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• Sima Cunningham of Finom drops a solo album more than a decade in the making

  27-08-2024 23:22 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Friday, August 30, Chicago singer-songwriter Sima Cunningham will release the long-gestating solo album High Roller via New York–based label Ruination Record Company. “I’ve been working on the solo record for the better part of a decade,” Cunningham says. “Some of these songs are ten-plus years old, some are five years old. Some are more […]
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• Turkish Kunefe at Antepli Mediterranean Grill

  27-08-2024 20:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Albany Park has more than its fair share of good Middle Eastern eateries, but Antepli Mediterranean Grill, nestled in a strip mall between a halal market and a cell phone store, is the only one that I go to for a rare, sweet delicacy that I spent months looking for across the city. That delicacy […]
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• Royal resurrection

  27-08-2024 18:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Alex Grelle has become a local icon because of his fascination with icons. Since coming to Chicago in 2009, the multidisciplinary performer has distinguished himself in the local theater scene for elevating the objects of his fascination and nostalgia, whether they’re Lady Gaga, the movie Stepmom, or the show Nashville. In his latest work, he […]
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• Everybody’s home

  27-08-2024 17:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Editor’s note: Coco Picard interviewed Edra Soto about the exhibition. Text from the comic has been edited for clarity and is transcribed here to assist readability.  In 2012, Edra Soto began Graft, an ongoing series inspired by the rejas of Puerto Rico’s homes, windows, porches, and fences, which allow the circulation of air while delineating […]
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