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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 26
Issue of Mar. 26 – Apr. 1, 2015
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Mick Jenkins raps because black lives matter
This fast-rising south-side MC has used some of his best tracks to indict the racial divide that helped kill Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner.
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What happens now that Chicago is taxing the ‘share’ economy?
The recent implementation of a 4.5 percent tax on Airbnb and other share transactions hasn’t satisfied the hotel industry.
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Listen to the ear-clearing work of Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq
A visceral song from her recent album Animism
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Did you read about Jose Abreu, ISIS, and Syria?
Also Reconstruction, Jonathan Franzen on climate change, native ads, Louisville’s integrated schools, home video, and the light-bending dancer?
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How Joe Woodel of Husky Hog Bar-B-Que went from the south to the south side
How a Table Fifty-Two cook caught the barbecue bug and decided to compete in barbecue contests and, eventually, open Husky Hog Bar-B-Que.
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Corrections and clarifications from Bob Fioretti*
Mayor Emanuel’s new BFF sets the record straight.
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Rahm Emanuel hates Illinois Nazis!
A shirtless Rahm Emanuel attended an anti-Nazi demonstration in Chicago back in 1978.
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Start with these five weird films by Chicago native Stuart Gordon
Highlights from the filmography of Stuart Gordon
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Wheel to Reel at Sportsman’s Club makes audio geeks’ analog dreams come true
Crate-digging DJs give Sportsman’s Club’s vintage reel-to-reel a workout during monthly Wheel to Reel events.
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In the second runoff debate, Emanuel shows he still can dance
Why are the ranks of Chicago police detectives shrinking? The mayor gives his clear and concise answer.
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Who’s going to win the mayoral election?
Desperate to figure out who’s going to win the mayoral showdown between Chuy and Rahm, we turn to, of all things, a classroom poll of fifth-graders from a public school on the northwest side.
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Resurrecting creme de cacao: Two DIY chocolate liqueurs
Creme de cacao has fallen out of favor as a cocktail ingredient over the last few decades, but it deserves a second chance.
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Two mayoral candidates, two Chicagos
Chicago remains a deeply divided city. Don’t we need a uniter more than we need a tough guy?