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News & Politics, Feature Sep 9, 2020
Hit it!—the new Blues Brothers weed, that is

A Skokie dispensary features dozens of varieties of flower, including a strain celebrating the Chicago film’s 40th anniversary.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Feature, John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Blues Brothers, cannabis, dispensary, Skokie, Growing Belushi, marijuana, weed, Greenhouse, Wheaton High School, Saturday Night Live, the Last Prisoner Project

Film, Movie Review Aug 22, 2019
Old Boyfriends is still Joan Tewkesbury’s one and only feature

And now’s your chance to see it.
- By Kathleen Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Old Boyfriends, Joan Tewkesbury, Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Robert Altman, women directors, Liberating Hollywood, Maya Montañez Smukler, Richard Jordan, John Belushi, Keith Carradine

Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2016
Remembering Carrie Fisher's Blues Brothers time in Chicago, and other news

Also, a billionaire actually asked Rahm to close Monroe Street in the Loop during his daughter's wedding.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Carrie Fisher, Blues Brothers, Star Wars, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chicago, movies, Hollywood, Christoper Reyes, Rahm Emanuel, Art Institute of Chicago, gang violence, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Guglielmi, Richard M. Daley, Navy Pier, Millennium Park, Museum Campus, Diner Grill, North Center, restaurants

Film, Movie Review Jul 23, 2015
Staten Island Summer: Revenge of the teen-sex comedy

A new feature from the SNL crew brings back the bad old days of Porky's
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Movie Review, Rhys Thomas, Staten Island Summer, Colin Jost, teen sex comedy, Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds, SNL, Colin Jost, Graham Phillips, Zack Pearlman, Ashley Greene, Fred Armisen, Bill Murray, Caddyshack, Bobby Moynihan, John Belushi, Animal House, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Superbad

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2014
Weekly Top Five: The best unrealized films

Notable films that never made it to screen
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Alain Resnais, Stan Lee, the Monster Maker, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jesus, historical Jesus, David Cronenberg, Pierre David, Marry Shelley, Frankenstein, The Fly, Robert Bresson, Genesis, Dino de Laurentiis, A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole, Harold Ramis, Steven Soderbergh, David Gordon Green, John Waters, John Belushi, John Goodman, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Zach Galifianakis

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 26, 2013
Daniel Clowes under glass

A new MCA show demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Art Feature, MCA, comics, Daniel Clowes, art, books, art museums, Roy Lichtenstein, Bart Beaty, fine art, Kailyn Kent, superheroes, R. Crumb, lowbrow, crafts, highbrow, Chris Ware, Roger Brown, Jim Belushi, John Belushi, collectibles, Charles Schulz, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Museum of Contemporary Art

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2013
Video
Now Playing: Identity Thief

Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman lock horns in this new comedy
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Identity Thief, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Farley, John Belushi, Jason Bateman, Seth Gordon, Horrible Bosses, Robert Patrick, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2013
Video
Reliving Fear's SNL riot

The full version of SNL's most notorious musical guests is finally easily viewable online.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On Video, Music, Fear, Saturday Night Live, Henry Owings, Chunklet, Jake Fogelnest, Dick Ebersol, Lorne Michaels, John Belushi, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City's 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Reckless Records, Jim Magas, Empty Bottle, Pspoilers, Notes and Bolts, Miles Raymer, Jeremy Lemos & Peter Speer, Andy Ortmann, Matt Zivich, The Second City Bill Murray, John Belushi, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Who Do We Think We Are?, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, Dwayne Kennedy, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Last Comic Standing, Zanies

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 9, 2011
Chicago’s comedy secret? Margaret Hicks says it’s fail again, fail better.
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Lit Feature, Second City, comedy, Bernie Sahlin, Margaret Hicks, Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious History, Marx Brothers, Tina Fey, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Lord Buckley, Dick Gregory, Bob Newhart, Del Close, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chris Farley, Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, iO, Annoyance Theatre, Lenny Bruce, Just for Laughs, Chicago Sketchfest

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2009
Second City's 50th Anniversary Celebration

A report on Second City's weekend of anniversary festivities.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Second City, Paul Sills, Howard Alk, Barbara Harris, Alan Arkin, Jim Belushi, John Belushi, Paul Sand, Bernie Sahlins, Shelley Berman, David Steinberg, Jim Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell

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Hit it!—the new Blues Brothers weed, that is

A Skokie dispensary features dozens of varieties of flower, including a strain celebrating the Chicago film’s 40th anniversary.

Old Boyfriends is still Joan Tewkesbury’s one and only feature

And now’s your chance to see it.

Remembering Carrie Fisher's Blues Brothers time in Chicago, and other news

Also, a billionaire actually asked Rahm to close Monroe Street in the Loop during his daughter's wedding.

Staten Island Summer: Revenge of the teen-sex comedy

A new feature from the SNL crew brings back the bad old days of Porky's

Weekly Top Five: The best unrealized films

Notable films that never made it to screen

Daniel Clowes under glass

A new MCA show demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.

Video
Now Playing: Identity Thief

Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman lock horns in this new comedy

Video
Reliving Fear's SNL riot

The full version of SNL's most notorious musical guests is finally easily viewable online.

Reader's Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City's 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013

Chicago’s comedy secret? Margaret Hicks says it’s fail again, fail better.

Second City's 50th Anniversary Celebration

A report on Second City's weekend of anniversary festivities.

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A Skokie dispensary features dozens of varieties of flower, including a strain celebrating the Chicago film’s 40th anniversary.

And now’s your chance to see it.

Also, a billionaire actually asked Rahm to close Monroe Street in the Loop during his daughter's wedding.

A new feature from the SNL crew brings back the bad old days of Porky's

Notable films that never made it to screen

A new MCA show demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.

Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman lock horns in this new comedy

The full version of SNL's most notorious musical guests is finally easily viewable online.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013

A report on Second City's weekend of anniversary festivities.

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