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• Review: Being Heumann

  06-11-2026 21:03 via Chicago Reader
  
  Being Heumann in limited release in theaters, streaming on Apple TV+
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• This year’s CIFF was an animation sensation

  06-11-2026 19:56 via Chicago Reader
  
  After last year’s Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) screening of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) sold out the Music Box Theatre, the fest doubled down on anime for this year’s program. Literally, one anime film became two. But no matter the number, it’s an exciting development for fans of anime and animation […]
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• Review: Mouse

  06-11-2026 19:21 via Chicago Reader
  
  Mouse in limited release in theaters
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• Now that Democrats can do something, will they?

  06-11-2026 17:00 via Chicago Reader
  
  In a repudiation of President Donald Trump’s fascist agenda, Democrats trounced Republicans in midterm races across the country Tuesday night. From maintaining party strongholds such as Illinois to gaining ground up and down the ballot in the unlikeliest of places (Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Georgia, Ohio, and Nevada), it is clear that the balance of power […]
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• Meaning over materiality

  06-11-2026 16:00 via Chicago Reader
  
  The Cinema Scrapbook places film screenings in conversation with other local creative happenings, illuminating Chicago’s rich cultural connectivity. As leaves fall and the chilly air ushers in early sunsets, the darkness is countered by a refreshing lack of guilt for spending all day indoors. Museums and cinema houses are safe havens all year round, but […]
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• Lucy Bedroque raps like they can’t sit still

  06-11-2026 15:00 via Chicago Reader
  Lucy Bedroque Tue 12/1 and Wed 12/2 at Metro
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• Cold, hard (ethically and righteously acquired) cash

  06-11-2026 14:31 via Chicago Reader
  
  One wet fall night about ten years ago, I was at Yummy Buffet in Albany Park, shoveling glossy shrimp fried rice into my piehole beneath a red lantern as round and fat as a paper moon. A pack of flushed college boys barreled through the front door, high-fiving and shouting over one another as they […]
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• Azadi Folk School teaches Chicagoans to ferment, forage, and reclaim their roots

  06-11-2026 14:00 via Chicago Reader
  
  Lameese Yousef weaves through the table’s row of ingredients, layering yogurt, seeds, and spices into a mason jar as she explains the history and culture of Sudanese fermentation. She is demonstrating how to make mish, a centuries-old fermented yogurt dip, to a group of nine workshop participants. “We were an ancient, heavily milk-consuming and cattle-raising […]
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• Chicago police strengthen criticized missing person policy for the first time in a decade

  06-11-2026 00:00 via Chicago Reader
  
  This story is being copublished by Invisible Institute and the Chicago Reader The Chicago Police Department has rewritten an internal policy that allowed officers to easily close missing persons cases they did not solve. This new policy, finalized in February and obtained through a public records request by Invisible Institute, follows reporting by Invisible Institute […]
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