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• Film fortune

  15-04-2025 22:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. It’s not that I actually believe in most of the woo-wooey stuff I practice. Really, it’s just some fun and, occasionally, an affirmation of sorts, instructions for how to proceed on […]
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• Absinthe service at the Violet Hour

  15-04-2025 21:56 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Violet Hour is renowned for its cocktail menu. While its door is hidden within an ever-changing mural along Damen Avenue identifiable only by an unassuming lavender light, the upscale speakeasy-style lounge has won four James Beard awards and long been a Reader Best of Chicago winner or finalist for best cocktail list. But there’s […]
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• Review: The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man

  15-04-2025 21:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man screening Thu 4/24 at the Music Box Theatre
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• Review: Blue Sun Palace

  15-04-2025 21:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Blue Sun Palace in limited release in theaters
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• Las Flores rises from the ashes

  15-04-2025 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jazmin Flores was born of taco royalty, but the king didn’t always make it easy. “My dad would have us clean tables,” she says. “We gave out food, washed dishes. He would have us remove the stems from the jalapeños. He’d be like, ‘Be careful. Don’t touch your face. Wash your hands.’ Now, when I […]
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• CTU Members Approve New Contract with Raises, Smaller Classes, and More Support Staff

  15-04-2025 15:30
  
  Stacy Davis Gates (Photo: Facebook). 
  For the first time in over a decade, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have reached a contract agreement without a strike.
  In a historic move, 97% of CTU members voted to approve the four-year contract, with an 85% turnout. It’s a moment CTU President Stacy Davis Gates sees as a reflection of the union’s alignment with its members and the communities they serve.
  “I think it is a demonstration of our continued engage
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: Eliminating the DOE won’t put the nation at risk

  15-04-2025 14:30
  
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats criticize President Donald Trump’s plan to shutter the Education Department on March 6, 2025. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
  by J. Pharoah Doss
  In 2019, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) received criticism for her radical proposal to abolish the Department of Homeland Security. Ocasio-Cortez replied, “It’s not that radical. When DHS was first formed by Bush 17 years ago, many members of Congress were conce
  
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• Here’s What Happened When Gayle King Headed To Space On Blue Origin Flight

  15-04-2025 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  Esteemed journalist Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry were among the first all-female crew to head to space on Monday (April 14) since 1963.
  Blue Origin, a space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its New Shepard rocket at its Launch Site One in West Texas with a star-studded, all-female crew, including the likes of King, Perry, bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
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