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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 11
Issue of Dec. 4 – 10, 2014
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Mayor Rahm searches for his inner Al Sharpton
Not long after handing over up to $17 million in school funds to a bunch of bankers, Mayor Rahm throws a bone to Chicago’s lowest-paid workers—just in time for February’s election.
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Chicago DIY label Air Balloon Tapes takes flight with its first two compilations
The new local label is keen on releasing music that showcases underground talent around the country and benefits DIY venues.
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Folk guitarist Ryley Walker and free jazz drummer Ben Billington jam tonight for a good cause
The duo team up at Cole’s tonight to benefit the Carrefour Collaborative.
Posted inArts & Culture
A holiday theater roundup, from the Annoyance’s Christmas pageant to a musical based on Die Hard
Forget Hannukah or Kwanzaa—this year it’s all wassail, all the time.
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Designer Johan Engels has died, but Lyric Opera’s Ring cycle creative team soldiers on
The first of four operas is tentatively set to premiere in October 2016.
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It’s ‘Emo Revival Christmas 2014,’ the most wonderful time of the year
That’s really the name of a song off a real Christmas album from Chris Farren of Fake Problems, and it’s a real good one too.
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Did you read about Eric Garner, scientific progress, and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award?
Also police brutality in Cleveland and government ministers in Ukraine?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Learning to love your long labia
Dan Savage advises women respectively appalled by long labia, into butts but not buttholes, and less than thrilled by a boyfriend’s dream of golden showers.
Posted inFilm
The Chicago Film Archives preserves midwest history one reel at a time
With two employees and vault in Pilsen, the CFA has been rescuing celluloid for a decade.
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Is the fresh curry paste at In-On Thai worth all the effort?
A Lakeview Thai joint warrants closer inspection
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Waffle Fest founder Shawn Childress talks Chicago hip-hop and waffles, of course
The local-rapper singer talks about the history of Waffle Fest ahead of the fourth annual bash, which hits the Empty Bottle on Saturday.
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Sasha Go Hard breaks her hiatus with a new single and a psychedelic video to go with it
The local rapper slips into a pixelated power trip in her new video for “Bricks.”
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How does Ferguson figure in the classroom?
The educational initiative Facing History explains its approach to Ferguson as a teaching moment