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News & Politics, Politics Mar 14, 2018
Know thy mayor: A few of Rahm's favorite things

Mayor Emanuel's picks for reading, dining, and recreation, from fly fishing to Faust to Four Moon Tavern
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Four Moon Tavern, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Stories, favorite things, Four Moon Tavern, The Gift Theatre, Parachute, Robinson's No. 1 Ribs, Manny's Deli, Theater on the Lake, Avec, S.K.Y., Billy Sunday, The Up Room, Chicago Riverwalk, fly fishing, Montana, dinner and a movie, movie and drinks, swimming, yoga, ballet dancing, going to the Final Four, Dark and Stormy, Battleship, checkers, red wine, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Goethe: Life as a Work of Art, Rüdiger Safranski, Goethe, Faust, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, Daniel Mendelsohn, The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America, Lawrence Goodwyn, The Plot Against America, Philip Roth, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond, Ben Austen, High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Housing, George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo

News & Politics, Politics Mar 14, 2018
Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor

We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don't have to.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Stories, city hall, goethe, george saunders, four moon tavern, the up room, Betsy Steinberg, Tim Horsburgh, Kartemquin Films, David Schwimmer, Luis Gutiérrez, Tim Cook, Graham Elliot, Freedom of Information Act, Mike Gemma, Trevor Hagen, Haymarket Brewery, Riverwalk, Beverly Kim, Charlie Robinson, Avondale, Gideon Sweet, Scofflaw, S.K.Y., Gift Theatre, Theater on the Lake, Mary Couzin, Kamau Murray, Robert Taylor Homes, Shaniqua Davis, Walter Robb, Richard Thaler, Rami Nashashibi, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Claude Lamb, Alphonso Johnson, Second Chances, Ben Austen, High-Risers, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Adam Collins, Laquan McDonald, Bill Ruthhart, My Block, My Hood, My City, Jahmal Cole

Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 21, 2017
The Chicago education of George Saunders

The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Feature, George Saunders, interview, Lincoln in the Bardo, Oak Forest High School, New Yorker, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hemingway, Stuart Dybek, Gage Park, Oak Forest, Chicago Christmas, 1984, Tolstoy, Dorothy Day, Bo Jackson, New York Times Magazine, Tenth of December, fiction, nonfiction, Donald Trump, Esquire, Superman Comes to the Supermarket, Norman Mailer, Hans Vollman, Clinton, Aaron Copland, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, air force, Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes, writing

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 4, 2014
The Goodman's wan Ask Aunt Susan could really use some help

Seth Bockley's take on Miss Lonelyhearts has none of its boldness or bite.
- By Zac Thompson
- Tags: Theater Review, Ask Aunt Susan, Goodman Theatre, Henry Wishcamper, Seth Bockley, Roberto Bolaño, George Saunders, Collaboraction, Jason Grote, 1001, The Arabian Nights, Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Alex Stage, Marc Grapey, Jennie Moreau, Robyn Scott, Meghan Reardon

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 10/9: Cinema Slapdown, Birgit Ulher & Eric Leonardson, and George Saunders

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 9
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Girls, Columbia College, Cinema Slapdown, The Huffington Post, Maureen Ryan, Michael Niederman, Film Row Cinema, Hamburg, Birgit Ulher, Chicago, Eric Leonardson, The University of Chicago, Bond Chapel, George Saunders, Tenth of December, Art Institute of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 1/8: George Saunders, an 80s double feature, and drag queens

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, January 8, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, George Saunders, MacArthur Genius Grant, Harper's, McSweeney's, GQ, Lincoln Hall, The Tenth of December, Adam Levin, DO312 Film Series, 80s nostalgia, Cobra Lounge, George Lucas, Howard the Duck, Rod Amateau, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, The Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club hosts a watch party for RuPaul's Drag Race, in which the the best episodes from the infamous reality show are projected on seven screens. Jade, a past contestant on the show and Kit Kat Lounge's "house diva" is slated to make "special appearances."

Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2008
"It does get worse than dying in a bistro in Madrid. You could die in a Chicken Unlimited."

George Saunders's dad didn't stop at chicken.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, George Saunders, Open Books Radio, Chicken Unlimited

Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2007
The mid-90s short-story all-stars

Junot Diaz and George Saunders read from their most recent works.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Junot Diaz, George Saunders

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Know thy mayor: A few of Rahm's favorite things

Mayor Emanuel's picks for reading, dining, and recreation, from fly fishing to Faust to Four Moon Tavern

Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor

We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don't have to.

The Chicago education of George Saunders

The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.

The Goodman's wan Ask Aunt Susan could really use some help

Seth Bockley's take on Miss Lonelyhearts has none of its boldness or bite.

Reader's Agenda Wed 10/9: Cinema Slapdown, Birgit Ulher & Eric Leonardson, and George Saunders

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 9

Reader's Agenda Tue 1/8: George Saunders, an 80s double feature, and drag queens

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, January 8, 2013

"It does get worse than dying in a bistro in Madrid. You could die in a Chicken Unlimited."

George Saunders's dad didn't stop at chicken.

The mid-90s short-story all-stars

Junot Diaz and George Saunders read from their most recent works.

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Mayor Emanuel's picks for reading, dining, and recreation, from fly fishing to Faust to Four Moon Tavern

We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don't have to.

The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.

Seth Bockley's take on Miss Lonelyhearts has none of its boldness or bite.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 9

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, January 8, 2013

George Saunders's dad didn't stop at chicken.

Junot Diaz and George Saunders read from their most recent works.

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