Challenged to create a cocktail with stinkbugs, Peter Kim of the Franklin Room toasts them and draws out their flavor with a tincture.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 44
Issue of Jul. 30 – Aug. 5, 2015
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MP Presents leaves Fizz Bar
The punk-focused music-booking company bids adieu to the Lakeview bar, and many of MP Presents’ August shows have been moved to 1st Ward in Wicker Park.
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Synchronized fashion at Wicker Park Fest
Street View featuring some of the stylish Wicker Park Fest 2015 attendees.
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Fifty Shades of Grey meets the 2012 Chicago teachers’ strike in a new erotic novel
The 2012 Chicago teachers’ strike serves as the narrative backdrop for an X-rated affair between a teacher and student.
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Vu Tran’s Dragonfish revisits the ghosts of Vietnam
A new novel’s soft underbelly is more compelling than its thriller shell.
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Where to eat and drink near Lollapalooza and Grant Park
Good places to escape the masses in Grant Park
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Did you read about Scott Walker, the California drought, and liquor gardening?
Also a self-made Chinese billionaire, Walter Palmer, and Year of the Woman?
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Alt-rock revivalists Post Child brings more 90s nostalgia to town this weekend
The band’s new single sounds right out of the 90s.
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Leor smells
You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with salad! You don’t make friends with […]
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Frankie Knuckles tribute wall in Logan Square is being buffed
The mural dedicated to the late Chicago DJ lasted 415 days in Logan Square.
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My way or the Hemingway, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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A former Reader writer really didn’t like Lollapalooza ’92
A #TBT to Bill Wyman’s takedown of the music fest’s inaugural year
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Mayor Rahm keeps us waiting for an overdue TIF report
Mayor Rahm’s administration is slower than molasses when it comes to releasing key budget documents that tell us how much the city’s borrowed and how much he’s got hidden in his TIF slush fund.
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Pick up the redesigned Chicago Reader on newsstands today
Check out the Reader‘s fresh, new look in print.