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Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2018
Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up

Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Comedy, Gender Issues, sexual harassment, Brian Posen, Sketch Fest, Matthew Payne, Ex Fest, Aziz Ansari, Bechdel test

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2017
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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Jeff Sessions, immigration issues, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, Lisa Madigan, Kwame Raoul, Gary Chico, Jesse Ruiz, Jack Franks, Election 2018, Emmy Awards, Masters of None, Lena Waithe, Aziz Ansari, The Chi, Showtime, Netflix, Illinois General Assembly, Steve Andersson, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Peoria, public art, Abraham Lincoln, Video

Music, Pitchfork Jul 12, 2017
Pitchfork loves TV, so Pitchfork loves Survive

The retro horror-synth group from Stranger Things get a boost from the site’s eagerness to court the prestige-television audience.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Survive, Stranger Things, Pitchfork Media, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Netflix, TV, television, Brown Girls, Jamila Woods, Aziz Ansari, Master of None, Condé Nast, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Twin Peaks, Michael Cera, Broad City, Wayne’s World, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Atlanta, Fatimah Asghar, Austin, The Guest, Relapse Records, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Coachella, Moogfest, Primavera Sound, FYF Fest, Panorama NYC

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2015
Aziz Ansari proves he's a Master in his own right

The stand-up's Netflix show Master of None is an impressive cinematic and comedic endeavor.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, Television, Things I Love, Aziz Ansari, Noel Wells, Alan Yang, Eric Wareheim, Master of None, Netflix, adulthood

Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2015
Aziz Ansari is the dating guru we didn't realize we needed

The comedian blends zaniness with sharp observations about love in the Internet age in his book Modern Romance.
- By Tyler Daswick
- Tags: Arts, Books, Dim the Lights, Comedy, Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg, dating, Tinder, love crisis, texting, online dating

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2015
Here are 28 books we can't wait to read in 2015

New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.
- By Tyler Daswick
- Tags: Books, Arts, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Seuss, Robert Galbraith, Jenny Lawson, Rebecca Makkai, Harper Lee, Dav Pilkey, John Hagedorn, Stieg Larsson, John Boyer, University of Chicago, Dominic Pacyga, Jonathan Franzen, Margo Jefferson, Gary Alan Fine, Larry Bennett, Sammy Hagar, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Stephen King, Welcome to Night Vale, Dan Howell, Phil Lester, Sandra Cisneros, Patti Smith, Mahmoud Saeed, Plastic Crimewave

Best of Chicago, Introduction Jun 24, 2015
Best of Chicago 2015

Our readers and critics weigh in on the best things they ate, drank, saw, and did in Chicago in the past year.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Introduction, Best of Chicago 2015, #BestOfChi, Aziz Ansari, What is the best?, comedy, stand-up comedy, toothbrushes, Chicago Reader, lists, critics

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 7, 2014
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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs

A fivesome of locals at the ground floor of Chicago's stand-up scene launch a new funny festival.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, The Comedy Exposition of 2014, Katie McVay, Just for Laughs, Bruce Hills, Stephanie Hasz, Goodrich Gevaart, Zach Peterson, Matt Byrne, Parlour Car, Bar Deville, SnubFest, Women's Funny Festival, High Plains Comedy Festival in Denver, Crom Comedy Fest, Omaha, Annoyance, the Playground, Cole's, Schubas, Township, the Hideout, Jackie Kashian, Aparna Nancherla, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, SNL, Brooks Wheelan, Andy Kindler, Bob's Burgers, Lakeview, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Patton Oswalt, Aziz Ansari, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 2, 2013
Cameron Esposito headlines Freedom Fest

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.
- By Molly Adams
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Cameron Esposito, Los Angeles, Supreme Court, Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marraige, Put Your Hands Together, UCB Theatre, Jenny Slate, Bobcat Goldthwait, Aziz Ansari, Proposition 8, Freedom Fest, Rhea Butcher

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 1, 2012
What's so funny about TBS Just for Laughs?

Here are some suggestions
- By Rebecca Cohen
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs, Aziz Ansari, John Oliver, Jeff Ross, Vince Vaughn, Scott Adsit, Mike Birbiglia, Jon Glaser, Kevin Dorff, Hannibal Buress

Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Film Noir Foundation, Egyptian Theater, Noir City Chicago 3, Music Box, Brute Force, Burt Lancaster, Sorry Wrong Number, Barbara Stanwyck, Deadline USA, Humphrey Bogart, The Dark Mirror, Olivia De Havilland, The Blue Dahlia, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Loophole movie, Larceny movie, Andrea Gronvall, The Interrupters, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, Gene Siskel Film Center, Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, Yelling to the Sky, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious movie, Autumn Execution, Lee Hsing, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Detroit Wild City, The Help movie, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, Sleep Furiously, Wales, 30 Minutes or Less, Reuben Fleischer, Zombieland, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network, Aziz Ansari, Funny People, The Whistleblower, Rachel Weisz, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Wiene, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, University of Chicago Doc Films, Samuel Fuller, I Shot Jesse James, The Steel Helmet, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, F.W. Murnau, Sunrise movie, Sunrise Murnau, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Jay Warren, film festivals, movies, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 5, 2010
Hardcore Nostalgia

New shows at the Fireside prompt a stream of stories about the good old days. Plus: Russian Circles and the worst kind of metal damage, Kanye as Twitter fodder, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Miles Raymer
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Fireside Bowl, Chicago News Cooperative, House Call Entertainment, John Benetti, WBEZ, Elliot Dicks, Russian Circles, Dave Turncrantz, Prolyfic, Lupe Fiasco, Lasers, Kanye West, Aziz Ansari, Paul and Storm, Brian Slodysko, Black Breath, Cacaw, Cave, Blood Mambas, BBU, Bin Laden Blowin' Up

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2010
Just For Laughs and the Eerie Truths of Comedy

Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney, and Maria Bamford come to town as part of the Just For Laughs festival.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Performing Arts, Arts, Just For Laughs, comedy, stand-up, Maria Bamford, John Mulaney, Aziz Ansari

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Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up

Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.

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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.

Pitchfork loves TV, so Pitchfork loves Survive

The retro horror-synth group from Stranger Things get a boost from the site’s eagerness to court the prestige-television audience.

All the books we liked in 2015

And some theories about why we enjoyed them.

Aziz Ansari proves he's a Master in his own right

The stand-up's Netflix show Master of None is an impressive cinematic and comedic endeavor.

Aziz Ansari is the dating guru we didn't realize we needed

The comedian blends zaniness with sharp observations about love in the Internet age in his book Modern Romance.

Here are 28 books we can't wait to read in 2015

New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.

Best of Chicago 2015

Our readers and critics weigh in on the best things they ate, drank, saw, and did in Chicago in the past year.

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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs

A fivesome of locals at the ground floor of Chicago's stand-up scene launch a new funny festival.

Cameron Esposito headlines Freedom Fest

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.

What's so funny about TBS Just for Laughs?

Here are some suggestions

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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Hardcore Nostalgia

New shows at the Fireside prompt a stream of stories about the good old days. Plus: Russian Circles and the worst kind of metal damage, Kanye as Twitter fodder, and more

Just For Laughs and the Eerie Truths of Comedy

Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney, and Maria Bamford come to town as part of the Just For Laughs festival.

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Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.

The retro horror-synth group from Stranger Things get a boost from the site’s eagerness to court the prestige-television audience.

And some theories about why we enjoyed them.

The stand-up's Netflix show Master of None is an impressive cinematic and comedic endeavor.

The comedian blends zaniness with sharp observations about love in the Internet age in his book Modern Romance.

New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.

Our readers and critics weigh in on the best things they ate, drank, saw, and did in Chicago in the past year.

A fivesome of locals at the ground floor of Chicago's stand-up scene launch a new funny festival.

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.

Here are some suggestions

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

New shows at the Fireside prompt a stream of stories about the good old days. Plus: Russian Circles and the worst kind of metal damage, Kanye as Twitter fodder, and more

Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney, and Maria Bamford come to town as part of the Just For Laughs festival.

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