Best of Chicago 2013: A survey of a year in the life of a city
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 39
Issue of Jun. 20 – 26, 2013
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What movies are doing to dope
This Is the End is the latest mainstream comedy to take a casual attitude toward getting high.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Casse Tete” by Kings Destroy, who play a free War Crime Recordings showcase tonight
Bruce Lamont and Sanford Parker have started a record label, and tonight at Bottom Lounge they’re hosting New York band Kings Destroy, whose new album they released in May.
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Jonathan Fine out at Preservation Chicago
The nonprofit’s executive director since 2001 departs.
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Best shows to see: Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster, Wrekmeister Harmonies, and Major Stars.
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Medill Watchdog studies government that’s out of sight
A package of stories reporting on opacity in local governments
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/20: Ty Maxon, Dan Savage, and Chicago Gospel Music Festival
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 20
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Best Way to Pass Time While Doing Time
“It takes your mind from your situation. We have nothing else to do in the day room but watch TV.”
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Best Street Art Riffing on Everyone’s Favorite Joke Involving Poultry
Why did the chicken cross the road?
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Best Young Political Lobbyist
She’s quickly come to understand that politics is not always about who’s right.
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Best Wordplay
Never forced (think NY Post or, ahem, Chicago Sun-Times), they achieve a breezy, casual success: attendees at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo were “looking for love in Alderaan places,” for instance.