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Arts & Culture
,
Comedy
Jun 15, 2020
Dwayne Kennedy is the voice of Chicago
And it’s a voice the rest of the world needs to hear.
By Salem Collo-Julin
Tags:
Comedy
,
Dwayne Kennedy
,
comedy
,
Zanies
,
Seinfeld
,
Martin
,
227
,
W. Kamau Bell
,
Arsenio Hall
,
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
,
United Shades of America
,
Chris Rock
,
Oak Head Records
,
Who the Hell Is Dwayne Kennedy?
,
Oh No! It's Dwayne Kennedy
News & Politics
,
Chicagoans
Dec 5, 2017
Do millennials get
Seinfeld
?
A Chicago high school history teacher's "club about nothing" aims to pass down an appreciation of the 90s TV phenomenon to the next generation.
By Anne Ford
Tags:
Chicagoans
,
Seinfeld
,
Jerry Pazin
,
Jamie Ramsay
,
Seinfeld Club
,
St. Rita of Cascia High School
,
Kramer
,
George Costanza
,
Jerry Seinfeld
,
Festivus
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jun 7, 2017
Candide
,
Gidion's Knot
, and ten more stage shows to see now
A revamped version of Leonard Bernstein's operetta and a taut, intense two-hander are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Candide
,
Leibniz
,
Voltaire
,
Richard Wilbur
,
Stephen Sondheim
,
John Latouche
,
Lillian Hellman
,
Dorothy Parker
,
Music Theater Works
,
Light Opera Works
,
Rudy Hogenmiller
,
John Caird
,
Gary Alexander
,
Ben Barker
,
Cecilia Iole
,
Roger L. Bingaman
,
Cunegonde
,
Clued In: An Improvised Murder Mystery
,
Second City
,
Judy's Beat Lounge
,
Gidion's Knot
,
Johnna Adams
,
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
,
Michelle Annette
,
Julie Partyka
,
Katherine Siegel
,
Hair
,
Lauren Rawitz
,
Noah Spiegel-Blum
,
Her Majesty's Will
,
Robert Kauzlaric
,
David Blixt
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Christopher Marlowe
,
Shakespeare
,
Peter Greenberg
,
Improvised Jane Austen
,
Ana Silva
,
Kate Parker
,
Stephanie Jones
,
King Liz
,
Windy City Playhouse
,
Chuck Smith
,
Lanice Shelley
,
Eric Gerard
,
Fernanda Coppel
,
Not Quite: Asian American by Law, Asian Woman by Desire
,
Ada Cheng
,
Ragtime musical
,
Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty
,
E.L. Doctorow
,
Ragtime
,
Scott Weinstein
,
Denzel Tsopnang
,
Richard III
,
Fury Theatre
,
Nathan Agin
,
David Gonzalez
,
Mark Dodge
,
Indian Boundary Park
,
Save Ferris: The Unofficial Sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off
,
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
,
Under the Gun Theater
,
Christian Missonak
,
Andrew Bentley
,
Kayla Cole
,
Shrimp Boys Present: Seinfeld
,
Shrimp Boys
,
Seinfeld
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 20, 2017
That black cloud hanging over Trump’s inauguration? Not just rain.
President Trump enters office as counterintelligence investigations into his campaign’s ties to the Russians heat up.
By Ben Joravsky
Tags:
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Politics
,
Donald Trump
,
Barack Obama
,
inauguration
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Hillary Clinton
,
New York Times
,
William Sessions
,
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,
Sheldon Adelson
,
Steven Bannon
,
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,
Seinfeld
,
Tom Brokaw
,
Craig Robinson
,
Reggie Love
,
Russia
,
Putin
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Aug 5, 2016
Recommended
Jason Vincent goes big at Giant
After a break, the former Nightwood chef is doing huge things in a little Logan Square spot.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
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,
Giant
,
Jason Vincent
,
Mike Sula
,
Avec
,
Josh Perlman
,
Ben Lustbader
,
Sink
,
Swim
,
Scofflaw
,
Good Humor
,
Travis Bickle
,
Lula Cafe
,
Seinfeld
,
You Fuck My Wine
,
Albariño
,
Recommended
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 7, 2015
Cameron Esposito,
Seinfeld
trivia, and more things to do this week
Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier, the art show "I Can't Breathe," and other events happening in Chicago from December 7-10
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Winter Wonderfest
,
Reserve Your Seat
,
Bongzilla
,
Seinfeld
,
trivia
,
I can't breathe Arc Gallery
,
Navy Pier
,
Cameron Esposito
,
Rhea Butcher
,
Thalia Hall
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 7, 2013
Seinfeld in a car, doing what he pleases
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
is mostly Jerry Seinfeld driving vintage cars and living the life. And we should all be fine with that.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Film
,
Small Screen
,
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
,
Jerry Seinfeld
,
'73 Porsche
,
911 Carrera RS
,
'69 Lamborghini P400S Miura
,
Michael Richards
,
'62 VW wagon
,
Chris Rock
,
Seth Myers
,
Larry David
,
jazz
,
coffee
,
Seinfeld
,
Emmy
,
Short-Format Nonfiction Programs
,
Rolodex
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 5, 2013
A newish YouTube channel for women is less trashy, less fun
WIGS: It's no Lifetime
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Small Screen
,
wigs
,
youtube
,
women's television
,
lifetime
,
networks
,
julia stiles
,
blue
,
TV
,
seinfeld
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 26, 2012
Video
Do I have Kramer living above me?
Shower-man, my latest upstairs neighbor, cannot be called very environmentally aware.
By Kate Schmidt
Tags:
Broken
,
Seriously?
,
environmental issues
,
Kramer
,
Seinfeld
,
"The Apology
,
" water use
,
showers
,
Spider-Man
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 15, 2011
Video
Because "transfer accelerator" sounds more sophisticated in Dutch
The Dutch city of Utrecht recently installed a "transfer accelerator" at its Overvecht railway station. The slide is meant to be both a speedier way to reach the train and a playful addition to the city's landscape.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Transit
,
Architecture
,
News
,
transfer accelerator
,
Netherlands
,
Utrecht
,
slide
,
railway station
,
Overvecht
,
playful
,
Seinfeld
,
moving walkway
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 22, 2010
Video
Tracy Letts on The Interview Show
By Mark Bazer
Tags:
The Interview Show
,
Tracy Letts
,
Steppenwolf
,
August: Osage County
,
Oklahoma
,
Texas
,
Killer Joe
,
Seinfeld
,
Festivus
,
Hideout
,
Chicago
,
Theater
,
Bazer
,
Video
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