New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 21
Issue of Feb. 14 – 20, 2013
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Did you read about the Blackhawks, union pot, and the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
Also Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC, weather.com, the ancestor of all placental mammals, and Taylor Swift?
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Oscar-nominated documentary shorts: kvetching past the graveyard in King’s Point
Oscar-nominated documentary shorts: King’s Point
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A haiku on this week’s mishap at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
A haiku inspired by the fire-breathing trick that literally backfired on Wesley Daniel during a dress rehearsal for Die Meistersinger.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 2/8: Angel Olsen, Love in the Time of Online Dating, and Community’s Danny Pudi
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, February 8, 2013.
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Comic Caitlin Bergh talks about her new one-woman show, Chunks.
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New York violist Nadia Sirota joins Anubis Quartet for a thrilling concert Monday night
Chicago’s Anubis Quartet presents an exciting program of new music with guest violist Nadia Sirota on Monday night.
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Maria Pappas’s legacy—your property tax bill
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas adds more information to this year’s tax bill—here’s hoping she includes the TIF take on next year’s bill
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Ortiz, a jolly good fellow
Comparing actor John Ortiz’s work in Silver Linings Playbook and the current Steppenwolf Theatre production The Motherfucker With the Hat.
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Win a date with the Reader’s Leor Galil to see The Book of Mormon on Valentine’s Day
A Reader staff writer has an extra ticket to see The Book of Mormon on Valentine’s Day. Want to go with him?
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NBC pulls plug on hyperlocal website EveryBlock
Adrian Holovaty’s website closes down.
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Handlebar celebrates ten years with a showcase of musical staff members
The excellent restaurant celebrates a decade of business with its talented and musical staff.
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12 O’Clock Track: Electronic-pop duo Houses’ wistful “The Beauty Surrounds”
LA-via-Chicago duo Houses return with “The Beauty Surrounds,” a tune that brings out the loveliness in melancholy.
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Did you read about information black holes, flairtending, and Wesley Willis?
Also celebrity profiles, Mike Tyson, Burning Man, and Maria Irene Fornes?
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Best shows to see: Baauer, Cody Chesnutt, Iris DeMent, Mikal Cronin
Eccentric neosoul, endearingly obnoxious EDM, and two very different but very good singer-songwriters