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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 17
Issue of Jan. 22 – 28, 2015
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A Filipino pop-up dinner showed a younger generation’s take on traditional foods
“No Guts, No Glory” featured Filipino street food with an upscale feel.
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Listen to haunting, rediscovered folk-rock from Bob Carpenter
The title track from the singer’s only album
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Steve Earle on hanging out with Levon Helm, learning to love Taylor Swift, and more
The veteran musician, budding actor, and unapologetic Harry Potter fan talks to local singer-songwriter Quinn Tsan.
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Did you read about Guinness World Records, Ernie Banks, and KFC?
Also a drone on the White House grounds, campaign contributions, a death that became a homicide, British chocolates, Animal Farm, Daniel Handler, and conventioneers?
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A substitute at Lyric Opera’s Tosca is a revelation
Soprano Tatiana Serjan and tenor Brian Jagde, a late substitute, shine in Lyric Opera’s Tosca.
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Thanks to bone marrow, a Charlatan bartender learns to like Bloody Marys
Challenged to create a cocktail with bone marrow, Alex Enochs of Charlatan creates a stock with it and puts it in a Bloody Mary.
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Chicago: City on the Make vs. Boss: Greatest Chicago Book Tournament, round two
One of these literary heavyweights will have to defeat the other . . . by a nose.
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Mayor Rahm sends me a kinder, gentler version of a dead fish
Some of the greatest journalistic minds in Chicago will come to the Hideout on February 3 to discuss, among other things, whether there’s any truth whatsoever to Rahm’s campaign propaganda.
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Children’s musician Laura Doherty on her amp in an Altoids tin
Current musical obsessions of producer Rich Rankin, children’s musician Laura Doherty, and Reader bowling captain Kevin Warwick
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Speedboats and neon: Michael Mann’s five best films
Highlights from the filmography of Michael Mann
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Chicago trash man fears ‘monsters of the garbage’
Squirrels have replaced rats as the most troublesome pest for trash haulers, says commercial garbage man Jaime Queroz.
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Two baseball jackets are better than one
Stephanie goes for a tomboyish and girlie mix by sporting two baseball jackets and perfect make-up.
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Take a ‘Walk ov Shame’ to the Local Option for the Catalina Wine Mixer
This fruity Belgian-style saison is one of 31 beautiful beers the Local Option will be pouring all night.
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The dramatic tale of Metric Coffee’s coffee roaster
Getting their German roaster to the U.S. was just the beginning for the founders of Metric Coffee.