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09/09/09

Seeing Red

Seeing Red Don't-miss picks for 09.09.09 through 09.15.09: Something's in the water this week: Redmoon gets wackier … Del Close returns to the screen … R.E.M.'s Peter Buck plays a starter-band stage … Niffenegger and Hemon go head to head … plus, CSO tickets for crazy cheap

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09/02/09

Greatest Mistake

Greatest Mistake Don't-miss picks for 09.02.09 through 09.08.09: An Oscar nom comes home … poets pay ode to the fair dino … Burnham goes celluloid … Plus, a Million Dollar Broadway nod and more

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08/26/09

Chicago Guide: Divine Intermission

Chicago Guide: Divine Intermission Don't-miss picks for 08.26.09 through 09.01.09: Father Pfleger on film … Michelle O., jazz muse … Cleve Jones drops in … free science … and more

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08/19/09

Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In Don't miss picks for 08.05.09 through 08.11.09: French shenanigans on the lake … German jazz at the Green Mill … Project Runway at Cityscape … Naked turns 50 … more

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08/12/09

Guten Morgan

Guten Morgan Don't-miss picks for 08.12.09 through 08.18.09: Who's crazier: Tracy or Tracy? … a Lolla redux for less … Béla Fleck's banjo odyssey … roving hordes of natty cyclists … more

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08/05/09

Honest, Abe

Honest, Abe Don't miss picks for 08.05.09 through 08.11.09: Speed dialing Steppenwolf …  bidding farewell to a true Chicago character actor …  Bill Kurtis on Abraham Lincoln … a Vampire Weekend sighting … and more

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07/30/09

The Plan for Today: Mekons’ In-store Gig

Introducing a newcomer to chicagomag.com: Chicago Guide: The Plan for Today—or, as the case may be, Tonight, Tomorrow, or This Weekend—an infrequent, not-at-all scheduled newsflash we’ll post whenever we’ve got an unmissable event worth sharing. These might be ...

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07/29/09

Queen Dee

Queen Dee Don’t-miss picks for 07.29.09 through 08.04.09: The Loop gets its long-awaited sexual Awakening … Lakeview drowns its sorrows at the thought of a beer-free Wrigley … The hands-down-best singer in Chicago belts in back-to-back gigs … SNL’s “Pat” returns—now 100-percent woman … A local lit darling lays out the carpet squares … and more

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07/22/09

File Under “Free”

File Under “Free” Put the “free” back in “free time” with these don’t-miss picks for the week of 07.22.09 through 07.28.09: harrowing derring-do in the heart of downtown … family road trips, now with more lasers … a small-town fest with a taste for kitsch—and pierogis

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07/15/09

A Good Time—or your money back

A Good Time—or your money back This week: Theatre insurance for the finicky … schmoozing in the Modern Wing … remembering Michael at Ravinia … the other side of Niffenegger

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Up to 8th grade, Lab was fine. 9th grade at Lab was the worst experience of my life, and I'm so glad I transferred. Seriously, U-High is awful. Don't send your kids there.

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A Lap Pool in Noble Square

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Becoming Chicago

While I'm rather late in reading this, I totally sympathize, Jeff. I do take comfort in being that parent of a Chicagoan.

Dish Flash

You can put syrup on shit but that still doesn't make it pancakes