Issue Archives
Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2011
Issue Archive for Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2011 Vol. 41, No. 5
News & Politics
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The mayor's millionaire club 45
Who has access to Rahm Emanuel’s inner sanctum
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 27, 2011
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Rahm's A-list 4
Twenty-five of the power players who got access to the mayor
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 27, 2011
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Daley's A-list
Unlike Rahm, the former mayor met with the moneyed and the middle class alike
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 27, 2011
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Gary Arnold, person with dwarfism
'I'm going to attract a lot of attention, and sometimes it's not going to be good'
by Anne Ford | Oct 27, 2011
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Zoom in: West Town
The Polish Museum of America just might be haunted by a former Polish prime minister
by Julia Thiel | Oct 27, 2011
Columns & Opinion
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Ebert measures up to celluloid’s stoic heroes 1
Life Itself: the new memoir from the legendary Sun-Times film critic
by Michael Miner | Oct 27, 2011
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Chicago property tax 101 15
What to tell an alderman who fibs to you about TIFs
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 27, 2011
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Long-distance boyfriend rules out flogging play
Plus: My high school sweetheart cheated on me, and more
by Dan Savage | Oct 27, 2011
Music
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In Rotation: Melissa Geils of BLVD Records on "nu goth" 1
Plus: Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Clutch, Late Bar publicist Lisa Marchese on the Black Angels, and more
| Oct 27, 2011
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The Numero Group’s small-batch soul 2
The unlikely history behind Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio, the archival label's newest compilation
by Miles Raymer | Oct 27, 2011
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Gossip Wolf: Cool (Kid) deal
Sir Mikey Rocks lands on Curren$y’s label, Cap’n Jazz guitarist Victor Villarreal goes solo again, and more
by Jessica Hopper | Oct 27, 2011
Arts & Culture
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Culture Vultures: Halloween edition
The comic book Hack/Slash, Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted, and the 1963 movie The Haunting
by Asher Klein | Oct 27, 2011
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Show us your . . . masks
Each week, we ask you to show us something. This week it's David Knezz's MASKS.
by Julia Thiel | Oct 27, 2011
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Martin Amis confronts Saul Bellow's Chicago 3
The British novelist discusses the ‘loud, brilliant, and mean’ city of his literary hero
by J.C. Gabel | Oct 27, 2011
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Cloud 9 is so 20th century
Caryl Churchill's 1979 satire shows its age in a Gift Theatre production
by Zac Thompson | Oct 27, 2011
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Playwright Martin McDonagh's severed hand
Profiles Theatre gets to the heart of the violence in A Behanding in Spokane
by Tony Adler | Oct 27, 2011
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s “Crime Unseen”
A group show at Columbia College's photography gallery is all about the scene of the crime
by Sam Worley | Oct 27, 2011
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Water Stains on the Wall offers dance in a fluid hand
A calligraphy-influenced work by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
by Laura Molzahn | Oct 27, 2011
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A solo show called "We"
Todd Diederich exhibits his out-of-the-mainstream photos at ACRE Projects
by Elly Fishman | Oct 27, 2011
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The Doyle & Debbie Show is a satirical country hoot 1
Royal George Theatre parody mixes shameless wit and great singing chops
by Tony Adler | Oct 27, 2011
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A sampling of this year's Halloween shows
A sampling of Halloween shows
by Jordan Larson | Oct 27, 2011
Film
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
The M is near
by J.R. Jones | Oct 27, 2011
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Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
Stars of David
| Oct 27, 2011
Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient: black cardamom 1
Beverly Kim of Aria goes dark and spooky with a smoky spice
by Julia Thiel | Oct 27, 2011
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Soup and Bread Cookbook 1
Building community one pot at a time
by Julia Thiel | Oct 27, 2011
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The 23 enigma reigns at Michael Jordan's Steak House 7
A shrine to meat and to MJ
by Mike Sula | Oct 27, 2011
Other Stuff
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Blogs
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Public service announcement: blood
by Sam Worley | Oct 28, 2011
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What Lynda Barry does now
by Deanna Isaacs | Oct 31, 2011
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A tribute to Misfits tributes 4
by Miles Raymer | Oct 31, 2011
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X-Marx underground campout dinner, "off-the-cuff" at MorSo
by Kate Schmidt | Nov 1, 2011
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The future of Eight Forty-Eight? 11
by Sam Worley | Nov 2, 2011
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Cubs manager Mike Quade is out
by Deanna Isaacs | Nov 2, 2011
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Chefapalooza costume benefit for Green City Market
by Kate Schmidt | Oct 27, 2011
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Beeri, the Siri-controlled beer bot
by Julia Thiel | Oct 27, 2011
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Media manners
by Michael Miner | Oct 28, 2011
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One more magnificent day of baseball 1
by Steve Bogira | Oct 28, 2011
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This week's movie action
by J.R. Jones | Oct 28, 2011
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I hear Al Jazeera English is opening a Chicago bureau 2
by Michael Miner | Oct 28, 2011
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Last-minute Halloween costume ideas
by Heather Kenny | Oct 31, 2011
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Take a knee, Tebow 1
by Kevin Warwick | Oct 31, 2011
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Department of short memory: The original Charles James exhibit
by Deanna Isaacs | Nov 1, 2011
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The man behind "Friday" opens up
by Miles Raymer | Nov 2, 2011
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Marijuana has City Hall buzzing 3
by Mick Dumke | Nov 2, 2011
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Stylish events 1
by Heather Kenny | Oct 27, 2011
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Welcoming Vic's Drum Shop 3
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 28, 2011
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Now playing: Who Can Kill a Child? 1
by J.R. Jones | Oct 28, 2011
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This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient black cardamom, Michael Jordan's Steak House, Hideout release party for the Soup & Bread Cookbook
by Kate Schmidt | Oct 28, 2011
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Shakespeare exposed 27
by Tony Adler | Oct 28, 2011
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Tonight is Hal the Weenie
by Peter Margasak | Oct 31, 2011
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Pre-Umbrella Music Festival action today 1
by Peter Margasak | Nov 1, 2011
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Cubs: The wonks are running the asylum 1
by Ted Cox | Nov 2, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel is transparent about plans to keep his meeting schedule secret 1
by Mick Dumke | Nov 2, 2011
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Money and politics: till death do they part 9
by Steve Bogira | Oct 27, 2011
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This week on the B Side
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 27, 2011
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Now playing: In Time
by J.R. Jones | Oct 28, 2011
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Listening closely to Azita 3
by Peter Margasak | Oct 28, 2011
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Ben on Rahm on Fox Chicago Sunday 1
by Jerome Ludwig | Oct 31, 2011
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William Daley to Rahm Emanuel: Kiss my ass! 3
by Ben Joravsky | Nov 1, 2011
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Ask no small questions
by Sam Worley | Nov 1, 2011
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Studs Terkel and his friends 1
by Michael Miner | Nov 2, 2011
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Chicago is the third best city for trick-or-treating
by Jerome Ludwig | Oct 27, 2011
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Thomas Comerford of Kaspar Hauser gets mellow
by Peter Margasak | Nov 2, 2011
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Pols speak out on pot bust reform: "This is what's right" 2
by Mick Dumke | Oct 27, 2011
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The rules of the game 31
by Sam Worley | Oct 28, 2011
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Fiddler Michael Cleveland breaks it down in Evanston
by Peter Margasak | Oct 28, 2011