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- Arts & Culture, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Chicago’s thirst for a ‘celebrity culture’ is an embarrassment
The city does not need famous people to legitimize its existence.
- Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2017
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Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2017
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NPR’s pop-culture experts talk Kanye West, the Chicago Cubs, and Dick Wolf before their midwest debut
The host and panelists of Pop Culture Happy Hour bring their live show to Chicago for the first time.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2016
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Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible
The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
- Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2016
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George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news
Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2016
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Chicago's disturbing violence surge: shootings up 80 percent, and other news
Also, Chicago Public Schools will open more than 250 sites for students during one-day teachers' strike.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
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Where's Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf's cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
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Judge drops cop from Cedrick Chatman suit, Chicago Law gets fast-tracked, and other Chicago news
Also, a suburban show choir survives a bus fire, and the Bulls memories we may want to forget.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2015
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Law & Order: SVU goes all Robert Durst in the Jinx'd season-17 opener
The crime procedural pulls inspiration from The Jinx.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2015
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How I spent my summer vacation with Dick Wolf, the Chicago Med cast, and hundreds of tired TV critics
The Television Critics Association's summer press tour was a hazing ritual of sorts for the cast and crew of Chicago Med.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Dick Wolf's Chicago Med offers a dose of ER-esque hospital drama
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 28, 2013
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Happy days are here again for the Illinois film industry
Thanks to the state's 30 percent tax credit, six TV series are now shooting in Chicago.
