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• The accidental postrock diner

  03-05-2023 22:38 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the early 90s, Dead Rider guitarist Todd Rittmann moved into a three-bedroom apartment with an attic on the corner of Paulina and Grace in Lakeview. He’d recently left DeKalb, where he’d studied at Northern Illinois University. Rittmann shared his Lakeview apartment with three musicians, including Tom Mioducki and Pat Samson, who’d formed a noisy […]
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• Messy Muslims

  03-05-2023 21:48 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago actor and community organizer Arti Ishak was tapped to audition for Hatefuck in 2020. They found the script exciting, like nothing they’d ever read. But the production was ultimately canceled in the wake of the pandemic, leaving Ishak determined to get this play up on a Chicago stage one way or another. Now it’s […]
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• Fishing, family, and other things that are toxic but life-giving

  03-05-2023 21:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The fishermen of Montrose Harbor are keenly aware of the presence of PFOS and other forever chemicals in the fish. (It came up in conversation with nearly everyone I spoke to.) But what interested me was that, instead of repelling them from the water, this knowledge drew them closer to the lake.
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• Food, glorious food!

  03-05-2023 20:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Opera Theater is trying out a new opera at the Athenaeum next week. Titled The Cook-Off, it’s about a televised contest in which three young chefs face off over the same meal. The exotic dish they’ll be cooking? Mac and cheese—the mainstay of American tables during the Great Depression. It’s an apt choice at […]
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• APIDA Arts Festival provides a smorgasbord of cultural options

  03-05-2023 19:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Scanning the three-day offerings of the APIDA Arts Festival, held May 5-7, one of the first things I notice is the array of ages, ethnicities, and mediums on display. Veteran of the Chicago music scene and filmmaker Tatsu Aoki is present on Saturday morning at the Goodman Theatre for Tea and Talk, where visitors can […]
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• Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson Taps Fred Waller as Interim Supt.

  03-05-2023 19:04
  
  On Wednesday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson officially named Fred Waller as the interim Supt. of the Chicago Police Department.
  Waller will assume office on May 15, taking over for Eric Carter, who initially replaced David Brown, who resigned from the post in March. 
  “Chief Waller has dedicated his career to serving the people of the city of chicago at virtually every level of the department, from patrol officer to third in command,” said Johnson.
  “He has the experience and
  
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• Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson Taps Fred Waller as CPD’s Interim Supt.

  03-05-2023 19:04
  
  On Wednesday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson officially named Fred Waller as the interim Supt. of the Chicago Police Department.
  Waller will assume office on May 15, taking over for Eric Carter, who initially replaced David Brown. Brown resigned from the post in March.
  “My mission, along with Mayor-elect Johnson, is public safety, keeping people in the city of Chicago safe,” said Waller, who was officially introduced at a press conference.
  In introducing Waller, a former CPD Police Chie
  
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• Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson Taps Fred Waller as CPD Interim Supt.

  03-05-2023 19:04
  
  On Wednesday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson officially named Fred Waller as the interim Supt. of the Chicago Police Department.
  Waller will assume office on May 15, taking over for Eric Carter, who initially replaced David Brown, who resigned from the post in March. 
  “Chief Waller has dedicated his career to serving the people of the city of chicago at virtually every level of the department, from patrol officer to third in command,” said Johnson.
  “He has the experience and
  
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• Dinner and a Petit show

  03-05-2023 19:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There’s big talk about a little chef in Chicago.
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• At Pour Souls Cocktail Counter, Tim Williams goes the extra mile

  03-05-2023 19:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The idea of a “cocktail deli counter” came to Tim Williams during the pandemic.
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• A new Whitney Houston collection explores the pop icon’s gospel side

  03-05-2023 19:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Before she became a pop superstar, Whitney Houston was known as “Nippy,” daughter of gospel artist Emily “Cissy” Drinkard Houston and member of the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Like Aretha Franklin—the only vocalist Rolling Stone ranks above her on its current list of the 200 greatest singers of all […]
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• DJs Sold and Hi-Vis launch their Lizard Label with a party for producer Wav Fuzz

  03-05-2023 18:48 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Gossip Wolf first got acquainted with DJs Glenna Fitch (aka Sold) and Alex Bond (aka Hi-Vis) by shaking a furry butt at their gigs as the duo Farplane, but this wolf got to know them better at their 2018 Daphne festival workshop “Women in Experimental Electronic Composition From Past to Present.” The two of them […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 52, No. 15

  03-05-2023 18:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 52, Number 13. April 6, 2023
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• Fritzi’s Delicatessen is a complete statement

  03-05-2023 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Paul Stern is a born schmoozer. Walk into his restaurant, Fritzi’s Delicatessen, a small well-lit place in Oak Park, and chances are you will find Stern schmoozing at one of the tables in the dining area.
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• In Motion: Forward Momentum Chicago teaches Chicago’s youngest generations about dance and life

  03-05-2023 16:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Since 2013, Forward Momentum Chicago has been engaging local students in the art of dance by meeting them where they are—in their schools.   The South Loop–based organization is led by founder and executive director Pierre Lockett, a professional dancer who performed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Joffrey Ballet, where he also served […]
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• UChicago Medicine Set to Exceed 18,800 Adult Patients Since Opening Trauma Center

  03-05-2023 14:00
  
  The University of Chicago Medicine is set to surpass 18,800 adult trauma patients since launching a Level 1 adult trauma center and violence recovery program at its main campus on the city’s South Side five years ago.
  While trauma volumes for April 2023 are being finalized, the academic health system released the latest figures to mark the five-year anniversary of its adult trauma program, which began on May 1, 2018. In June 2018, after the first month of operations, UChicago Medicine&rsqu
  
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• An artistic life

  03-05-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “I always said I was going to be an artist,” Kay Hofmann says. “It’s all I was interested in.” The 90-year-old artist has a startlingly clear statement of purpose: to make art, primarily hand-carved stone sculptures, no matter what. And she has done exactly that, creating countless works over her long and storied career, just […]
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• The Carr Report: Is a ‘bi-merge’ credit report in the best interest of the consumer?

  03-05-2023 13:00
  
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  If you’re an avid reader of my column, you know I talk more about building your net worth than I talk about building your credit score. I think two things can be done at once. I believe if you focus on building your net worth, an indirect benefit is that you’re simultaneously building your credit score. Here’s why:  Building your net worth encourages you to purchase assets. Building your net worth encourages you to pay your bills on time. More importantly, bui
  
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• Rock ’n’ roll drag queen Christeene brings her gender terrorism to the Salt Shed

  03-05-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Christeene is like the bathroom-stall love child of Iggy Pop and Peaches. No, she’s like an orphan who emerged from a hidden cave unearthed at a Blacklips Bar stage show in 1992. Actually, she’s like a teen girl from the Stone Age who time traveled to 2023 to learn R&B. A rock ’n’ roll drag […]
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• Bally’s Chicago Casino Hiring All Positions

  03-05-2023 09:49
  
  Will Provide Hundreds of Jobs, Workforce Development Opportunities Across Chicago
  Bally’s Chicago Casino is now accepting applications for all positions associated with its Grand Opening at the historic downtown Medinah Temple location.
  Bally’s Chicago will offer local residents specialized job training for life-changing careers. The casino is recruiting from all Chicago neighborhoods and communities and available positions are posted effective May 3, 2023, on www.ballyschicago.com.
  
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• The Food & Drink Issue 2023

  03-05-2023 00:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Browse the full May 4, 2023 issue. Download a free PDF of the print issue.
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