Another Japanese chain shows how it’s done.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 17
Issue of Feb. 2 – 8, 2017
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The heartbreaking tale of the Visions was the best comic of 2016
Tom King’s crushing series shows the synthezoid trying to become a normal man.
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After Sundance, the impact of the Chicago Media Project’s films continues
After backing seven films at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, CMP focuses on the future.
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Whiner Beer’s taproom inside the Plant serves beer that’s wild, sour—and not at all scary
The Back of the Yards brewery is making very approachable beer.
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No one makes the case against Trump better than Trump himself
The president’s every utterance is further evidence of his unfitness for office.
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Report: Rahm has spoken with Trump chief of staff about help fighting violence, and other Chicago news
Also, a bipartisan Rauner commission finds that Illinois needs to spend billions more on schools over the next decade.
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Noname at the House of Vans opening, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago
Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5
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Chicago-area Holocaust survivors speak out against immigration ban
Eighteen survivors came to Skokie’s Illinois Holocaust Museum Thursday to express solidarity with the refugees and nationals of seven primarily-Muslim countries who have been forbidden entry into the U.S.
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Mick Jenkins’s DJ, Green Sllime, takes a break from the turntables to host a talk show
The newish YouTube series Sllime’s Broke Ass Low Budget Show caters to Chicago hip-hop fanatics.
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Marketplace reporter is fired for writing ‘objectivity is dead’
“Obviously, I can’t be neutral or centrist in a debate over my own humanity,” wrote Wallace, who is transgender.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t come here to give you any answers
The writer and public intellectual fielded questions from a packed audience in Evanston Tuesday night, but said he had few answers to offer about journalism in the age of Trump.
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Chicago music resists Trump: Static Switch Records, Lillerne Tapes, M. Sage, and more
A roundup of releases by Chicago artists and labels who are donating the proceeds of their music to nonprofits fighting the Trump administration
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Trump says meeting with Chicago gang leaders would be a ‘great idea,’ and other news
Also, the owner of the Willis Tower is investing in a $500 million renovation.
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The Fred Hersch Trio transcends jazz tradition while nestling snugly within it
Mainstream jazz is very often an art of refinement: it’s a well-defined tradition with set parameters within which the most skilled players balance chops, improvisational elegance, and subtle boundary pushing. Those qualities can make it feel insular, but pianist Fred Hersch has developed such brilliant chemistry with bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson that […]