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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 2 – 8, 2014
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Gig poster of the week: Lions and tigers and the Black Keys
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 10/1: That Belongs in a Museum, Saul Steinberg, and Perfume Genius
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, October 1
Posted inFilm
God calls the righteous to heaven, leaves Nicolas Cage
An agnostic airline pilot tries to navigate the End Times in Left Behind.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Steppenwolf stage is alive for The Night Alive
Conor McPherson’s play The Night Alive may not be great, but it’s superb in its goodness.
Posted inArts & Culture
In Goodman Theatre’s The World of Extreme Happiness, there are no happy endings
In Goodman Theatre’s The World of Extreme Happiness, there are no happy endings.
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Revisiting the Brooklyn bank robbery that inspired Dog Day Afternoon
The Dog tells the sad story of a man trapped by his criminal past.
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Tonight: Lyric Opera’s Don Giovanni
Lyric Opera’s Don Giovanni has been tweaked, not transformed, by Robert Falls.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
In claiming a balanced budget, what is Rahm smoking?
The mayor’s recent claims on taxes and marijuana just don’t add up.
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The Siskel Center revisits a transformative era in the career of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima
The Siskel Center presents an eight-film retrospective of the trailblazing Japanese filmmaker.
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Don’t overlook Shabazz Palaces’ Lese Majesty
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Forerunner Foray,” off of the duo’s underrated follow-up to 2011’s Black Up.
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Did you read about White House security lapses, Sheldon Patinkin, and Bugsy Siegel?
Also Hong Kong, Kalief Browder, David Simon, the oldest bars in America, and the New Yorker‘s animated cover?
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Family Guy/Simpsons crossover is a TV ‘d’oh!n’t’
The cartoon mashup you didn’t even know you really didn’t want
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If a joke helps you vent politically, does it matter if it makes sense?
Bad joke or the year’s best?