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Tag: Vol. 41 No. 38
Issue of Jun. 14 – 20, 2012
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One Sip: cocktails with ginger syrup
Ginger syrup and its many uses (mostly cocktails)
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Gossip Wolf: Dormant no more
News on Volcano!, Rabble Rabble, How to Dress Well, and more
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Marat/Sade comes back to haunt us
A brilliant staging of Marat/Sade at the Right Brain Project
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Artists overwrite the self in ‘Program/Suffer/Abstain/Deprogram’
Reader contributor Bert Stabler curates “Program/Suffer/Abstain/Deprogram,”
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Deerhoof teams up with Ensemble Dal Niente in Millennium Park on Thursday
The great San Francisco art-rock band Deerhoof join forces with Ensemble Dal Niente to debut a Marcos Balter arrangement of “Eaguru Guru”
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul spreads his Ashes
Spreading the word about the Thai filmmaker’s latest short, which is streaming for free online
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Key Ingredient: strawberries and rhubarb
Self-described savory guy Dave Ford of the Bluebird pairs seasonal fruit with sturgeon, spinach, and green garlic
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12 O’Clock Track: Fay, “What’s the Use”
New solo music from former Pit er Pat singer and keyboardist Fay Davis-Jeffers
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
In-the-know Chicagoans recommend a fish story, Grown Folks Stories, and Prometheus
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Sketchbook: not doodling anymore
Evaluating Collaboraction’s 12th Sketchbook fest, “Reincarnate”
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Reader readings on Philip Corboy
The charismatic personal-injury lawyer is dead at 87
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Racinos: Horse-racing tracks with slot machines
A new provision to allow slots in horse-racing tracks may determine the future of gambling in Illinois