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December 01, 2008

A Tragic Day in Chicago

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November 17, 2008

The Social Life of Our Urban Spaces

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November 03, 2008

Don't '&' Me, OK?

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October 20, 2008

Photo Essay: Transitions

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October 06, 2008

People from the Rearview Archive

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September 22, 2008

Strolling 63rd Street

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September 08, 2008

A Day in the Life of Barry "Can Man" Woodson

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August 18, 2008

Campaigning for Change in Logan Square

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August 04, 2008

All of No Man's Land is Ours

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July 22, 2008

Pitchfork People

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July 07, 2008

In Search of the Tamale Guy

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June 30, 2008

Walking for Public Enemies

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June 16, 2008

Is This Grand?

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June 09, 2008

Pool Hall Memories

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June 02, 2008

Taking a Stand Against Guns

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May 19, 2008

East by Northeast

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May 12, 2008

The Abyss in the Passenger Seat

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May 05, 2008

No Country for Young Men?

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April 28, 2008

Visiting the Living Sea

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April 21, 2008

Marx & Michael Scott

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April 14, 2008

The Doll Lady's Last Dance

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April 07, 2008

Looking Better Naked

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March 31, 2008

Curtis Mann: Photographing with Nails and Bleach

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March 24, 2008

Pablo's Chicago

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March 17, 2008

St. Patrick's Day Reading

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March 13, 2008

Bicyclists Do the Safety Dance

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March 10, 2008

No More "Door Prizes?"

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February 25, 2008

American Science & Surplus

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February 11, 2008

So Long, Sun-Times

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January 28, 2008

A Vacation the Hard Way

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January 21, 2008

A Funeral for a Grocery Store

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January 14, 2008

The Only Rock'n'Roll Talk Show

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January 07, 2008

Uncovering the Fulton Street Vortex

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December 31, 2007

"Like a Prayer"... and a Shot of Soju Please

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December 24, 2007

800 West

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December 17, 2007

Wish Upon a Chicago Star

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December 10, 2007

That's Chicken Sh*&!

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December 03, 2007

Dingfods & Doohickies

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November 20, 2007

Mystic Brew: Biodynamic Wine

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November 12, 2007

Welcome to the ER

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November 05, 2007

Revolving Doors and Other Regional Rarities

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October 29, 2007

S, D, V & Me

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October 15, 2007

Friends with Benefits

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October 08, 2007

Like Depression

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October 01, 2007

With a Little Help from My Friends

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September 10, 2007

Green

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August 28, 2007

Submit Your Story!

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August 13, 2007

Photo Essay: The Wisconsin State Fair

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July 30, 2007

Stories And Wine

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July 23, 2007

Pitchfork: Portrait of the Fans

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July 16, 2007

Corrective Behavior

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July 09, 2007

Lout Rampage at Madison and Canal

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June 18, 2007

How to Meet at Chicago Summer Hotspots

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June 11, 2007

Blues with a Feeling

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June 04, 2007

Maxwell Street, Ellis Island of the Midwest

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May 21, 2007

Get A Room

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May 14, 2007

Strangers in Transit

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May 07, 2007

Street Art in Chicago

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April 30, 2007

A Grocery Store Confidential

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April 23, 2007

The Joy of Common Birds

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April 16, 2007

Chicago Bandit Cross

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April 09, 2007

Your New Girlfriend's Birthday Date

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April 02, 2007

The Critic: New Weight-Loss Plans

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March 26, 2007

American Girls Pony Show

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March 19, 2007

Night and Day: Urban Landscapes

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March 05, 2007

Purisimo: Flamenco Fest Delivers "Pure" Essence of Andalusian Art Form

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February 26, 2007

How The City of Chicago Will F*ck Your Vote Up and it Still Won't Matter

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February 21, 2007

Micromentalism and Patrick Welch

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February 19, 2007

Disappeared in the Snow

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February 12, 2007

Chicken Vesuvio, or, How I Learned to Be a Real Chef

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February 05, 2007

Dining Out With Celiac Disease and Food Allergies

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January 29, 2007

A Diary of B-Fest

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January 22, 2007

The Critic: Reader Reviews

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January 15, 2007

Gapers Block is Hiring

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January 08, 2007

Trying Out I-Save Rx

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January 01, 2007

New Year's Resolutions: Friend or Foe?

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December 18, 2006

When You Gotta Buy, Buy Local

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December 11, 2006

Xwing Wants to Come to Your House

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December 04, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 10

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November 27, 2006

Bike Winter: Just Do It!

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November 20, 2006

Inhospitable Environment — Emergency Contraception and the City

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November 13, 2006

Taking Care of Turkey Day

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October 31, 2006

Inside the Mayor's Halloween Ball

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October 23, 2006

37signals Gets Real, Live and in Person

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October 16, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 9

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October 09, 2006

Artist Profile: Emily Rapport

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October 02, 2006

The Critic: Music Festivals

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September 25, 2006

I Lent My Car to the City

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September 18, 2006

Walking Chicago

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September 11, 2006

The Stars Go Out on Lincoln

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September 04, 2006

The Vanished White City

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August 28, 2006

Kirk Unit: The Miracle of Life in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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August 21, 2006

Chicago fer a Song

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August 14, 2006

The Third Coast Excerpt 8

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August 07, 2006

Sharpening The Knife

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July 31, 2006

Hipster Heaven in the Heat

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July 24, 2006

Gentrify It Yourself

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July 17, 2006

Alleycats & Alleycritters

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July 10, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 7

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July 03, 2006

The Critic: Fireworks Displays

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June 26, 2006

Review: The Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago

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June 19, 2006

The Fixer

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June 12, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 6

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June 05, 2006

The Critic: New Music, Vol. 4

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May 29, 2006

The Southkore Shall Rise Again

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May 22, 2006

Audible City: Jason Salavon

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May 15, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 5

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May 08, 2006

Review: LaPorte, Indiana & The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan

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May 01, 2006

Captions Without Photos

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April 24, 2006

Teenage Fanclub

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April 17, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 4

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April 11, 2006

GB Anew

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April 03, 2006

Smokers Always Welcome

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March 27, 2006

Sin Alma

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March 20, 2006

Modern Hieroglyphics

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March 13, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 3

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March 06, 2006

A Winter Garden

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February 27, 2006

10 Under $10: Lakeview

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February 20, 2006

Talking Civic Pride With Ira Glass

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February 13, 2006

The Third Coast, Excerpt 2

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February 06, 2006

New Restaurants

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January 30, 2006

Chinese New Year 2006

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January 23, 2006

Coupling in Chicago

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January 16, 2006

The Third Coast Excerpt 1

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January 09, 2006

Then and Now: The Adventures of Augie March

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January 02, 2006

Gapers Block Top Tens for 2005

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December 26, 2005

Hangover Helper

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December 19, 2005

Holiday Gift Guide 2005

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December 12, 2005

Making Music with Mark Greenberg

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December 05, 2005

Chi Cross Cup

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November 28, 2005

House on the Rock: Come for the Fish, Stay for the Four Horsemen

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November 21, 2005

Review: Everybody Loves Pizza

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November 14, 2005

A Call for Submissions

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November 07, 2005

Ask Sour Bob, No. 1

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November 01, 2005

Cohabitation

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October 24, 2005

Interview: Davy Rothbart

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October 17, 2005

When the Roses Bloom Again

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October 10, 2005

Local Director Gets His Hands Bloody

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October 03, 2005

Introducing the GapersBlock Podcast

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September 26, 2005

New Television Networks

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September 19, 2005

The Ass That Goes POW: Michelle "Toots" L'Amour

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September 12, 2005

To animate again

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September 05, 2005

The Antisocialite

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August 29, 2005

Bringing Life to the Underpasses

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August 22, 2005

StoryCorps: Chicago's Voices, America's History

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August 15, 2005

Rolleicord Portraits

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August 08, 2005

Review: Looped

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August 01, 2005

Opinion: Out With the Old, In With the New?

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July 25, 2005

Lisa Labuz

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July 18, 2005

Awkward

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July 10, 2005

"It Has to Mean Something"

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July 04, 2005

Illinois Seems Like a Dream to Me Now: An Interview with Sufjan Stevens

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June 27, 2005

The Ice Cream Scene

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June 20, 2005

The Critic: Local Festivals

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June 14, 2005

A City Saturated

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June 06, 2005

A Three Hour (River and Lake Architectural) Tour

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June 01, 2005

A Day in the Life: Memorial Day

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May 23, 2005

Talking Power and Architecture with Lee Bey

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May 16, 2005

Sticking To the Dream

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May 09, 2005

Human Nature/South for Winter

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May 02, 2005

Captions Without Photos

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April 25, 2005

Review: I'm Not the New Me

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April 18, 2005

Sam Prekop

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April 11, 2005

Of Elephants and Accidents: The Truth About Showmen's Rest

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April 04, 2005

Beautiful industrial

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March 28, 2005

Wendy McClure: Live and in Person

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March 21, 2005

Review: Cast of Shadows

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March 11, 2005

The New Music

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March 04, 2005

What Are You Dreaming?

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February 25, 2005

A CTA Map for 2055

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February 18, 2005

A Talk with Lonnie Bunch

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February 13, 2005

A Tour of the 2005 Chicago Auto Show

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February 04, 2005

High on LSD and Stuck in Traffic Again

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January 28, 2005

Chicago Skyline: Above, Below, and Beyond

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January 21, 2005

Chicago In Korea

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January 14, 2005

CTA Worst Case/Photo Essay

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January 07, 2005

Book Review: The Suburban You by Mark Falanga

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December 31, 2004

Gapers Block Staff Top Tens 2004

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December 24, 2004

Hirsch Street

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December 17, 2004

Last-Minute Local Shopping

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December 10, 2004

Chicago Then & Now

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December 03, 2004

Collectible Toys

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November 26, 2004

Planning Parenthood

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November 19, 2004

Photocollages

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November 12, 2004

Neko Case

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November 05, 2004

New Music: Fall '04

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October 29, 2004

Time Capsules of the Chicago Sun-Times

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October 22, 2004

Fall

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October 15, 2004

Chicago's Comics Community

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October 08, 2004

Berwyn's Bank Building Battle

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October 01, 2004

My Dinner With Gacy

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September 24, 2004

New Boutiques

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September 17, 2004

The Lake

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September 10, 2004

Studs Terkel

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September 03, 2004

City of Short Stories

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August 27, 2004

Musicals

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August 20, 2004

Chicago Botanic Garden

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August 13, 2004

Early to Bed

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August 06, 2004

A Three Hour (River and Lake) Tour

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July 30, 2004

Performance Art

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July 23, 2004

Millennium Park

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July 16, 2004

Jay Ryan

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July 09, 2004

Hot Town, Ice Cream in the City

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July 02, 2004

The Critic: Fusion Restaurants

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June 18, 2004

Photo Essay: Fulton Market

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June 11, 2004

Summer Reading

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June 04, 2004

The Audible City: Tim Tuten

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May 28, 2004

The Critic: Books Turned Movies

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May 20, 2004

American Girls Gone Wild

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May 14, 2004

Profiles of Local Artists

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May 07, 2004

Spring in the City

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April 30, 2004

March for Choice

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April 23, 2004

The Critic: New Music, part 3

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April 15, 2004

Where Do We Go From Here?

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April 09, 2004

The Season Starts Here

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April 02, 2004

Disappeared In The Snow (Pupil's Memoir)

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March 26, 2004

In Control, In Chicago

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March 19, 2004

An Open Letter to Lonely Planet

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March 12, 2004

The Critic Goes to the Movies

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March 05, 2004

Cock o' the Block

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February 27, 2004

The Girdered Cathedral

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February 20, 2004

Subterranean City: A Tour of Chicago's Pedway (Part Two)

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February 13, 2004

Subterranean City: A Tour of Chicago's Pedway (Part 1)

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February 06, 2004

The Vagaries of Contemporary Rock Crit

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January 30, 2004

Poems About God

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January 23, 2004

The Critic: New Music 2

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January 16, 2004

7:00PM November 18th.

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January 09, 2004

An Interview with BCM International

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January 02, 2004

Ten Top Tens and Some Personal Lists

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December 26, 2003

40 Minutes from O'Hare to Downtown: A Guide to Chicago Traffic

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December 19, 2003

Holiday in the Holy Land

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December 12, 2003

Good to Kind of Be The King

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December 05, 2003

Burning Man at the Holidays

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November 28, 2003

WLUW: Voice of the Independent

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November 21, 2003

Shoes on My Feet

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November 14, 2003

Bitch in the City

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November 07, 2003

Fighting SAD

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October 31, 2003

More Goulash, Fewer Excuses

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October 24, 2003

Disconovascotianostalgisia

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October 17, 2003

The Critic: Signs of the Times

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October 10, 2003

Compare and Contrast: Savage Wars of Peace and Virtual War

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October 03, 2003

How to Watch a Marathon

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September 25, 2003

Riding the Jeffrey

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September 23, 2003

Going to Ghana, Part 4

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September 18, 2003

Blueberries and the End of Summer

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September 16, 2003

Call for Submissions

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September 11, 2003

Driving Lessons

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September 09, 2003

The Urban Jungle

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September 04, 2003

Going to Ghana, Part 3

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September 02, 2003

Elephants and Accidents: The Truth about Showmen's Rest

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August 27, 2003

One Good Meal

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August 25, 2003

The Critic: Fashion Forward

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August 22, 2003

Goonies Forever

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August 20, 2003

Wizard World 2003: A Female Perspective

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August 18, 2003

Point and Shoot: Dying at Jewel

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August 15, 2003

Late Summer Reading

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August 13, 2003

Going to Ghana, Part 2

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August 11, 2003

The Joylessness of Sex Books

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August 08, 2003

Grocery Store Confidential

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August 06, 2003

Chicago, For a Song

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August 04, 2003

Dating The Captain

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August 01, 2003

I Just Called to Say I'm Sorry

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July 30, 2003

Ointments I Have Known

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July 28, 2003

The Cowboy Hat Mystique

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July 25, 2003

Going to Ghana

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July 23, 2003

His Elected Majesty, The Mayor.

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July 21, 2003

Gapers' Block Party Wrap-up

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July 18, 2003

Searching for the True Chicago Dive

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July 16, 2003

Tapped Out

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July 14, 2003

Where's Home?

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July 11, 2003

Summer Reading

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July 09, 2003

My Coffee with Cameron

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July 07, 2003

The Critic: Fireworks

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June 29, 2003

Remembering the Bunny

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June 27, 2003

Why We Need Both Teams: Considering the Cross-town Classic

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June 25, 2003

My Practice

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June 23, 2003

Country Girl in a Blues Town

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June 18, 2003

Chicago: Retirement Community of the Stars

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June 16, 2003

The Critic Goes Gonzo

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June 11, 2003

The Better Chicago Card

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June 09, 2003

Kirk Unit

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June 04, 2003

The Writing Process

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June 02, 2003

From Start to Finish: The North Branch Bicycle Trail

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May 29, 2003

Another year, another DEMF

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May 27, 2003

Six Qualities of a Good Diner

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May 22, 2003

The Critic: New Music

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May 19, 2003

Major League Relationships

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May 12, 2003

Caldwell and Devon

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May 07, 2003

An Unfortunate Instance of Public Art

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May 05, 2003

A dialogue between KISS & ABBA

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