The Field Museum shows us fragments of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year.
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 42
Issue of Jul. 11 – 17, 2013
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Key Ingredient: Carl Shelton of Boka braises, rolls, and smokes sassafras
Boka chef Carl Shelton serves sassafras with the animal that eats it.
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Did you read about Sharknado, Toshi Seeger, and the D.C. city council?
Also K.S.M.’s vacuum cleaner, the Trib spinoff, the late inventor of Twister, Fake Joan Didion, the “celebrity-appearance industry,” a distant planet that rains liquid glass, Oregon’s pay-it-forward approach to higher education, the decline of the American middle class, and the effect of income disparity on global poverty?
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Co-Prosperity Sphere celebrates Chicago filmmaker and visual artist Tom Palazzolo
A retrospective dedicated to the longtime Chicago artist begins today
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Chicago in the lens, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 7/12: Zombie Prom, The Sketchbook Project, and a reading from Sarah Bruni
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, July 12
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On Via, veteran rocker Thalia Zedek quietly turns up the intensity
The Boston singer-guitarist plays in town Friday with the reunited Come, but she recently released what may be her best solo album.
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Taiwanese baseball collides with Taiwanese death metal
Chthonic throws out the first pitch
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Kris Swanberg’s Empire Builder: Ennui go to Montana!
On the second half of tonight’s “Kris & Joe Swanberg double feature” at Doc Films
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12 O’Clock Track: The bewitching bedroom-pop of Emily Reo’s “Happy Birthday”
This dreamy, gorgeous tune is a great, um, gift.
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Working mothers (and fathers) in the New York Times
Is balancing family and career still just a women’s concern?
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Did you read about Spider-Man, Jay-Z, and the Village People?
Also gang violence, Tribune Company, “normal” airplane accidents, and “Desert Bus”?
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The boys who made The Jungle Book sing
The Boys, a documentary about Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman, is a surprising and fascinating adjunct to Mary Zimmerman’s new stage production.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 7/11: Dan Deacon, 4K Film Series, and food science
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, July 11
