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Tag: Vol. 45 No. 43
Issue of Aug. 4 – 10, 2016
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Paulie Gee’s Logan Square and Robert’s Pizza: A tale of two very different pizzas
The Detroit-style Logan Square and Streeterville thin crust are both all about the bread.
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The Ladies’ Room, Fat Rice’s new bar, brings Macau’s red-light district to Logan Square
The tiny, red-lit bar in the restaurant’s former waiting room is doing surprising things with cocktails.
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John Oliver takes aim at Tronc
Last Week Tonight hilariously skewers the former Tribune Publishing.
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Looking for a ‘national conversation’ on race? Look around.
The conversation is happening in the streets and all around us.
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Questions linger about body camera on cop who shot Paul O’Neal, and other Chicago news
Also, there are 46 reported cases of the Zika virus in Illinois.
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Sulie Harand, legendary arts educator, has died at 97
For more than half a century, Harand and her sister Pearl taught young performers at their summer camp in Wisconsin.
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This summer’s biggest fashion trend: Ripped denim
People tear it up on the streets of Chicago.
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Director Tod Lending discusses racial segregation in Chicago and his new documentary All the Difference
The movie screens Sunday and Monday as part of the Black Harvest Film Festival.
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Olympic swimmer Naomy Grand’Pierre’s ambitions go beyond her own times
Grand’Pierre wants to grow the sport in Haiti as much as she wants to medal in Rio.
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‘I shot at the car’: Police video shows chaotic aftermath of Paul O’Neal fatal shooting
Videos released by the Independent Police Review Authority don’t capture the shooting, but reveal a tumultuous aftermath.
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The Reader’s Made in Chicago Market, Hot Dog Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Martin Luther King 1,000 Mile March, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, and more happenings from August 5-7
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Versatile percussionist Chris Corsano plays a rare solo show Monday
The relentlessly curious, restless improviser has shown his range on a number of recent recordings.
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There will be puppies at Blair Braverman’s readings next week
You can also read about her adventures in the arctic in her book Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube.
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Finally—a share-the-wealth proposal conservatives can embrace!
Could this idea spell the end of poverty?!