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• Best Hookup Apps For Casual Dating and Sex in 2023

  04-10-2023 22:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Why get off watching a video when you can watch a cam girl live? Here are the best sex cam sites with free and paid options.
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• Best Hookup and Casual Dating Apps of 2023

  04-10-2023 22:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Why get off watching a video when you can watch a cam girl live? Here are the best sex cam sites with free and paid options.
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• Yvonne Gage is living her best life

  04-10-2023 21:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On a recent Wednesday night, the Chicago Jazz Soul Collective played one of their frequent gigs at the Jazz Showcase. A few songs in, guest vocalist Yvonne Gage sauntered onstage, smiled, and shifted their dynamic. She sang for a few numbers, filling in for regular vocalist Dee Alexander, and her subtle performances underpinned her polished […]
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• Liz Miele breaks it down

  04-10-2023 21:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Stand-up used to be a very white man domain. And the jokes you heard there were just the kind you would expect from a world dominated by verbally adept, passive-aggressive—or just plain aggressive—heterosexist white men: dick and sex jokes; ex-girlfriend jokes; racist, sexist, or homophobic jokes; jokes about getting bad service from waiters, baristas, airline […]
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• Something about The Lehman Trilogy

  04-10-2023 19:56 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Last week, the Tony Award-winning play The Lehman Trilogy opened in a TimeLine Theatre/Broadway in Chicago coproduction at Broadway Playhouse. The play is based on the novel Qualcosa sui Lehman by Stefano Massini, first published in Italy in 2016 and in an English translation by Richard Dixon in 2020. If you’ve never read the bookyou […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 52, No. 26

  04-10-2023 19:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 52, Number 25. September 21, 2023
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• Math isn’t scary in El Baile de los Números

  04-10-2023 19:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  With Halloween just around the corner, what could possibly be spookier than bringing together two equally scary entities: witches and mathematics. However, in Teatro Tariakuri’s newest production, El Baile de los Números, the play’s theme is to destigmatize this fear around math and show the joy that numbers can bring. Under the direction of Karla […]
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• The Last Living Gun is a dystopic spaghetti western

  04-10-2023 18:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Impostors have only been producing since 2018, and (like every other company) were on a hiatus from live production from March 2020 to fall of 2021. But they’ve already carved out a distinctive niche doing the kind of fabulistic and allegorical work that House Theatre of Chicago regularly cranked out. But while House seemed […]
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• Wall Street bloodbath

  04-10-2023 18:13 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Last year for the Halloween season, Kokandy Productions presented Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Now they’re back with another slasher songfest: American Psycho: The Musical, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel by book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and with a score by Duncan Sheik, whose original songs are interspersed with pop hits like “Everybody Wants to […]
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• Lycan it rough

  04-10-2023 17:51 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The roommates in Steve Yockey’s 2013 one-act “Little Red Riding Hood” redux are too young to be spending their weekends hunkered down like grannies in a cabin, but that’s exactly what their domestic situationship has devolved into. Ben (Joshua Servantez) fears the “forest” of the big city and prefers DVDs over dance floors; Jack (Gardy […]
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• Eurydice loses its way

  04-10-2023 17:41 via chicagoreader.com
  
  At first, it seems like a match made in heaven. Or rather, Mount Olympus. But marriages between goddesses and mortals are complicated, and throughout Greek myth, their unions are defined by ultra-dramatic misfortunes.  So it goes with Eurydice and Orpheus, the former a minor deity and sea nymph, and the latter the musically gifted mortal […]
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• How the Reader calculated opioid-related overdose deaths on the CTA

  04-10-2023 17:24 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Here is how I came to 158 deaths: It’s likely that 158 is an approximate, potentially conservative estimate. But it’s a place to start.
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• How many opioid overdoses occur on the CTA?

  04-10-2023 17:24 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I first reached out to the CTA over email this July, asking them if they tracked opioid overdose-related deaths. I didn’t get an answer to that question until August. The answer was no. But by then, I had already started trying to figure out the numbers on my own.
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• Patric McCoy’s “At First Glance” celebrates the complexities of being a Black man in Chicago

  04-10-2023 16:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The third installment of the photographer’s seminal collection opens at Blanc Gallery on October 14 Starting October 14, Blanc Gallery will present the third installment of Patric McCoy’s seminal collection of Black male vernacular photography, “At First Glance.” Curated by Viktor L. Ewing-Givens, this collection of largely black-and-white images provides a photojournalistic glimpse into both […]
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• The Isley Brothers Headline Chicago Urban League’s 62nd Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner on November 4

  04-10-2023 15:30
  
  Fundraising gala will honor Chicago business leaders and philanthropists Don and Liz Thompson along with National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial and others; tickets on sale now through October 28
  On Saturday, November 4, the Chicago Urban League will hold its 62nd Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, 301 E. North Water Street.
  Legendary musical group The Isley Brothers will serve as the headline performer for the fundraising gala. This year&rs
  
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• Breast Cancer Awareness Month And Black People: What We Need To Know

  04-10-2023 15:15
  
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  As we dive into the fall season, we have to recognize the month of October, dedicated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
  The annual campaign uses the month’s 31 days to take a moment and remember those we’ve lost, promote medical exams and prevention, and raise awareness about the disease, as well as raise funds for research.
  As part of raising awareness, the Black Information Network is taking a closer look at breast cancer’s effect on our communities, and r
  
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• The Carr Report: Essential tips for building a strong financial foundation

  04-10-2023 14:00
  
  Building a strong financial foundation is a crucial step towards achieving both short-term and long-term financial stability and security. Just like constructing a sturdy building requires a solid foundation, your financial future depends on sound financial practices. By implementing effective money management strategies and adopting smart financial habits, you can set yourself on the path to achieving your financial goals. Regardless of your age or income level, implementing sound financial pra
  
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• Small batches

  04-10-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  A jazz musician and a graphic designer launching their own line of custom soaps sounds like an odd proposal, but this father-son duo are combining traditional soapmaking practices with modern design for a unique collaboration centered around community.  Ron and Jameel Bridgewater, both originally from Urbana, Illinois, dropped their lavender and lemon tree body bars […]
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for Oct. 4

  04-10-2023 14:00
  
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• National Book Month: Here Are Five Black Authors You Should Know

  04-10-2023 13:30
  
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  It’s National Book Month — a month-long celebration that focuses on the importance of reading, writing, and literature.
  October 1st through October 31st is a time to honor the country’s best books and authors. Oftentimes, when it comes to highlighting great wordsmiths of the nation, Black authors are either left out of the conversation or reduced to a select few popular writers, neglecting the upcoming voices in literature.
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• Experimental musician Marina Herlop beckons listeners into her world of language and sound

  04-10-2023 06:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Marina Herlop’s primary interest is aesthetics. She’ll say her songs aren’t autobiographical, and the pianist’s penchant for dropping made-up language into digitally manipulated audio environments can make it difficult for listeners to ground her work in something familiar. But with enough scrutiny, you can follow clues that situate her evolving output within a number of […]
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• Chicago Bulls Embrace Continuity and Progress as They Enter Training Camp

  04-10-2023 00:55
  
  Continuity and progress. 
  Those words could summarize the Chicago Bulls Media Day, held Monday at the Advocate Center on the Near West Side. 
  The Bulls are running it back again with their “Big Three” of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević and have two pivotal camp battles that will decide who will be the team’s starting point guard and power forward. 
  Yet, at yesterday’s Media session, the prevailing belief among players such as DeRozan
  
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