The Pokémon Go phenomenon has given rise to the latest moral panic.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 41
Issue of Jul. 21 – 27, 2016
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Dovetail Brewery’s tour serves up a potent look at the art of making craft beer
The month-old Ravenswood brewery offers a boozy and informative Saturday tour.
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The Crosstown Classic, Grave Robbing 101, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Lollapalooza, Sake 101, and more happenings from July 25-28.
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Inquiring Nuns, The Wizard of Oz, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Plus two screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Chance the Rapper unveils upcoming music festival, and other Chicago news
Also, CPS teachers confront Rauner over “virtually illiterate” comment.
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Tronc seeks automatons to work on ‘news content harvesting robots’
The former Tribune Publishing trots out still more digital-media buzzwords.
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Thursday was actually a bad day for Trump
Millions of voting Americans—including hundreds of thousands in Chicago—come from those Eastern European countries Trump might not bother to defend
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Rhymefest: ‘We were black lives doing’
The Chicago rapper on how to rebuild the community from the inside.
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Public grows impatient for IPRA overhaul
Aldermen solicited input in a town hall meeting, but many in attendance seemed tired of waiting for reform.
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Wicker Park Fest, the Comedy Exposition, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, the Windy City Pet Expo, and more happenings from July 22-24.
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Bassist Peter Brendler gets some help pushing his mainstream postbop off the rails
Remarkable trumpeter Peter Evans brings some serious audacity to the postbop on Peter Brendler’s new album, Message in Motion.
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Scenes from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Photos of the good, bad, and ugly of the RNC
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The Witness revisits a story falsified in search of a higher truth
The Witness revisits the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, which became a symbol of bystander apathy.
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Dreezy could take tips from Sharkula on dealing with tracks that feel their length
Dreezy doesn’t always win her fight with the major-label bloat of her debut studio album, but Sharkula knows how to rock a too-long song.
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Local Donald Trump delegate dumped by Illinois GOP for racist Facebook post, and other news
Also, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani disses Rahm and says Chicago is a “shooting gallery.”