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Clout City
The nitty-gritty on Chicago politics
Crickets
Reader music critics chirp up
News Bites
Michael Miner on media
On Film
With J.R. Jones and Ed M. Koziarski
Onstage
Theater, Dance, and Comedy
Post No Bills
More music by Peter Margasak
The Food Chain
Local restaurants, food, and drink
The Sports Page
With Ted Cox, Whet Moser, Ben Joravsky, et al.
Chicagoland
A blog by Reader Web editor Whet Moser
Fashion
Shopping, sales, street fashion, and more
Free Shit
Free Shit in Chicago - by Reader staff
Recent Posts
On Film
Ed M. Koziarski: "Mustachioed perverts in a spaceship fire upon a deformed, nude woman daily" in Lale Westvind's "Flesh Gun," screening in Chi(a)nimation All-Stars Sunday at Nightingale.
Friday
at 11:37 am
Clout City
Mick Dumke: Aldermen hold another hearing on the parking meter lease deal. Their conclusion: it still stinks.
Thursday
at 7:49 pm
Onstage
Albert Williams: Festival of radio plays seeks "scary, chilling, intelligent, suspenseful, horrific, imaginative or downright grotesque" scripts.
Thursday
at 6:41 pm
Chicagoland
Whet Moser: The FDIC closed down five Illinois banks today.
Thursday
at 5:31 pm
Crickets
Miles Raymer: An excellent music video takes the improbable form of a Budweiser commercial.
Thursday
at 3:42 pm
Free Shit
Keith Griffith: A roundup of free events for the holiday weekend.
Thursday
at 3:11 pm
Fashion
Heather Kenny: Want to show you're a patriot? Help the retail industry by hitting some sales. Ikram, Gamma, Ellie Thompson jewelry, and others are marking stuff down.
Thursday
at 1:04 pm
News Bites
Michael Miner: Here's what the Chicago Tribune's paying its Chicago Now bloggers.
Wednesday
at 5:05 pm
The Food Chain
Julia Thiel: A hot-dog eating contest, Veggie Bingo, an all-you-can-eat clam bake, and more.
Wednesday
at 4:30 pm
Post No Bills
Peter Margasak: Juju master King Sunny Ade plays Ravinia with Femi Kuti on Wednesday evening.
Tuesday
at 3:44 pm
The Sports Page
Ted Cox: Milwaukee's Miller Park is so friendly and inviting, it almost overshadowed the second straight shutout outing by Jose Contreras of the White Sox.
Sunday
at 10:26 am

