
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Take Back Chicago Week of Action: Day 2, Taking Back Our Homes
Day Two of Take Back Chicago’s week of citywide demonstrations, with today’s focus on home foreclosures.