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Tag: Vol. 42 No. 49
Issue of Aug. 29 – Sep. 4, 2013
Posted inBlogs
Best shows to see: Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Chris Knight, the Rempis Percussion Quartet
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the North Coast Music Festival, and the African Festival of the Arts.
Posted inBlogs
Reader’s Agenda Thu 8/29: Delilah’s 20th Anniversary, Hamid Drake, Action Comedy, Aram Shelton
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, August 29
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A hot date gone soft
Dan on hot dates gone soft, boyfriends gone grabby, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago Fringe Festival on the northwestern frontier
The Chicago Fringe Festival descends on Jefferson Park.
Posted inNews & Politics
“There was no possibility in their mind that I didn’t do it”
Andre Davis was sentenced to 80 years for an unforgivable crime. Two decades later, someone finally started taking his innocence claims seriously.
Posted inBlogs
The search for the perfect pisco sour
Lemon or lime? Powdered sugar or simple syrup? For such a simple cocktail, the pisco sour has endless variations.
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Anthony McKinney dies in prison
Anthony McKinney, whose innocence petition led to David Protess’s ouster from Medill, dies in prison.
Posted inFood & Drink
One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars
One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars
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Page one of the Tribune? Why?
The Chicago Tribune publishes one education story too many.
Posted inBlogs
Education in Chicago: Shut up and go to school!
Hey, Mr. Mayor: if every day in school really is sacred, take the money you’re spending on DePaul’s new basketball arena and spring for some air conditioners.
Posted inFilm
In the ring with Charles Fairbanks, video auteur (and wrestler)
Nightingale Cinema screens a program of funny, visually sophisticated shorts by filmmaker/wrestler Charles Fairbanks.
Posted inBlogs
12 O’Clock Track: “Karr,” slithering North African grooves from Noura Mint Seymali
An intensely roiling jam from Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali, who performs at the upcoming World Music Festival: Chicago
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about the Syrian Electronic Army, the shelf life of a diamond, and Julius Rosenwald?
Also the new words in the Oxford Dictionaries, a kidnapping in Somalia, Bobby Riggs, the Russian artist who depicted Putin in drag, and Dilla’s Delights?