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November 21, 2008

Twilight, Bolt and A Christmas Tale

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November 19, 2008

Is Chicago In Fact Ready for Reform?

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November 14, 2008

Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In and JCVD

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November 12, 2008

New Burge Allegations Present a Challenge for Cops

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November 07, 2008

Synecdoche, New York, Role Models, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Soul Men and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

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November 04, 2008

Yum, Vegetable Stock

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October 31, 2008

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Ballast, I've Loved You For So Long and Fear(s) of the Dark

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October 28, 2008

Election Season Rhyme and Reason

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October 28, 2008

Alien Fractals

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October 24, 2008

Changeling, Happy-Go-Lucky, RocknRolla, Pride and Glory, High School Musical 3 and An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt

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October 21, 2008

Chicken, Whole Roasted

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October 17, 2008

W., Sex Drive, Max Payne and Moving Midway

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October 15, 2008

It's The End of the World As We Know It, and I Feel Mildly Terrified

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October 14, 2008

But I'm Hungry Now!

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October 10, 2008

Body of Lies, The Express, City of Ember, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Save Me, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

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October 08, 2008

Announcing "Mechanics," A New Gapers Block Political Blog

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October 03, 2008

How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, Appaloosa, Flash of Genius, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Blindness and Religulous

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October 01, 2008

No Investment Banker Left Behind

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September 30, 2008

Lentils for Beginners

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September 26, 2008

Eagle Eye, Choke, Miracle at St. Anna, The Duchess, The Lucky Ones, Battle In Seattle, Nights in Rodanthe and Derek

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September 24, 2008

The Prime Minister of Illinois

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September 23, 2008

The Bolognese Sauce

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September 19, 2008

Towelhead, Lakeview Terrace, Trouble the Water, Hounddog, Mister Foe, Igor and Hollywood Chinese

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September 17, 2008

Pro & Con on a Con-Con

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September 13, 2008

Podcast No. 31: Recycle!

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September 12, 2008

Burn After Reading, Righteous Kill, The Pool, A Girl Cut in Two and Sukiyaki Western Django

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September 10, 2008

No More "Fire at Will"

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September 09, 2008

What to Do With All That Basil

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September 03, 2008

Fiorettied

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September 02, 2008

It's About Figgin' Time

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August 29, 2008

Traitor, Sixty Six and Two Lives Plus One

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August 28, 2008

Podcast No. 30: Current Events

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August 26, 2008

Got a Date for Dinner?

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August 25, 2008

So long, Kids

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August 22, 2008

Death Race, Elegy, Hamlet 2, The Rocker, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, The House Bunny, The Longshots and La France

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August 20, 2008

The Junior Senator, Four Years On

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August 19, 2008

The Power of Parsley

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August 15, 2008

Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Transsiberian, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Frozen River, The Unknown Woman and Fly Me to the Moon

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August 14, 2008

Podcast No. 29: No Small Plans

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August 13, 2008

The Atomization of Transportation

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August 12, 2008

The Joy of Avocados

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August 11, 2008

A Field Trip Deconstructed

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August 08, 2008

Pineapple Express, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Man on Wire, Bottle Shock and Hell Ride

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August 07, 2008

Podcast No. 28: Gabriel Magliaro of Half Acre Beer

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August 04, 2008

No Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Sing

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July 31, 2008

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon, Swing Vote, American Teen, Baghead, Chris & Don: A Love Story and Take

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July 30, 2008

It Doesn't Add Up To Much

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July 29, 2008

A Bounty of Tomatoes

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July 28, 2008

Tranquility in the City

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July 25, 2008

Step Brothers, Brideshead Revisited, CSNY: Deja Vu, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Chris & Don: A Love Story and A Jihad for Love

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July 24, 2008

Podcast No. 27: Let's Read Together

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July 23, 2008

Let's Hear from the Rank-and-File

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July 22, 2008

Pickles in the Fridge

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July 18, 2008

The Dark Knight, The Last Mistress, Elsa & Fred, Indestructible and Space Chimps

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July 17, 2008

Podcast No. 26: At the Drive-In

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July 16, 2008

Hiding the Brookstone Bill: Why TIFs Need Reform

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July 15, 2008

Grill the Whole Darn Thing

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July 14, 2008

Home Owner (A Real Life Role Playing Game)

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July 11, 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D, The Wackness, Gunnin' for that #1 Spot and Encounters at the End of the World

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July 08, 2008

Gingerly Cooking Dinner

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July 07, 2008

Early Fall '08 Previews

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July 04, 2008

Hancock, Mother of Tears, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Diminished Capacity

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July 02, 2008

Michelle Obama, Suzie Homemaker?

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July 01, 2008

An Improvisational Tart

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June 27, 2008

WALL-E, Wanted, OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, My Winnipeg, Finding Amanda and Monsieur Verdoux

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June 26, 2008

Podcast No. 24: The First Albums

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June 25, 2008

Chicago, Say No to the Olympics!

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June 23, 2008

Letting Go of the Woobie

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June 20, 2008

Get Smart, Mongol, Surfwise, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, The Duchess of Langeais, Up the Yangtze and More

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June 19, 2008

Podcast No. 24: Gone Campin'

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June 18, 2008

Case Study in Cloutocracy — Chicago Teachers Union

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June 17, 2008

What to Do with All That Lettuce

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June 16, 2008

Anywhere, Anytime

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June 13, 2008

The Incredible Hulk, The Happening, Savage Grace, When Did You Last See Your Father?, War, Inc., The Edge of Heaven and More

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June 12, 2008

Podcast No. 23: Zines

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June 09, 2008

Summer Starts with Strawberries

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June 08, 2008

Swingin' in the Suburbs

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June 06, 2008

You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Promotion, Kung Fu Panda, The Foot Fist Way, Stuck, Bigger, Stronger, Faster and All Jacked Up

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June 05, 2008

Podcast No. 22: Chicago Chicago!

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June 04, 2008

Three Cheers for the Independent Caucus

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May 30, 2008

Sex in the City, The Fall, Mister Lonely and The Strangers

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May 29, 2008

Podcast No. 21: Five Years

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May 28, 2008

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

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May 26, 2008

Kebabs for Everyone

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May 25, 2008

Tommy Moore, Tommy Moore

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May 23, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Reprise, Roman de Gare, The Animation Show 4 and The Passion of the Mao

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May 21, 2008

Chicagoans: Guilty Until Proven Guilty Again Later

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May 19, 2008

The Home Queen World's Fair Souvenir Cookbook

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May 18, 2008

Instamatic Gratification

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May 16, 2008

Prince Caspian, Body of War, Before the Rains, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, The Witnesses, Irina Palm and Dark Matter

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May 15, 2008

Podcast No. 20: 80's & Moustaches

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May 12, 2008

No Reason Not to Get Choked Up

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May 11, 2008

Shots Fired

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May 09, 2008

Speed Racer, Son of Rambow, Redbelt, America the Beautiful, The Tracey Fragments, At the Deathhouse Door and Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

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May 08, 2008

Podcast No. 19: GTD & These Streets

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May 05, 2008

Rice Cooker Recipes 2.0

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May 04, 2008

Best Toy Ever

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May 02, 2008

Iron Man, Standard Operating Procedure, Made of Honor, Then She Found Me and The Unforeseen

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May 01, 2008

Podcast No. 18: Chicago Dogs

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April 30, 2008

Our Front Yard, Forever Free & Clear

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April 29, 2008

She's Choppin' Broccoli

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April 25, 2008

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, The Life Before Her Eyes, Deception, Chapter 27 and Woman on the Beach

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April 23, 2008

Crocodile Tears from the Mayor of The City of Children

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April 21, 2008

Getting Ready for Grilling Season

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April 18, 2008

Forgetting Sarah Marshall, My Blueberry Nights, The Forbidden Kingdom, 88 Minutes, Young@Heart, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? and More

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April 17, 2008

Podcast No. 17: The Windy City

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April 16, 2008

Leave Our Sex Alone

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April 14, 2008

Garbanzo Bean Brownies

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April 13, 2008

Same Show, Different Channel

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April 11, 2008

Smart People, Street Kings, Chaos Theory, Priceless and Blindsight

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April 10, 2008

Podcast No. 16: The Foods We Eat

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April 09, 2008

Haiku For The Silly Season

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April 07, 2008

Sweet Potato Spring

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April 06, 2008

Treasure-Hunting the Woods

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April 04, 2008

Leatherheads, The Ruins, Shine a Light, Planet B-Boy, The Grand and United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival

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April 03, 2008

Podcast No. 15: Redesign

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April 02, 2008

Budget Giveaways Blago Can Use to Rebuild Sufficient Political Capital to Win a Historic Third Term

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March 31, 2008

Seitan? Certainly

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March 30, 2008

The Last Blast Before Marriage

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March 28, 2008

Run Fatboy Run, 21, Stop Loss, Flawless, Teeth, CJ7, Look, London to Brighton and True North

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March 27, 2008

Podcast #14: Mixing Tapes

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March 26, 2008

4,000

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March 25, 2008

Still a Chance + HelpWanted

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March 24, 2008

Fancy Apple Foldover

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March 23, 2008

Not Yogurt, Not Pudding

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March 21, 2008

Snow Angels, Drillbit Taylor, Chop Shop and The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

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March 19, 2008

A Conversation with 22nd Ward Alderman Ricardo Muñoz

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March 18, 2008

(Probably) Out of the Running

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March 17, 2008

Crazy for Carrots

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March 16, 2008

An Unlucky Irish Movie Marathon

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March 15, 2008

Resume Attached

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March 14, 2008

Paranoid Park, Married Life & Let's Get Lost

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March 12, 2008

The People's Tribune

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March 11, 2008

Fighting for a Spot

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March 07, 2008

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, 10,000 B.C., The Bank Job, The Band's Visit, Girls Rock! and the European Union Film Festival

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March 06, 2008

Podcast #13: Southern Bound

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March 04, 2008

The Trading Post + Embarrassed

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March 03, 2008

Surprisingly Good Spinach Recipes

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March 02, 2008

The Truth Laid Bare

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February 29, 2008

Semi-Pro, The Other Boleyn Girl, Chicago 10, The Counterfeiters, War/Dance, Penelope and Dragon Tiger Gate

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February 28, 2008

Podcast #12: On the Road

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February 27, 2008

Of Minds and Railroad Gauges

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February 26, 2008

Wrigley on Ice? + The Cavs Got Scammed

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February 25, 2008

The Goodness of Garlic

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February 24, 2008

Dispatch from Monkey Island

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February 22, 2008

Be Kind Rewind, Vantage Point, Charlie Bartlett & The Signal

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February 21, 2008

Podcast #11: Farmers & Fifteen

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February 20, 2008

The Same Mistake, Endlessly Repeated

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February 19, 2008

All Good News

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February 18, 2008

Leeks in the Kitchen

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February 17, 2008

American (Idol) as Apple Pie

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February 15, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles, Jumper, George Romero's Diary of the Dead, Definitely, Maybe, The Business of Being Born, Academy Award-Nominated Short Films, Le Doulos & Step Up 2 the Streets

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February 14, 2008

Podcast #10: Love & Theft

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February 13, 2008

Filling Obama's Shoes

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February 12, 2008

Salvaging the Season + All Star Breakage

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February 10, 2008

Food, the Language of Love

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February 10, 2008

Feed Me

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February 08, 2008

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, In Bruges, Taxi to the Dark Side, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show, Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, Fool's Gold and More

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February 06, 2008

Why Does the University of Chicago Hate Labor Unions?

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February 05, 2008

At the All Star Break + Middling

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February 04, 2008

Shaving and Saving

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February 03, 2008

When Music Was TV

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February 01, 2008

Over Her Dead Body, Nanking, Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street and Kung Fu Fighter

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January 31, 2008

GB Podcast #9: The Glory, The Holes

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January 30, 2008

Rolling Up Bipartisanship's Sleeves

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January 29, 2008

Committing to the Indian + Poorly

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January 28, 2008

Winging a Super Bowl Party

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January 27, 2008

Mothers Know Best

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January 26, 2008

Dirty Column! (NSFW)

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January 25, 2008

Untraceable, U2:3-D, Election Day and The Cool School

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January 24, 2008

Podcast #8: The Cold, Montrose and 8

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January 22, 2008

Public Housing Divided Cannot Stand

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January 21, 2008

Charged Up About Swiss Chard

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January 18, 2008

Cloverfield, Cassandra's Dream, Persepolis, 27 Dresses, Honeydripper, American Zombie and Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

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January 17, 2008

Podcast #7: Organization, Design &c.

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January 16, 2008

The Candidates & Media on Race

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January 15, 2008

Breaking the Streak + Next Steps + Fire Offseason Update

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January 12, 2008

Vengeance and Retribution

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January 11, 2008

The Bucket List, First Sunday, Kurt Cobain: About a Son, The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival and Love Lived on Death Row

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January 10, 2008

Podcast #6: Tipping and the Horror

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January 09, 2008

Who's Your Daddy?

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January 08, 2008

Halfway Point + Not Last

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January 07, 2008

Don't Chicken Out

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January 06, 2008

When Infotainment Becomes the News

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January 05, 2008

Julia's Resolutions

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January 04, 2008

Best (and Worst) of 2007, Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project and The Price of Sugar

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January 03, 2008

Podcast #5: The Celluloid List

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January 01, 2008

In Search of a Coach

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December 31, 2007

Urban Cowboy Salad

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December 30, 2007

If Push Came to Shove

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December 29, 2007

Revelations of a Dwarf

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December 28, 2007

The Orphanage, The Great Debaters, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, The Whole Shootin' Match and The Man of My Life

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December 25, 2007

Packing It In + Skiles Gone

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December 24, 2007

Vegan Dinner & Breakfast the Next Day

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December 23, 2007

Holiday Reruns: Celebrating Life Day

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December 22, 2007

Cory's Holiday Budget

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December 21, 2007

Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Savages, Youth Without Youth and More

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December 20, 2007

Podcast No. 4: Into the New Year

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December 19, 2007

Who Owns Hyde Park?

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December 18, 2007

[TK] + Where'd the O Go? + Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

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December 17, 2007

In the Land of Cocktails

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December 16, 2007

Sparkle It Up

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December 15, 2007

An Axman's Subterfuge Subverted by the Snitch Wilhelm Warhammer

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December 14, 2007

I Am Legend, Juno, The Kite Runner, Starting Out in the Evening, The Walker and The Perfect Holiday

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December 13, 2007

Podcast No. 3: A Wonderful Christmas Time

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December 12, 2007

The Debtors' Revolt

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December 11, 2007

Misery and Rebuilding + Sliding on Ice + The Upside

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December 10, 2007

Vegan Birthday Cupcakes

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December 09, 2007

Top of the Pops

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December 08, 2007

Holiday Shopping on Craig

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December 07, 2007

The Golden Compass, Atonement, Romance and Cigarettes, Grace Is Gone, Revolver, Protagonist, Strength and Honor and The Untouchable

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December 06, 2007

Podcast No. 2: Still Looking for a Name

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December 05, 2007

Losing Mayor Daley

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December 04, 2007

The Pressure is Off + Change is on the Wind + Looking Better

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December 01, 2007

An Ill-Fated Homecoming

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November 30, 2007

What Would Jesus Buy?, It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE! and The Power of Forgiveness

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November 29, 2007

The Inaugural Podcast

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November 28, 2007

It's a Lonely Road for Moderate Republicans

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November 27, 2007

A Knee to Build a Dream On + Standing Up on the Road + Pretty Much Awful + That Was 2007

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November 26, 2007

Soup Season

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November 25, 2007

Can I Have Your Autograph?

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November 23, 2007

The Mist, I'm Not There, Margot at the Wedding, Enchanted, Hitman, August Rush and Lynch

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November 20, 2007

Optimism Meets Reality + Glimmers of Hope

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November 19, 2007

Thankful for Vegetables

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November 18, 2007

Five Day Frenzy

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November 17, 2007

Meeting, Bargain, Beast and Battle

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November 16, 2007

Beowulf, Southland Tales, Love in a Time of Cholera, Redacted, Mr. Magorium's Magic Emporium, O Jerusalem, The Girl Next Door and Oswald's Ghost

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November 15, 2007

Structure

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November 14, 2007

Planting a Flag in West Humboldt Park

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November 13, 2007

Raiding California + Clipping the Red Wings + Up & Down + Bicycle Kicked

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November 12, 2007

Hassled Potatoes and Gingerly Chicken

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November 11, 2007

The Pencils Are Down

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November 10, 2007

The Work Crush

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November 09, 2007

No Country for Old Men, Lions for Lambs, Fred Claus, Rails & Ties, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten and How Much Do You Love Me?

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November 08, 2007

Mr. You're on Fire Mr.

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November 07, 2007

Republicans Love Sick Kids, Too.

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November 06, 2007

The Game on TV + Winless Bulls + This Ride is Not For the Faint of Heart

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November 05, 2007

Make Wheat Bread at Home

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November 04, 2007

The 8 lb, 4 oz. Surprise

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November 03, 2007

A Stay of Execution

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November 02, 2007

American Gangster, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Bee Movie, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Martian Child and Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

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November 01, 2007

All's Hell That Ends Well

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October 31, 2007

Police Brutality

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October 30, 2007

Bye for Now + Cracking the Ice + Your Chicago Bulls + Great, Another One Goal Lead

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October 29, 2007

Cure That Cold

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October 27, 2007

Order Here. Pay There.

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October 26, 2007

Control, Dan in Real Life, Lake of Fire, Mr. Untouchable, Music Within and Slipstream

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October 25, 2007

Connect

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October 24, 2007

Why is Ben Joravsky So Mad?

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October 23, 2007

Hope + Watch Your Toews + We're In

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October 21, 2007

31 Girls in the Woods

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October 20, 2007

Out of the Dragon's Teeth and Into Its Belly

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October 19, 2007

Lars and the Real Girl, Gone Baby Gone, Things We Lost In the Fire, 30 Days of Night, Sleuth, Reservation Road, My Kid Could Paint That and More

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October 16, 2007

OMFH + This is the Year That Was(n't) + Here Come the Wolves + Down To the Wire — Maybe

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October 15, 2007

Don't Get Squashed by Butternut

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October 14, 2007

Teen Angel

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October 12, 2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age and We Own the Night

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October 10, 2007

Let Us Pray

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October 09, 2007

Peanut Saves the Day + Changes Afoot + [Mourning] + Almost There

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October 08, 2007

Italian-Inspired Autumn

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October 06, 2007

Capture, Forced March, and the Wrath of the Beast

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October 05, 2007

Chicago International Film Festival Preview, Michael Clayton, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Darjeeling Limited, The Heartbreak Kid and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

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October 04, 2007

Green with Envy

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October 03, 2007

Real Hope for Chicago?

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October 02, 2007

Laying Blame Where It's Due + End of an Era at the Start of the Season + Pigs Fly Over Chicago + The Year That Wasn't There + Oh No, Not Again

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October 01, 2007

Cooking for One

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September 30, 2007

Jump! Jump!

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September 29, 2007

Let's Go to a Show

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September 27, 2007

The Kingdom, Into the Wild, Feast of Love, The Game Plan, Trade, Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) & If I Didn't Care

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September 27, 2007

In the Shadow of...

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September 26, 2007

Yet There Is Method In It

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September 25, 2007

Bears Hot-tied + Go Cubs, Go!+ How to Turn Six Points Into Two

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September 24, 2007

Make Love in Your Kitchen

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September 23, 2007

Living, Learning

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September 22, 2007

Plunged Into the Buried Sea

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September 21, 2007

The Hunting Party, Good Luck Chuck, The Jane Austen Book Club, December Boys, Fierce People, Dedication & Freshman Orientation

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September 20, 2007

Bring the Light

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September 18, 2007

Chief Against the Run + Five Links to Click Repetitively For the Next Week + Sometimes, There Actually Is an "I" in Team + A Great Game and a Fun Game

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September 17, 2007

Guera Style Chile Rellenos

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September 16, 2007

Your Fall TV Viewing Guide

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September 14, 2007

The Brave One, In the Valley of Elah, In the Shadow of the Moon, Around the Universe & Mr. Woodcock

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September 13, 2007

Painted

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September 11, 2007

EFCA and National Neutrality

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September 11, 2007

Bears Grounded in San Diego + Gasping to the Finish + The Best Team on the Planet And Two That Aren't So Bad

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September 10, 2007

Many Minestrone

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September 09, 2007

Lap Child

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September 08, 2007

An Unnamable Darkness Called Forth

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September 07, 2007

3:10 to Yuma, The Hottest State, Hatchet, Exiled

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September 06, 2007

Body in Motion

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September 05, 2007

Has the Mayor Lost His Mojo?

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September 04, 2007

Return of the Human Rain Delay + Five Reasons to Keep Following the Sox Down the Stretch + Another Dose of Reality and a Game You Have to See

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September 03, 2007

Sweet Corn Season

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September 01, 2007

Dick In a Box (NSFW)

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August 31, 2007

...suffered serious home damage in last week's storm, so he's off this week. Back next week!

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August 30, 2007

A Solitary Solace

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August 29, 2007

Round Three: Fight!

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August 28, 2007

You Are Morally Obligated To Watch Each Of The Next Three Games + Playing Out the Stretch, Trying Not to Wretch + The Cliff's Notes Version

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August 27, 2007

Say "No" to Frozen Dinners, Again

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August 26, 2007

Step Aside Lads, the Riot Grrls Had Daughters.

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August 25, 2007

The Hag Queen, Ill-Met

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August 24, 2007

The Nannie Diaries, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, 2 Days in Paris, Resurrecting the Champ, The 11th Hour, Them, Private Property, Summercamp! & Mr. Bean's Holiday

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August 23, 2007

The Secret Voice of...

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August 22, 2007

Ticket Injustice

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August 21, 2007

A Temporary Moratorium on Jacque Hate + You Just Might Be a Last Place Team If... + More Help On the Way, and An Amazing Goal + End of the Road

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August 20, 2007

Love Olives

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August 19, 2007

Men and Women of the Early 1960s

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August 18, 2007

One Last Summer Fling

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August 17, 2007

Superbad, Death at a Funeral, The Invasion, Rocket Science, Cut Sleeve Boys & Flanders

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August 16, 2007

Red Means Go

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August 15, 2007

The Stadium Question

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August 14, 2007

Lock-Step Losing + A Bye Week + Playoff Unbound

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August 13, 2007

Watermelon Man

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August 11, 2007

Turn to Stone

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August 10, 2007

Stardust, Rush Hour 3, No End In Sight Moliere, The Treatment, Walking to Werner, Daddy Day Care, Day Night Day Night & Casting About

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August 09, 2007

Post-Typography

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August 08, 2007

Is Al Sharpton a Genius?

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August 07, 2007

Fonzie Says Ay + Oh, Inverted World! + Patience

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August 06, 2007

Bitter Can Be Made Better

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August 05, 2007

Not So Super Girls

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August 04, 2007

Gaga at Lolla

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August 03, 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Rod, The Ten, Becoming Jane & Arctic Tale

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August 02, 2007

Lined & Unlined

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July 31, 2007

Sporting a Woody + Trade Deadline Madness! + What a Difference an All-Star Break Makes + Phoning it In

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July 29, 2007

Forget-me-not

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July 28, 2007

She Appears

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July 27, 2007

No Reservations, My Best Friend & L'Iceburg

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July 25, 2007

Take Power

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July 24, 2007

The Cards Can't Hold Our Jacque + The Less I Watch the Sox This Summer, the Better I Feel + Back to Those Winning Ways

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July 23, 2007

Currently Currant Season

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July 22, 2007

The Footballer and His Wife

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July 21, 2007

Burn the Whole City Down

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July 20, 2007

Sunshine, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Goya's Ghost, Cashback, Lights in the Dusk & Punk's Not Dead

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July 19, 2007

Ghosts

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July 17, 2007

Buying Instead of Selling (For Once) + Hey, We're Still a Few Games Ahead of the Royals! + A Bold New Era (Of Not Being Very Good) + At the All Star Break

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July 14, 2007

A Face in a Dream, and an Interloper Collared

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July 13, 2007

Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, Rescue Dawn, Talk To Me, Joshua, Introducing the Dwights, Broken English, Macbeth & Time

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July 12, 2007

Heat

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July 11, 2007

The Collaborator Pool

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July 10, 2007

Thursday is the First Game of the Rest of the Season + Fan Fashion Contest!

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July 09, 2007

Cooking Out with Veggies

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July 08, 2007

Not that Wild About Harry

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July 06, 2007

Transformers, License to Wed, Black Sheep, Lady Chatterly and The Boss of It All

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July 03, 2007

Five First Half All-Stars + Like Eating Glass + Interesting Times (Except on the Field) + Rising Profile

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July 02, 2007

The Pull of the Pork

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July 01, 2007

Baby Bottle Rocket

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June 30, 2007

Cats and Mice

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June 29, 2007

SiCKO, Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille & Evening

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June 27, 2007

The New Indentured Servitude

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June 26, 2007

Trade Bait + Fired + Hope for Indie Culture

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June 25, 2007

Got My Mojo Workin'

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June 24, 2007

Don't Stop Debatin'

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June 23, 2007

In the Saddle

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June 22, 2007

A Mighty Heart, 1408, You Kill Me, Evan Almighty, Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman, Eagle Vs. Shark, Ten Canoes, Full Grown Men & I Will Avenge You, Iago!

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June 20, 2007

The Riddle of Saint Boniface

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June 19, 2007

Five Faces That Aren't Going Anywhere + Officially Better Than Last Year + Jackpot!

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June 18, 2007

How Dry I Am

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June 16, 2007

The Summoning Tree

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June 15, 2007

La Vie En Rose, Day Watch, Helvetica, Nancy Drew, Steel City, The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez & The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

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June 14, 2007

Ryan Claytor, Cartoonist

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June 13, 2007

Goodbye to This Show of Ours

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June 12, 2007

Free Rocky Cherry + Hope Is a Willing Slave; Despair Is Free + Taking the Drunk Bus from Now On

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June 11, 2007

Summer of Shrimp

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June 09, 2007

Summer Funding Can Be a Blast

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June 08, 2007

Ocean's Thirteen, Hostel: Part II, Crazy Love, Angel-A, Surf's Up, Paprika, Show Business: The Road To Broadway and Hollywood Dreams

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June 07, 2007

Mike Pilkington, Bridgeport Coffeehouse

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June 05, 2007

Pie Graph + Clearly, I Was Wrong + Two Game Unbeaten Streak + Two Game Unbeaten Streak

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June 04, 2007

The Finest in Fake Meat

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June 03, 2007

Best Western

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June 02, 2007

The Hammer Comes Down

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June 01, 2007

Knocked Up, Mr. Brooks, Gracie, Stephanie Daley, Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, Severance and War & Peace

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May 30, 2007

Primary Fever

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May 29, 2007

Fizzling Out + All Poised for a June Swoon? + We've Got Issues + A Win!

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May 27, 2007

Seven Unpopular Opinions

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May 26, 2007

The Question of the Sundress

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May 25, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Paris, je t'aime, Chalk, Poison Friends

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May 24, 2007

Farris Wahbeh, Intuit

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May 23, 2007

Putting the Rapid Transit into Rapid Transit

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May 22, 2007

Time for a Rally + Nasty, Nasty Boys? + Waiting for the Great Leap Forward + So Much For That "Best Start Ever" + Fun While It Lasted + Pace Yourselves, Dammit!

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May 21, 2007

A Summer of Potato Salads

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May 20, 2007

Early Birds

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May 19, 2007

The Wrath of the River

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May 18, 2007

Shrek the Third, Fay Grim, Brand Upon the Brain!, Provoked and First on the Moon

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May 17, 2007

Danielle Klinenberg, Artist

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May 15, 2007

On to the Finals + Stayin' Alive + Your Staff Ace, Jason Marquis + No Offense, But... + There's a New Team to Hate

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May 14, 2007

Skating into Grilling Season

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May 13, 2007

Yo Momma!

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May 12, 2007

Short-Term Solution

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May 11, 2007

28 Weeks Later…, Waitress, Away From Her, Georgia Rule, The Ex, Exterminating Angels and The Hip Hop Project

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May 10, 2007

Jim Curtin, Chicago Fire

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May 09, 2007

A Second Open Letter To Things That Annoy Me

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May 08, 2007

Skating with the Stars + Lady Luck Smiles + My Sister, I'm a-Kissin' Her + Reality Sets In + Undefeated (In the Preseason)

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May 07, 2007

Fabulously Fava

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May 06, 2007

11 Lessons for 9 Girls

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May 05, 2007

Slipping Between the Cliffs' Teeth

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May 04, 2007

Spider-Man 3, Lucky You, The Flying Scotsman, Jindabyne, Red Road, The Hawk Is Dying and Civic Duty

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May 03, 2007

Anonymous, Poet

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May 02, 2007

Harness

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May 01, 2007

Chicago's Other Playoff Team + Brooms + Statistically, We're Not That Bad... Really + No Reason To Get Excited + East Side Represent!

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April 30, 2007

Homemade Chocolate Eclairs

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April 29, 2007

When Private Goes Public

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April 27, 2007

The Condemned, The TV Set, Diggers, The Valet, Something to Cheer About, Disappearances & 2007 Academy Award-nominated Documentary Shorts

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April 26, 2007

William Drennan, Author

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April 25, 2007

An Open Letter to Chicago's New Aldermen

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April 24, 2007

The Future of Chicago Hockey? + Woo! South! Woo! West! + Happy Days Are Here Again + Some Good Things Happened, One Shockingly Bad Thing Didn't

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April 23, 2007

Paella for Warm Days

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April 22, 2007

Bumper Stickerisms

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April 21, 2007

What Bugbears' Claws Hath Torn Asunder

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April 20, 2007

Hot Fuzz, Fracture, Year of the Dog, After the Wedding, Vacancy, Offside and In the Land of Women

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April 19, 2007

Beata Pilch, Trap Door Theatre

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April 18, 2007

So, What Now, RDO?

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April 17, 2007

Out Come the Wolves + Hang On to Two + Late to the Game + Stinky Sox + Commentary on the Commentary

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April 15, 2007

As American (Idol) as Apple Pie

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April 14, 2007

Living to Work

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April 13, 2007

Perfect Stranger, Disturbia, Black Book, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and In Search of Mozart

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April 12, 2007

Customer Service, Please

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April 11, 2007

Down and Down in the 32nd Ward, and the Rest of the Races

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April 10, 2007

Blackhawks Down, Wolves In the Hunt + Welcome to the Grindhouse + Early Season Questions

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April 08, 2007

Kite Flying in Riis Park

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April 07, 2007

Adrift in Hostile Silence

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April 06, 2007

Grindhouse, The Hoax, First Snow, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Reaping, Are We Done Yet? and Many More

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April 05, 2007

Marlene Targ Brill

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April 03, 2007

The Team No One Wants to See+ One Shining Moment + Takeaways from Opening Day + Last Chance for Preseason Optimism

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April 02, 2007

Beer Cheese Soup, Ghetto Gourmet Style

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April 01, 2007

"Real" Love

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March 31, 2007

Please, Please, Please

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March 30, 2007

The Lookout, Blades of Glory, Meet the Robinsons, The Prisoner, The Page Turner and Operation Homecoming

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March 28, 2007

Don't Let the Games Begin

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March 27, 2007

Over and Out + Lessons From Spring Training + Offseason Shenanigans

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March 26, 2007

Spring Into Asparagus

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March 25, 2007

Spring Forward

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March 24, 2007

A Narrow Escape

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March 23, 2007

Reign Over Me, Shooter, Pride, TMNT, The Last Mimzy, Maxed Out and the last of the European Union Film Festival

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March 22, 2007

Greg Stimac, Photographer

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March 21, 2007

His Elective Majesty, Richard M Daley

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March 20, 2007

Un-Bracketology + Let's Talk About the Wolves

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March 19, 2007

Casseroles in a Box

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March 17, 2007

The Consumer Jones

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March 16, 2007

The Namesake, I Think I Love My Wife, Premonition, Mafioso and more of the European Union Film Festival

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March 15, 2007

Lauren Weinstein, Cartoonist

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March 13, 2007

A Little More, Too Late + The Best Week in Buckets

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March 11, 2007

Mind the Gap

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March 10, 2007

To the Chase

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March 09, 2007

300, The Host, Starter for 10, Gray Matters and The European Union Film Festival

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March 08, 2007

Ian Etter, Artists

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March 07, 2007

Election Dissection, Part One

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March 06, 2007

Postmortem Exam + All Kinds of Hoops

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March 05, 2007

Fish Baked in Parchment

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March 04, 2007

Pop Politics

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March 03, 2007

10 More Republicans You Should Meet!

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March 02, 2007

Black Snake Moan, Zodiac, Wild Hogs, Full of It, The European Union Film Festival and Much More

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February 28, 2007

This Land Is Their Land (Paid For By You and Me)

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February 27, 2007

Trading Day + Please Stand Up

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February 26, 2007

One Dilly of a Tofu Dinner

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February 25, 2007

Magical History Tour

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February 24, 2007

Stay of Execution

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February 23, 2007

The Number 23, The Astronaut Farmer, Days of Glory, Amazing Grace, Two or Three Things I Know About Her and Darkon

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February 22, 2007

Harry Meyer, Photographer

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February 21, 2007

Get Yer Predictions Here!

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February 20, 2007

Donuts & Goose Eggs

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February 19, 2007

It's That Gumbo Time of Year

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February 18, 2007

Why You Should Watch Friday Night Lights

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February 16, 2007

Music and Lyrics, Breach, The Lives of Others, Bridge to Terabithia, Climates and Many More

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February 15, 2007

Michael Genovese, Artist

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February 14, 2007

Chicago, Will You Be My Valentine?

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February 13, 2007

Rebound or Dead Cat Bounce? + The Only Show

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February 12, 2007

Valentine's Day Duck

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February 11, 2007

Restaurant Gnomes

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February 10, 2007

Neck in the Noose

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February 09, 2007

Breaking and Entering, The Dead Girl, Norbit, Screamers and Many More

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February 08, 2007

Kilian Sweeney

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February 07, 2007

Flipping the Script

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February 06, 2007

Spellbound + Back from the All-Star Break

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February 05, 2007

More Non-frozen Dinners

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February 05, 2007

NSFW - The Least Sexy Super Bowl Shuffle

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February 04, 2007

Shufflin' Back to 1986

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February 02, 2007

The Italian, Because I Said So, Backstage, Matthew Barney: No Restraint and 49 Days

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January 31, 2007

YouTubin' the Locals

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January 29, 2007

Five Ways to Win

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January 29, 2007

Healthy Super Bowl Eats

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January 28, 2007

Baby Dating

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January 27, 2007

A Hangman Awaits

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January 26, 2007

Smokin' Aces, Inland Empire, Catch and Release, Abduction and Romantico

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January 25, 2007

Jonathan Fine, Preservation Chicago

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January 23, 2007

Holy Crap! + Buy, Sell, Trade + Bulls Who?

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January 22, 2007

An Ode to a Cast Iron Skillet

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January 21, 2007

Everything's Not Coming Up Rosie

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January 20, 2007

Gimme Your Opinion

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January 19, 2007

Venus, God Grew Tired of Us, Opal Dream and Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple

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January 18, 2007

Michael Paxton, Artist

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January 17, 2007

Aldermanic Elections: Coming In To Focus

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January 16, 2007

Bears to Send Saints Marching Home + The Steel Goes Cold + Stop Panicking

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January 15, 2007

Tasty Onion Marmalade

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January 14, 2007

Bad Reputation

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January 13, 2007

The Foolish Heart of an Axman

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January 12, 2007

Letters from Iwo Jima, Alpha Dog, Arthur and the Invisibles, Le Petit Lieutenant, Stomp the Yard and Many More

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January 11, 2007

Jeff McMahon, Contrary Magazine

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January 10, 2007

Against Education

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January 09, 2007

Q&A, with Special Bonus ...Bears + A Return to (Poor) Form

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January 07, 2007

Cooking Saucy

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January 06, 2007

The Lyric in Love

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January 05, 2007

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Miss Potter, Freedom Writers and Happily N'Ever After

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January 04, 2007

Sean Chercover, Author

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January 01, 2007

Leveling Out + Bulls' Resolutions

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January 01, 2007

Say "No" to Frozen Dinners

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December 31, 2006

Intersections

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December 30, 2006

Sanctuary From the Drenching Misery

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December 29, 2006

Best and Worst of 2006, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, The Painted Veil and Family Law

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December 28, 2006

Misha Shebesta, Artist & Founder of the Ink Blot Project

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December 26, 2006

Holly Jolly

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December 23, 2006

Choose Your Resolution

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December 22, 2006

Children of Men, Dreamgirls, The Good German, The Good Shepherd and Many More

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December 21, 2006

Santa Claus

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December 20, 2006

Tier Two Aldermanic Races

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December 19, 2006

Wobbling Toward the Playoffs + The Injury Bug Flies Away + Best of the (L)East?

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December 18, 2006

Holiday Cookie Round-up

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December 17, 2006

I'd Rather Be Crocheting

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December 16, 2006

Treachery and Revelation

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December 15, 2006

The Pursuit of Happyness and Charlotte's Web

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December 14, 2006

Averill Curdy, Poet

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December 13, 2006

Tier One Races

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December 12, 2006

By the Numbers + Streaking on Ice + Endings & Beginnings

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December 11, 2006

Beyond a Salmon of a Doubt

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December 10, 2006

Stupid Girls

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December 09, 2006

Classic Missed Connections

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December 08, 2006

Blood Diamond, Apocalypto, The Holiday, The History Boys and Ever Again

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December 07, 2006

Joseph Cashiola, Three Birds Pictures

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December 06, 2006

Now, the Real Election

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December 05, 2006

Home of the 2006 NFC North Division Champions + A Savvy Turn-around + Look Out Above

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December 04, 2006

Submit Your Cookie Recipes!

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December 03, 2006

Moving the Show: A Field Trip Deconstructed

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December 02, 2006

Long-Ago Nights and King's Lights

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December 01, 2006

Candy, 3 Needles, The Nativity Story, Flannel Pajamas, 10 Items or Less, Turistas and Zen Noir

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November 27, 2006

Patriot Games + Out with a Yawn

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November 27, 2006

T-Day Leftovers

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November 26, 2006

The Way the (TV) World Looks Now

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November 25, 2006

Johns on Parade!

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November 24, 2006

The Fountain, Volver, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, Déjà Vu, Bobby and Jonestown

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November 23, 2006

Brian McConkey, Photographer

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November 22, 2006

Drive, Chicago, Drive!

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November 21, 2006

The Meadowlands Are Kind to Us + Cirque du Losing

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November 20, 2006

Can't Be Too Thankful, Right?

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November 18, 2006

A Surprise Attack

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November 17, 2006

Casino Royale, For Your Consideration, Fast Food Nation, Shut Up & Sing, Fur, Happy Feet, F*ck, Requiem and What Is It?

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November 16, 2006

Walter Benn Michaels, Professor & Author

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November 15, 2006

Ushering in Illinois' Democratic Era

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November 14, 2006

The Scarlet 'C' + Turning Things Around + Early Season Trends

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November 13, 2006

Orphan Thanksgiving

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November 12, 2006

Docs for Hire

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November 12, 2006

"Lance"…or Keep It in the Closet?

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November 10, 2006

Stranger Than Fiction, A Good Year, Come Early Morning, Harsh Times, Iraq in Fragments and Unknown

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November 09, 2006

Aaron Hughes, Artist and Veteran

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November 07, 2006

Make it 15 and 1 + Stopping the Bleeding, Celebrating Success + A Season Dawns Anew

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November 06, 2006

Accidental Successes

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November 05, 2006

Arts and Crafts Day, November the 30

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November 04, 2006

A Scroll Read and a Bargain Made

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November 03, 2006

Babel, Borat, Flushed Away, 49 Up, Renaissance, Deliver Us From Evil, 51 Birch Street and Princesas

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November 01, 2006

Election Day!

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October 31, 2006

Time to Silence the '72 Dolphins + Aaaargh! Penalties

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October 30, 2006

...got a tummy ache from her Halloween candy. Back next week.

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October 27, 2006

Catch a Fire, Running with Scissors, Death of a President, The Bridge and Zerophilia

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October 25, 2006

Dado, Director

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October 24, 2006

Advantage Fire, Barely + Fortnight of Fear

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October 23, 2006

Bean Chili, Hold the Tomatoes

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October 22, 2006

Crabby Skeleton Alert

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October 21, 2006

A Battle In Sight of Cloumont

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October 20, 2006

Flags of Our Fathers, The Prestige, Little Children, Marie Antoinette, Tideland, American Hardcore, Man Push Cart and Many More...

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October 19, 2006

Terry Plumming, Collective Entity

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October 18, 2006

You'll Never Get Me Alive, Reformers!

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October 17, 2006

Running the Gamut of Emotions + Five Points for Success

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October 16, 2006

Braised Beef, It's What's for Dinner

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October 15, 2006

Writers Writing About Writers Who Write What They Know: Writing

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October 14, 2006

Review: The Bridge

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October 13, 2006

Report from the Chicago International Film Festival, The Queen, Infamous, My Country My Country and Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

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October 12, 2006

Kathleen Judge, Artist

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October 11, 2006

Correcting the Market on Pregnancy

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October 10, 2006

The Best Team in Football + What on Earth was That? + .500's a Start, Except So Was Last Year

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October 09, 2006

Quick Dinner? Stir-Fry!

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October 08, 2006

My Kind of Town

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October 07, 2006

Saved from the Rooks

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October 06, 2006

Chicago International Film Festival preview, The Departed, The Last King of Scotland, Al Franken: God Spoke and Darshan: The Embrace

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October 05, 2006

Tricia Moreau Sweeney, Photographer

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October 04, 2006

Ad-dition by Sub-traction

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October 03, 2006

Sweet Release + King of the NFC Mountain + We Won the Cup+ And Now the Fun Begins

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October 01, 2006

The "Reality" of Race

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September 30, 2006

The Question of Children

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September 29, 2006

The Science of Sleep, The Guardian, Schools for Scoundrels, Jesus Camp, Open Season, The Godfather of Green Bay and The Dogwalker

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September 28, 2006

Rodrigo Avila, Artist & Gallery Owner

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September 27, 2006

Do It, But Do It Good

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September 26, 2006

Looking for Clues + US Open Cup Preview + It's NHL '93 on Genesis All Over Again: The Hawks are Unbeatable

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September 25, 2006

Comforting Lasagna

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September 24, 2006

Rearranging Turtles

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September 23, 2006

Lost On the Path to Cloumont

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September 22, 2006

All the King's Men, Jet Li's Fearless, Jackass: Number 2, Confetti, Flyboys, Haven, The Puffy Chair and Feast

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September 21, 2006

Robert Rial, Bakelite 78

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September 20, 2006

...Cuz They Don't Say "Shi-Quaaa-Go"

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September 19, 2006

White Sox Defense, RIP + Nostalgia, New Rivalries, and a Chant Nobody Can Hear + Introducing Pucks in Five

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September 18, 2006

Alien Fractals or Broccoli's Cousin?

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September 17, 2006

Take It to the Pilots

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September 15, 2006

The Last Kiss, Half Nelson, Gridiron Gang and This Film Is Not Yet Rated

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September 14, 2006

John Salhus, Artist

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September 12, 2006

Bob Brenly Changes MySpace Profile to "Available" + We're in the US Open Cup Final And Pretty Close to the Playoffs

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September 10, 2006

Kids Ride Free, At Last

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September 08, 2006

Hollywoodland, The Protector, Time to Leave, Queens, 13 (Tzameti), Gabrielle and Broken Bridges

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September 07, 2006

Jennifer Sandoval-Eccher, Marquez Dance Project

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September 06, 2006

...is under the weather.

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September 05, 2006

Poetic Pavement + A .500 Week Against Sub-.400 Teams Is No Way to March Into the Playoffs + Lots of Games, No Losses

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September 04, 2006

Searching for Perfect Salmon

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September 03, 2006

When TV Fans Talk Back, Does Anyone Listen?

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September 02, 2006

Doing It For the People

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September 01, 2006

Conversations with Other Women, Crossover, Lassie, The quiet, Surviving Eden and Viva Pedro

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August 31, 2006

Jonathan Messinger, Featherproof Books

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August 30, 2006

We're Nearly Civilized

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August 29, 2006

May Zombies Eat Gary Bennett's Soul + More Mild Than Wild + I'm In Danger of Becoming Optimistic

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August 28, 2006

What to Do with a Bushel of Tomatoes

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August 26, 2006

The Marx Brothers of Chicago

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August 25, 2006

Idlewild, Invincible, Beerfest, Factotum, The Fallen Idol, House of Sand and How to Eat Fried Worms

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August 24, 2006

Urban Djin, Musician

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August 23, 2006

Home Today, Gone Tomorrow

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August 22, 2006

Don't Drink the Kool-Aid + The Quotable, Portable Ozzie Guillen + Maybe We Aren't So Bad at Soccer?

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August 21, 2006

Spicy Tomato Sauce for Mom's Enchiladas

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August 20, 2006

Fans on the Motherf---ing Internet

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August 19, 2006

'Hole '06: C*ck, A Dude'll Do (NSFW)

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August 18, 2006

The Illusionist, Accepted, The Great New Wonderful, Heading South, Trust the Man and Boynton Beach Club

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August 17, 2006

...somebody new next week, promise.

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August 16, 2006

Wal-Mart, Daley & Me

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August 14, 2006

In Capitalist Chicago, Cubs Tickets Scalp You + Just Win, Baby! + We're Just Not Very Good at Soccer

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August 14, 2006

Cilantro Tastes Like Summer

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August 13, 2006

The Big Picture

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August 12, 2006

Stopping Traffic

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August 11, 2006

World Trade Center, The Oh in Ohio, Quinceanera, Another Gay Movie and Step Up

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August 10, 2006

Steven Badauskas, Bernice's Tavern, Bridgeport

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August 09, 2006

The Unkindest Cut of All

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August 08, 2006

At Least We Have Barrett + How High Can You Get With Lowered Expectations? + MLS 1 Eurosnobs 0

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August 06, 2006

...ran to the store for a few things. Back next week.

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August 06, 2006

Celebrities Behaving Badly

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August 05, 2006

No Scrubs, Y'All

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August 04, 2006

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Descent, Little Miss Sunshine and The Night Listener

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August 03, 2006

Anthony Lewellen, Artist

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August 02, 2006

...lost power in the heat wave. Back next week.

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August 01, 2006

A Black Hole of Suck + A Bit Better Is Still a Far Cry From Good + All Star Break and We're Not Quite Last Place

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July 31, 2006

Grill the Whole Darned Thing

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July 30, 2006

Your Special Day (Again and Again)

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July 29, 2006

Lakefront Totem Pole Contains Many Tales

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July 28, 2006

Miami Vice, Scoop, Edmond, The Ant Bully, America: Freedom to Fascism, Lower City and Shadowboxer

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July 27, 2006

Elizabeth Crane, Author

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July 26, 2006

Choose to Be Civilized

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July 25, 2006

Playing Out the String + At a Certain Point, Even I Lose the Rose-Colored Lenses + Red Cards and Beer

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July 24, 2006

Mockshoe Is Toe-tally Tasty

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July 23, 2006

La Llorona Code

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July 22, 2006

Alex Paulsen's Big Week

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July 21, 2006

Lady in the Water, Clerks II, Monster House, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Two Drifters

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July 20, 2006

JKAT Jewelry

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July 19, 2006

Kill the Juggermart Part 3: Oh, Poor You!

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July 17, 2006

Skipper Search for a Sinking Ship + Slumps and Chumps + Please Stop Asking Me When Soccer Will Get Popular In The US

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July 17, 2006

Too Hot to Cook? Use Your Microwave.

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July 16, 2006

...is on a road trip.

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July 15, 2006

...forgot to renew its subscription.

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July 14, 2006

You, Me and Dupree; Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man; Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos; Beowulf & Grendel and The Mostly Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green

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July 13, 2006

Mierka Girten, Actor and Founder of Mookie Jam Foundation

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July 12, 2006

Know Your Alderman? Know Peace.

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July 11, 2006

Another Helping of Gloom and Doom + Halfway to the Wild Card? + The World Cup that Broke Soccer's Heart

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July 10, 2006

Eggs-actly Salad Season

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July 09, 2006

Baby, You're a Star (Jones)!

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July 08, 2006

Uncovering the Tooth at the Art Institute

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July 07, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Scanner Darkly, Strangers with Candy, Who Killed the Electric Car? and Islam: What the West Needs to Know

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July 06, 2006

Victor Megaro, City Fire Marshal

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July 05, 2006

...is out of the office.

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July 04, 2006

Blowing Up the Cubs, Part 2 + Another World Cup in Five

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July 03, 2006

Liquid Melon, Man!

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July 02, 2006

Everything Under the Sun

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June 30, 2006

Superman Returns, The Devil Wears Prada, Russian Dolls, Wassup Rockers, Clean, Only Human & Loverboy

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June 28, 2006

John Keene, Author & Professor

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June 28, 2006

I'm Rubber, You're Glue, Round 1

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June 27, 2006

Tigers, Tigers Burning Bright — and Oh the Smoke, How It Rises! + World Cup in Five

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June 26, 2006

...is recovering from a family reunion in Ohio.

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June 25, 2006

Thanks for Filming the CTA

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June 24, 2006

...is lost in the stacks.

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June 23, 2006

Wordplay, Autumn and Three Times

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June 22, 2006

Danielle Klinenberg

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June 21, 2006

Land of the Aldernannies

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June 20, 2006

Womackolypse Now: Blowing Up the Cubs, Pt. 1 + Like a Pair of Thoroughbreds

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June 19, 2006

Grilled Dinner Pillows

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June 18, 2006

Swim Suit Required

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June 17, 2006

Ravinia Anyone?

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June 16, 2006

Nacho Libre, The Lake House, The King, Wah-Wah, The Heart of the Game, I Am A Sex Addict & Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties

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June 15, 2006

Kristen Neveu, Artist

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June 14, 2006

Internal Combustion

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June 13, 2006

Second Third, Same as the First + Treading Water

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June 12, 2006

Fresh Fruit Purees

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June 11, 2006

Your Summer TV Shortlist

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June 10, 2006

GB Book Club: The Man with the Golden Arm

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June 09, 2006

Cars, The Omen, A Prairie Home Companion, Sketches of Frank Gehry and Sir! No Sir!

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June 08, 2006

Anthony Moseley, Executive Artistic Director of Collaboraction

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June 07, 2006

When the Volcano Blows

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June 06, 2006

Lawn Care is Our Only Hope? + A Slight Stumble Doesn't Mean the Marathon is Lost + The Fire's Coming Home—I'm Going to Germany

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June 04, 2006

Children's Museums That Are Worth It

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June 03, 2006

Noticing the Public Notice You

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June 02, 2006

The Break-Up, Twelve and Holding, District B-13 and Typhoon

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June 01, 2006

Billy Lombardo, Faculty Sponsor of Polyphony H.S.

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May 30, 2006

Will Our Humiliation Ever End? + Tigers and Thomes and Crowds, Oh My! + One Step Forward...

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May 29, 2006

Time to Cook the Salsa

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May 27, 2006

Ogden Avenue and Urban Renewal in Old Town

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May 26, 2006

X-Men: The Last Stand, Lady Vengeance and Street Fight

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May 25, 2006

Eric Skaggs

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May 24, 2006

It's a Stick Up!

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May 23, 2006

Cheering from the Wrong Side of Town + Almost Home

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May 22, 2006

Smart Food & Not-So-Smart Food

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May 21, 2006

Oh for Goodness Snakes

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May 21, 2006

Everybody Wins with Prosper.com

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May 19, 2006

The Da Vinci Code, Over the Hedge, The Proposition and The Sisters

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May 17, 2006

The Hot Air Up There

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May 16, 2006

Clutch That "Believe" Bracelet As Hard As You Can + That Put Me in a Bad Mood

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May 14, 2006

A Gay Old Time

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May 12, 2006

Poseidon, Art School Confidential, The Lost City, Somersault, Goal! The Dream Begins, Keeping Up with the Steins and Hate Crime

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May 11, 2006

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

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May 10, 2006

Public Official, Ay?

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May 09, 2006

At Least They're Not the Royals + Five Weeks Without a Roster Move, and Then Suddenly... + Tactics, Luck & When Sponsors Collide

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May 08, 2006

Make Your Own Damned Mackerel

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May 07, 2006

Sticks, Stone

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May 06, 2006

Dirty Column!

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May 05, 2006

Mission: Impossible III, The Promise, Mountain Patrol: Kekexili, Water, Mrs. Palfrey at The Claremont, Hoot and One Last Thing…

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May 02, 2006

I Believe the Children Are Our Future + Not-So-Wild West + Money Ball + Foot in Mouth, For Now

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May 01, 2006

Baby's Got to Eat, Too!

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April 30, 2006

A Play Based on the Novelization of the Movie

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April 29, 2006

Attention, Passengers

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April 28, 2006

United 93, Hard Candy, Akeelah and the Bee, Look Both Ways, Stick It and RV

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April 27, 2006

Booklist Online, New Spring Titles and What We're Reading Now

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April 26, 2006

That Undocumented Menace

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April 25, 2006

Dirty Jokes and Minor Leaguers + Wake Me Up When It's October + Another Week Without Losing + Fun While It Lasted

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April 24, 2006

From Cactus to Dinner

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April 23, 2006

(Cheap) Girls' Day Out

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April 21, 2006

The Notorious Bettie Page, Kinky Boots, Take My Eyes and When Do We Eat?

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April 20, 2006

Remember Earth Day?

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April 19, 2006

...is scrounging up new dirt on local politicians. Back next week.

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April 18, 2006

At Least There's the Bullpen + Back on Top + More Sister-Kissing + It's All Up Now, Baby

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April 17, 2006

Are You Game for This Hen?

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April 16, 2006

The Death of the Sitcom is Greatly Exaggerated

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April 15, 2006

Vacation: All I Ever Wanted

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April 14, 2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston, On A Clear Day, L'Enfant, The Beauty Academy of Kabul, The Wild and Subject 2

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April 13, 2006

GB Book Club: Near West Side Stories: Struggles for Community in Chicago's Maxwell Street Neighborhood

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April 12, 2006

The Revolution in Suede Pumas

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April 11, 2006

What Can You Learn from One Week? + Stumbling Out of the Gate + Worse Management, Better Defending, Better Than Losing + Up and Down

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April 10, 2006

But I'm Hungry Now

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April 09, 2006

Picnic Season Opener

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April 08, 2006

On the Make On the Metra, II

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April 07, 2006

Brick, Take the Lead, Don't Come Knocking and Drawing Restraint 9

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April 06, 2006

The Untouchable Eliot Ness

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April 04, 2006

Lessons from Opening Day + Glimmers of Hope, Part 2: Hitters + The View from the Bar + Hit Me with Your Best Shot

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April 03, 2006

Everybody Must Get Sconed

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April 01, 2006

When Opportunity Knocks

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March 31, 2006

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Lonesome Jim, Slither, Adam & Steve and Ice Age: The Meltdown

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March 30, 2006

Stay In Your Lane

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March 29, 2006

Something Stanek

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March 28, 2006

Defying Logic + Glimmers of Hope, Part 1: Pitchers

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March 27, 2006

Chickpeas On My Mind

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March 26, 2006

Goodbye, Car Seat

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March 25, 2006

To Tide You Over

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March 24, 2006

Thank You for Smoking, Stoned, Evil (Ondskan) and Summer Storm

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March 23, 2006

Celebrate Small Press Month

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March 22, 2006

Stroger, Claypool and "Candidate X"

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March 21, 2006

AL Contenders + Bradley Bradley Bradley

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March 20, 2006

Carne Guisada Por Mi Amigos

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March 19, 2006

Suspending Baby Superman

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March 18, 2006

Business Opportunities

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March 17, 2006

V for Vendetta, Ask the Dust, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Fateless, Duck Season and She's the Man

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March 16, 2006

GB Book Club Review: Memory Mambo

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March 15, 2006

Endorse(yawn)ments

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March 14, 2006

The Gang's All Here + Sox for Fantasy

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March 12, 2006

Sesame Street Revisted

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March 11, 2006

F&#% Me, I'm an A-Hole!

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March 10, 2006

The Hills Have Eyes, Unknown White Male, The Shaggy Dog & Winter Passing

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March 07, 2006

The .500 Club + Spring Has Sprung! + It's Time + Yes, They're Going to Break Your Heart Again.

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March 06, 2006

Small Bites of Pig

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March 04, 2006

Well, All Except the Yellow Line

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March 03, 2006

Dave Chappelle's Block Party, 16 Blocks, Deep Sea 3D and Aquamarine

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March 01, 2006

Birthing Pains

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February 28, 2006

Up, Down

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February 27, 2006

A Cake Fit for a King

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February 26, 2006

Berwyn's Toy Trains & Models

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February 25, 2006

Joker, Smoker, Midnight Toker

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February 24, 2006

Running Scared, Night Watch and Before the Fall

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February 23, 2006

La Salle: From French Explorer to City Street

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February 22, 2006

A Hundred Friends

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February 20, 2006

Stars Abound

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February 20, 2006

Noodles, West and East Part 2

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February 18, 2006

Our Founding Fathers

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February 17, 2006

Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Freedomland, Manderlay, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Eight Below and Dirty Work

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February 16, 2006

GB Book Club: I Sailed with Magellan

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February 15, 2006

Late to Bed, Late to Wake

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February 14, 2006

Back Down to Earth

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February 13, 2006

Noodles, West and East Part 1.

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February 12, 2006

Model Behavior

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February 11, 2006

Your First Valentine's Day

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February 10, 2006

Firewall, Final Destination 3 and Curious George

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February 09, 2006

Chicago Burns Again: The Second Great Fire

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February 07, 2006

Hands Off Our Office!

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February 07, 2006

Back Down to Earth + "One Fur Da Thumb!"

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February 06, 2006

Three Cheers for Quiche!

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February 05, 2006

Whuhbuppin?

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February 04, 2006

Rear Window

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February 03, 2006

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The World's Fastest Indian, Something New and A Good Woman

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February 02, 2006

They Called Him Sauganash

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February 01, 2006

Primary Colors

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January 31, 2006

I Told You So

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January 30, 2006

Mushrooms + Veggie Stock = Yummy!

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January 29, 2006

Chic-a-go-go!

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January 28, 2006

Wedding Announcements

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January 27, 2006

Bubble, Nanny McPhee, Annapolis and Roving Mars

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January 26, 2006

Discovering Local Authors

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January 24, 2006

It's a Start

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January 23, 2006

Yummy Yaki

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January 22, 2006

Truthiness Is not Better Than Fiction

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January 21, 2006

Anonymous

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January 20, 2006

The New World and Transamerica

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January 19, 2006

Chicago by the Numbers

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January 17, 2006

Black Monday + Our Narrator Returns

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January 16, 2006

What Do I Do with Vegetable Stock?

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January 15, 2006

Parts and Service

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January 14, 2006

Uh, I Saw U on MySpace

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January 13, 2006

The Libertine, Glory Road, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Caché and Hoodwinked

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January 12, 2006

Gapers Block Book Club: Division Street: America by Studs Terkel

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January 11, 2006

Farewell, À Demain

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January 10, 2006

Prowling for Panthers

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January 09, 2006

Mmm, Vegetable Stock

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January 08, 2006

Year of the Cruise

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January 07, 2006

On the Scene

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January 06, 2006

The Matador, Hostel and Be Here to Love Me

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January 04, 2006

Pandering, Pandering, Pandering

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January 03, 2006

Bear Down, Playoff Bears!

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January 02, 2006

Icelandic Cooking

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January 01, 2006

DuPage Children's Museum

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December 31, 2005

Hungry for Love, Money -- and Ass

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December 30, 2005

The Best and Worst Films of 2005

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December 29, 2005

Get Your Skates On

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December 26, 2005

Mom's New Year's Day Dinner

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December 24, 2005

Craig’s List on Christmas

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December 23, 2005

Munich, Match Point, The White Countess, Breakfast on Pluto, Casanova, Rumor Has It and The Ringer

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December 22, 2005

Chicago Card Decks Shuffle Up Some Fun

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December 21, 2005

Phase 1 of Operation Barefoot and Pregnant

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December 20, 2005

Packing Up for Christmas + Dreaming of a White Sox Christmas

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December 19, 2005

I Like My Coq in Wine

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December 18, 2005

Jack's Big Music Show

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December 17, 2005

No Receipts, No Returns

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December 16, 2005

King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, The Producers, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Family Stone and Ellie Parker

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December 14, 2005

No Doubting Thomas

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December 13, 2005

Guess What Down You Need To Convert?

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December 12, 2005

The Season of Drinkable Cheer

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December 11, 2005

Celebrating Life Day

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December 10, 2005

Personals -- Not Matches

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December 09, 2005

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Syriana, Protocols of Zion and 39 Pounds of Love

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December 08, 2005

Brand Spankin' New Wine

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December 07, 2005

Where the Money Is, Sadly, Not Funny

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December 06, 2005

Super Bowl Bound + Fouls and Threes

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December 05, 2005

Warm Up With Japanese Soups

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December 05, 2005

When the Cult of Personality Goes Too Far

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December 04, 2005

Natural Toys

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December 03, 2005

A Job For the Holidays

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December 02, 2005

The Kid and I, Never Been Thawed and First Descent

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December 01, 2005

GB Book Club: The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

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November 30, 2005

Blago's Sure Thing No More

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November 29, 2005

Recipes from Loosetooth.com

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November 29, 2005

Score. More. Points!

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November 27, 2005

Review: after the quake

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November 26, 2005

Blow the Candles

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November 24, 2005

The Ice Harvest, Rent, Just Friends and Dorian Blues

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November 24, 2005

2005 Chicago Books in Review: Fiction

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November 22, 2005

"For Real" + I Hate the Circus

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November 22, 2005

Non-Ironic Thanksgiving Side Dishes

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November 21, 2005

Drive Me Crazy

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November 20, 2005

Book Review: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, That's Disgusting! and Picture This

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November 19, 2005

300 Miles to Home

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November 18, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Walk the Line and Ballet Russes

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November 17, 2005

2005 Chicago Books in Review: Non-Fiction

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November 16, 2005

Low Down, from Nobody

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November 15, 2005

From Roux to Bechamel

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November 15, 2005

Celebrity Guest Predictions! + Depth On the Bench

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November 14, 2005

Pho 777 on Argyle

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November 12, 2005

Does Anybody Know This Guy?

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November 11, 2005

Zathura, Pride & Prejudice, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Bee Season and Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

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November 10, 2005

The Curse of the Hall of Fame

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November 09, 2005

Oh, What I Do for You

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November 08, 2005

Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes

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November 07, 2005

Career Years? + Halfway to Paradise + Promising or Disappointing?

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November 07, 2005

Sly like FOX?

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November 05, 2005

Space for Rent

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November 04, 2005

Jarhead, The Squid and the Whale, The Dying Gaul and Forty Shades of Blue

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November 03, 2005

In Search of Great Lakes

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November 02, 2005

AllKids, All Blue

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November 01, 2005

Keen for Quinoa

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November 01, 2005

Your World Champions! + Your NFC North Leaders + Another Winning Season?

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October 31, 2005

Screwcap Savvy

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October 30, 2005

Leaking Fluids

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October 29, 2005

Barry White is Not Dead

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October 28, 2005

The Weather Man, Shopgirl, Prime and Three…Extremes

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October 27, 2005

Dillinger Still Haunts Popular Memory

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October 26, 2005

The Second City's Culture of Fear

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October 25, 2005

Pork: Born To Be Brined

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October 25, 2005

Up 2-0! + Week 7 + Through Six Years of Thin, No Thick

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October 24, 2005

A Love Letter to Brew & View

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October 23, 2005

Not a Day Late and Here is Your Dollar, Part II

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October 22, 2005

Lost Bird

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October 21, 2005

North Country, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Dreamer, Innocent Voices, Loggerheads, Emmanuel's Gift, The Future of Food and Doom

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October 20, 2005

Local Haunted Houses

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October 19, 2005

The Naked Truth

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October 19, 2005

Go Go White Sox + Week Six

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October 17, 2005

Chicken Fryer: Not Just For Chicken

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October 17, 2005

Afghan Restaurant

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October 16, 2005

Ebay Pulse and Knowing What to Buy

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October 15, 2005

On the Make On the Metra

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October 14, 2005

Continued CIFF Coverage, Plus Elizabethtown, Domino and The Fog

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October 13, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club: I'm Not the New Me

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October 12, 2005

Brilliant Responses from Brilliant Readers!

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October 11, 2005

Lamb and Lassi for the Lads and Lassies

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October 10, 2005

Spoiled Rotten

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October 09, 2005

Bringing Out the Dead

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October 07, 2005

Beating on Boston

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October 07, 2005

Chicago International Film Festival Round-Up, Plus This Week's Openings

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October 06, 2005

Tarzan in Chicago

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October 05, 2005

Hate Hate Hate the White Sox

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October 04, 2005

Brussels Sprouts You'll Actually Want to Eat

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October 03, 2005

Rodan

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October 02, 2005

Ebay Stalkers

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September 30, 2005

What Jesus Told the Cubs + Clinched!

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September 30, 2005

Serenity, The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Oliver Twist and More

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September 28, 2005

Dispatch from Beat 1413

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September 27, 2005

Granola Goodness

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September 26, 2005

The "World" Is Waiting for You

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September 25, 2005

Sopa de Fideo

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September 24, 2005

The Best In the World

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September 23, 2005

Excuses to Keep Watching + Scalped!

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September 23, 2005

Corpse Bride, A History of Violence, Flightplan, Reel Paradise, Dear Wendy & Hellbent

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September 22, 2005

GB Book Club: Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon

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September 21, 2005

Olympics, Chicago Style

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September 20, 2005

Homemade Mac & Cheese and an Impressive Vinaigrette

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September 19, 2005

The Sideways Question

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September 18, 2005

Antique Questions From GB Readers

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September 17, 2005

They're Right After the Obits

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September 16, 2005

Signs of Hope, Stink of Choke and Hustling for Dough + Sockless Sox Scare Some South-Side Supporters

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September 16, 2005

Lord of War, Just Like Heaven, The Think About My Folks, Garçon Stupide, Elevator to the Gallows & Cote D'Azur

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September 14, 2005

Get Hustled ...A Little

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September 13, 2005

Okra Is A-Ok

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September 12, 2005

Fierce! Kind Of.

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September 10, 2005

The Wedding Announcement

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September 09, 2005

Steroids, Jackasses and Poo Holes + So Close You Can Taste It

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September 09, 2005

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, An Unfinished Life, Sympathy of Mr. Vengeance, The Man & Green Street Hooligans

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September 08, 2005

More Questions from the Mailbag

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September 07, 2005

We Are Nearly Civilized

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September 06, 2005

Don't Flip That Frittata

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September 04, 2005

Consigning to an Antique Auction

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September 03, 2005

Class Reunion

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September 02, 2005

A Look at the Roster and Introducing Sox in Five

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September 02, 2005

The Constant Gardener, A Sound of Thunder, El Crimen Perfecto & 2046

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September 01, 2005

So You Wanna Know More About Richard J. Daley

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August 30, 2005

Tomatoes By the Bushel

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August 29, 2005

Nothin' But Arc

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August 28, 2005

Wonderful Wonder Works

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August 27, 2005

Free for All

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August 26, 2005

Introducing: Cubs in Five

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August 26, 2005

Cronicas, The Cave, 9 Songs & � Tout de Suite

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August 24, 2005

Next Cubs GM: Me!

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August 23, 2005

Cool as a Cucumber

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August 22, 2005

Are You a Felon?

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August 21, 2005

Flea Market Swag

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August 19, 2005

The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Red Eye, Asylum, Ma Mère and Tropical Malady

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August 18, 2005

Pick Your Own: Local Apple Orchards and Remembering Wauconda

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August 17, 2005

Things You Would Know...

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August 16, 2005

Fish Gravy Fit For Friends

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August 15, 2005

Who Doesn't Want To Be a Millionaire?

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August 14, 2005

One Year Later: Holy Crap, I'm a Parent!

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August 13, 2005

Best of Craig's List

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August 12, 2005

Four Brothers, The Skeleton Key and The Great Raid

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August 11, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club: Dandelion Wine

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August 10, 2005

A Door Ajar

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August 09, 2005

Sweet, Sweet Pickles

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August 08, 2005

Tre Via

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August 07, 2005

Bob the Picker

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August 06, 2005

"Hey, Nice T-Shirt."

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August 05, 2005

Broken Flowers, The Dukes of Hazzard, Saraband, The Edukators and The Year of Yao

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August 04, 2005

Charles Cleaver and the Cottage in the Grove

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August 03, 2005

Gary Who?

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August 02, 2005

Ajo Arriero

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August 01, 2005

Let Go of the Woobie

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July 31, 2005

A Hairy Situation

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July 30, 2005

Plus One or Bust

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July 29, 2005

Stealth, Happily Ever After, The Man Who Copied and Chaos

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July 28, 2005

We Totally Have the Best Flag

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July 27, 2005

Duel of the Iron Wills

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July 26, 2005

Answering the Kale

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July 25, 2005

Pink Wine is Good!

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July 24, 2005

Expensive Ghosts

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July 23, 2005

What Do You Hate?

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July 22, 2005

Hustle & Flow, The Island, Bad News Bears, The Devil's Rejects, Murderball and Lila Says

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July 21, 2005

Become a Butterfly Watcher

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July 20, 2005

AF of L C of IO Bye Bye O

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July 19, 2005

Side Dish Galore

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July 18, 2005

Rock Star: INXS

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July 17, 2005

Desserts for the Kid

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July 16, 2005

11 Republicans You Should Meet

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July 15, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dark Water, Wedding Crashers and More

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July 14, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club: Heat Wave by Eric Klinenberg

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July 13, 2005

Not Pro-Choice, Pro-Privacy

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July 12, 2005

Zucchini Bounty

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July 10, 2005

Damned Early Buyers

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July 09, 2005

Oprah! Living God's Dream!

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July 08, 2005

War of the Worlds, March of the Penguins, Undead, 5x2 and Pure

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July 07, 2005

Don't Fear the Reaper

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July 05, 2005

What Do I Do with All This Lettuce?

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July 04, 2005

Beauty and the Geek

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July 03, 2005

Traveling with the Kid

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July 02, 2005

The Rainbow Connection

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July 01, 2005

The Harold Lloyd Film Series and Rebound

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June 30, 2005

A Chicago Joke Book

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June 29, 2005

30 Years in Mell

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June 28, 2005

Too Crabby to Cook

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June 27, 2005

The Forgotten Art of the Picnic: A Review of Pastoral

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June 26, 2005

Estate Sale Mania

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June 25, 2005

Burning at Dominick's

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June 24, 2005

Land of the Dead, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Bewitched, Shake Hands with the Devil and Herbie

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June 23, 2005

Ashland Avenue, the Great Fire and the Ruins of Chicago

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June 22, 2005

All Apologies

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June 20, 2005

Two Lovely Summer Salads

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June 20, 2005

First Exit

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June 19, 2005

Chicago Children's Museum

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June 18, 2005

The State of the Glory Hole

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June 17, 2005

Batman Begins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, My Summer of Love and More

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June 16, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club: Crossing California

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June 15, 2005

How Do You Wash Your Face?

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June 14, 2005

Whole Grilled Fish Stuffed with Leeks

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June 12, 2005

Dealing Antiques

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June 11, 2005

Cue Nelly's "It's Gettin' Hot in Herre"

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June 10, 2005

Howl's Moving Castle, High Tension, Saving Face, Another Road Home and The Honeymooners

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June 09, 2005

They Called Him Sauganash

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June 08, 2005

How Cold-Hearted Capitalism Can Warm Your Heart, Part III

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June 07, 2005

Baltic Bakery And Multi-Grain Bread

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June 06, 2005

TRU

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June 05, 2005

Strike a Pose, Babe!

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June 04, 2005

I Gotta Tip For Ya ...

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June 03, 2005

Cinderella Man, Mysterious Skin, The Lords of Dogtown, The Nomi Song and Rock School

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June 02, 2005

Italo Balbo and Chicago's Gift from Fascist Italy

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June 01, 2005

Chase Street Beach

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May 31, 2005

Grilled Halal Lamb Chops

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May 31, 2005

Noodles on Sheridan/Sheffield: TAC Quick & Cozy Noodles and Rice

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May 30, 2005

Special Sites for Special Events

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May 28, 2005

Are the Suburbs For You? A Quiz!

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May 27, 2005

Revenge of the Sith, Kontroll, It's All Gone Pete Tong and Torremolinos 73

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May 26, 2005

Goose Island

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May 25, 2005

An Open Letter to Things that Annoy Me

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May 24, 2005

Big Fish, Little Fish, Fillet in the Broiler

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May 22, 2005

Passing Down the Star Wars Tradition from Mother to Son

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May 21, 2005

I Saw You at the GB Party

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May 20, 2005

Unleashed, Layer Cake, Mad Hot Ballroom and Brothers

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May 19, 2005

Chicago Area Library Blogs

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May 18, 2005

Let the Lady Play

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May 17, 2005

I Like Waffles

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May 16, 2005

The Golden Angel

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May 15, 2005

Vehicle Auctions, Props and All-Nighters

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May 14, 2005

I'm in Room 6969.

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May 13, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven, Monster-in-Law, Ladies in Lavender, Short Cut to Nirvana and House of Wax

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May 12, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club: The Time Traveler's Wife

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May 10, 2005

Jewish Chicken Soup

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May 09, 2005

Penang

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May 08, 2005

Living Out

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May 07, 2005

Fresno, LA, SB, Chicago

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May 06, 2005

Crash, 3-Iron, Don't Move and Enron

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May 05, 2005

City Streets: How Chicago Raised Itself Out of the Mud and Astonished the World

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May 04, 2005

The War on Women, Part I

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May 03, 2005

Mother's Day Tart

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May 01, 2005

RPN & Wolff's Flea Market

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April 30, 2005

I Hate Chicago Scene

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April 29, 2005

Hitchhiker's Guide, Palindromes, House of D and The Other Side of the Street

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April 28, 2005

Mailbag Grab Bag

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April 27, 2005

The Moral Welfare State

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April 25, 2005

Accidental Dinners

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April 25, 2005

Jump

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April 24, 2005

Plushtastic!

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April 23, 2005

Darlin', Don't You Go and Cut Your Hair

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April 22, 2005

Kung-Fu Hustle, The Amityville Horror, The Interpreter and Look at Me

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April 21, 2005

Palmer Square

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April 20, 2005

50 Years of Da Boss

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April 18, 2005

Summertime Marinades

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April 18, 2005

Semiramis

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April 16, 2005

You Can Meet, But Not Connect

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April 15, 2005

Eros, dot the i and Turtles Can Fly

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April 14, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club April Book: The Jungle

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April 13, 2005

A Movement Is Born

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April 11, 2005

Asparagus In All Its Glory

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April 10, 2005

The Mother Test

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April 09, 2005

Spring Has Sprung!

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April 08, 2005

Sin City, Fever Pitch and Sahara

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April 07, 2005

Separate Proms

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April 06, 2005

Destination Lockport

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April 05, 2005

English Muffins

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April 04, 2005

Staropolska Restaurant & Deli

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April 03, 2005

In the Know

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April 02, 2005

Love for Sale

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April 01, 2005

Oldboy, The Upside of Anger, The Ring Two and More

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March 31, 2005

Measuring the Chicago Mile

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March 30, 2005

Willing to Fight Unless There's a Fight

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March 28, 2005

Migas Por Mis Amigos

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March 28, 2005

Konak Pizza & Grill

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March 27, 2005

Not a Day Late, and Here is Your Dollar

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March 26, 2005

Craig Will Heal You

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March 25, 2005

The European Union Film Festival

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March 24, 2005

Striking Up the Band on Music Row

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March 23, 2005

Drinking Manners Matter

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March 22, 2005

Perfect Pancakes

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March 19, 2005

Conversation with a Wedding Drunk

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March 18, 2005

Robots, Steamboy and Hostage

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March 17, 2005

1919: Chicago's Red Summer

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March 14, 2005

When French Bread Fails You

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March 14, 2005

Orange Garden

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March 13, 2005

The Safest Crib on the Block

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March 12, 2005

"Well, I Can Always Sell My Eggs"

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March 11, 2005

Be Cool and Millions

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March 10, 2005

Gapers Block Book Club March Book: Hairstyles of the Damned

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March 07, 2005

Cheese Enchiladas

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March 07, 2005

Lawrence's Fisheries

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March 06, 2005

Party Time

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March 05, 2005

Beware the Blindfolded Brasilian C*cksucker

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March 04, 2005

Wonder Woman and The Greatest American Hero

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March 03, 2005

Introducing the Gapers Block Book Club

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March 02, 2005

Right and Righter

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February 28, 2005

Appetizers Fit for Feminists

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February 27, 2005

Mama Style

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February 26, 2005

A Crappy Way to Earn $75

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February 25, 2005

The IDPE Process

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February 24, 2005

The Last Man on the Moon

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February 23, 2005

Mark Steyn: Scumbag

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February 22, 2005

Hearty Beef Stew and Biscuits

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February 21, 2005

Rajun Cajun

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February 19, 2005

ChicWIT and Me: Estrogenia!

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February 18, 2005

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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February 17, 2005

Powwows and Tribal Traditions Alive in Uptown

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February 14, 2005

Babies got to eat, too: The Toddler

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February 14, 2005

Arturo's Tacos & The Map Room

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February 13, 2005

Cooking for -- and with -- Kids

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February 13, 2005

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

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February 11, 2005

Yasujiro Ozu, Part Two: The Story of Floating Weeds and Early Summer

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February 10, 2005

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Honorary Street Signs

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February 09, 2005

The Forever City

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February 08, 2005

A Time For Soup and Bread

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February 07, 2005

Ñ

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February 06, 2005

Summer Camps

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February 05, 2005

My Best Friend's Missed Connection

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February 04, 2005

Aliens of the Deep & What the Bleep Do We Know?

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February 03, 2005

Chicago's Queen of Gospel Song

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February 02, 2005

Iraq the Vote, Part III

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February 01, 2005

Salmon en Croute with Lemon Dill Sauce

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January 31, 2005

Pizza Bubamara

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January 30, 2005

Adventures in Shopping

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January 28, 2005

In the Realms of the Unreal

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January 27, 2005

Chicago and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

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January 26, 2005

Iraq the Vote, Part II

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January 25, 2005

Whole Roasted Chicken

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January 24, 2005

Pho 777

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January 23, 2005

Alternator

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January 22, 2005

All-Too-Real Responses

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January 21, 2005

B-Fest

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January 20, 2005

Who's Your Granddaddy?: Illinois Family History Resources Online

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January 19, 2005

Iraq the Vote, Part I

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January 18, 2005

Slow Cookery

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January 17, 2005

A New Beginning; Sayat Nova

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January 16, 2005

You Say It's Their Birthday

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January 15, 2005

The Look of Love

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January 14, 2005

Yasujiro Ozu, Part One: Tokyo Story and Good Morning

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January 13, 2005

The Beer Baron and the Baroque Mansion

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January 12, 2005

The Paris Hilton Lobby

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January 10, 2005

Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes

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January 10, 2005

Tanoshii

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January 09, 2005

One-to-One

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January 08, 2005

Trader Monthly and Me

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January 07, 2005

A Short Film About John Bolton

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January 06, 2005

A Noise in the Trunk

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January 05, 2005

Beating The Winter Doldrums

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January 03, 2005

Lasagne

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January 03, 2005

Best of 2004

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January 02, 2005

Breastfeeding Support

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January 01, 2005

A New Year in the Classifieds

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December 31, 2004

Hotel Rwanda and The Life Aquatic

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December 30, 2004

This Year Resolve to Make a Difference

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December 28, 2004

My Mama's New Year's Day Dinner

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December 27, 2004

Wishbone for Dinner

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December 24, 2004

House of Flying Daggers, Million Dollar Baby and Infernal Affairs

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December 23, 2004

Rudolph the Chi-town Reindeer and Other Christmas Tales

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December 22, 2004

Rogues, Rubberstamps -- Rebels?

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December 21, 2004

Baby's Gotta Eat, Part 3: 10-15 Months

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December 20, 2004

Kabul House

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December 19, 2004

Car Seat Gift Guide

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December 17, 2004

No Receipts, No Returns

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December 17, 2004

Stupid Sports Comedies

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December 16, 2004

The Real Christmas Schooner

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December 15, 2004

Construction

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December 14, 2004

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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December 13, 2004

Milk and Honey Café

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December 12, 2004

Too Much Light, Kids!

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December 11, 2004

Craig's List: A Profusion of Peculiarity

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December 10, 2004

Moolaadé

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December 09, 2004

The LaSalle National Bank Building

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December 08, 2004

Casino Royale

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December 07, 2004

Pizza Bread

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December 06, 2004

Marrakech Expresso

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December 05, 2004

Seat Belt: On the Town with Teens

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December 04, 2004

Nothing Is Ever Free

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December 03, 2004

The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time

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December 02, 2004

Chicago: The Movable Bridge Capital of the World

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December 01, 2004

Move Over, Tom Roeser

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November 30, 2004

Stuffed French Toast

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November 28, 2004

How Am I Driving?

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November 27, 2004

Blow Out My Candles

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November 26, 2004

Finding Neverland

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November 24, 2004

Give Thanks, Fully

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November 23, 2004

Thanksgiving Turkey 101

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November 21, 2004

Red Rooster Wine Bar and Cafe

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November 21, 2004

Big Places, Small Steps

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November 19, 2004

I'm Calling About the Room for Rent

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November 19, 2004

Arrested Development: Season 1 DVD

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November 18, 2004

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News: Chicago Healthcare Resources

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November 17, 2004

Guts, Not Gutting

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November 16, 2004

Honey Teriyaki Glazed Salmon Served Sushi Style...

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November 15, 2004

John's Place

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November 14, 2004

Music that Won't Make You Want to Shoot Yourself

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November 13, 2004

R U Hot? U R Hired!

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November 12, 2004

The Incredibles and The Iron Giant

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November 11, 2004

West Ridge and Chicago's Asian Indian Community

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November 10, 2004

Are You Immoral, Chicago?

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November 09, 2004

Poppy Seed Bread

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November 08, 2004

Cafe Demir

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November 05, 2004

Dick Will Get Us Through

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November 05, 2004

Primer

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November 04, 2004

Charles Tyson Yerkes and the Rise of Chicago's Mass Transit

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November 03, 2004

The Mouth of a Righteous Man

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November 02, 2004

French Bread

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October 31, 2004

Preschool or Bust

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October 30, 2004

Joker, Smoker, Midnight Toker

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October 29, 2004

Vera Drake

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October 28, 2004

Death in Chicago: A Mysterious Reading List

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October 27, 2004

Private Parts

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October 26, 2004

Antipodean Edibles

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October 25, 2004

Rick's Café

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October 24, 2004

School Daze

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October 23, 2004

Pets for Adoption

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October 22, 2004

Team America: World Police and Secret Honor

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October 21, 2004

Chicago's Best Haunted Houses and Halloween Attractions

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October 20, 2004

Stop, Stop, Stop, Stop Hurting America

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October 19, 2004

The World Is Your Oyster

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October 18, 2004

Chicago Kalbi Korean Restaurant

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October 17, 2004

Hallowear

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October 16, 2004

"Well, I Can Always Sell My Eggs"

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October 15, 2004

Seijun Suzuki

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October 14, 2004

Tarzan's Chicago

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October 13, 2004

The Revolution Will Be Southern Fried

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October 12, 2004

Babies got to eat, too: Part 2

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October 11, 2004

Room 12

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October 10, 2004

Be Prepared

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October 09, 2004

For All Eternity

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October 08, 2004

The Leopard

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October 07, 2004

John Hume Kedzie and Friends

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October 05, 2004

Squash Those Complaints

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October 04, 2004

Tango Sur

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October 03, 2004

Never Too Young to Read

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October 02, 2004

Missed Connections

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October 01, 2004

Star Wars Trilogy and THX 1138 on DVD

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September 30, 2004

Illinois Voter Registration and Election Resources Revisited

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September 29, 2004

Tempest in a Council Teacup

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September 28, 2004

Wheat Bread

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September 27, 2004

Dunlays on Clark

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September 25, 2004

Props to the Lord

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September 24, 2004

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

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September 23, 2004

When Bicycles Ruled Chicago

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September 22, 2004

How Cold-Blooded Capitalism Can Warm Your Heart, Part 2

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September 21, 2004

Better Than Ma Used to Make

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September 20, 2004

Café 28

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September 19, 2004

Strike a Pose, Baby!

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September 18, 2004

Brach's Pick-A-Mix

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September 16, 2004

Roscoe Street, or Why So Many Chicago Streets Are Named for Towns in Pennsylvania

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September 15, 2004

Faith-Based Initiative

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September 14, 2004

Babies Gotta Eat, Too: Part 1

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September 13, 2004

La Tavernetta

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September 12, 2004

A Class Act

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September 10, 2004

Conversation with a Wedding Drunk

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September 10, 2004

Wicker Park

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September 08, 2004

Conventions A-Plenty

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September 07, 2004

I Say Ceviche, You Say Sebiche

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September 05, 2004

Virtual Car Seat

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September 04, 2004

Behind Door Number Two

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September 03, 2004

Vanity Fair and Sense & Sensibility

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September 02, 2004

Where Are Chicago's Poets?

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September 01, 2004

Script for campaign ad of "Yale Alumni For Truth," a "non-partisan" 527 group opposed to the reelection of George W Bush.

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August 31, 2004

Bread For the Soul

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August 30, 2004

Green Tea

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August 29, 2004

Wear Are You Going?

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August 27, 2004

Everybody's Workin' For the Weekend

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August 27, 2004

Hero and Wonderful Days

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August 25, 2004

Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Chicago

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August 25, 2004

Please, Pick Me Up Before You Go-Go

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August 24, 2004

Packing in a Quick Meal

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August 23, 2004

Alice and Friends Vegetarian Café

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August 22, 2004

In the Dark, No One Can See You Cry!

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August 21, 2004

We're On the Road to Nowhere

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August 20, 2004

Odd Obsession

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August 19, 2004

Clinton's Big Ditch

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August 18, 2004

Drinking Manners

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August 17, 2004

Mussels and Mash: a Tribute to Julia

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August 16, 2004

Feast

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August 15, 2004

Holy Crap, I'm a Parent!

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August 13, 2004

Beware the Blindfolded Brasilian Cocksucker!

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August 13, 2004

Garden State

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August 12, 2004

Art Deco Theatre is a Suburban Gem

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August 11, 2004

How a Chicago Bill Becomes a Law

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August 10, 2004

Drink up!

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August 09, 2004

Restaurant Suggestions

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August 06, 2004

A Crappy Way to Earn $90

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August 06, 2004

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

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August 05, 2004

Punkin' Donuts and the Battle of Belmont

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August 04, 2004

Chicago For a Song

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August 02, 2004

Bistro Campagne

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July 30, 2004

Napoleon Dynamite and The Devil's Backbone

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July 30, 2004

Fair Trade

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July 27, 2004

Salsa Con Sabor

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July 26, 2004

A Nod to Noodles: Cozy vs. Grande

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July 24, 2004

The Door in the Floor

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July 23, 2004

What Do You Want?

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July 22, 2004

A Bibliography of Chicago Gentrification

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July 21, 2004

Bill Clinton's My Life

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July 20, 2004

Dazzling Basil

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July 19, 2004

Turquoise Café

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July 16, 2004

The Philadelphia Story and Bad Santa

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July 16, 2004

L.A. Face with an Oakland Booty

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July 14, 2004

Show Me Your Green Thumb: Chicagoland Gardening

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July 14, 2004

Songs of Experience

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July 13, 2004

Cherry-poppin' Holiday

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July 12, 2004

Albany Park Round-up

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July 09, 2004

Missed Connections: Total Pussies or Beautiful Dreamers

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July 08, 2004

Division Street and the Transformations of a Community

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July 07, 2004

A View to Thrill

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July 06, 2004

Marinades on the Cheap

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July 05, 2004

Lula Cafe

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July 02, 2004

Control Room and City of God

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July 02, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Part 6: The Whole World

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July 01, 2004

Theodore Dreiser

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June 30, 2004

Daley's Denials

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June 29, 2004

Choppin' Broccoli

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June 28, 2004

Rose Angelis

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June 18, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Part 5: Europe and Southeast Asia

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June 17, 2004

Why Native Chicagoans Know So Much About Local Architecture

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June 16, 2004

Vice on the Lakefront

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June 14, 2004

The Cafe at Hearty Boys

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June 11, 2004

Movie Review: Saved!

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June 10, 2004

Father Arnold Damen (Avenue)

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June 09, 2004

Dreading Chicago Summers

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June 08, 2004

Quick Sauces

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June 07, 2004

Hopleaf

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June 04, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Part 4: North and South America

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June 03, 2004

The Lake Michigan Cribs

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June 01, 2004

Kill the Juggermart, Part 2

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June 01, 2004

The Proof is In the Pudding

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May 31, 2004

Ezuli

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May 28, 2004

Band Profile: The Audreys

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May 27, 2004

Road Trip! Web Resources for Planning a Midwestern Getaway

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May 26, 2004

Election Fun with the Regulars

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May 25, 2004

Shrimp? Who You Calling a Shrimp?

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May 24, 2004

Twist

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May 21, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Part 3: South Asia and West Asia

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May 20, 2004

James T. Farrell

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May 18, 2004

The Joy of Avocado

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May 17, 2004

WiFi Enabled Eats

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May 14, 2004

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...and Spring

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May 13, 2004

The John Hancock Center

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May 12, 2004

We're Gonna Win

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May 11, 2004

Cold Soups for Warm Nights

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May 10, 2004

Angelina Ristorante

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May 07, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Part 2: The Pacific & Africa

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May 06, 2004

The Chicago Picasso: A Gift from One of the Greatest Artists of the 20th Century to a City He Never Saw

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May 05, 2004

Tattoo or Not Tattoo, Two

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May 04, 2004

A Tart to Bring Home to Mom

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May 03, 2004

Taste of Lebanon and Aladdin's Eatery

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April 30, 2004

Freaks and Geeks, Firefly

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April 29, 2004

This is the Story of a Man Named Brady

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April 28, 2004

Grafters and Goo Goos

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April 26, 2004

Caliente

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April 23, 2004

Action Movie: The Play

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April 22, 2004

National Library Week

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April 21, 2004

Manny Flores, Freshman Alderman

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April 20, 2004

Get Ready for Grilling Season

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April 19, 2004

Café Selmarie

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April 16, 2004

22 Books to Get You Up to Speed on the Entire World. Pt. 1: Central and East Asia

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April 15, 2004

Italo Balbo and Chicago's Forgotten Gift from Fascist Italy

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April 14, 2004

Tax Us, Please

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April 13, 2004

Crock Pot Cooking

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April 12, 2004

Café Ballou

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April 09, 2004

Movie Dictator Night

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April 08, 2004

The Bronzeville Tomb of Stephen A. Douglas

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April 07, 2004

Barack Obama, Our Next Senator

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April 06, 2004

Ode to a Cast Iron Skillet

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April 05, 2004

Brunch at Flo

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April 02, 2004

Book Review: Free Culture

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April 01, 2004

Twinkies: Another Fine Chicago Invention

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March 31, 2004

Kill the Juggermart

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March 30, 2004

The Rice Cooker is your Friend

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March 29, 2004

Cafe Suron

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March 26, 2004

Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation

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March 25, 2004

The Yellow Brick Road Began in Humboldt Park

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March 24, 2004

The Word Is Bond

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March 23, 2004

Lamb and Lassi for the Lads and Lasses

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March 22, 2004

Hama Matsu

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March 19, 2004

The Dazzle of Day

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March 18, 2004

Happy Illinois Food Products Month! and Other Real "Holidays"

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March 17, 2004

Legion: For They Are Many

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March 16, 2004

"Old Clothes" for a Cold March Day

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March 15, 2004

Irazu

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March 12, 2004

The Twilite-Like Zone

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March 11, 2004

New York, LA, Chicago: We Totally Have the Best City Flag

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March 09, 2004

A Leek in the Kitchen

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March 05, 2004

Bad Martial Arts Cinema: Tiger Claws III

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March 04, 2004

Where are Chicago's Fiction Writers?

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March 03, 2004

Dangerous Racial Politics

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March 02, 2004

Simple Single Meals

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March 01, 2004

Artopolis Bakery Café & Agora

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February 27, 2004

Songs and conversations

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February 26, 2004

What's the Deal with All Those Motels on North Lincoln Avenue?

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February 25, 2004

Why Don't Liberals Like Me?

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February 24, 2004

A Mardi Gras Meal

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February 23, 2004

Victory's Banner

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February 20, 2004

Eastern Standard Tribe: Cory Doctorow's latest vision of a Friendsterized Future

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February 18, 2004

Corruption from the Toes Up

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February 17, 2004

Avocado-Mango Salad and Fish Tacos

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February 16, 2004

The Local Option

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February 13, 2004

Party Politics

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February 12, 2004

How Chicago Raised Itself out of the Mud and Astonished the World

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February 10, 2004

A Valentine's Day Dinner at Home

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February 09, 2004

Bird's Nest

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February 06, 2004

Adieu, Anita: Remembering Anita Mui

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February 05, 2004

Illinois Voter Registration and Election Resources

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February 03, 2004

Americans Eating Kale: A Dinner Party for Eight

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February 02, 2004

Addis Abeba Restaurant

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January 30, 2004

Random Thoughts on Ani Difranco's Recent Swing Through Chicago

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January 29, 2004

From Checagou to Chicago: A City by No Other Name

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January 28, 2004

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Gery Chico and Some Other Democrats

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January 27, 2004

Big Fish, Little Fish, Fillet In Your Broiler

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January 26, 2004

Happy Chef

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January 23, 2004

Shanghai Knights

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January 22, 2004

Go Forth and Replicate! An Introduction to Memes

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January 21, 2004

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Jim Oberweis and Andy McKenna, Republicans

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January 20, 2004

I Love Olives

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January 16, 2004

In-Flight Entertainment

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January 15, 2004

Who is Buried in Couch's Tomb?

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January 14, 2004

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Barack Obama, Democrat

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January 13, 2004

Sam Giancana's Last Meal

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January 12, 2004

L'Appetito

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January 09, 2004

More Items About Movies

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January 08, 2004

Chicago and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

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January 06, 2004

Sweet Potatoes Deserve Better

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January 05, 2004

Svea

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January 01, 2004

General John A. Logan and Logan Square

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December 31, 2003

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Steve Rauschenberger & John Borling, Republicans

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December 30, 2003

New Year's Eve Pot Pie

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December 29, 2003

Twisted Spoke (Lakeview)

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December 26, 2003

Post-Holiday Shopping Advice

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December 24, 2003

Of Many, One: Ryan and Illinois' Corruption

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December 22, 2003

Sultan's Market

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December 19, 2003

Some Items About Movies

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December 18, 2003

Hail to the Chef

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December 17, 2003

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Dan Hynes, Democrat

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December 16, 2003

Better Sandwiches

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December 12, 2003

Sherlock on the Green Screen

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December 11, 2003

The Librarian is on vacation. Check back next week.

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December 10, 2003

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Jack Ryan, Republican

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December 09, 2003

Christmas Cookies

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December 08, 2003

Riques Regional Mexican Food

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December 05, 2003

Mac & McNamera

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December 04, 2003

Ashland, the Great Fire, and the Ruins of Chicago

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December 03, 2003

Profiles of Candidates for Senate: Maria Pappas, Democrat

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December 01, 2003

Turkey Enchiladas

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December 01, 2003

Vegetarian Garden

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November 28, 2003

In All Seriousness, Multitasking with Paris in the Afternoon.

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November 27, 2003

Charles Tyson Yerkes and the Rise of Chicago's Mass Transit

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November 26, 2003

Overtime: Born in Chicago, Creaking Towards Death

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November 25, 2003

Mom Knows Best

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November 24, 2003

Hema's Kitchen

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November 21, 2003

No column this week: Dave is on vacation.

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November 20, 2003

Anime and Manga: Resources on the Web

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November 19, 2003

The Most Complicated Simple Issue

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November 18, 2003

Queso*

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November 17, 2003

Gennaro's and BeviAmo Wine Bar on Taylor Street

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November 14, 2003

Lessons and Peacemakers

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November 13, 2003

Lill & Diversey: A Short History of Early Chicago Brewing

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November 12, 2003

Forget Chicago: Long Live Chicago!

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November 11, 2003

Bourbon Glazed Chicken and Bitchin' Baked Yams

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November 10, 2003

Half Shell Inc.

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November 07, 2003

The Depths of Potter; Tesla & Holmes

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November 06, 2003

What's in a Name? The Magnificent Mile and the Development of North Michigan Avenue

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November 05, 2003

The End of Ed Kelly

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November 04, 2003

The Whole Chicken, Part 3: Risotto

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November 03, 2003

Dharma Garden Restaurant

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October 31, 2003

The Vast Wasteland

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October 30, 2003

The Haunted Wal-Mart and Other True Tales of Terror

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October 29, 2003

Adventures in Gambling

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October 28, 2003

The Whole Chicken, Part 2: Soup Stock

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October 27, 2003

Crepe de Paris

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October 24, 2003

Pledge Drive

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October 23, 2003

Resurrection Mary

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October 22, 2003

How Cold-blooded Capitalism Can Warm Your Heart

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October 21, 2003

The Whole Chicken, Part 1: Roasting

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October 20, 2003

Andalous Moroccan Restaurant

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October 17, 2003

The Three Investigators and the Decline of Hitchcock

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October 16, 2003

Indian Summer and a Dickens of a Tale

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October 15, 2003

An Apology from Sox Fans to Cubs Fans

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October 14, 2003

Soup for a Week

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October 13, 2003

Tokyo Lunch Boxes and Catering

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October 09, 2003

The Answer to a "Shocking" Question

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October 08, 2003

Following a Child Left Behind

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October 07, 2003

Chestnuts Roasting in a Greased-up Skillet

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October 06, 2003

Bonus Tracks, Director Commentary and Related Aggravations

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October 03, 2003

How to Watch a Marathon

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October 02, 2003

Measuring a Chicago Mile

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October 01, 2003

Cronies on the Make

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September 30, 2003

Truly Appetizing

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September 29, 2003

Kirk Unit

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September 26, 2003

Reflecting on Chicago Theatre

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September 25, 2003

A Tale of Two Ballparks, Part 2

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September 24, 2003

Tattoo or Not Tattoo: A Primer in Chicago Politics

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September 23, 2003

Colonialism in the Pacific Rim Themed Dinner for Eight

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September 22, 2003

An Incomplete Catalog of Writing Machines

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September 19, 2003

While You're Here

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September 18, 2003

A Tale of Two Ballparks, Part 1

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September 17, 2003

Dr. R.K. Engler on Segregation, Liberal Poets, and Those Damned Taco-Stand Owning Mexicans

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September 16, 2003

The Finest in Fake Meats

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September 14, 2003

Rod, the Cops and Death Row

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September 12, 2003

Reviewed: "Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind"

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September 11, 2003

JFK... the AntiChrist?

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September 10, 2003

Weak One Football

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September 09, 2003

Homemade Mac'n'cheese and an impressive vinaigrette salad.

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September 08, 2003

The Rise and Fall of a Temporary Barkeep

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September 05, 2003

Jingle Baby

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September 04, 2003

Cruisin' down Sheridan Road

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September 03, 2003

The Biggest Little Corner

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September 02, 2003

What's all this, then?

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