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WBEZ (audio) The evolution of Chicago’s handgun ban • An 1880s precedent on guns in Chicago Tommy guns • Taped conversations between Richard J. Daley and Lyndon B. Johnson Chicago’s first airplane flight • New park named after the Battle of Fort Dearborn • The first juvenile court HUFFINGTON POST When another Senate seat was up for sale: William Lorimer CHICAGO LAWYER The Chicago River’s history of court battles
SIGNAL TO NOISE Chicago’s drone music scene • Baby Dee profile • THE AV CLUB Kelly Hogan interview WBEZ (audio) The National Barn Dance • The life and music of Jay Bennett The Singleman Affair • Vertebrats song lives on • Story behind Kanye West benefit concert World music at the 1893 World’s Fair
PIONEER PRESS Almost famous: Lisagor Award-winning feature on “Left in the Dark” 1967 and 1968 suburban concerts by The Who • Wilco (The Hubcap) Interviews with: Tony Bennett • Richard Thompson • Betty LaVette • Wanda Jackson • Grace Slick • Mekons Eleventh Dream Day • Robbie Fulks • Colin Blunstone of The Zombies • DJ Clark Weber
RECORD REVIEWS SIGNAL TO NOISE Oneida • Bonnie “Prince” Billy • Clogs • Espers • Evangelicals • Nina Nastasia • Wildbirds & Peacedrums PIONEER PRESS Neko Case • Liz Phair • Portishead • PLAYLIST Tom Waits
CONCERT REVIEWS DAILY SOUTHTOWN Adele • Cat Power • Nick Cave • Bob Dylan • Tom Waits SIGNAL TO NOISE Pitchfork Music Fest 2010 • PIONEER PRESS SXSW 2007
PLAYBILL The godmother of Chicago improv, Viola Spolin • Actors’ routines • “The Hunchback Variations Opera” Chicago’s role in the Shakespeare debate •“Pirates of Penzance” at Marriott • Early African-American theater in Chicago • Stage censorship
PLAYBILL What’s a dramaturg? • Fight choreographers • Stage lingo • Prop masters • Randolph Street, Chicago’s theater row Conor McPherson’s “Shining City” at the Goodman • Christmas past and present in Chicago theater
CHICAGO MAGAZINE Puppets take Chicago • Tax break for Broadway shows • “All the Fame of Lofty Deeds” WBEZ (audio) “The Wizard of Oz,” the 1902 stage version PIONEER PRESS Interviews with: Edward Albee • David Cromer • John Mahoney • David Mamet’s Chicago, a map Behind the scenes of Mary Zimmerman’s “Silk” PLAY REVIEWS MAKE IT BETTER “Eastland” at Lookingglass • “March” at Steppenwolf • “fml” at Steppenwolf • “Season’s Greetings” at Northlight PIONEER PRESS “The Adding Machine” at Next • “Arms and the Man” at Writers’ • “Bus Stop” at Writers’ • “Othello” at Writers’
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