The state of the church—as a billion Catholics wait to be told who their next leader is.
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 7 – 13, 2013
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Under Lee Wolen, the Lobby is a jewel of a restaurant
With Lee Wolen at the helm of the Peninsula Hotel’s new restaurant, dinner is opulent—and wonderful.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 3/7: Peace on Earth Film Festival, “Race, Representation, Resistance,” and There Is a Happiness That Morning Is
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Thursday, March 7, 2013.
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Rock out with your cock in
Dan asks the experts about the risks and benefits of chastity belts.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Eddie C. Campbell
Blues guitarist Eddie C. Campbell needs help getting home after a heart attack and stroke on the road in Germany.
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What is why did a Jeopardy contestant have lunch with Stephin Merritt?
Jeopardy’s annual Tournament of Champions wrapped up last week and I’m pleased to report that two good things happened. First, the victor, 29-year-old Colby Burnett, is from Chicago (sort of—he teaches at Fenwick High School in Oak Park). He also has no control over his eyebrows or finger guns, and those fuckers are loaded. More […]
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That time the CTA turned down free gas from Hugo Chavez
A little story about a coldhearted town
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Yossi, the latest from Eytan Fox, a director with “heart” problems
On the frustrating career of an Israeli filmmaker who chronically doubts his better instincts
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Are you going to the After Party?
The After Party performance series at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Garage space
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The surreal music-video masterpiece in Mariska Hargitay’s past
Costarring Herve Villechaize, a moonwalking valley girl, and a nunchaku-wielding break-dancer
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The International Voices Project visits eight countries in ten days
The International Voices Project at Victory Gardens Theater
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Garage Rep’s fourth rep
Steppenwolf Theatre’s annual showcase Garage Rep fills in the genre blanks.
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Gold Coast Madam tells all!
Rose Laws reads from her new memoir, Gold Coast Madam, at After-Words Thursday night.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Beautiful Africa,” electrified Malian sounds of Rokia Traore
A driving, extroverted song from the forthcoming electric album by Malian singer Rokia Traore