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Reader's Agenda Tue 8/27: Rush Hour Concert Series, musical printmaking, and a dog-friendly pub crawl 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered: Catch the last Rush Hour Concert of the summer at St. James Cathedral today, where the Spektral Quartet performs a concerto by Ernest Chau...
Those movies that say "Thank you, come again" 27 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
My favorite thing about The World's End, which opened in wide release on Friday, is how it seems to be engineered for multiple viewings. A little over halfway into the film, I realized that the name o...
Big chicken at Smalls Smoke Shack 27 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
"If it were easy everybody would be doing it" is an axiom that doesn't seem to apply to making barbecue. It isn't easy, and yet Chicago has been flooded with so much sorrily smoked meat over the last ...
Destihl brings its beers upstate to Chicago—including the medal-winning Strawberry Blonde 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Destihl was founded in 2007 in downstate Normal, just 130 miles away along I-55, but until last week the brewery had only poured its beers in Chicago at festivals—and at the second South of 80 tap tak...
How stop and frisk works in Chicago 27 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
About quarter to eight on the evening of May 21, 2011, two Chicago police officers noticed a young black man they deemed suspicious near the corner of Iowa and Pulaski. The problem, as they saw it, wa...
This week's Chicagoan: Chris McBrien, educational performer 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
This week’s Chicagoan is Chris McBrien, educational performer by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "The majority of my work is presenting educational as...
Building a better Panozzo's Italian Market 26 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Panozzo's Italian Market is in the midst of a rehab and redecoration job that will make the South Loop Italian deli into more of an actual restaurant. Which marks the end of a long, roundabout journey...
Best shows to see: Rhythms of China, White Hills, Matthew De Gennaro, The-Drum 26 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
Doubtless you're still trying to process the significance of the 'N Sync comeback or the Replacements reunion or the Miley Cyrus . . . whatever that was, but Soundboard is gonna try to distract you wi...
12 O'Clock Track: The handclap-heavy glam of Giuda's "Roll On" 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
I've been having tinges of regret these last couple of days for not swinging by the Liar's Club on Friday to catch the glam garage of Rome's Giuda. The Italian five-piece's debut, Racey Roller, was dr...
Did you read about ESPN, Novak Djokovic, and American eating habits? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us. Hey, did you read: • That NSA officers "on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on ...
