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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 20, 2017
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The Barn is Amy Morton’s worthy follow-up to Found

At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Barn, Evanston, Found Kitchen & Social House, Amy Morton, Nicole Pederson, Sam Worley, steak house, Lula Café, Arnie Morton, Morton's the Steakhouse, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2017
Marketplace reporter is fired for writing ‘objectivity is dead’

"Obviously, I can't be neutral or centrist in a debate over my own humanity," wrote Wallace, who is transgender.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: LGBT, Media, News, Lewis Wallace, Marketplace, Sam Worley, American Public Radio, Deborah Clark, Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, WBEZ

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 23, 2013
Our favorite restaurants of 2013

From suburban ramen to west-side barbecue to tiki time in River North
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Tumblr, Characteristically Unimpressed Mike Sula, new restaurants, criticism, Mike Sula, Sam Worley, Mara Shalhoup, Chicago Reader, Matthias Merges, A10, Paul Kahan, Nico Osteria, The Radler, Lincoln Square, Rainbow Cuisine, Wanpen Phosawang, Pramote Rukprueksachart, Spoon Thai, Ramen Misoya, Gene Kato, Mount Prospect, Sumi Robata Bar, River North, Japonais, Gastón Acurio, Tanta, Three Dots and a Dash, Paul McGee, Lettuce Entertain You, bars, restaurants, Dillman's, Brendan Sodikoff, The Berkshire Room, Benjamin Schiller, cocktails, Reno, Katie Wyer, Rickshaw Republic, Homestyle Taste, Chinatown, Bridgeport, Sze Chuan Cuisine, Ben's Bar-Be-Cue, Smalls Smoke Shack, Takito Kitchen, Carnivale, David Dworshak, Ajoomah's Apron, Billy Sunday, Blackwood BBQ, Chop Shop, Dusek's, Gogi, Johnny Casserole, The Little Goat, Milt's Barbecue for the Perplexed, Oon, Parson's Chicken & Fish, Sofi, Ward Eight, Yan Bang Cai, Ahjoomah's Apron, The Chop Shop, Dusek's Board & Beer, Little Goat Diner, Sofi Restaurant, Berkshire Room, dining in 2013

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2013
Reader's Agenda Mon 4/29: Vaginal Davis, Fielded, and Rebecca Skloot & Mary Roach

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 29.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Vaginal Davis, School of the Art Institute, Sam Worley, Lindsay Powell, Ga’an, Soundboard, Fielded, Burlington, Harold Washington Library, Mary Roach, Rebecca Skloot, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, Illinois Science Council

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2013
Reader's Agenda Mon 1/28: Off the Record, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013
- By Janey Lee
- Tags: Do This, Arts, music critic, Saki, Department of Cultural Affairs, Off the Record, monthly series, new releases, Brokeback Brokeback & the Black Rock, Oracle Productions, Dario Fo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Italian, activist, Giuseppe Pinelli Justin Hayford, Tracy Morgan, Barbra Streisand, housing projects, National Public Housing Museum, The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation, inner-city, public housing communities, Sam Worley, Dinah Washington, Lupe Fiasco

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2012
All week long, revisiting old Bleader writing

This week's Variations on a Theme: recycling. Also, Kevin Warwick's "Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition"
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Behind Our Scenes, Eco, Recycling Week, Variations on a Theme, recycling, Recycling Week, The floating forest, Sam Worley, Kevin Warwick, Pitchfork Music Festival, smartphones, social media, conflict

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2012
The moment you've all been waiting for: Oulipian writing contest results

The Oulipian writing contest winner is . . .
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Grammar, Wordplay Week, News, Oulipo, duck joke, Mike Miner, Steve Bogira, Sam Worley

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2012
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Irony-free zone, part two: "Kites Are Fun"

Kites are fun, and dis Miss Kelly Hogan at your peril, asshole.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Things I Hate, Things I Love, Music, Sam Worley, crosswords, Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt, Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon, Papa Was a Rodeo, Hideout, the Flat Five, Casey MacDonough, Mavis Staples, Neko Case, Robyn Hitchcock, Andrew Bird, Jon Langford, Vic Chestnutt, the Free Design, Kites Are Fun, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2012
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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, Milestone Film & Video, On the Bowery, Lionel Rogosin, The Perfect Team, Rampart movie, Oren Moverman, L.A. Confidential, Declaration of War, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, Europa Europa, The Secret Garden, London River, Rachid Bouchareb, Days of Glory, Outside the Law, Safe House, Denzel Washington, Tony Scott, The Story of Lover's Rock, This Means War, Charlie's Angels movie, McG, The Vow movie, Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Robert Bresson, L'Argent, The Devil Probably, Sergio Leone, Duck, You Sucker!, Nicholas Ray, In a Lonely Place, Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, David Lynch, Mulholland Dr., Steve James, Barbara Kopple, Harlan County U.S.A., The Film That Changed My Life, The Interrupters, Bob Hercules, Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret movie, Tony Adler, Steve Bogira, Deanna Isaacs, Michael Miner, Sam Worley, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2012
In this week's Reader: We bother with Valentine's Day

What's in the February 9, 2012 issue of the Reader: Valentine's Day
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Valentine's Day, Kevin Warwick, Julia Thiel, Sam Worley, I Saw You, Michael Miner, Barack Obama, Saul Alinsky, Mick Dumke, Savage Love

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2012
The past week on the Bleader

The week of January 8th to 14th on the Bleader
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, News Bites, Behind Our Scenes, Ben Joravsky, Twitter, guerilla journalism, prank, fuck you gesture, Jodi Kantor, The Obamas book, Steve Bogira, Mitt Romney, Sam Worley, Michael Miner, feminism, New Buffalo Times, Marshall Rosenthal

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
Very extremely loud and amazingly incredibly close

Thank you so much for not puffing
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, Sam Worley, amazing, awesome, Obama, Romney, inflation

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2011
In this week's Reader: The misunderstood sex offender

What's in the December 8, 2011, issue of the Reader.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, News, Behind Our Scenes, Sam Worley, sex offenders, Ben Joravsky, TIFs, Uptown, Deanna Isaacs, You Are Here, Josh Garrett, sign language, Mercedes DiRenzo-Bolduc, plastic Santas, Fulton River District, Blommer Chocolate Factory, Savage Love, GGG, Christianity

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The Barn is Amy Morton’s worthy follow-up to Found

At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.

Marketplace reporter is fired for writing ‘objectivity is dead’

"Obviously, I can't be neutral or centrist in a debate over my own humanity," wrote Wallace, who is transgender.

Our favorite restaurants of 2013

From suburban ramen to west-side barbecue to tiki time in River North

Reader's Agenda Mon 4/29: Vaginal Davis, Fielded, and Rebecca Skloot & Mary Roach

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 29.

Reader's Agenda Mon 1/28: Off the Record, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013

All week long, revisiting old Bleader writing

This week's Variations on a Theme: recycling. Also, Kevin Warwick's "Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition"

The moment you've all been waiting for: Oulipian writing contest results

The Oulipian writing contest winner is . . .

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Irony-free zone, part two: "Kites Are Fun"

Kites are fun, and dis Miss Kelly Hogan at your peril, asshole.

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At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.

"Obviously, I can't be neutral or centrist in a debate over my own humanity," wrote Wallace, who is transgender.

From suburban ramen to west-side barbecue to tiki time in River North

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 29.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013

This week's Variations on a Theme: recycling. Also, Kevin Warwick's "Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition"

The Oulipian writing contest winner is . . .

Kites are fun, and dis Miss Kelly Hogan at your peril, asshole.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

What's in the February 9, 2012 issue of the Reader: Valentine's Day

The week of January 8th to 14th on the Bleader

Thank you so much for not puffing

What's in the December 8, 2011, issue of the Reader.

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