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Home » Vol. 42 No. 12

Tag: Vol. 42 No. 12

Issue of Dec. 13 – 19, 2012

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12 O’Clock Track: Boris the Sprinkler, “Kill the Ramones”

by Kevin Warwick December 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Boris the Sprinkler’s “Kill the Ramones”

Posted inBlogs

Happy Hanukkah from Mayor Rahm and the City Council!

by Ben Joravsky December 16, 2012August 19, 2021

The City Council struggles to find new and innovative ways to suck up to Mayor Rahm as they pass his digital billboard deal even though they know next to nothing about it

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda, Sun 12/16: Braid at Metro, a BYOB craft fair, and (Long Pause)

by Drew Hunt December 16, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Sunday, December 16, 2012

Posted inBlogs

Backstage tour rider: a holiday listicle

by Chicago Reader December 15, 2012August 19, 2021

Sometimes you just need a good Malawian orphan

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Reader fiction, past and future

by Jerome Ludwig December 15, 2012August 19, 2021

A sampling of great fiction that’s appeared in the Chicago Reader over the years

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Reader’s Agenda, Sat 12/15: A Klingon Christmas Carol, Kool Keith at Reggie’s, and original art for sale

by Drew Hunt December 15, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Saturday, December 15, 2012

Posted inBlogs

School-rampage shootings are rare, which is why they’re hard to prevent

by Steve Bogira December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

We look for causes and cures, understandably. But there are unique circumstances in each of these tragedies.

Posted inBlogs

The region’s best (only) Malaysian restaurant is in the burbs

by Mike Sula December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

By default, Asian Noodle House, a strip-mall joint in Hoffman Estates is the region’s only Malaysian restaurant

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How much is that playwright in the window? On view now: the Storefront Playwright Project

by Deanna Isaacs December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Storefront Playwright Project puts Emilio Williams (and a couple dozen other playwrights) in the Hot Tix window

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The view from the terrace: on the death of Nicholas Wieme

by Michael Miner December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

A personal anecdote tied to some terrible news

Posted inBlogs

The new sound of Ethio jazz from Samuel Yirga

by Peter Margasak December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Pianist Samuel Yirga revives the sound of Ethio jazz on his new album Guzo

Posted inBlogs

Having a laugh with multimedia artist Wayne White

by Ben Sachs December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

An interview with the subject of the documentary Beauty Is Embarrassing, which plays in Chicago this week

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The Gold Star’s Susan Stursberg passes, and food news bites

by Mike Sula December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Greenwashing, food truck theft, Trotter loses it (again), and more

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Julian Leal, “Get Away”

by Luca Cimarusti December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Julian Leal’s 1987 gem “Get Away” is Illinois-bred pop perfection

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Did you read about McDonald’s employees, HSBC laundering drug money, and Anita Alvarez?

by Reader staff December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Also anti-Muslim bias in Texas public schools, Kevin Weiner . . . er Youkilis, and brain cells made of urine?

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