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Sound artist Andy Slater on the spring-into-summer sound of 80s freestyleon March 18, 2020 at 12:20 am

A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn. click to…

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Bobby Conn’s new album confronts the cruel delusion of ‘self-help’on March 17, 2020 at 10:10 pm

click to enlarge With his whip-smart glam-soul jams, Bobby Conn has been blowtorching advertising triplespeak, blind money lust, and…

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Chicago Bears: Grading the signing of Robert Quinnon March 18, 2020 at 11:00 am

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 05: Mitchell Trubisky #10 of the Chicago Bears breaks away from Robert Quinn #58 of the…

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Chicago Bears: Teammates hint they want Mitchell Trubisky replacedon March 18, 2020 at 1:32 am

Chicago Bears (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Chicago Bears: Robert Quinn signing means one thing only by Ryan HeckmanChicago Bears:…

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Kimberly Dowdell builds equity in architectureon March 17, 2020 at 7:20 pm

Kimberly Dowdell looks down at her iPhone, which blasts red app badges and notifications from a cluttered screen. She has…

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In Whiteout Conditions, grief permeates the past and presenton March 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm

Ant loves funerals. He doesn't have family left, so when he goes to funerals, he no longer fixates on the…

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The Two Character Play gets the context it deserves.on March 17, 2020 at 11:00 pm

"Having the necessary arrogance to assume that a failed production of a play is not necessarily a failed play, I…

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Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist is introspective and interactiveon March 17, 2020 at 10:00 pm

A global pandemic isn't the best time to be hooking up with random strangers, so if you're looking for some…

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Teddy Roosevelt: The Man in the Arena reminds us what a leader looks likeon March 17, 2020 at 9:45 pm

By the time I had the opportunity to see Derek Evans's 75-minute solo biographical lecture enactment, Teddy Roosevelt: The Man…

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Adjust your feminist lens with Hood Feminismon March 17, 2020 at 8:30 pm

Hood feminism is unabashedly angry, a little asshole-like, proactive, and, sometimes, it's illegal--but in her latest release writer Mikki Kendall…

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