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Del Hale, aka DJ Miss Twink USA of Rumors and Legion of Doom
To friends and family, they’re Del Hale, a 23-year-old Chicago native finishing their English degree at East-West University. But in the electronic-music community, they’re Miss Twink USA, a dandy...
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Thumbscrew are an all-star ensemble where no one is the star
The members of Thumbscrew are nonpareil instrumentalists. Drummer Tomas Fujiwara easily balances ornamentation and propulsion at any speed; double bassist Michael Formanek plays with a woody tone...
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Kelley O’Hern: An Interview with Nature’s Grace’s Canna-Mom
How has becoming the owner of one of Illinois’s first cannabis cultivations contributed to your family’s agricultural legacy? My husband’s family has farmed in Fulton and McDonough County for six...
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How Chicago Companies Are Caring for their Employees
Now more than ever, employees have a hand in choosing where and how they work. The rise of flexible work arrangements allows companies to better foster a diverse workforce, which can greatly improve...
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Judas Christ Superstar: Easter thoughts on being just
When I was growing up in the early 90s, Lent marked the transition to spring, and spring meant my family’s annual pilgrimage to the town library to check out Jesus Christ Superstar on VHS. Ecstatic,...
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Two Houses seek enlightenment through struggle on Can’t Fail
I’m not sure if the title of Two Houses’ self-released new sophomore album, Can’t Fail, is a demand or an expression of optimism; the Chicago three-piece play workingman’s punk that confronts...
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The drama of addiction
There are currently two plays running in Chicago that talk about self-medicating, addiction, and how one’s actions impact those around them. One involves working-class people, a snapshot of reality...
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A shooting star of a talent, gone too soon
The 1960 oil painting Garden of Music—the magisterial centerpiece of a knockout survey of the art of Bob Thompson— shows Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and a half dozen other jazz luminaries...
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Sweat equity, radical politics, and gentrification
Before Pilsen welcomed gallery spaces and Little Village became La Villita, the city’s Mexican population fought to make their voices heard and for places to live. Georgetown University historian Mike...
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Chicago experimental dance trio Purelink draw ecstasy from echoes on Puredub
As the trio Purelink, Chicago producers Millia Rage, Kindtree, and Concave Reflection explore the seams joining ambient music and dance. The tracks on Purelink’s 2021 Bliss/Swivel EP float like their...
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JOBS SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, ITASCA, IL: Analyze, design, develop and test the programming applications using agile methodologies (scrum). Design software or customize software for client use with the...
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Sound is the star of Memoria
Recently something happened to me that I hadn’t experienced in a while—I heard the sound of a telephone ringing outside my window. It sounded just as it did when I’d experienced this before, when I...
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Your STI isn’t invited to the sex party
Q: Bisexual female in an open/monogamish relationship with a heterosexual male. My partner and I have some friends in the swinging lifestyle that invite us to parties and group sex events. They...
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MJM DOM SEEKS OLDER SUB FEMALEmarried jewish male dom 52 seeks older female 40-60 who needs on going pleasure and punishment spanking oral pleasure and will train and seeking discreet LTR I can host...
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
While perhaps the best Fantastic Beasts film, The Secrets of Dumbledore remains a dour movie with lots to say but not enough imagination or understanding to say it well. Fascists, in this world, are...
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Waterman
Waterman is a vigorously beautiful and deeply rich exploration of one of America’s most overlooked heroes. Sidewinder Films’s latest documentary chronicles the impressive life of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku,...
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Bunnies, Rollins, and poetry
Looking for some action? We can’t promise that, but we do think you’ll have a great time at the following events! Reader, read on. FRI 4/15 Barbara Burdick opened Cuddle Bunny in Lakeview in June of...
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Waldos Forever Fest blazes back for first time since 2019
It’s mind-boggling to think that recreational weed wasn’t yet legal the last time Dispensary33 hosted an in-person Waldos Forever Fest—so named for the group of 1970s Bay Area high schoolers who...
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Swedish doom-metal pioneers Candlemass celebrate their epic sounds in Chicago
If you love modern doom, you owe a debt of gratitude to Candlemass. Formed in Stockholm in 1984, the group were among a handful of early purveyors of the slow, down-tuned, and monumentally forlorn...
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