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The Little Chippernew
A visit to Peerless Potato Chips, one of the Midwest's few remaining independent holdouts.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
01-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Fire 'Em All, Let God Sort 'Em Outnew
Homeland Security's latest weapon against illegal immigration could cost legal workers their jobs.
Chicago Reader |
Tori Marlan |
01-15-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Fancy Mixed Drinks, Alsatian Conviviality, and Raw Meatballsnew
A Chicago restaurant rat's favorite places in 2007.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
01-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
From Black Metal to White Chalknew
Our staff critics on their favorite releases of 2007.
Chicago Reader |
Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak and Miles Raymer |
01-07-2008 |
Music
Big Shouldersnew
In a year when shirking responsibility was the rule, movies about accepting it stood out.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-07-2008 |
Movies
Something to Talk Aboutnew
Local premieres of a dozen masterpieces -- almost none released in the past 12 months -- made 2007 a good movie year.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
01-07-2008 |
Movies
Chasing the Bloggienew
Fausto Fernos has the world's most popular gay podcast, but the top blog title slipped away.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
01-07-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
For Illinois, It'd Be a Zell of a Dealnew
The state's proposed purchase and renovation of Wrigley Field is a corporate handout that even the mayor can't swallow.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
01-07-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Books for Cooksnew
The season's best tomes on food and drink.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
12-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
Examining Bush and the Neoconsnew
At times Unger focuses so closely on neocon tactics that he misses other forces driving Bush-Cheney policies. Even so, the book offers a vivid account of the use of disinformation to promote extremism.
Chicago Reader |
Chris Pepus |
12-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Rebirth of 'The Cool'new
Lupe Fiasco continues to flout hip-hop convention with a fable about greed and fame-seeking.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
12-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly': Real & Surrealnew
A true story lets director Julian Schnabel exercise his imagination.
Chicago Reader |
Andrea Gronvall |
12-26-2007 |
Reviews
Complicated Charactersnew
Flawed people in flawed relationships make for a stimulating screenplay in Andrew Wagner's adaptation of Brian Morton's novel.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
12-17-2007 |
Reviews
Family Feudnew
Creative differences may be eating away at the Wu-Tang Clan, but even at cross purposes they can produce flashes of brilliance.
Chicago Reader |
Dustin Seibert |
12-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
The Thrill Isn’t Gonenew
Even after 15 years, Bettina Richards's Thrill Jockey label is full of surprises.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
12-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Thrill Jockey
