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• Think global, drink local

  10-04-2024 23:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Just like families, the places we call home can be chosen.  Athletes feel at home on the field and plenty of entertainers of all types declare they feel most comfortable onstage, which allows them to transcend who they are into something greater. For some folks, the place bringing that warm, fuzzy, and supportive feeling is […]
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• Popping an absurdist soap bubble

  10-04-2024 22:48 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Tom Stoppard’s debut 1966 play could be called Waiting for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: it matches Samuel Beckett’s meditation on the meaninglessness of existence with Shakespeare’s portrait of a man whose search for meaning leaves him paralyzed. That’s a wonderful conceit, but it is a conceit, requiring the lightest of directorial touches so the serious doesn’t […]
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• Cock presents a binary look at complicated queer relationships.

  10-04-2024 21:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The play Cock, by Mike Bartlett, is ostensibly a show about turning the “all you need is to find a good woman” narrative for gay men on its head. Set in one apartment, the characters, John, M, W, and F, play out a “cockfight” in a ring that is the setting for the play’s action. […]
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• EXPO CHICAGO Unveils Exciting Lineup for Eleventh Edition

  10-04-2024 16:00
  
  EXPO CHICAGO, one of the most anticipated art events of the year, has announced its core programming lineup for the eleventh edition, which will take place from April 11-14 at Navy Pier. This year’s edition promises an array of engaging programs aimed at fostering dialogue among art enthusiasts and professionals alike, both within the fairgrounds and across the city.
  In addition to the impressive gallery presentations, EXPO CHICAGO will feature several noteworthy programs, including the re
  
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• Monday Night Foodball kicks off patio season at Frank and Mary’s Tavern

  10-04-2024 15:27 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For nearly a half century, nobody cooked in Mary’s kitchen but Mary Monday lunch was pork chops. Her famous meatloaf was on Wednesday. Thursdays, it was corned beef and cabbage, and on Friday, fried perch. Tuesdays were “Mary’s choice”: whatever she felt like cooking for the city workers, truckers, office drones, and factory day- shifters […]
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• Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce Advocates for National Agenda Item to Defend Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  10-04-2024 14:15
  
  On Monday, the Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce (ILBCC), representing a vanguard in economic empowerment and advocacy for Black businesses both within Illinois and across the nation, announced its call to action in defense of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This announcement comes in direct response to the escalating attacks on DEI by certain political factions. The ILBCC, underpinned by its long-standing commitment to justice and equality, urges the Democratic Nation
  
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• The Carr Report: Understanding car insurance

  10-04-2024 14:00
  
  Female motorist involved in car accident calling insurance company. Adobe Stock Photo
  Life comes at you fast! On the week of this writing, I was involved in a car accident.  It appeared to be a perfectly normal day.  I put in a productive work day.  After work I went to the gym.  On my way home from the gym, I got within one block away from my house and it happened—CRASH! 
  I was driving toward my house when the car in front of me abruptly stopped and made a left ha
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for April 10, 2024

  10-04-2024 14:00
  
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