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Strange but true, fan personally blacks out Hawks
During the second period of the Blackhawks' 3-2 victory Wednesday night over the Avalanche at the United Center, my phone buzzed. "Hawks on their way to 24 straight unbeaten?'' the text from fan Steven Schucker read. Schucker wasn't the only person in...
Tags: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Joel Quenneville, United Center, Chicago Blackhawks, National Basketball Association
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Fake Shore Drive: A tastemaker of Chicago rap
Andrew Barber deals almost exclusively with young men who have come into money. Some are newly rich; some started poor and worked their way to comfortable; and others, arguably his bread and butter, are not wealthy yet but stand to make a chunk of change....
Tags: SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Adidas AG, Kanye West, Chief Keef, Journalism
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A loaded question for you: Are you happy?
The other day, somewhat on a whim, I walked around downtown Chicago for a while and stopped random strangers and asked if they were happy. I carried a notebook and identified myself as a reporter and wrote down what they said, and though I've done my...
Tags: YouTube, Charlie Kaufman, Stepin Fetchit, Movies, Netflix Inc.
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MacFarlane relaxed, confident as Oscars host
Any uncertainty that surrounded Seth MacFarlane's ability to host the biggest night in movies was put to rest quickly when he took the stage Sunday at the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Showing considerable poise, MacFarlane, a man best known as...
Tags: There Will Be Blood (movie), Skyfall (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Brave (movie), Michelle Obama
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When jokes go too far
Oscar hosts are supposed to be irreverent and edgy, otherwise they are instantly accused of boring us silly. So Seth MacFarlane must have been surprised by the rolling backlash from his performance at last week's Academy Awards. In a gathering storm...
Tags: Susan Boyle, Movies, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Civil Rights
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Nicholas Tremulis book 'For the Baby Doll' celebrates life and love
It may not rank with literature's greatest opening lines — “Call me Ishmael”; “It was a pleasure to burn”; or “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant...
Tags: 401K, Marianne Faithfull, Music, Keith Richards, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York)
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Kevin Coval on his new poetry collection, "Schtick"
It must have been tempting for poet Kevin Coval to read from his own work during “Chicago Classics,” which took place one Friday night in late March in packed-with-people Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. That is because...
Tags: Poetry, Colleges and Universities, Music, Education, Chicago Tribune
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Movie secrets are there, in the script!
You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...
Tags: Room 237 (movie), Movies, Chicago Reader, Willem Dafoe, Naomi Watts
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FlySpace looks to pool resources, brains
The practical challenges of a small modern dance company are ever formidable: a struggle to finance productions and attract an often elusive audience. Whining gets you nowhere, while action talks. In that vein, four venerable Chicago companies have come...
Tags: Millennium Park, Environmental Issues, Mexico, Art Institute of Chicago, Dance
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Victor Garcia: A chameleon on trumpet
During the past year, Chicago listeners have heard trumpeter Victor Garcia in more musical contexts than any single player could be expected to master. He hit hard in drummer Dana Hall's band at the Green Mill last month; debuted his own feisty, full-...
Tags: Plymouth, Green Mill (club), Music, University of Chicago, Entertainment Events
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Album review: Mister Lies, 'Mowgli'
RedEye special contributor**1/2 (out of four) Chicago's dance music scene, whether in its original house setting or more recent electro incarnations, has always been distinctly urban: boisterous, cluttered but regimented, social. But Columbia College student Nick Zanca, aka...Tags: Entertainment, Chicago Transit Authority, Radiohead (music group), Music
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See restored, classic 'Doctor Who' episode with Tom Baker in Chicago
RedEyeChicago Whovians anxiously awaiting Saturday's return of "Doctor Who" to BBC America can make a day of TARDIS time with the Ultimate "Doctor Who" screening. The Ultimate-TV web site and BBC Home Entertainment have teamed up to salute "Chicago's...Tags: Tom Baker, BBC, PBS (tv network), Entertainment, WTTW
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