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• The Puta-Pons had too much fun to last

  25-06-2025 23:19 via chicagoreader.com
  While working on last month’s column commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Secret History of Chicago Music, I unearthed some great memories and stirred up some old ghosts. The Puta-Pons, founded by bassist Rebecca Crawford and guitarist Shelly Kurzynski Villaseñor, were a joyously fun rock band, active in the late 90s and early 2000s. But […]
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• LGBTQ+ health centers brace for Trump’s attacks

  25-06-2025 19:53 via chicagoreader.com
  John Peller’s two decades as an AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) staff member have been marked by highs and lows. In 2010, after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, millions of people living with HIV or vulnerable to the virus could, for the first time, access comprehensive care.  Two years later, […]
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• Beach reads

  25-06-2025 19:50 via chicagoreader.com
  The first day of summer brought with it a stretch of dangerous, record-high temperatures. There’s not much to do in weather like this besides go for a swim, eat paletas, and park it in some air-conditioning. A good book—or any juicy page-turner—can make the sweltering hours pass a little more pleasurably. So here’s a handful […]
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• Why resist Lincoln’s queerness?

  25-06-2025 18:38 via chicagoreader.com
  The name on everybody’s lips is going to be . . . Lincoln? Perhaps those wiser than I will say they saw it coming. I’ll confess it took me by surprise when, in the past year, a play satirizing the lives of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd, in the weeks leading up to […]
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• “Scrolling”

  25-06-2025 18:11 via chicagoreader.com
  By Maya Dukmasova
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• Chicago Reader Volume 54, Number 38

  25-06-2025 17:28 via chicagoreader.com
  Chicago Reader Volume 54, No. 38. June 26, 2025.
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• Southeast Spotlight: Essential Elements

  25-06-2025 16:07 via chicagoreader.com
  Essential ElementsTue-Sat 11 AM-6 PM, Sat 11 AM-6 PM; 1640 E. 87th Street, 773-978-1200, shopeechicago.com, [email protected], Instagram @essentialelementschicago   The evolution of the southeast side’s sharpest clothing boutique has shaped its status as a trendsetter for almost four decades. Essential Elements, which started as a jewelry and accessory store, now sells beautiful, bold clothing, shoes, and […]
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• 28 Years Later is redeemed by its score

  25-06-2025 00:02 via chicagoreader.com
  28 Years Later in wide release in theaters
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