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- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 30, 2020
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Western Exhibitions invites a Cincinnati art center to Chicago
“Visionaries + Voices” presents sincere and humble work from an Ohio-based nonprofit that supports artists with disabilities.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 4, 2018
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Folk genius Dwain Story died a legend to the few who still knew his music
Dwain Story roomed with Phil Ochs and made a fan of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, but mental illness denied him a career like theirs.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 18, 2017
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Blues guitarist Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis learned his raw, propulsive style from John Lee Hooker
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis got his start walking on broken glass in a traveling variety troupe, but he became an institution at Chicago's most famous outdoor market.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2017
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Emanuel embraces Madigan’s CPD reform lawsuit—while fighting an identical suit from Black Lives Matter
Chicago's mayor gets aboard a police reform effort from Illinois’s attorney general, but will victims of police violence be sidelined?
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2017
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For federal oversight of police reform to work, pressure from the community must continue
A Black Lives Matter lawsuit seeking federal oversight over CPD reform has real power—but only if there's pressure on leadership from the ground up.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2016
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Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon play Chicago behind the year’s most exciting improvised album
Guitarist Tashi Dorji and drummer Tyler Damon both came to free improv through punk, and their unpredictable, energetic music still bears its mark.
- Music, In Rotation Jul 27, 2016
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Ganser’s Alicia Gaines on the only way to make Twin Peaks’ music more unsettling
Plus: No Friends editor Ray Martinez on the greatest lyrics in punk, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on a pleasant surprise at Pitchfork, and more
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2016
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Analyzing Chicago's violence problem and other news
Also, Rahm scores big with Illinois General Assembly override of Rauner's pension bill veto.
- Music, In Rotation Apr 20, 2016
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Leo Burnett music producer Jocelyn Brown on an anthem for every lady holding her own
Plus: Music writer Meagan Fredette on a label that specializes in the inscrutable, Reader staffer Leor Galil on a rap collaboration that nods to 90s Nickelodeon, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 28, 2014
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Covering the rust belt for readers who don't like to think they're part of it
A website for the rust belt turns one.
- Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Cincy's Tweens blow out the bubblegum on "Rattle and Rollin'"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Rattle & Rollin'," from Cincy-based trio Tweens.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2008
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First look: Cinners
It ain't Cincinnati chili without a good story behind it.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2007
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Spotted: Cinners Cincinnati Chili Restaurant and Bar
Cincinnati chili is coming to Ravenswood. Or maybe not.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2006
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Medieval times all over again
Families rule, cities make pacts, and atheists cast as devils.