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The “Gullibles” may believe Trump’s nonsense about having coronavirus “well controlled,” but the market knows he’s full of crapon March 9, 2020 at 3:17 pm

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Mental Health and Hearingon March 9, 2020 at 4:02 pm

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Mental Health and Hearing

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Podcast: 2020 Jeep Gladiator, Corvette C8, RIP Holdenon March 9, 2020 at 5:01 pm

Drive, She Said

Podcast: 2020 Jeep Gladiator, Corvette C8, RIP Holden

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Chef Takeover: A foodie fundraiser for Chef Art Smith’s Common Threads on March 16on March 9, 2020 at 7:16 pm

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Chef Takeover: A foodie fundraiser for Chef Art Smith’s Common Threads on March 16

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The dangerous, overly hyped coronavirus scareon March 9, 2020 at 7:47 pm

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Lacuna Lofts — an art lover’s utopiaon March 9, 2020 at 8:05 pm

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Lacuna Lofts — an art lover’s utopia

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Styling with The Heath Dolls “Weekend Essensials”on March 9, 2020 at 8:44 pm

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Three restless musicians–Ken Vandermark, Nate Wooley, and Paul Lytton–push one another to new horizonson March 9, 2020 at 3:11 pm

Local clarinet and saxophone player Ken Vandermark, Brooklyn-based trumpeter Nate Wooley, and English percussionist Paul Lytton played their only handful of gigs as a trio in 2011, but their collective history stretches back more than 20 years. In 1999 Vandermark and Lytton initiated a partnership through which they’ve explored musical extremes–density and silence, propulsion and stasis–in intimate, totally improvised duos as well as in the larger, more mapped-out environment of Vandermark’s nine-piece Territory Band. Wooley and Lytton first recorded as a duo in 2007, and have purposefully kept their collaboration on unsteady ground: they add guest musicians in concert, and on disc they’ve shifted between whipping up dust devils of purely acoustic sound on The Nows (Clean Feed, 2012) and exploring alien electroacoustic atmospheres on the splendid studio recording Known/Unknown (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2020). And while Vandermark and Wooley are fearless free improvisers, they’ve used compositions (their own and those of underappreciated jazz duo Bobby Bradford and John Carter) to develop a duo language that stands well apart from what either man does in other contexts. The three duos are reconvening as a trio for a short tour of the midwest; whatever they do together, you can be sure that they’ll try their best not to repeat what they’ve already done. Also on the bill are Kuzu, the splendid trio of saxophonist Dave Rempis, guitarist Tashi Dorji, and drummer Tyler Damon, who are in the middle of a tour of their own to celebrate the release of Purple Dark Opal (Aerophonic, 2020). v

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Heavy sounds to shake Garfield Park Conservatoryon March 9, 2020 at 4:21 pm

It’s only March, but this lineup will be hard for any other heavy rock show in 2020 to beat. Sleep bassist-vocalist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Hakius founded deep stoner trance outfit Om in 2003, and in 2008 Emil Amos took over for Hakius (who retired from music entirely the following year). A decade later, having already invited several guest musicians into the fold (former Chicagoan Robert A.A. Lowe toured with the band and played on two of their albums), Om formally expanded into a trio with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Tyler Trotter. Though they’ve yet to make a full album as a three-piece, last year Drag City released a live performance recorded at BBC 1’s Maida Vale studio, which provides a solid four-song snapshot of Om’s current sound–it’s as sinuous and twisty as a gigantic winding snake, with dreamy, driven atmospheres influenced by ragas and Middle Eastern music. Denver-based Wovenhand are one of the best live bands the U.S. has to offer right now. The brainchild of David Eugene Edwards (also the force behind 16 Horsepower), Wovenhand bring his surrealistic gospel aesthetic to life with their tranced-out, ferocious, Western-gothic metallic rock ‘n’ roll–and he dishes out backwoods prophecy like Ronnie Van Zant with William Blake’s soul trapped in his body. Chicago Americana-metal band Huntsmen are the only group on the bill with a new record; their second full-length, Mandala of Fear (Prosthetic), comes out the day of this show. The follow-up to 2018’s spectacular American Scrap, it’s a cinematic concept album about a scarred and shell-shocked soldier journeying through a war-torn landscape. Singer Aimee Bueno, who turned in a haunting performance on Scrap’s “The Last President,” has joined the band full-time, and her vocals are especially mesmerizing on “God Will Stop Trying.” With its prog and folk influences, Mandala is a richly rewarding trip from start to finish, with highlights including the dense, slow pummelling of “The Swallow” and the drumbeats that open and anchor the monster-riffing instrumental “Pirates of the Waste.” Playing back-to-back in the beautiful surroundings of the Garfield Park Conservatory, these three bands all but guarantee a transcendent experience. v

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Chicago Bears: Overrated free agents to stay away fromon March 9, 2020 at 11:00 am

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Ryan Pace will likely make a splash move to catch folks off guard, but the Chicago Bears need to be careful in free agency.

The free agency frenzy is right around the corner. Can you feel it? Chicago Bears fandom has been ready for the madness for a while now, but this year is going to be a little different.

This year, the Bears have some glaring holes in the roster. Still, this roster could very well be a Super Bowl roster. But, they have holes to fill nonetheless, and it starts with the quarterback.

Oh, we’re going there.

Mitchell Trubisky is in the midst of a prove-it year, or he’ll be out of Chicago one year from now. There is no beating around the bush. Trubisky regressed in 2019, and I don’t care what anyone has to say about that.

Speaking of holes, offensive line and tight end are certainly issues needing to be addressed. But, those who want to attribute Trubisky’s struggles to those around him are simply misled. Offensive line needs an upgrade. Tight end needs an upgrade.

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And, yes, quarterback needs an upgrade.

Whether or not general manager Ryan Pace is going to bring in someone to push Trubisky, or someone who could absolutely take his place, is the burning question everyone is dying to know the answer to.

Free agency can be a dangerous place, especially for quarterbacks. Anyone care to take a short trip back to the Mike Glennon signing?

Pace has had his share of blips when trying to outsmart the rest of the league, but he’s also made some phenomenal moves. This year, over any other year, is one he cannot afford to outsmart himself. If he wants to move forward, and not back, he has to avoid the following free agents.

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