Filmmaker Nikki Milan Houston shows her groovy style.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 49
Issue of Sep. 15 – 21, 2016
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The Chicago History Museum, Zanies, and more places to watch tonight’s presidential debate
Watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s first official debate at these Chicago venues.
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Don’t expect the Cubs to win just because they’re really good
Talent can take the Chicago Cubs only so far.
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Peter Thiel and “the YouTube couple” stir Chicago’s Second City syndrome
Recent comments exposed the city’s inferiority complex.
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Chicago ranked as the best city for biking in the U.S., and other news
Also, former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy thinks releasing the Laquan McDonald video was a mistake.
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As his column turns 30, remembering Eric Zorn’s biggest crusade
The Chicago Tribune columnist railed against the prosecution of Rolando Cruz when few others seemed to care.
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Cheers Live, Expo Chicago, and more things to do in Chicago this week
“Underwater Vines,” Throwing Shade, and more happenings from September 19-22
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Every CPD patrol officer will have a body cam by 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Stephen Colbert sold hot dogs at Wrigley Field this weekend.
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‘The clit is just a big eyebrow to me,’ and more memorable quotes from the Reader’s Chicagoans column
Oral historian Anne Ford celebrates the 150th Chicagoans column.
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An Evening of Dance With MacArthur Fellows puts genius onstage
In honor of the 35th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellowships, a free performance featuring five fellows from the dance world.
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Watch a Johnny’s Grill chef make chorizo with ‘wheat meat’
Challenged to create a dish with vital wheat gluten, Sarah Jordan whips up a seitan chorizo that would please even nonvegetarians.
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New York’s Slavic Soul Party! reimagine Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite
Wild Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party! add their distinctive flavor to Ellington’s late-60s Eastern-inspired masterpiece.
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Artist Larry Achiampong finds inspiration in Grand Theft Auto V and The Simpsons
He appears tonight at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
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Riot Fest, Bang Bang Pie’s Backyard Dinner, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Wicker Park & West Town Lit Fest, “More Strange Than True,” and more happenings from September 16-18.
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Outsider artist and antifolk musician Lonnie Holley gives a rare public performance at Intuit
Atlanta-based artist Lonnie Holley, 66, has been playing music for decades, but for most of that time he never performed outside the privacy of his home.